The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1893-12-23
Maryland Affairs.

andrew jackson Nllcoxon, aged " years
! died in Frederick on Monday.
Aquilla Gilbert, native of Hartford county
r died in Baltimore, on Sunday, aged 81 years
e VIM. t. McCauley, well known bushes.
e man of Ellicott City, died suddenly on Tues
day.
E Vim. Leonard who killed Jesse 7. Ander
, son in Frederick county, will be hung on
February 1G, hext.
Poultry thieves at work in almost every
i county in the State, while burglaries are o.
nightly occurrence.
Millington, Kent county. had $4,000 fire
on Wednesday. 1t was started by some
children playing with matches.
Mrs. Mary Wright aged 46 years. of Balti-
more, made misstep while going down stairs
, on Tuesday, fell to the bottom and broke her
neck.
Mrs. Elizabeth little, widow of Daniel
little, of South Mountain, frederick county,
died on December u, 1893, aged % years,
3 months and day.
train was run on the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad, to Philadelphia, on Sunday, 90
miles in SO minutes The engine was the one
which was exhibited at Chicago.
Citizens of Mechanicstown. Frederick coun-
ty, are going to petition the Legislature to
change the name to Thurmont. The mean
ing of the word is 1.-THE doorway to the noun,
tain.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Stump, parents OF
Judge Frederick Stump, celebrated the 59th
anniversary of their wedding on Monday, at
Perry Point, Cecil county. None but the
immediate family were present.
Harriet Holland, widow of the late Prof
Albert Holland the we'll known leader of the
Independent Blues Band, Baltimore died. on
Saturday, at WaverlY, Baltimore county. She
was as noted as a singer as her husband was
as aband leader.
Mrs Jeter, wife of NJ S. Jeier, of Balti-
more, who was assaulted by some unknown
person with Il railroad coupling pin on the
9th instant, died on Sunday. Her skull was
crushed and there were other wounds ON her
head and shoulders.
Arthur Courtney and Henry Taylor. ne
groes, were hanged at Princess Anne, on the
10th instant for the murder of Captain j
| Frank Cooper in June last. A mob broke
| down two fences around the scaffo!d, in order
| to obtain a view of the execution. Both men
made full confession.
| All the buildings on the fishery of James
C. Crothers, including his barn, at Red Point
fishing shore. on the Northeast river, near
Northeast, Cecil county, were totally destroy
ed by fire Monday night. The loss is esti
az VcsDNOJ party GONtiEu W insurance"
The survey of the South Mountain Electric
Railway has been completed. 1t will be II
miles long and will run through Beaver Greek,
Mapleville, Smoketown, Jugtown, Pondsville.
Cavetown and come out at Smithsburg, where
the Western Maryland Railway will he tapped
On Saturday last the residence of George
d. Stagmer, near Waverly, Baltimore county,
was burned by the explosion of gasoline
stove. Mrs. Stagmer was so badly burned
that death occurred few hours later. The
fire was caused by the carelessness of SER
want.
At Centreville, on Tuesday, the real estate
of the late Thomas Booker was sold at public !
sale. The home farm, containing 27S acres, /
buildings not good, brought $50 per acre; !
l53 acres ofback land sold at $lS per acre. /
The home farm was one of the best on Ches- /
ter river 20 years ago.
On Sunday night the turnkey at the Jail in 1
Hagerstown was assaulted by two prisoners
One choked him while the other threw
blanket over his head. They threw him .
upon the floor and took from his pocket
bunch of keys, which proved, however, not /
to be the keys to the prison door. The
prisoners were finally overcome.
Mrs. Jennie B. Ferguson, wife of Major I.
B. Ferguson, formerly of the fish commission,
who is daughter of the late Governor Swami,
of Maryland, was knocked down by cable
car, near the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
depot, in Washington, and the wheels passed
over both her legs, crushing them so that one
had to be amputated. She died the next day
from the shock.
Sister Sebastian Brown, of the Colored Or
der of the Oblate Sisters of Providence, died
in Baltimore, on Monday afternoon, Her
exact age was not known, but by the other
sisters she was said to have been 100 years
old. Her name in the world was Justine
Brown, and she was born and passed her
early life on the Vincendae estate, near
Frederick. Her early life was devoted to
religious matters, and in trying to educate
the girls of her race. She was of French
descent. and had acquired liberal education.
VIM. Churchill, chief boatswain's mate of
the Naval Academy, met with fatal accident
at an early hour Wednesday morning. He
was coming downstairs at his residence. to
go on duty at the Naval Academy, when it is
supposed he stumbled over n shoe on the
stair step and fell. He was found ON the floor
and an examination showed that his neck
had been dislocated in the fall. He lived
only a few minutes. Churchill was born in
Glasgow. Scotland, Gl years ago. He had
been in the navy 30 years and at the Naval
Academy since 1892 He had previously
been employed in the merchant service. He
leaves a widow and children.
Kent county commissioners are so well
pleased with the new road and bridge repair
system, introduced for the first time last year.
that they have adopted the same method for :
the approaching year, and have advertised
for bids to do the work. About $1,000 was
saved to the taxpayers last year by the new
system. The method is to receive sealed
proposals to do the work by sections, or the
entire work of the county may be given to one
party. Contractors will be required to enter
into satisfactory bond with the commissioners
for the performance of the work in sem |
equal to the contract price The work must s
be done before June 20, and all work, such
as washouts or similar unexpected repairs,
will be paid for as special work.
DIR. Gustav Adolph Lebig died at his resi-
ienece, Catonsvlle, Baltimore county, on
Sunday, morning. He had been sufferer J,
from heart trouble four years, during which
period he gave up active attention to business \
affairs. His last illness began several weeks {
ago. DR.. Liebig was born August Is, 1874,
n Hayda, Austria, and all his relatives except A
ais immediate family said to reside in q
Europe. After coming to Baltimore DIR.
Liebig attained a reputation as an authority
IN the manufacture of fertilizers and their
nodes of application to the soil. Being im.
pressed with the agricultural Importance OF
he phosphates found upon the Island of Ma
Tassa, he suggested their value and was the
means of bringing them into use.
Mrs. Comfort Worthington Dorsey, one of T
he best known residents of Howard county.
lied of Bright's disease on Saturday, near I
5llicott City, in her esd year and was great +
uferer through her long illness. Mrs. Dor {
ey' father was the late Col. Charles S. Worth {
ngton Dorsey and her mother was a Miss
Nary Pue Ridgely. daughter of the late i
Charles Ridgely, of Hampton. She was the {
widow of the late William H. Gordon Dorsey, +
} leading lawyer Of Howard county, son Of T
he late Judge Thomas B. Dorsey, the famous s
Maryland jurist. Her husbands death 90 s
.urred in 1862. She has two daughters, both :
Miss Comfort Worthington and +
Hiss Mary Ridgely Dorsey. 1t was TO the F
after to whom jefferson Davis, President of :
he Southern Confederacy willed valuable L