The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1892-06-04
Maryland Affairs.


in this state.
Edward Pets, shoe manufacturer, Balti-
more, has made an assignment.
At Oxford, Talbot county, during the past
season, 264, 023 bushels of oysters were pack
ed.
Lutherans of Maryland. Virginia and West
Virginia will hold the seventh annual reunion
at Pen. Mar on August 4.
A Baltimore drug clerk used laudnum in
stead of paregoric in a prescription and the
death of a child resulted.
VIM. Wilson, colored, was su ffocated on
Tuesday by falling into grease vat at fer
tizer works in Baltimore.
Over $500, 900 has been added to the taxable
basis of Hartford county this year by the ex-
ertions of the commissioners and tax collec-
tors.
In Montgomery and Prince Georges coun-
ties OH Thursday and Friday afternoons of last
week there were severe nail storms, and much
damage resulted.
John Shea, well-known citizen Of Texas,
Baltimore county, died on Wednesday. He
was native of Ireland, but had lived in
Texas, about 40 years.
| At meeting of the directors of the Balti-
more and Potomac Railroad on Wednesday,
Elk Gov. Oden Bowie was reelected presi-
dent for the 26th time.
Large sales of property adjacent to Balh-
more are reported daily, and it will not be
long before the city limits will be extended
to Lake Roland and Towson.
Ernest Barber, of Highlandtown, Balti-
more county, committed suicide on Wednes,
day. He was policeman in the employ OF
the Northern Central Railroad.
By the breaking of the switchback electric
railway at Colchester Beach, Chesapeake
Bay resort, on Monday FIVE persons were
| injured, Miss Fannie Lawrence seriously.
There is in a Snow Hill, Worcester county,
cemetery tombstone bearing date 1907.
There always has been some doubt about the
precise date of the discovery of America.
| Large mills for making MANILA paper are
| TO be built by n company of capitalists OF
! Baltimore, near Ellicott City. The mills Will
cost S25. 600 and will make 5000 pounds daily.
Lightning struck F. P. Chaney,s fine resi-
Jence at Burtonville, Frederick county,
| Thursday, and did considerable damage to the
roof and tower. People in the house were
shocked, but no one was injured.
Off Wachoprague Beach, Worcester copn-
| ty, on Tuesday, Capt VIM. Bunting caught
5000 drum fish in one haul with purse net
The fish averaged so pounds each and were
! sold for so cents piece.
During Thursdays storm, last week, in
| Queen Anne's county, the residence OF L: A.
| Embert, at Queenstown, was almost demolish-
ed by lightning, as was also the barn OF
James P. Norman of Kent Island.
| The Orphans Court of Baltimore on Tues
day dismissed the petition of Louis E. Roane
! for letters of administration in the estate OF
his wife, and ruled that the woman's will,
executed before her marrige, had not been
revoked by the marriage.
| Herman Ball, clothing dealer, of Elkton,
! has brought suit in the Circuit Court against
! Marks Lieberman, also dealer in clothing,
for $40, 200 damages, for libel in publishing
| card tending to injure his business in the
Cecil Wing of a recent date.
Mrs. Mamie P. Offutt, wife of Milton W.
| 0ffutt, a well known member of the Balti-
more county bar died in Baltimore on Satur-
| day evening. Mrs. Offutt was daughter of
| Mr.. D. Preston Parr, of Baltimore, and was
married to Mr.. Offutt in 1886.
! Francis Bauer, aged GO years, wel-known
contractor of Baltimore, dropped dead on
! Tuesday, as he entered his home, having just
returned from a business trip. He was
native of Saxony, but had been in business
in Baltimore for over 40 years.
At last the murderers of Mrs Jennie Rich
I ards, of Rising Sun, Cecil county, have been
captured, one in Harrisburg. Pa, and the
other in Rochester, NY. Both men have
beeb identified and the necessary papers
/ have been sent to the proper authorities.
Parts of Garrett county were visited by a
hail storm on Friday afternoon of last week.
/ At Oakland the hail was followed by snow.
| A circus which was exhibiting there suspend
ed whilst the performers went out and engag-
ed in snow. ballng. A very neavy frost
covered everything Saturday morning, and
/ great deal of damage was done.
Fire destroyed the house and furniture of
George +. jackson, at Granite, Baltimore
| county, on Wednesday morning. The owner
and two other men made narrow escapes
! from the house. The loss was between 81, 500
/ aud So 900; insured in the Continental Com
pany for 81 800. The dwellings of VIM. f.
Weller and Charles Grant were slightly
damaged.
Rev. John Irving, aged 20 years, died at
. Greensboro, Caroline county, on May q; for
many years he was connected with the Mary
! land Conference of the Methodist Protestant
Church and served without pay. Rev. John
Phillips, of the NJ. Z. Church, Homecoming,
Garrett county, died the same day. He was
ordained in 1890 and was a young man of
great promise.
Miss Eliza Pitts. residing with Mrs. K. B.
Groome in Elkton for ffty-fYe years past,
died Tuesday, May 81, of infrmities of age.
She was SO years old and was the second old
est member of the Elkton Presbyterian
Church. She was a native of Delaware, an
estimable lady and had large circle of
friends and acquaintance.
| Lewis E. Gladfelter, a clerk in the mailing
/ division of the postoffce, Baltimore, was ar
! nn Nav 81 ut the DOStOttice nv H.
spetors Maxwell and Troy, on the charge of
robeing the mail. Young Gladfelter was
| confronted by Messrs. Lewyn Salabes,
pawnbrokers, who identified Gladfelter as
the party who had pawned several articles at
| their place. for which he held tickets, that
were found when he was searched.
Harry F. aged years, son of Charles Par
( ker Seabold, a prominent farmer of the
4 HeSterstown road was run over by buck
| ster's wagon Sunday afternoon near Pixies
vile Baltimore county. He was coming down
! a side avenue leading into the road, and was
I learning to ride bicycle. He entered the
road at a high rate of speed and could not
control the machine. Before he could turn
he ran into the off horse and fell with his
| cycle under the wagon, the wheels of which
passed over his legs just above the knees,
completely crushing them.
/ Col. Manuel Cox, DR., OF GoS Station,
Charles county, sold seven and a-half acres
of land at Bel Alton to P. Reed Wills for
! $4,000. The land is right at Cox's Station,
and is improved by hotel, saloon and livery
stable Some gentlemen from York, Pa,
who are interested in the development of
that neighborhood in Charles county, are
erecting six new dwellings, and propose to
establish factory for the manufacture OF
cigars and smoking tobacco. The establish
ment of the tobacco factory will stimulate
1 the tobacco industry in Charles county.
The hail and rain-storm which visited the
southern section OF Montgomery county
on Friday afternoon of last week, proved to
1 be the severest in point of damage known in
! Montgomery county for twenty five years.
1 From Linden TO Little Texas, on the north
side of the Metropolitan Branch Railroad,
the losses are heaviest. John Browns loss
in small fruits and truck is estimated at $500.