The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1888-10-20
Maryland Affairs.


fair on Thursday.
VIM. Frazier, aged 81. died in Chester
town on Wednesday.
Mrs. Jane A. Bier died in Baltimore, last
week, aged 81 years.
Rev. A C. Powell, of York, Pa, has ac-
copied the call to Grace Protestant Episcopal
Church, Baltimore.
Ex-GoY. Hamilton who was extremely i'll
in the early part of the week was reported as
much better on Friday morning.
James Haslip, ineman, was killed by an
electric current while repairing Brush lamp
in Baltimore, ON Saturday night.
Ian Dan kec, Il Baltimore Chinanan was
sentenced to 0 years in the penitentiary, on
Monday, for an assault on n child.
Miss Fannie Howard, second daughter OF
Hon. Stevenson Archer, of Belair was mar
ried to Benjamin Silver, Jr., on Wednesday.
c. NJ. Degarmendia, proprietor ofTcscaro-
ra Stock Farm, Frederick county, has sold a
black yearling, by Idol Gift, to Frederick
Ackers, of New York. for $500.
Oscar Bummery, colored, of Howard coun-
ty, was whipped for wife-beating on Saturday
under the new law. Bummery said he pre- !.
ferred the flogging to remaining in Jail.
Rev. Forrest j. Prettyman, pastor of ST.
Paul's NJ. L. Church South, of Baltimore, was
married on Wednesday to Miss Bessie, daugh-
ter of DR.. L. L. Stonestreet, of Rockville.
On October II the first new corn was receiv-
ed in Baltimore. 1t came from Caroline
county, was shipped by James Merrican, of
Potter's Landing, and brought IS cents per
bushe.
Henrietta Hinton, colored, of Baltimore,
was 100 years old on Wednesday. She is now
cared for by the children of her former own
ers, and they see that the old Mamy's' wants
are carefully supplied.
On Friday night of last week the residence
of n. Clay Simpson, in the 9th district of
Howard county, was burned together with all
its contents; cause defective fue. Loss
$1,000; insured in the Montgomery Company.
On Thursday Gov. jackson committed the
death sentence of Henry j. Spencer, who was
to have been hung at Cumberland on the 26th
instant, for the killing of Winfield Scott Daw-
son, to Imprisonment in the penitentiary for
life
Mr.. Key Compton, son of Hon. Barnes
Compton of Laurel, aud Miss Sallie Tayloe,
daughter of Mr.. D. A. Tayloe, of Richmond
county, Va, we're married at Mount Airy, the
residence of the BRIDES parents on Thursday
morning.
Deputy Commander George, of the Mary
land Oyster Navy had battle with law. break
ing dredgers in the Chester river on Monday
night. A number of shots were exchanged.
No blood was spilled on the navy side. The
commander does not know what damage was
inflicted upon the dredgers. No arrests were
made.
Mrs. Justina Pfeiffer, aged SO years, wife of
John F. Pfeiffer, died on Thursday at her
home, at Gainesville, Baltimore county, after
lingering illness, She was q prominent
member of st. Johns Lutheran Church at
81, l. n IL.
y grandchildren and 81 great-grandchildre
She was the first of the entire family to die.
About eleven o'clock last Saturday night,
during the Republican demonstration in Mid
dletown, Frederick county, horse and buggy
driven away. Mr.. Gaver and a friend went
into pursuit, and near Braddock, about five
miles from Middletown, found the horse and
buggy lying in ditch, the buggy badly broken
and the horse somewhat injured. On several
former occasions horses have been taken from
the streets of Middletown at night, and all
subsequently found in the same locality.
Constable Hagan arrested Howard Stup,
young man living near Braddock, on suspicion
of being the guilty party. He was taken be-
Magistrate Turner, at Frederick, who held
him in the sum of one hundred dollars to APP
pear Saturday afternoon, his father becoming
his bondsman.
The gunboat Petrol, the first war ship built
in Baltimore, was launched from the Column
bian Iron Works, in that city, on Saturday
afternoon. Among the prominent naval off
GERS present were Vice Admiral Rowan, Adj
miral Franklin, Commodores Schey and ST.
card, and Chief Naval Constructor Wilson.
The vessel was ehristened by Miss Virginia
Schley. The Petrol is the smallest of the FIVE
vessels added to the new navy. Her length be-
tween perpendiculars is l75 feet; extreme
breadth, 81 feet; depth of hold amidships, Is
feet inches; mean draught, IL feet inches,
and displacement, 870tons. She is steel plat.
ed, land her stem, cast steel, slightly ram shaped
Her armament will consist of four six-inch
guns, mounted on sponsors, and capable of
converging on an object 400 feet ahead or
astern, and of training 20 degrees before or
abaft the beam; als9, two huge power single
shat, two Hotchkiss reVplvers and one short
aatling. It is expected that her maximum
speed will be nearly l3 knots.
DR.. Ferdinand Edme Chatard, ST., a prom.
inent physician of Baltimore, died suddenly
on Thursday afternoon at his home, No, SIG
Park aeenue, of congestion of the heart and
lungs: The Doctor arose at his usual hour in
the morning in apparently good health, and
attended mass at the Cathedral, according to
his custom of many years. He returned
home and again went cut for short walk
about noon. In the afternoon he went into
the bathroom to take bath, and was in the
bath tub when he was seized with the illness.
He was removed to his room, where he died
in five minutes. DIR, Qhalard was horn in
BALTIMORE, August q, 1905. He was the eld-
est son of Dr. Pierre Chatard, who came to
this country from France. He was educated
at Mount St, Mary's College, diminishing,
Nd, and st. Marys Seminary, Baltimore.
In 1925 he entered the University of Maryland,
and graduated in 1927. After graduating he
went to france, where he remained until 1929
He married Miss Eliza A. Marean, daughter
Of Silas Marean, prominent merchant Of