The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1912-06-28
LOCAL AFFAIRS.

LUIAL AffAlkSr
Our boys and girls are wondering
If Westminster will have a circus
this year.
Next Thursday il Fourth Of July.
The court house and all stores, banks,
etc will be closed.
'Summering on the Western Mary
land Railway" il the latest pamphlet
Issued by the Western Maryland Rail-
way
Messrs. John B. Saylor and Walter
H. Davis, West Main street, are put
ting down concrete pavements i'm
front OF their properties
The concrete crossings which have
recently been put down On Willis,
Centre and Court streets are a very
great Improvement. The cutters on
Court street have also been graded
80 al to- make the drainage alright.
Master George N. Fringer, son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Guy nv. Fringer, East
Main street, was operated on at the
Franklin Square Hospital, Baltimore,
Saturday. He il now ait the home Of
his, parents and il improving rapidly.
a brakeman on a local freight on
the wv. M. Ry., lost his pocketbook
containing $71 in the railroad yards
in this city on Saturday last. 1t was
found by MT. Tawney, a. employe Of
the railway company and returned to
the owner
Activities at the Blue Mountain Or
chard, Of which A. ID. Morganthall is
proprietor, are beginning to be ex-
tensive. Last week over 1048 quarts
OF cherries, 1900 quarts OF currants
and 300 pounds of gooseberries were
shipped from the farm.
The Western Maryland station al
Edgemont was entered by robbers
The door to the Office i'm the station
was broken down. Large rocks
were found back of the door, The
contents of the Office were looked
over by the burglars, but nothing
of value was found.
The Fourth will be celebrated iI
fine style at Sykesyille. There ell
be an all day picnic at Athletic Park
where two games Of base ball viii
be played with the Magnolia team Of
Baltimore. At night the Sykesville
minstrel troupe will give big min
strel show in the Lyceum.
The corporation has force of meI
working on Main street grading an(
repairing it. The street from Joh1
street to the Forks-of-the-Road has
been dug up and relaid. This par
OF the street was In a miserable con
dition, though it has already had {
great deal Of money spent On it.
we know that often there comes {
dull season for news in some of the
districts in the county, but we hope
our faithful county correspondents
will not be discouraged, but will con
tinue to send us the items from theil
respective neighborhoods, even Il
there isn't much to chronicle. AnC
we shall appreciate the effort all thu
more during the warm enervatinE
weather.
Residents and boarders on f. Greer
street are very much annoyed b!
mosquitoes this summer. The reason
is not hard to find. Adjoining thu
grounds of Winchester Place II I
choice breeding place for mosquitoes
-stagnant water. 1t is an outrage
that such condition il permitted tx
exist in the midst Of our city, and W,
believe that complaints have not beef
made to the proper authorities or elst
it would surely be looked into.
After a number of years of diff
Guilty in obtaining sufficient humble
OF huskers to properly take care o
the sugar corn crop the Buckeys
town Packing Company has this yea
installed twelve husking machines
each capable of husking Is tons o
corn in ten hours. For several year.
B. II. Shriver and Company hav,
used machines in some Of their fac
tories, but SO far as ascertained thi
j. the first factory in Frederick coun
ty to try the machines.
James Bigam, who was arrested il
Baltimore and brought to this city b.
Sheriff Elias N. Davis on Saturday
was given hearing on Monday after
noon before Police Justice Brown, Oh
the charge of burglary which he com
mitted near Dennings in April. H
was held for the grand jury, wflicl
meets in November. AS Bigam wa
being taken to Jail he made his escap
from the buggy in which he was rid
ing. He was outrun by Deputy Sher
iff Harry Davis and was caught in
clover field near II. ID. Crowls resi-
dence.
For the benefit of Carroll count,
fishermen, we think it well to cal
attention to Section of an ordi
nance passed at the last Legislature
relating to black bass and brool
trout i'm Frederick and Carroll coun
ties. It reads BE it further en-
acted, That it shall be unlawful. t
fish with seines or stir-nets or set
nets or nets Of any kind within tn
said waters at anytime, excepting
dip-nets for carp and minnow net
for obtaining bait. And that, further
it shall be unlawful to place any ifs
baskets within said waters" Th
penalty for violating this section j
fine of not less than $25 nor NOR
than $50.