The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1910-09-16
LOCAL AFFAIRS.

st. Johns Parochial school opened on
Monday last.
The public schools of this county
will open on Monday.
Pen-Mar will close on Sunday after
a most successful season.
Last Monday was Defenders Day,
and was legal holiday for the banks
and Court House.
Wednesday evening and yesterday
morning the temperature made some
extra wraps necessary.
M. e. Campbell, butcher. East Main
street, has installed an up-to-date )
horsepower meat cutter.
Denton Warehime, Baehman,g Val
ley, has installed an acetyline lighting
plant. II. p ID. Garrett Was the con
tractor.
William Helm, who was operated IN
at the Union Protestant Infirmary.
Baltimore, last week for hernia. i
improving, after a successful opera
ton.
Ephraim T. Myers, E. Green street.
has purchased a small farm Of Noah
T. Wantz, near Union Mills. Mr.
Myers will move shortly 10 hIs new
home.
In a game Of ball between Fort
Wayne and Dayton last Friday. when
the score was 2 to l against Dayton.
Ray Spencer hit the ball out Of the
1at or hnuaa turning The Ha#AHH
to a tie game, which was called IN
the 18th inning.
Two hundred and sixty boxes we're
made at the Western Maryland Rail
way carshops at Union Bridge LAST
week. These boxes are for the ship
ment of coal samples 10 foreign eoun-
tries. Each box is to hold i ton and
they are TO cost s32e each. -
Mrs. Henry Warner, of I.lneboro.
was taken TO the Union Protestant IN
Urinary, Baltimore, where she under
went a serious operation for strangn-
lated hernia this week. The oneTz
alton was success. and Mira. Warner
Is recovering from the effects Of the
ordeal through which she passed.
The spirit Of improvement which i
animating the citizens Of WesImInH-
ter Is being demonstrated IN con
crete paYements and cutters along he
new street At the East end Of town
new pavement and gutter has been
laid at the M. p. Church Home. and
one Is being laid at Mr. Mackiey's and
Or. Hitchcock's.
William Johnson. colored. Who Va
asaIT 81 h. -
Union Bridge, was brought to IhlH
city on Monday for a hearing before
Justice Shriver, by Officer HelwIg.
After the Judge heard the prisoners
story he said You have lied; take SIX
months In the House of Correction.
How do you like that?n
Mr.. Harry r. Quicker sued The
Western Maryland Railway Company
Wednesday In the Circuit Court, Il
Towson, for $1,000 damages for Injury
TO his property, caused. It Is alleged.
BY fire from a passing engine. The
fire occurred, IL Is stated, on April i.
near Emory Grove. and burned 4
quantity of growing timber and cut
wood and fences.
Mrs. Orlando Reese has chicken
OF which she can well feel proud.
This hen has manifested her superior
ity by laying doublet egg. different
from the ordinary kind. After brsAkz
ing the shell, the white of an egg Haa
found, and inside of the white, another
egg with a shell. Mrs. Reese nnfor-
tunately does not know which hen
laid this odd and curious egg.
A survey has been completed for the
purpose Of building low grade Inc
for the Western Maryland railroad 10
skip the Blue mountains. thus eIImI=
mating the climb directly over them.
This would result In ienglhenIng he
route about ten miles. but would I've
the road lower average grade To
Pittsburg, making a shorter haul than
that OF the Baltimore Z Ohio. This ex-
tension Is roughly estimated to cost
about $10,OO0,0Oo.
The Western Maryland Railroad
Company has paid sa.075 to survivors
Of three OF the victims Of the head=on
freight wreck at the Raven Rock
Bridge, near Edgemont. the nIghI d
August 49, OF this amount zz.011
was paid to the wife and children d
John e. Fox, the fireman who jumped
iIoiu HE cuBlue anu ietI InIDnzM Ins
high bridge, sustaining injuries from
which he died two days later. James
=. Fouke, father of David Fouke. the
young brakeman who was instantly
killed by falling from the bridge. vas
paid SITS. Jasper N. Glgoua. father
of Fireman Harry N. 0igoua. whose
skull was crushed, was paid 300.
An event OF interest 10 society d
Baltimore, this city and the Marine
Corps circle will be the wedding Of
: Miss Mariana Reifsnider. daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. John Milton ReIfanId-
or, this city, to Lieut.. Thomas Stanley
Clarke, United States Marine Corps.
which will take place 1T Ascension
Church, this city, Saturday afternoon,
September "a, at 4 o'clock. Nj Lea
nor Foote Reifsnider vii b her IS
ter's maid Of honor while another IL
ter OF the bride, Miss Josephine Helf-
snlder, will act AZ flower girl. Owing
to the illness of Miss HeIfanlder.a
mother there will be no reception. q
was originally intended. mIss ref
snIder is we'll known and very popular
IN this city and Baltimore.