The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1889-07-13

Sulnpe0 10 Los -NHSeltS, NatlioIHt1- 4 ny
are Ia be used in the residence of John VI.
Griffith. former Bal,imorean. They will
cost him Sa5 per thousand.
Mrs. Christina Kesselring, widow of the
late Samuel KeSselring. died on Saturday
near Woliegiile. Montgomery county. She
WAS over eighiy-oue years of age, and leaves
SIX uhildrea-thrce sons and three daughters
John Cayender. we'll known citizen of the
second district Of Cecil county, died suddenly
Wednesday night Of apoplexy. He formerly
taught school al Ceciton and Chesapeake
CITY He was about - years old aud leaves
a wife and two daughters.
\ contract for the erection of new par
sonage has been awarded By the officers of
the Reformed Congregation 1t Frederick to
Mr. Luther W Duval. The building will
cost So. 600 and will be erected on the lot i'm
media,eiy adjoining the church ON the west
side
Col. f. " Bruue, Of Baltimore. Was in
Frederick on Wednesday and made arrange.
menjs Wilh the managers OF the Agricultural
Society for the use OF iLeir grounds for the
anuaal encampmeRi OF the cOiored State
militia from the 27lh OF July 20 the ID ct
August.
Prof Vincent Sokci, music teacher resid
ing a; Germantown, IN the eleventh district
Nl kb4AE4AaNEE AAANANs WIS AeAA4 AtitA4 IA INA
Wednesday morning by his wife. He retired
Tuesday night N apparently good health.
Prof Sokel was about IS years OF age and
leaves wife and several children.
uwias 20 the destruction OF their water.
power by the recenI damage To the Chesapeake
and Ohio Canal. Messrs- Darby & Rice, Of
Wevrrfon, aud Jordan Champion 4 Co. of
Berlin, Frederick county, prOprietorS otiarge
iioHrng establishments. Sre making arrange
ments 10 introduce steam machinery into their
mills.
The work OF constructing the roadbed Of
the Baltimore aud Eastern Shore Railroad Is
in progress Grouad was broken at Easton
on a lot between Easioo and the Point.
Gnde(r0y & How. OF New York, are the Goa
tractors. They have difficulty in getting Ia
borsrs aud teams a. EaNon. and viii pf0eare
,hen in Baltimore.
The large frame bafa and stable Of Col
Lyiilefau i. fgrueli, on ihc Bloomingdsie
road near the wcsiera hints Of Baltimore,
was destroyed by !iyc Thursday. Its eonietsgs,
cousistog o. ave carriages, . wagon, several
sets of harness and eight tons Of new bay,
Were salsed 81 $1,000, msktug the total loss
SiQ.uo0 The batldiug WAS insured for =, 900
The barn aad stable Of Charles Snyder.
Patapsro Neck, ncar Steeit0n, was destroyed
by ire about o'elock Thursday morning.
Fogr horses aud ali Mr.. Snyder's harness
Esre also burned up The ere vas discovered
by a neighbour bat too late 10 save anything
EXCEPT several COWS. The barn was new.
The loss j. about $1,000. and IS partially
covered ia the Baltimore County Insurance
Company.
John Hall, c0loFcd man, about thirty
years 81 age. who lived about two miles from
Owipgs Mills, committed suicide Saturday
evening by shooting himself with "a pistol
through the ught temple. Hall was married
Daring the dsy be had some trouble with his
wife. who had a peace warrant sworn oat and
placed IA the bands Of an officer, TO arrest
him. Il IS believed that be committed the
deed 10 ayeid arrest.
Abou, clock on Tuesday evening while
a yard engine was pushing passenger coach
into tbr engine house Of the Western Mary
land Kaiiroad at tlegersiown, the car struck
and tore ont the door frame aud large por.
ton Of the side OF the hUild,ng. The debris
fell upon Edward Iigman, an employe of the
road. vho uss on the platform OF the car, aad
sustained Injuries about the head aud body
which may result fatally.
4 remarkable accident happened to a COW
belonging 10 Jos. Barkdoll. OF l4eitersbsrg.
Washington county, Friday Of last week.
The COW was ia the pasture field under q tree,
and WheH switching al the flies her tail caught
upon the bark Of the tree. The COW began
walking around the tree sad wound herself
% SO tight that she could not get loose. She
finally fell down beside the tree, and when
found the tree had to be cut down before she
could be gotten loose
The Christian Brothers Of the Province Of
Baltimore, which embraces New Jersey,
Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia and the
District OF Columbia, have purchased from
Rear Admiral Ammou, Of Washington, the
large residence and ten acres OF land adjoin.
ing the Normal School OF the Order at Am.
medaIe, in Prince George county. The new
property has been christened" La Sale Villa,
and viii be used Us u retreat for the sick and 4
invalid brothers OF all the communities in the I
province.
On Saturday morning when the turnkey al /
the Washington county jail went into the cells
to get the breakfast pans Harry Delaney aud
Frank Flouhaser, who were IN jail on the
charge Of robbing Daniel Rohrer's store, at
Rohrersville. and a coiored mau named Jos.
HAYS, ia Jail on the charge OF committing an
assault with intent TO kill, attacked the turn
KEY with clubs which they had in some way
procured. knocked him down, secured the
KEYS and made good their escape. Before
Fioubaser got far he was rearrested, but the
other two are still at large.
Philip Ross, aged 35 years, an employee of
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad was in
stantIy killed Tuesday morning ut Camden
Station. Ross was engaged ia filling an ice
cooler IN ear under the shed. He crossed
the tracks TO the wheelbarrow containing ice
on the platform, when engine ., to which
was attached one car, pulled out the station.
Though the engineer ringing the bell,
Ross did not notice his danger and was
Knocked down upon the track. The engine
and car passed over him. His skull was
frigh,fully crushed. The top ofthe head was
partly cat of
Col. William P, Zollinger, captain of com
pauy L. of the Fifth Maryland Regiment, and
a we'll known business man, was killed Thurs
dav afternoon a few minutes before two
o'clock. at his residence, No. ll22 Linden
avenue Baltimore, by the accidental discharge
OF a shot gun, which he was handling, prepar
atory to cleaning it The charge entered the
stomach. one or two inches above the navel,
and slightly to the left. Death was almost
Col. Zollinger never speaking,
so far as known, after receiving the wound.
He was native of Harrisburg, Pa, was born
November >, 1910, and served with dlsunc-
ton in the Confederate army.
Henry S Black. a well known young mar
ried man, proprietor of Touring mill near
Frederick county, who was
convicted at the February term Of the Circuit
Court Of the charge of enticing away from her
home for immoral purposes progressing
young girl named Annie Shorb, was on Mon
iay sentenced by Judge McSherry to four
years Imprisonment in the Maryland peniten
iary. Blacks case was taken to the Court
Of Appeals, but that tribunal was equally di
vided in its opinion on the exceptions, and
the Judgment of the lower court
was unchanged. A petition has been pre-
pared, and has already been eagerly signed,
asking the Governor in view of the alleged
mitigating circumstances surrounding the case,
o pardon the prisoner,