The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1888-03-03
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The Hafner hotel in Frederick was sold on
Wednesday to Robert Dean, for S9,250.
In less than six hours, on Monday, snow
fell to depth of six inches in Worcester
county.
Ephraim Harris. of Mt. Ephraim, Mont
gomery county, hung himself on Wednesday.
His estate is valued at about 100000.
On Saturday night last fight occurred be-
tween two colored men, near Ellicott city.
During the melee one chewed the lip of the
other off.
The sash, door and blind factory of John
Scherer & Son, in Baltimore, was burned on
Sunday morning Loss, $4,000; fully in
sured.
A colored woman named Charity Robertson,
who lives with the family of ID. Columbus
Kemp near Frederick, was 100 years old on
Wednesday. The family celebrated the event.
A mortgage of $4,000 has been given by
Mt. St. Marys College, near diminishing, to
Vincent O'Bold, of near Hanover, Pa, on
S45 acres of land belonging to the College,
Cecil county was visited by heavy rain on
Saturday of last week. In some of the roads
the water was four feet deep. Great damage
was done to fields, roads, mills and bridges.
Monsgnor Bernard J. A. McManqs, pastor
of St. Johns Church, Baltimore, died on
Tuesday, in his Goth year, from pneumonia.
He was one of the best-known Catholic cler-
gymen in the State,
DR.. H. 7. Livingston, died in the station
house, in Cumberla land, on Monday night.
He was looked up in the afternoon for disor.
derby conduct, and later he took an overdose
of medicine from which he died.
G. W., alias Peon Robinson, Did, who was
arrested in Frederick on Friday night of last
week for an attempted assault upon Mrs.
Francis NJ. Green, was tried on Wednesday,
found guilty and sentenced to the peniten-
tiary for 10 years.
Richard W. Hook, aged SO years, and wife,
aged so, celebrated the fifty ninth anniversary
of their wedding at their residence, in Balti-
more county, on the oath of February. Their
house was filled with their children and
grandchildren. Mr. Hook was former sheriff
of Baltimore county.
Rudolph Herr, who was assaulted by Char
les Sanders, colored, at Clear Spring, Wash
ington county, on the night of February %,
and struck with billy and stone, died from
his injuries at his home at Four Locks, We'd
nesday evening. Sanders is still at large.
Herr leaves wife and several children.
SISTER Jane Francis, of the Academy of the
Visitation, Frederick, died on Tue sday of
last week, of complication of diseases origi-
mating in a disease of the spine, in her 73rd
wear. She had been confined to the infrm
airy for the past SO years. She was Miss
Dooly, and native of Ireland and has no
relatives in this country.
Frederick county has petitioned the Leglsla-
ture 10 enact such laws as will enable magis-
trs.es to try and finally determine cases of a
trivial character, and will provide the whip
ping post in Frederick county as a punish
& 10 af frao1c uu1ar q Inc
and other petty offences, in order to lessen
the number of cases of such character, de-
crease the court expenses, better protect pro-
perry. DC.
The residence of John Grinder, near Buck
eystown, was robbed on Saturday night Of
several gold watches and other jewelry to the
value Of Sl25. On Monday morning col
ored man named VIM, Allen, who had lived
with the family for several years, was arrested
He admitted that he perpetrated the robbery,
and showed where the articles were con-
cealed.
Samuel Day, farmer of the fourth district
of Howard county, near Shaffersville, became
suddenly insane about IL o'clock Monday
NIGHT last. With his bare feet and hands he
smashed the windows, and in his frenzy grab
he'd red hot stove and threw it out of the
window. He then without shoes or hat rush
ed from the house. There was no one in the
house at the time but his wife, who was sick
in bed. A neighbor, however, was attracted
by Mrs. Days screams. The fugitive, whose
route could easily be traced by the blood
from his feet, which had been terribly LAGER
ated by the glass, was pursued to another
neiehbors house, which he had tried forcibly
to enter. But for the recognition of his voice
by his friend he would have been shot. On
being taken home it was found that his
limbs were frost-bitten, and that his hands
were dreadfully cut and burned. On Tues.
day Mr.. Day had somewhat improved and
could recognize some of his friends. No
cause can be assigned for the sudden change
in his mental condition, and much sympathy
is expressed at the occurrence.