The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1911-07-14
LOCAL AFFAIRS.

nuring the week several fine rains
L,Da fallen in this vicinity.
Tbe Westminster Bicycle Club will
+ota trip to Frederick, On Sunday
w. would like for our city officials,
an experiment, to lay or strip
90 one Of our side streets and put
m coat of oil.
farmers Fertilizer and Feed Com
ranv il laying a concrete pavement
IN Liberty street
This city is nearing - ice famine,
and IL the warm weather conunues'
The outlook is pretty bad.
prof. John T. Roger, West Main
.+raat ia having his residence paint
ID Charles Stouch lis doing the
work.
w ID. CrowI, Centre street extend
All who had been laid up for several
weeks with crippled foot, j. out
again.
Mrs Ella Roberts, West Main
street, is having the front Of her resi-
dence painted. Charles z. Bowers j.
doing the work.
Az meeting of the directors OF the
First National Bank, on Tuesday, an
increase of their semi-annual divi-
dend from AZ to 5 per cent. was de-
clared.
Main street in the vicinity OF the
railroad was thronged with a crowd
n people on Saturday night Tt e
sembled Lexington street, Baltimore,
on o bargain day.
Work on the erection of big ter
minal and yard station for the West
ern Maryland Railway at Hillen Sta
tion started on Monday. los dwell
ings will be torn down.
The sewer on Liberty street, which
empties into the sewer on Main
street, was repaired this week. 1t
had been closed I'D for some time
with the dirt which washed into 1t.
Jas. D. Mitchell attended the re-
union Of I. o. o. F., held in Baltimore
on Monday evening in the Odd Fell
lows Temple. MIR. Mitchell was a
delegate from the /. o. o. E. lodge,
this city.
twenty-five insane men from Bay
view were removed to Springfield
Asylum on Monday.The transfer was
made on account Of the overcroWd-
ing of quarters in the insane de-
partment at Bayview.
A souvenir postal of the N. &. Fl.
Co. Office building, at Dayton, Ohio,
was received from John Cassell, Of
Philadelphia, Pa, formerly of this
city. MI. Cassell is spending some
time sight seeing in the West.
Lieutenant Richard p. Creecy, OF
the U. S.Marine Corps, has been or
dered to Philadelphia, and will re-
port there for permanent duty on
Monday. Lieutenant and Mrs. Creecy
will come to Philadelphia from New
London, Conn.
The dwelling house occupied by
Chas Whitmore on the Springer farm
about one and one-half miles from
Rocky Ridge, was burned together
with it's contents while MIR. Whitmore
and his family were visiting. How
the fire originated Is not known.
James ID. Mitchell has made ar
rangements with Mr.. Howell, passen-
ger agent OF the w. M. r., for the
Odd Fellows special train, On August
10, to the Odd Fellows reunion, which
will be held at Pen-Mar, to leave
this city at a. M, and return at 5
p. m.
Jacob and Carroll Wisner purchased
on July s, the farm of the late
Peter j. Wisner, at Patapsco, Nd, for
the sum of 81 ,430. The farm contain
ed 129 acres, / rood and 10 square
perches of land. The trustees were
Michael E. Walsh, Guy w. Steele and
Theodore r. Brown.
Alfred Myers, son Of Mr.. and Mrs.
David Myers, George street, was TAX
Ell to the Maryland University los
pital Bait mare. On Fr' tar evening,
fer an operation. on the right eye. ne
vas cutting y tap FROM a bolt on a
WI Gel with 4 chisel, at the shop Of
NJ: LINDSAY ,lcln street, when it slip
ped and struck him in the eye.
J. Howell Billingslea, Jr., returned
home last Saturday evening, after an
absence of over three years. Dur
ing that time he was in Minnesota, in
Seattle, Washington and in other
parts of the United States. He spent
last winter in Alaska and was at Van
couver, British Columbia during the
Is looking very well.
The Pen-Mar express ran into the
rear end Of the Elkins express on
Monday morning at Union Bridge,
damaging the observation car and
disabling the engine. The boiler Of
the engine was badly damaged. Sew
eral passengers were badly bruised
and many were shaken I'D, but no
one was killed. When the passen-
gers in the observation car saw the
Pen-Mar train coming they rushed
into the front part of the car. The
Elkins express was delayed by the
Hagerstown train.
Saturday afternoon at o'clock the
Westminster boys will line up against
the strong Thurmont team. The
team asks everybody to attend the
game. There liz no reason in
the world why this town should not
support good amateur team. IT can
not support professional team, fol
neither Hagerstown nor Frederick
can. But is can support a non-pro-
fessional team. Come and help en-
courage clean healthy sport The
admission will be fifteen cents
Ladies will be admitted free. Other
teams desiring games will please ID