The Democratic advocate., 1894-07-07

During June there we're 1,lO2 deaths in
Baltimore.
Parts of Montgomery county are suffering
from drought
DR.. John T. Dawkins, of Calvert county,
died suddenly on Monday, while sitting in q
chair in his residence.
Children playing with matches burned the
wheat stack on the farm of George j. Rems-
burg, Frederick county, on Thursday.
Bishop Paret sails today from New York
on visit to Europe. He is accompanied by
his daughter, Mrs. Atwater, and will be ab-
sent several. months. e $50
Patapsco Neck, Baltimore county, is great
for cabbages, some of the growers raising
from so, 600 to, 10000 heads, which sell at
| from to 8 cents each.
| John Henry Vonderhorst, the we'll known
brewer Of Baltimore, died on Wednesday. He
was 50 years old and was a native Of Gehrde,
Kingdom of Hanover, Germany.
During quarrel at Aberdeen, Hartford
county, on Wednesday, among some negroes,
Levi Lnster shot Sandy Richardson above the
left ear. Luster is in jail; Richardson will
die. an iA' sas
| A spark from a threshing machine set fire
to the barn of c. N. Creighton, Dorchester
county, on Wednesday, burning 200 bushels
Of wheat, a lot of corn, all his farming imple-
ments, &c. His barn was insured.
| Joe Channels, a colored man employed at
Schley's limekiln, Frederick county, was
blown up by blast in the quarry Wednesday.
One leg was blown off, one arm shattered
and his head crushed and eyes put out. He
died at seven o'clock. @
James Allen, eolored, was hung yesterday
at Upper Marlborough, Prince Georges
county, for assaulting Cora Simpson, aged II
years, and at Centreyille' Queen Anne s
county, Vim. jackson, colored, was hung for
the murder of his employer, Geo. l.. Leager
ON April 81. 7 H
At Glen Birnie, Anne Arundel county, on
Wednesday, Mrs. Sophie Wilkes was killed
by John Reichner, who pointed gun at her
| in fun. The gun was loaded with blank
cartridge and the heavy wad killed the woman.
A coronor's jury acquitted Reichner of felo-
nious intent.
John Loud, of Chestertown, Kent county,
recently lost three cows and calf in an I'M
usual way. The calf went out in the water
on marsh to get rid of flies and became
stuck in the mud. Its believing attracted
the attention of the cows; they went out to it.
also became stuck in the mud and at the
rising of tide all were drowned.
Eli G. Ulery, formerly well-known hotel
keeper in Baltimore county, but for many
years train dispatcher on the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad, located in Philadelphia
died Monday from Bright's disease. He was
a native of Pennsylvania, 81 years of age, and
came to Baltimore when quite young. He
established hotel at Calverton, which he
conducted for number of years, and was
popular among the butchers. He leaves a
wife and four children.
L. E. Washer, of Thurmont, fireman or
the Western Maryland Railroad, was run over
Wednesday morning at 3 o'clock in the vicin
ity of Smithsburg and killed. His train had
pulled into switch to await the passage Of
another train. He sat down on the main
track and fell asleep. The train for which
they were waiting came along and cut off both
feet, mashed his head and breast and other
wise mutilated his body. He died shortly
after in Train Dispatcher Shriner's Office il
Hagerstown.