The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1891-08-15
Maryland Affairs.

Owing to the continuous wet weather
thousands of bushels of wheat ruined in
Kent county.
James II. Bond, of J. W. Bond & Co.,
we'll known publishers and stationers Bali-
more, died on Tuesday aged &C years.
Benjamin r. Perry, who for 40 years was
clerk with Hamilton Easter & Sons, Balti-
more, died on Monday, aged II years
r. H. Lusby, of Brandywine, Prince
Georges county, was crushed to death, on
Monday, by being run over by a wagon loaded
with wood.
John Duvall, a wel-known civil engineer
of Annapolis, aged 10 years, committed sui,
eide on Saturday. He was afraid he would
die in the almshouse.
Rev. J.. d. Fried, of Mechanicstown, aged
10 years, died in Shippensburg, Pa, and was
buried on Saturday. He was member of
the United Brethren Church.
George Davidson, of Bishopville, Worcester
county, attempted to jump from moving
train on Wednesday, and was struck by the
rear car and instantly killed.
Considerable damage was done by the storm
of Wednesday in Frederick county. In add
ton to the destruction by the strong wind,
corn was badly cut by the hail.
Mrs. Margaret Haines died on the 9th
instant, at Rising Sun, Cecil county, in her
9Sd year. She was active up to the time of
her death, and possessed all her faculties.
George Elburn, aged 10 years, of Kent
county. was killed on Saturday while breaking
a colt. The colt reared, fell backwards and
crushed him so badly that he died in a few
hours.
Samuel Pierce, colored, was killed by some
unknown person while asleep in yawl boat
on Sunday in Baltimore. Three persons
were arrested but neither of them knew any
thing about it.
Charles A. Steiner, Of Baltimore, was shot
by his wife on Saturday. They quarreled
about trifling matter and the wife shot, pro-
ducing wound in the head from which he
will probably die.
A horse belonging to Luke Goodyear, near
Elkton, Cecil county, while grazing cut its
tongue with a blade of sword grass, from
which it bled to death. Every effort was
made to stop the flow of blood without success.
l.. l.. jackson, brakeman on the B. Il o.
X. R., was killed at Harper's Ferry on Mon
day by falling from the platform OF freight
car. He lived at Brunswick, Frederick
county, and leaves wife and two children.
A six-months old child of Martin l.. Gaver,
living at Ellerton, Frederick county, while
living in its cradle on Saturday night last, was
bitten twice in the palm of the hand by
Cerocious rat Blood poisoning has set in and
the child cannot live.
A brief, fierce thunder storm fell upon Bal
timore and vicinity shortly before noon on
Wednesday. A half inch of water fell within
an hour, and the lightning killed q man at
Towson and shocked another severely. The
temperature fell from 80 before the storm TO
GO after it.
n bo livaH tho Old
Forge. several miles northeast of Hagerstown,
died Wednesday of lockjaw. A short time
ago she trod on a nail, and the wound thus
inflicted seemed to have healed up, but few
DAYS ago her foot became very sore and could
not be cured.
Buchanan F. Krise, of Frederick, was in
slantly killed in mine near Leadville, Col,
on Friday of last week. He was with a sur
veying party and had entered the cage to
come to the surface, when he leaned back and
his head was caught by piece of timber and
his neck broken.
Near Smithsburg, in Washington county,
little girl has the whooping cough, but she
does not cough. She sneezes instead, and
the fits of sneezing come on at intervals, just
as the coughing spells usually do in such
cases. and they give her the same relief that
coughing would.
AT Muddy Branch, Dorchester county, on
Sunday afternoon, fight took place between
George Hackett and John Dutton, both col
ored Dutton leased Hackett when he pulled
out a razor and slashed at Dutton, when the
latter used a revolver, producing n wound
which may prove fatal.
Sheriff Adams, of Charles county, and his
guards, successfully resisted an attempt to
force an entrance to the jail, on Tuesday
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mob were after John NJ. Rye who killed John
G. Wheeler last week. Rye has been taken
to Baltimore for safety.
A Telephone Subscribers Protective AS.
ISOLATION has been organized in Baltimore
'to secure appropriate legislation for the pro-
lection of the public against the unreasonable
encroachments by the Telephone Company
upon the rights of the public and to prevent
the extortion of exorbitant terms and unjust
conditions for the services of the company
On Sunday afternoon free fight occurred
at GAINESVILLE station, Montgomery county,
between a number of negroes who were re-
turning from camp. During the melee Rein
and George Oifutt were shot by Lewis Brown,
and Brown was killed by some unknown
person. A woman was also dangerously
wounded.
Rhoda Smith, aged &c years, died on Mon
day nj Snow Hill, Worcester county. She
| was slave in the Dennis and Smith family,
and was greatly esteemed by ALL Her death
was caused by cancer of the hip, of the exist
ence of which her children had no knowledge
until within short time of her death, as she
had kept her trouble concealed for fear of
worrying her relatives.
Sister Mary Louisa O'Donoghue died at
the Frederick Convent of the Visitation on
Monday, aged sixty years and eleven months
She was formerly resident of Georgetown,
ID. c., and was sister in law of the late John
| Murphy, the well known publisher of Balti-
more. She entered the Frederick Convent
| in the year 1850, and was the directress six
1 teen years and mother superior three years.
| She was one of the best known educators in
the country.
Strawberry picking in Wicomico county
pays each season an average of over $50, 900,
at two cents quart, to the pickers, $75, 900
is paid to the same class of workers in Somer-
| set county. Huckleberry pickers realize on
an average S35, 900 in Wicomico. OF rasp-
| berries and blackberries not the twentieth
part are picked, yet they pay large sums to
those who pick them. Many of the berry
farms are swamps. There is one farm of 3
600 acres in huckleberries in Wicomco
Crisfield ships $40, 600 crabs in one year.
Wednesday morning Joseph Peck, colored,
aged eighteen years, was struck by lightning
and instantly killed at his home, in Peters.
vile, Frederick county. He was at work in
potato patch, and when the storm came up
started to run to the house. Between the
stable and dwelling the fatal bolt descended,
striking him on the head. His father, Rev.
Francis j. Peck, is stationed at Gainesville,
Baltimore county, as pastor of the African
Methodist Episcopal church. His brother,
Rev. Francis Peck, Jr., is pastor of Wash
ington Cd. c. Methodist Episcopal church.
Young Peck was student of Lincoln Uni
versity, in Pennsylvania, last year, and had
good education.
One Of the severest storms ever witnessed
passed over a portion of Charles county Wed.
nesday afternoon. The storm passed over
section about two and half to three miles in
breadth and travelled in a southeasterly direc-
ton. Hail fell very heavily and did great
damaoa to the orowinO crons almost entirelv