The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1910-07-29

his handsome property BY putting
/, In concrete gutter and pavement.
The property of the late Catherine
! Myers. adjoining the church In Pleas
. ant Valley, was sold Thursday to 70. I
Myers. for $3.50.
) Harry G. MItten, of near Reistera
town. has turkey gobbler that dis
I appeared, and when found week late
It vas setting On guinea eggs.
! Lightning struck in large cedai
tree on the farm OF Joseph p. YIng
ling. at Pleasant Valley. Wednesday
} which stood only go yards from tn
house.
Considerable excitement was caus
ed On Main street Thursday morning
by five horse team running away
!, It was caught at Court street, anf
; little damage done.
! vacant tenant house on the farm
OF Elder Ezra Brown, near Meadow
Branch. burned by fire Of unknown
origin Wednesday night. entailing :
loss of about $1,000.
While VIM. Wolf, tenant on Joseph
Smiths farm, at the edge of town
was burning brush Thursday after.
noon. straw stack which was I'm the
field caught fire and was consumed.
Messrs. o. D. Gilbert. Jas. II. Cassen
and II. l.. Lantz are having concrete
paYemnets and cutters placed in from
OF their residences on East Main
street. near the railroad. which VII
add greatly TO their appearance.
During the storm which passed
over this county Wednesday after
noon, lightning struck the barn d
UrIas Utz, near the Pennsylvania line,
and totally destroyed It. together with
this years crops. The I've stock Wa
saved
Application has been made 70
Governor Stuart. of Pennsylvania for
the incorporation of the Littiestoun
Milling Company. The ineorporatofs
are George S. Kump, c. = Basehoar,
T. Z. Reindollar. Edward i. sharretts
and Norman Hess.
Mr. Samuel (. Yingllug. Of EazI
Green street has young apple tree
which Ia heavily laden with most AT
traeIIYe fruit. lie left . sample of i
In this Office this week. and the Hize
and ooloring Of the apple i remark
able He says II Is called The
"Duiehess of Old"
Walter Coppersmith. oneof the rural
mail carriers. met with : painful ae=
eident Tuesday evening. While at
tempting to stop runaway COW :
hook IN the end Of the chain caught in
his hand, friKhtfnlly tearing n cash
/ several inches long. which will dIsz
able him for several weeks. DIR. Il.
n. F.Itzhugh dressed the wound
During the storm Wednesday after
noon lightning struck The porch Of
the residence Of John i. Brown, n
Pleasant VALLEY. on which Mr. Brown
and hls family Here sitting. The fam
| lily mlraculoualy escaped. Nth the ex-
eeptlon OF his son Oscar. who waz
burned about the feet and legs. but :
shepherd dog vas killed instantly.
a Mrs. Grant Matthias md dRughz
ter. IF Cranberry Valley, we're driving
/ TO this city Tuesday afternoon. one Of
the front wheels Of the buggy ran on.
leaving the axIe drop on he horses
heeIz, causing i 10 run aHay. The
occupants were thrown out and con
siderably bruised and shaken up, the
/ horse was hurt md the buggy broken.
! / large barn and Its contents On
| the property Of Cecil ! Snyder. d
/ near Hampstead. we're destroyed b.
/ nre Wednesday Mr. Snyder haa
| been most unfortunate from fires. II
/ hia home In Arcadia 49, destroyed
! last February. Al that time he va
awakened BY passing railroad men
and WIS unable 10 save ans Of his eff
| feeta.
The many friends OF NJ. Joseph |.
| Franklin. former sheriff of Carroll
county. viii BE- pleased 10 know thai
he Is up and about again Nr Frank
! lin has not been well for several
months. and IN June laHl saa COM
PEELED to 20 to bed where he has since
been under Ihe care 81 = trained
nurse. Although he shows The suffer-
inK ne has endured. he nov feelH
much better than he has for manY
years
| Governor GnaIheFs appointed On
| Tuesday a large delegation 10 repre-
sent Maryland II the National Farm
era Convention which Hlll be held
at Lincoln, Mob. on October OIL.
Those from Carroll county are l.. 7.
SlInEInf, Wade 4. ID. WafIleld, u. :.
ShrIfer, Jesse ? WeybrIght. lease \.
/ Fuss. Rev ]. Stewart Hartman. G. ].
! HibDefd, Samuel Little, Il. i Wooden.
C. I. Metcalf. Robert GIst. Michael
e. Walsh. Philip Z. Slinglrf.
Mr. ]. oliver Nadlow. Of Freedom.
former Register of Wills Of Carroll
county. and nov treasurer of Spring
field State Hospital. was taken Ill IN
the Union Trust Building. al BaltI=
more. last Saturday while attending
meeting of the board Of directors.
After resting some time n recovered
sufficiently 10 b taken 10 hIH home b
| DR.. Clarke, superintendent IF the Hos
plIaI Mr.. WadI0H has many friends
in Westminster. and his attack gave
them much concern. He i now fully
recovered.
e. y. DE Lyon Nichols. Of New York.
Governor General of the National So
cietY Of Sciong Of Colonial Cavaliers.
has issued a new edition Of his Blue
| Book In II the names nnpHar OF The
ultra=aociety people. who are not onlT
known in this country. but abroad.
/ His selection has caused quite 4
furoHe In Baltimore, where only two
unmarried women were chosen, Miss
Iota Randolph Robinson and Mis-
Suzanne Carroll. Miss Carroll i
well known In Westminster. and i
the niece of Mrs. Guy ". Steele.
The papers Of the cities are all
right II you want them, buI remember
that It Is your own home papers that
advertise your churches. your schools.
your various societies, your enter