The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1884-02-16
sYKEsyILLE ITEMS.
Death OfThOmas Evans-MysterfousB ur.
gn0fy-NeW Bridge.

glary-New Bridge.
Mr.. Thomas Evans died suddenly on FRIDAY
night, at the residence of Capt. w. p. Cor
such. He was we'll known and wealthy cit
izen of Washington, d. C. He was twice
married. His last wife was a daughter OF
Capt. w. p. Gorsuch, with whom he had been
making his home most of the time since her
death. Mr.. Evans had large circle offriends,
and was general favorite in the community.
He leaves son and daughter. His remains
were inferred at Washington, d. c., on Sun
day j. NJ. Zimmerman, DIR. J. W. Steele and
others of the district attended the funeral.
Burglars were in Sykesville again on last
Saturday. They had chosen a new field for
operations, and this time selected the resi-
dence of the Rev. DIR. Piggot The thieves
approached the house from the rear, and TAX
ing out broken pane of glass, succeeded in
removing the entire lower sash of the window
and entered the room. In this room, which
is used as a dining room, there was stored iu
an unlocked safe several bottles of wine, some
of which was kept for communion services
Mrs. Piggot, who was awakened at the time,
thought she heard noise below, and, with
light in hand, descended the steps. On OPEN
ing the stair door she saw the thief go towards
the door leading to the yard, which he opened
and then walked out. Mrs. Piggot, who
showed great courage and presence of mind,
did not cry out, but followed him to the door.
The intruder said nothing, but walked quietly
away. He left several bottles of wine on the
floor, and had taken his tobacco from his
mouth. When he was alarmed he was prob
ably prepared to enjoy some wine before max
ing further exploits. The hour was O. CLOCK
in the morning, with the moon brightly shin
ing, and notwithstanding Mrs. Piggot blew a
horn and called aloud for assistance, no one
i Il. i Il
know of the attempted robbery. DIR. Piggot
is now in his seth year, and it was feared the
shock would have bad effect upon his al
ready feeble condition; yet he and Mrs. Pig
got have borne well the strain upon their
nerves. This, like the railroad robbery, still
remains a mystery, and all the people have
been able to find out is that the midnight ma
RAIDERS are very fond of wine.
Messrs. Selby and Ridgeley, presidents of
Carroll and Howard county board of Commits
sioners, accepted the new bridge at Gorsuch's
switch on Wednesday, The bridge is SUBJ
stantial structure. Some little filling remains
to be done, when the crossing will be COM
plete. Col. Polk was present and commended
the work. The rain pourned down while the
bridge was being inspected, and there not
being enough umbrellas to go around, the STU
alton was not altogether pleasant. MIR. Joshua
u Narneiu, ol loWaru, WHO dSreeu W uo
the filling, invited all present to his house,
where an elegant dinner was served.
Gathers Siding will now ask for a bridge
at that point across the Patapsco between the
two counties. We suppose Mr.. John f.
Gather will have to do some of the filling
there.
DR.. Chas C. +. Schroeder has finally de-
cided to locate in Sykesville.
Frank Brown has purchased large trac-
ton engine for his farm.