The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1893-01-14
Maryland Affairs.

Typhoid fever is proving unusually fatal IN
parts of Somerset county.
Allegany county court house was burned
last week; loss about $50, 600. Nearly all the
records were saved.
AT Cris6eld, on Thursday, the snow was
eleven inches deep. This is something un-
usual for that part of the State.
Israel Bast, formerly well-known resi-
dent of Frederick city, died on Sunday near
Yellow Springs, aged 70 years.
Mrs. Susan Bigham, daughter of Mrs. d.
S. Harth, Hagerstown, died Sunday morning
of heart disease, aged rs years.
Baltimore's police will cost this year $780,
TAI. OF, and the net revenue from markets and
licenses last year was $40, 1892.
Joseph CLANCY is the Oldest postmaster in
the State, having held the position at Bristol,
Anne Arundel county, for so years.
Prof Frederick Knapp. well known
teacher of the deaf and dumb, died in Balti-
more, on Saturday, aged ~ years.
Mrs. Catherine Robinson, of New York, has
purchased the farm of NJ. I. Goldsborough,
of Talbot county, for 81 900 cash.
Giving to the extreme cold great suffering
prevails among the laboring classes in the
cities and counties, and several persons have
been frozen to death.
! David Holmes, the oldest man in Washing
ton county, died a. Brownsville Tuesday morn
ing of cancer of the face. He was in the
lOSd year of his age.
The congregation of ST. Stephen Church,
Cecil county, will celebrate the two hundredth
anniversary of the founding OF the parish on
Friday, January Goth.
There is a scarcity of farm labor in Balt
more county. A packer of 400 acres of corn
says he is obliged to keep his force on pay all
winter in order to have the men in the spring.
William 6. Shook an extensive breeder
aud dealer in fancy cattle at Utica, Freder
lick county, has filed deed of trust. His
liabilities are estimated at from $4,000 to
So, 900.
A member of the Maryland cycle club has
been caught robbing the lockers of the men,
bers of jewelry and money, while they were
practicing. Upon confessing he was expell-
ed without exposure.
DIR. E. Hall Richardson, aged 81 years,
died at Belair on Thursday. He was a ma
tive of Hartford county, and was son of
Major VIM. Richardson who served with dis
tinction in the war of 1Sl2l4.
AT Annapolis, on Monday Governor Brown
presented to Commander Leary, L. S. N,
the gold watch voted to him-by the Legisla-
ture Of Maryland for gallant conduct at Samoa.
Commander Leary is a native of Baltimore.
Diphtheria is epidemic at Hancock and
other towns in Washington county. AT Han
cock a mass meeting was held and measures
of inspection and cleanliness were ordered to
be pursued by the town authorities to check
its ravages.
DR.. Peter H. Heiskel, of Prince Georges
county, died suddenly on Monday, aged u
l. IL, ka,E 14,,.a in
the county, but was of such retiring DISPOSE
ton that not until late in life would he accept
public position.
John Coulehan, ex-Judge Of the Orphans
Court of Allegany county, died on Wednes-
day, aged "a years. He had filed that posi-
ton for q consecutive years. He was a
native of Ireland, but had resided in Cum.
berland since 1913, and was popular with all
classes.
distinct shock of earthquake was felt
Wednesday evening, at $40 o'clock on the
western outskirts of Frederick. At Jefferson
the shock was particularly noticed, and 10 the
store of l.. o. Whip, in that place, articles
were shaken to the floor and the top of a stove
knocked off.
"Bloomiugdale, tract of 625 acres of
valuable land, belonging to Mr.. 5. Teackle
Wallis, of Baltimore, has been sold to his
nephew, Mr.. John NJ. Wallis, of the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad Company, for $50 per acre.
This is one of the historic homesteads of
Queen Anne's county.
The Frederick Elevator Company, local
enterprise which commenced operations about
four months ago, have handled within that
time between 10000 and 10000 bushels of
wheat and about 100000 weight of bran, etc.
The present storage of wheat in the elevator
amounts to about rs, 900 bushels.
The winter of 1892 93 will pass into history
as one of the severest for a longtime. Rivers
that have not been frozen for years were clos
ed by the intense Geld of January S-11. In
many places in this state the mercury falling
a degree minute, aud factories and mills
we're compelled to stop work.
Tobias Bready, we'll known citizen of
Frederick county, residing at Adamstown,
was the victim of serious accident on Mon
day. He had Just returned from horseback
ride when, IN entering the yard, his horse
slipped and fell, crushing one ofMr. Bready's
legs very severely. In reaching for support
he grabbed barbed wire fence, and by so
doing badly lacerated his hand.
The four year-old son of Jacob Eichelber-
ger, living near Ash. Washington county, was
burned to death on Friday of last week. The
child was playing with fire at a stove when its
dress caught and every bit of the childs
clothing was burned from its body. The
mother was absent from the house, but screams
of the older children brought her to the house.
She found the child blackened and SCARED
almost beyond recognition. 1t died shortly
afterward.
A fine large barn and several smaller build
ings on the farm of Alexander Ramsburg,
near Lewiston, Frederick county, were des-
troyed by fire at about 8 O'Clock Wednesday
morning Four horses and two colts perish
ed in the flames and a considerable quantity
of provender and numerous farming imple-
ments were also consumed. Loss estimated
at about s., 900. The fire is said to have
originated from live Goals carried to the barn
for the purpose of thawing out n frozen n.y.
drant or pipe.
John W. Brady, aged GA years, died at an
early hour Monday morning at his residence,
Cornhill street, of softening of the brain. He |
had been in i'll health for year. For num-
Der of years he carried on a bakery in Anna
polis and until recently he was employed as |
baker at the House of Correction. He mar
ried sister of Judge James Reyell, of the !
fifth Judicial circuit, and leaves widow, and |
ten children. He was a member ofSt. Mary's |
Catholic Church and was good citizen.
William Dellinger and Charles A. Potts,
two well-known farmers residing between
townsville and Williamsport, in Washington
county, on Saturday, quarreled over some
live stock belonging to Mr.. Dellinger which |
got on Mr.. Potts's premises. The latter, it |
is alleged struck the former On the back of |
the neck with an axe, laying open a bad |
wound. They had hearing before Justice |
Hawken, in Williamsport, and Mr.. Potts was
held for court in $500 bail on the charge of
assault with intent to kill.
Abner D. Sanks, superintendent of the
York turnpike, was found dead on Saturday |
in an outbuilding of the railway stable at |
Goyanstown, Baltimore county. Fifteen min
utes before he was found Mr.. Sanks went to
the stable to look after his horse. 1t was |
found that he had been bruised upon the |
abdomen, presumably by kick from the
horse, and it is believed the blow caused death |
from heart failure. Mr. Sanks had been in
bad health. The body was found by his sister.
Mr.. Sanks was in his list year. He came from |
Frederick county. He was connected with |