The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1891-07-25
Maryland Affairs.

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500, six cents lower than last year.
DIR. John Reid, aged 20 years, died in
Knoxville, Frederick county, on Tuesday.
Albert Cashour, ofNew London, Frederick
county, had two horses killed by lighting on
Monday.
George 7. Lyon, aged IS years, died at
Havre de Grace, Hartford county, on Tuesday,
from cancer.
Fine wheat yields are reported in Frederick
county, the average being from "a to 81
bushels per acre.
| On Sunday two men and two women were
baptized and joined the Mormon faith at Bald
wins mills, Cecil county.
The earnings OF the Western Maryland
Railroad for June were $4,000 more than
for the corresponding month of 1890.
A new silk factory has been established at
| Hagerstown. 1t will employ 100 hands and
turn out $4,000 worth of goods per month.
| Catholic and Reformed Churches are to
be erected at Brunswick, Frederick county,
the improvement company having given the
land for that purpose.
| Mrs. Bridget Burns, of Baltimore, COM
mitted suicide by drowning on Tuesday. She
lost child several years ago and her mind
has been unbalanced ever since.
Mrs. Adam Koogle, aged 50 years, of Mid
dletown Valley, Frederick county, died from
tumor of the stomach on Thursday. She
leaves husband and seven children.
In Hartford county 46 candidates have an
nounced themselves for the lG places on the
ticket. The fight in the Democratic primaries
will be the warmest ever known, though not
bitter.
The frame barn of DR.. Craig, near Govans,
town, with about thirty to forty tons of hay,
two wagons, &C., were destroyed by fire Sun
day morning. The cause OF the fire is not
known.
The barn and contents of Jacob Kellar,
near New London, Frederick county, were
burned on Thursday, caused by spontaneous
combustion. Insured in the Montgomery
Company.
A number of Pennsylvania and Baltimore
| capitalists have purchased 1000 acres of land
at Dorsey's Switch, near Baltimore, on the
b. & o. Il. r.. and will start manufacturing
town to be called Warfeld.
Rev. Albert Il. Wallis, aged Al years. a
well-known member of the Methodist Episco-
pal Church, died in Frederick on July II.
He retired from the ministry several years
ago on account of failing health.
While ]. Roster Haynes, of Rohrersville,
" tiouihStou lOuuA1f WAS attempting W uIiNt
a neighbours COW from his wheat field he
threw stone at her, accdently striking her
on the head and killing her instantly.
A cloudburst occurred in Caroline county,
on Wednesday, extending over apparently a
very small space. The fall of water was i'm
mense. Corn fields were flooded and in the
wheat fields the water stood up to the bands
on the bundles in sho cks.
On Thursday morning rain fell in torrents
in Annapolis, flooding the streets and wash
ing away the foundation of some newly started
houses. 1t is said the rainfall was greater
during the heaviest part of the shower than
has been known there for years.
Cardinal Gibbons celebrated his 57th birth
day at Cape May, N. j., on Thursday, in
quiet manner. He was the recipient of many
tokens of esteem, and in the evening was
present at dinner given in his hour by Mr..
Cockcrolt Thomas, of Philadelphia, whose
guest he is.
Jacob Bach, aged Y, died in Baltimore on
| Sunday from the effects of blow with an axe
given him by John Majors, at Canton, on
| Thursday night. Bach was a native of Often
bach, Hesse Darmstadt, Germany, and few
years ago was worth over sac, 900 but he
spent it in riotOus living
Nicholas Hoffman, the companion of young
Blaney, recently hanged in Baltimore for the
murder Of his grandmother and aunt and who
was mainly instrumental in securing the con-
viction Of Blaney, is now in Jail himself,
charged with the murder on Monday night of
Peter Maggie, by pitching him into the river,
where he was drowned.
Enoch Reed, near Pfeiffers Corner How.
ard county, was seriously injured by the
bursting of gun on Sunday afternoon. He
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his gun went to see what caused it. In dis
charging it the hammer was blown off, struck
him in the nose and knocked him unconscious.
His right hand was also terribly lacerated.
Elias Mowen, of Washington county, with
his dog, while out gathering raspberries, was
attacked by a large black snake, which wound
itself around Mr.. Mowen's legs, but was killed
by his dog. A few minutes later, while the
dog was in the tall grass, another snake wound
itself around the dog, but Mr.. Mowen went
to the rescue and killed it. Each snake
measured six feet.
Wednesday night while officer Parlett, of
the Northeastern district, was endeavoring to
place Lemuel Brown, colored cripple, under
arrest for the cutting Of Thomas Billups, also
colored, he was murderously attacked by
Brown and cut in several places. With the
help of some coored men the officer succeed
ed in overpOwering and disarming the infu-
rated negro, and he was sent TO the police
station.
Mrs Martin C. Stout, of 127 East North
avenue, Baltimore, presented her husband
with tripets. On Wednesday afternoon of
last week Mrs Stout gave birth to a son, and
on Friday morning, nearly forty eight hours
afterwards, she gave birth to two daughters.
The three babies are fairly well developed and
are perfect in every respect. The singular
part of the case is the time between the births
as 1t is usual in the birth of two or more chill
dren that the first hardly sees the light before
the second one is born.
About $50 p. m. on Saturday afternoon of
last week, cyclone started at Mattawoman,
Charles county, passed into Prince Georges,
and crossed the Patuxent river into Calvert
and Anne Arundel Counties In Charles
county but little damage was done, but as the
cyclone advanced it gained in fury and de-
structiveness. Many narrow escapes were
made from death, and quite number of per-
sons received severe injuries. The destruc-
ton to crops, fences and outbuildings was
heavy, while few residences were injured.
A strange fatality pursues the Welch family
ofCumberland. On Tuesday William Welch, |
who was employed as yard brakeman on the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, was caught
under the wheels of an engine and instantly
killed, being literally ground to pieces. He
numbers the fifth member of the family that
has met with violent death within the last |
few months. Four Of his brothers were killed |
in various ways; his father and sister also died
recently of grief. Welch was unmarried and
the sole support of an aged mother, the only |
remaining member of the family.
Miss Mary Passano, daughter of the late
Joshua Passano, an attorney at law, and a |
grand niece of Mrs. Thomas NJ. Lanahan, |
shot and instantly killed herself at the sum.
mer boarding house of Mr.. Geo. G. Hooper,
corner ofHarwood avenue and the York road,
near Govanstown, Baltimore county, Thurs
day evening. Miss Passano had been staying
at Mr.. Hooper's since the ifst of June with
her cousin, Mrs. Walter Guy, with whom she
had been living for the last three years in
city. She was 20 years old and was
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