The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1911-03-10
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rEludy, March LIZ, 1S 81. Patrick q
Day.
W pee-wee snow fell Ia this city On
Sunday night M@ NaFfs. fa MF
4 number of locals left over from
last week will be found on page 2 Of
this issue.
Mr.. Harry B. Hoffacker, who has
been confined to his home, il slowly
improving. ~
Walter Fl. Davis, John street, IL
building an automobile garage and re-
pair shop next to his Office.
Miss Reta Anderson, Of Deals Is
land, spent several days this week
with, Miss Mary Gehr, Bond street.
MIR. Geo. M Parke, Court street, who
was reported in our last issue as be
ing confined to the house, il steadily
improving.
Mrs. Ira Grouse, oil Avondale, who
was operated on at hospital in Bal
timore recently, returned home on
Tuesday evening, much improved.
Mrs. Lizzie Snyder and Mrs. Dora
Morris, of Baltimore, spent Sunday
with the formers brother, Mr.. Chas.
Il. Thomson, and wife, East Main st.
The ". p. :. O. E., Society of Provi-
dence NJ. P. Church, at Gambler, will
hold pie social in the hall of that
place, on March IL. All are cordially
invited.
Mr.. Henry o. Luttgerding, of North
Branch, who was under treatment at
the Mercy Hospital, Baltimore, for cry
sipelas, has returned home in an i'm
proved condition.
+ ofy
in renewing his subscription writes
1.-THE Advocate is friend to me on
Saturday, as it gives the news from
old Carroll county" #.M
M. 2. Campbell, East Main street,
and Grant Kaufman, OF New Windsor,
have awarded their contracts for heat
ing, plumbing and timing to Frank
IT. Shaeffer, this city.
One of Carroll counties grand old
men was in this city on Monday. 1t
was MT. J. Oliver Wadlow, Of Free
dom. Mr.. Wadlow passed his s0th
mile stone on Monday.
Miss Lucy Wantz, popular sales
lady i'm Miller Bros. Co.'S stores, was
taken to the Washington County Hos
pital, Hagerstown, this week, suffer
ing with typhoid fever.
The engine on the fast mail on
Tuesday morning blew out cylinder
head between New Windsor and Union
Bridge, which delayed the ITO a. m,
train to Baltimore 50 minutes
Hon. Jesse w. Fuss Intending to re-
tire from farming, had sale on We'd
nesday. The highest price paid for
one COW was $50. Mr.. Fuss will put
in his time travelling and looking after
his end of the county politically.
Gilbert Brown, son OF MIR. and Mrs.
M. S. Brown, of Sandyville, has sign
ed contract to play ball the coming
season with the Troy Baseball Club.
Mr.. Brown is a pitcher and is very
good.
We were visited by a snowstorm on
Tuesday night and Wednesday that
measured about inches. The storm
recalls the one Of the night OF March
and A, 1909, when MIR. Taft was in
augurated president.
Mr.. Geo. w. Phillips, Warfeldsburg,
stated this morning, that he pumped
the first water from his wen yester-
day which had been dry since Decem-
Der, and that a neighbours well, a
quarter of mile distant, wentdry this
week.
The children or the Junior League
of Centenary NJ z. Church, assisted
BY the ladies, will hold an oyster sup
per and bazaar ON the evenings Of
March II and IS, in the Firemen's
Hail. Fund to replenish their library.
Come help the children.
Joseph Devilbiss, formerly Of this
county, has moved his household ef-
fects and family to Reese, where he
will be associated with his father,
VIM. Devilbiss, in general merchan-
dising Mr.. Devilbiss formerly re
sided in Philadelphia, Pa.
A freak egg was found by Mrs.
Theo. Zepp, of Pleasant Valley, while
gathering eggs at her hennery about
ten days ago. The egg has the regu-
lar form at one end and runs out- to
a point with a neck on it like gourd,
which has curve i'm it, 1t was eE-
hibited at this Office on Wednesday.
Miss Inis Cofield, daughter Of Mr..
and Mrs Thomas Cofield, Of Upperco,
was thrown from her horse afew days
ago and sustained a painful fracture
of her right leg. Miss Cofield is an
accomplished rider and was trying
out a new horse when her saddle
turned and she was thrown heavily to
the ground.
William Albright, tramp, was SEN
fenced to / year i'm the House of Cor
rection by Police Justice Edwin w.
Shriver on Monday. Deputy sheriff
Shearer took Albright to the above in
stitution on Tuesday. 1t il said that
Albright was arrested at Mr.. w. D.
Hessons, near Sronesifer's school
house, where he entered the stables
and beat the horses and cows with a
club. and also threatened to kill Mrs
Hesson.
A verdict OF $4,000 was awarded
the widow of Engineer Smith, Of
Hagerstown, formerly OF Taneytown,
who was killed on the Reading Rail
road, by switch being left open, by a
jury this week in the Franklin county
Court, Chambersburg, Pa. Judge
Gillian set aside the verdict and enter
ed judgment for the defendant on the
grounds that the evidence showed no
negligence on the part Of the railroad
company. Mrs. Smith appealed from