The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1911-03-24

Arthur MI. lille, of Winfield, Is quite
sick from the mumps.
Farmers are busy blowing on their
upland for oats and sweet corn
Palm Sunday falls this year on
the 9Th and Easter on the 18th of April.
Rev. A r. Corn viii occupy the
pulpit In Grace Lutheran Church
Sunday morning next.
Walter Long, liveryman at Union
Bridge, has purchased a bicycle to
use in his livery business.
Already some OF our residents have
changed their residences and others
will do 30 on or before April LIST.
Tonight, Charity Lodge, K. OF r., OF
this city, will hold banquet at their
hall, Davis Building, John street.
Ex-Mayor John B. Saylor, who had
been on the sick list for the past
month, Is able to be up and about
Mr. Amos Ebaugh, one OF the Oldest
citizens Of this county, Is In critical
condition at his home, at Mt. Pleasant.
The stork visited the home Of Mr..
and Mrs Harry Owings, Liberty
street, this city, and left a 10 pound
boy.
The Union Bridge Council are con
sidering the purchase Of 500 feet OF
hose for the use Of the fire depart
ment
Many of our citizens are having
their fruit trees sprayed in order to
protect them from the ravages or the
scale.
81 ha d TT
phone Co. are putting in all new self
ringing phones for their patrons In
this city.
Mumps and Measles are prevalent
in this city among the children, with
few cases OF mumps among the
grown people.
Last Sunday was disagreeable III
this vicinity, snow and rain falling
during the day, which made walking
very unpleasant.
Mr. Russell Bixler, OF Oklahoma,
son OF MIR. George a. Bixler, OF this
city, has been appointed a notary pub
bile for that State.
Edgar NJ Cauley, formerly OF Union
Bridge, receives $4,000 from the will
OF the late William Newcomer, of
Washington county.
With the close or the month the
sale season In this county will be over.
Horses, cows and farm implements
have brought fair prices.
Mr. Walter Grumbine, OF this city,
has accepted position as travelling
salesman for the Westminster Chemi-
cal Company, Oh this city.
Strawberries and other Southern
fruits and vegetables and Chesapeake
Bay shad and herring have arrived
On the market in this city.
Mrs. WalterZepp, Pennsylvania ave,
was operated upon On Wednesday
last at the Maryland University Hos
pital, Baltimore, for appendicitis.
Samuel Engleman, OF this city, has
gone to Union Bridge to take charge
Of a barber shop for the proprietor
re will only be there temporarily
Last Tuesday was the beginning Of
spring, according to the almanac the
days and nights being equal. The
sun rising at a. III. and setting at
8 y. I'D. @
Photographer Jas. ID. Mitchell, Of
this city, made during the week,
photographs OF the buildings of the
the Westminster Metal and Foundry
Company.
Samuel Engleman, tonsoriaI ar
tist, OF Westminster, ID at Union
Bridge. helping Leslie Wood in his
barber shop Mr.. Wood has Just re
covered from a spell of sickness
The Zee and Cold Storage Company,
Of this city, are making extensive i'm
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an addition to it and putting i'll more
tanks, in order to make a larger
amount Of Ice to supply the demand
in summer.
Geo. o. Brilliant and Geo u. Stocks
dale, trustees, sold on Monday after
noon 1T trustees sale the brick dwell
ing occupied by VIM. Ill Koontz, East
Main street, to John Wagner, for
$1,000, a4d the two lots on Green
street, TO John Stem, for $5t2.50. HI
Dr. George <. Baughnlan, Of this
city, was thrown down Id q street car
i'll Baltimore On Friday VI last week
by the sudden stopping OF the car,
causing q sprain OF his left wrist,
which has incapacitated him from at
tending To his professional duties.
Inc lOIlOWlnS nave received licenses
for autos from the State: B. II.
Shriver, Union Mills; Roy ID. Snyder,
Union Bridge; Frank Hartsock,
Woodbine; Jos. :. Witter, Carroll Lock-
ard, DR. Luther Baer, DR.. Charles n.
FoutZ and a number of others of this
city.
James Rakestraw, formerly Of Union
Bridge, died at Alliance, Ohio, on Sat
urday, March is, in his 10th year. He
leaves a daughter, Miss Eliza Rake
straw, of Union Bridge, who arrived
i'm Alliance a short while before her
father died His remains were in
TERED i'm the cemetery at Alliance, on
Tuesday.
After the death, few weeks ago,
OF James w. Hook, no will could be
found, but since that time one has been
located among the papers of the late
Justice G.. w. Crapster, in which he
bequeaths his estate to his adopted
daughter, Mrs. William Fowler. The
will was witnessed by the late John
r.. Diffenbaugh and John Himler.
Ernest Martin, aged years, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Luther Martin, was bad
ly scalded on Sunday at the home Of
his grandfather, Mr.. John Berwager
of near Tannery. His condition was
alarming, but at this time Is much i'm
proved. The little fellow fell into q
vessel filled with scalding slop and was