The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1892-11-12
Maryland Affairs.

Simon j. Martenet, eX-city Surveyor OF
Baltimore, died on Monday, aged GO years.
On Wednesday snow fell throughout the
western part of the State. In the Middle
town Valley Frederick county, it was from
to inches deep.
The wheat crop of Frederick county this
year amounted in the aggregate, 1t is said, to
about | 500, 900, or about 800, 600 bushels less
than the yield of last year.
Robert Lee Waters, colored, of Belair,
Hartford county, on Friday night of last week,
shot and killed Olivia Giles, colored, because
she refused to marry him.
James p Winchester, receiving teller Of
the Merchants National Bank of Baltimore,
has been elected president of the First Ma
tional Bank of Wilmington, Delaware.
John W Cornish, colored, pleaded guilty
IN the Circuit Court of Anne Arundel county
ON Saturday to AN attempted assault upon Mrs.
Grace O'Neil, white lady, and was sen
fenced to the penitentary for ten years.
Two barns on the farm of Thos. l.. Coul-
bourn, near Marion, Somerset county, were
burned on Thursday night of last week, with
all his farming implements, harness, hay and
fodder Insured in the Montgomery county
company.
Margaret Rice, coored, died in Baltimore
on Wednesday, aged l26 years. She was
born October q, 1866, in Calvert county,
a slave, owned by the Summerville' of Cal
vert county Two children, two great grand
children and large family of great great
grandchildren survive.
William NJ Hardt, of Frederick, who was
made bank examiner for Maryland, Della
ware, and the District of Columbia to sue
coed Mr.. James d. Ferguson, has been trans
ferred by the department to Philadelphia to
fill similar position in that city and State.
4 new barn on the farm of Amos Lease,
near Frederick, was destroyed by fire at about
Il o'clock on Saturday night Seven head of
horses, about 200 bushels OF wheat, a buggy
and spring wagon, lot of farming implements
and a quantity of hay, fodder, straw, ETC.,
were burned up. Loss between $1,000 and
So, 600; insurance $1,000, in the Ora myers
Fire Insurance Company.
William Deyer, clerk Of the Court for
Queen Annes county, died on Wednesday,
in Centreville. Mr.. Dever's term would
have expired in 1898. One the same day
Edwin Pratt died in Ceu'reville from com
pIication of diseases. He was y years OF
age. His wife, who was born on the same
day as himself, was sister of W. j. Gibson
father of United States Senator Charles Glib
son.
The third annual convention Of the Chris
tan Endeavor Societies of Maryland will be
held in the Emmanuel Baptist Tabernacle, Bal
timore, on Thursday and Friday, December
9Th and 9th. An interesting program is being
prepared including addresses by prominent
members. The music will be special fea-
ture, choir of IS or 100 voices is being in
training for the occasion.
An usknown man cat his throat and wrist
on Wednesday, near Cockeysvle. He then
threw himself upon pitchfork, after which
he walked quarter of mile and died in a
1 ditch. The man was about 35 years old,
with light hair and blue eyes, and was
/ dressed as a laboring man. jury decided
! the case to be one of suicide 1t was brought
out that he had asked man for knife to
kill himself with and was refused He got Il
/ knife later elsewhere.