The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1873-05-24
Maryland Affairs.

On Monday, the 18th instant, at Prince
Frederick, Nd, tho case Of the State Us.
Albert Sanders, colored, indicted for the
murder in December list Of Eugene a..
BurdeIl, clock cleaner, was begun before
jury. The testimony ON both sides was
closed on Tuesday, and the jury on We'd
nesday brought in verdict Of guilty of
murder in the first degree, Sanders is a
mulatto about twenty-five years Of age,
Ave feet in height and possessing power
fal muscular development, and since his
confinement has made a full confession OF
his guilt.
A shooting afray took place at Frost
burg, ON Thursday night of last week, in
which colorcd man named Bill Cole was
shot, and it is feared mortally wounded,
BY another colored man named Bob Bush.
The latter was arrested and brought to
Cumberland on Friday, and is now lodged
in jail. II appears that Bush had been at
dance at the house of Dan Young, a
colored man living on Water street, and
was ON his way home when he got into an
alteration with two young eolored men
named Bob and Charley Carter, near
where the shooting took place, the quarrel
growing out Of grudge held blythe Car
tens against Bush, ON account Of the fact
that he had married the woman who had
formerly been Charley Carriers wife, which
has served as standing grudge between
them for years past Cole has since died
from his wounds.
On Saturday, Mr., S. d. Straub, on his
farm in Washington county, had cut down
in one of his pasture fields wild cherry
tree. A fine steer grazing in the field ate
pretty freely of the green leaves, and in
few hours later was found dead in the field,
a short distance from the tree, poisoned,
no doubt, BY eating the leaves of the wild
cherry, which are said to contain guam
tity Of prussic acid. The leaves Of the
peach tree are also said to contain a large
amount Of the same poison.
|. At Solomons Island, Calvert county,
last week, constable W. A. Tolley arrested
Isaac Cole, colored, ,of St, Marys county,
who is charged with the murder Of one
Mason, colored, some ten or twelve years
ago, who also resided in that county at the
time of his death Since his arrest, Cole
has confessed his crime, and made furth-
er confession that himself and one Neal
Butler murdered Mr.. Scho6eld, of St.
Mary's county, and burned his storehouse
about two months ago.
A new and fatal disease is reported to
have made its appearance among the hor-
SEES in the Fifth district of Howard county.
1t commences with swelling in the fore
shoulder, gradually extending over the
whole body, and generally proving fatal in
from twelve to twenty-four hours One
farmer has lost three, and another two
horses from the mysterious malady, which,
however, it is said, extends itself very
slowly, and, it is to be hoped, will be con
fined to its present locality.
The arbitTators in the case of Mr. Geo
G. Grnber against Hagerstown, for dam
ages sustained by mob during the late
war, have rendered judgment for 81 900
against the town. There are yet few
more claims to be settled, which, added
to the judgments already obtained will
make the total nearly il not quite SIS 900.
Mr.. VIM. Koons, residing on Toms
Creek, Emmittsburg district, Frederick
county, has COW that gave birth to a calf,
on the 10th of this month, which weighed
1901 pounds when twelve hours old
All accounts represent the wheat to be
looking very finely throughout Howard
county, while the oats are said to be prom
Using well
Twopersons were arrested in Hagcrstown
on Monday for profanity. One was fined
and the other was committed to jail for
ten days
Horse stealing is quite common in Ale
gany, Washington aud Frederick counties