The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1889-09-14
Maryland Affairs.


John MARTA. 1t Washiagsoa eosniy. a'rd
on Sunday, aged ~
Judge Brooke. 81 Priues George couuiy,
has decided that magistrate cannot rvgnHsi'
a prisoner 30 the HOUSE % Correction.
on SATURDAY nigh, lass Arihar Braan shot
and fatally wounded John Prgrse 81 hEsis
vile. Prince Georse coauiy. beta are
ce.ored.
While George A. Smith was decorating 9
tloai IN Baltimore on Monday, be icsl % tbs
ground aud fractured his skull. lie died 10
! short slime.
GA Thursday of lass seek ,ha barn aad
eon,euts % Louis II. XIX. arsE Rising San,
Cecil county. were bsrned. less $1,000
insurance 81 ,ooe
Cardinal Gibbons on Sunday coafsmeA II
persons, Of whom II we're eolored, 20 -
Mary's Church. 3, Annapolis He aiss
preached a sermon
Between . sad O'Clock % Tuesday morn,
ing the steamer Theodore Meems WAS bafne
II her dock 10 Baltimore Insurance 80, 600
Part Of her cargo Was sawed.
on Tuesday Wm. Harris, nf Northeast
Cecil county, aged =, IN getting oycF a trnes
with a gan ia his hand fell and the gan va
discharged. blowing tbs top Of his bead of
On Thursday al Ellc0u City, Mira. LacJ
II Wiley was awarded s. CD damage against
the b. L O. Railroad for the killing Of hes
husband, postal clerk, on october :. lsos
j. I. Robinson. OF Long Island, and Cap
tain William short, Of Ocean City. Maryland
popular sumner resort, were drowned on .ht
6th instant at the latter plAce by the caIaslElng
Of a surf beat.
A convention ia the interest Of restoring
the Chesapeake and Ohio Canai vas held Al
Hagerstown. on Tuesday. Resolutions weFe
adopted iavoring private management q iht
canal. and committee appointed % wait %
the Governor aud board q public WORKS.
A large barn on the farm Of Louis F. Diet
rick. near Evansville, Frederick county, ten.
anted by David Reynolds, was destroyed by
fire Of inceudiary origin "Wednesday Night.
Among the contents consumed vas guam
tity OF wheat, hay, straw, harness, farming
implements, &c. Loss about II 500.
Thomas Cashell. Of Colesyille district,
Montgomery county, was found dead on
Wednesday in a woods near his residence.
He left home IN the morning in apparently
good health. and about O'Clock in the even.
me he was found dead leaning against tree.
h was q years old and was very popular IN
his vicinity.
George ". Gibson, aged about IS years,
and residing near Deep Landing, Calvert
county. committed suicide last week by hang
ING himself from one Of the crossbeams in his
tobacco barn. Mr.. Gibson was a prosperous
young farmer. but had been In bad health for
several wears. and il is believed by his friends
thar the knowledge OF failing health bore SO
heavily upon him that his mind finally became
unsettled.
Last Saturday evening William Davis, a
well known citizen Of the sixth district Of
baltimore county, so years OF age, while
returning on horseback from Beckleysyille
M his home. was thrown and killed. Mr..
Davis had an umbrella with him, and It Is
thought that while attempting 10 raise 1t, mis-
horse became frightened and threw him.
Death was almost instantaneous.
Al Ocean City on Tuesday, owing to the
high tide and strong wind, the water crossed
the beach from the ocean to depth OF over
three feet. A number of persons were at
the hotels and an effort was made to reach
them, but the railroad bridge across Synepux-
ept bav was under water. The wind was 50
miles an hour for nearly two days, and great
damage was done to property. On Wednes-
day the several hotels and life saving station
were flooded, the doors and windows being
battered in by the food.
John Kolb, German, was struck in the
breast by brick on Monday, in Baltimore,
and died almost instantly. A row occurred
between some colored men, and kolb and
few friends interfered to stop it, when Bradley
Chester. colored threw a brick, resulting as
above. Chester ran and was pursued by an
officer. but escaped. Later he attempted to
arrest Chester when the latter struck the officer
in the face and knocked him down. The
officer soon recovered, started after the negro
and fred twice in the air, but finding that
Chester was escaping he fired and Chester
dropped dead. All were employed in or
about brickyard.