The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1921-12-09
FRIDAY AFTERNOON, DEC. 9, 1921
BRIEFS.


Post.
But one arrest for drunkenness was
reported Wy the sunbury police for
November.
Sheriff Edward Martin has appoint
ed William Bloom, William Phillips
and Capt. John n. Weigle deputies.
Upwards of quarter of a million
dollars is being paid out by Altoona
banks to depositors in Christmas and
thrift clubs.
A marriage license was issued in
Ellicott City Saturday, to Nimrod Da-
Wis, WatersvilIe, and Theresa l.. Ship
ley, Florence.
Dogs have played havoc with sheep
in the upper part of Kent county dur
Ing the past few days, Farmers having
lost go or more.
"A stenographer of Philadelphia
took 100 words and then fell over
in a faint Il was record for con
tinuous work of it's kind.
Taken 81 in the mines of the II. c.
Fricke Coke Company at Bridgeport,
Fayette county, Louis Domis 81, drop
ped dead as he entered his home.
Setting steel trap on a tall pole,
w. T. Thompson. of near Aberdeen.
has captured thus far this fall % fan
tails ar chicken hawks. six large hen
hawks and two large owls.
Mrs Ida Mary Tell, wife of VIII
liam Tell. of Hanover, died Sunday
November 20, aged so years. Elmer
Bollinger. OF near this city, is q
brother of the deceased.
j. Albert Esh. farmer Of Armagh
township Miffin county, has been
drawn as grand juror and his wife,
Bertha NJ. Esh. has been drawn az
petit Juror to serve at the January
term OF Court.
Failure to enter the service OF the
State police Is believed to have been
responsible for Jacob G. Kemerer. 81
year old Bethlehem. Pa, sending a
bullet through his brain at his home
yesterday. death being instantaneous.
Eggs bought by the Michigan Meat
packers ut ~ cents a dozen are being
sold in the same locality At 90 cents
a dozen was the testimony given by
a erocervman OF Bad Axe Mich, .
against the packers at a hearing be-
fore the Government
The trustees of the Elkton Presby-
terrain Church. closed as a result of
the fractional night over Rev, DR. John
Mcl1lmoyle, marrying parson" have
Monday meeting December II, to plan
for the |utuFer
Roses are in bloom in Louisville.
KY, while We have snow balls here.
Harry w, Nice, who was defeated
by Governor Richie two years ago
for the Goyernorship. is mixed up I'm
the boulevard Theatre scandal in
Baltimore.
a Holstein COW, Kolrain Flnderne
Bsss, owned by + f. Field, Dutchland
Holstein farms. Brockton Mass. has
a record Of 80 1868 pounds OF milk in
one year slightly more than 1914 tons
and in butter fat she produced the
equivalent Of 1881 pounds of butter.
Mrs, Isaac Coombs, Minersvllle, Pa,
in ATTEMPT to lay her hand on the
head OF her pet dog on her porch, dis
covered that II was mans head and
burglar. The burglar beat Mrs
Coombs numerically when he found
out that he was discovered.
James Johnson, aged "a, colored,
was killed Sunday morning in free
for-all fight by members Of drink.
ing party at Johnson's home, near
Media, Pa. When the fight started
Johnson threw four men out Of the
kitchen window, then one of them
shot him threw the heart and fed
The CI.Y Council Of HAVE nc Grace,
against the ' ISL OF the M1"or and
many citizens, las ordered t:aiIc
buttons removed from the streets. We
have two buttons at the railroad that
won't have to be removed II the au-
tomobiles keep running over them, as
they will be worn down to the street
level.
Fatty" Arbuckle, who was tried
for manslaughter in San Francisco
last week. will have to go through
another trial January 3. The jury was
dismissed after a IL to / for acquittal
A woman hung up the jury by saying,
''she would stay in the room till H.
froze over, before she would vote for
acquittal
About 6 inches of snow fell in this
city and county Sunday, but on Mon
day 1t melted away. The State Roads
Commission put its snow plows in
use for the first time. They opened a
path right through the center which
made travel good. few sleighs and
number of sleds were out
The public sale of personal prop
erty of the late Miss Rebecca f. Ear
hart, Union Mills, was largely attend.
ed, MANY hunters of antiques came
from distant places in search of val.
uable pieces of old furniture. In that
line we might mention the sale of the
following articles Walnut grand
fathers clock Joseph Little, Hanover
500; yeneered writing desk and sec
retafy.t Mrs. Sterling Bixler, neal
Westminster, $4O.5O; walnut bureau
G.. NJ. Hartman, Chambersburg, S31.50
two gold dollars, G. u. Bankert, unior
Mills, $3.50 and Si70.