The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1896-01-04
Maryland Affairs.

Abe Butler, colered, Died IN hent county
last week, aged, it is claimed, los years.
Miss Eliza Derickson died at the Home of
the Aged Of The NJ. E. Church, aged SO years.
sIncendary fires are becoming very frequent
ON the Eastern Shore. Lynching will follow If
caught.
During the past year 10000 beef cattle,
5,941 1877 hogs, and 464, OH sheep were re-
ceived at Baltimore stock yards.
John Mcdowell Goldsborough, of Talbot
county, died at the home of his brother, in
Baltimore on Tuesday, aged 50 years.
VIM. F. Watson, of Centreville, Queen
Anne's county, shipped to Baltimore and
Philadelphia this season AZ tons of poultry.
E. l.. Shriver, constable of Middletown,
Frederick county, left on Monday of last
week to attend to some business and has not
been heard of since.
Governor Brown has appointed Cephas M.
Thomas, of Liberty district, county cemmis-
sioner for Frederick county, vice W. Nj. Cal
Their, resigned, on account of i'll health.
Charles L. Williams, alias Rev. James
Scott, has been arrested in Baltimore for
passing bogus checks. He is also wanted in
Washington, d. c., for similar rascality.
William JONES' of Frederick county, died
near New London, ON December % He
leaves a wife and son, DR.. Harry G. Jones,
who is an instructor in the Johns Hopkins
University, Baltimore.
Eugene 0udesluys, IL lawyer Of Baltimore,
while changing his position in q duck blind,
on Tuesday, on Back river, pulled his gun for
ward by the muzzle, the gun was discharged
and his hand was torn off at the wrist.
A close observer and solid business man of
Talbot county says the money spent in fenc-
ing in that county woald pay off all the farm
mortgages, and that the worthless dogs cost
enough to pay the, interest on the mortgages
While Mrs. James X Hamilton, of Falls
ton, Hartford county, was out driving her horse
SHE'D and ran off the edge of a small bridge,
throwing Mrs. Hamilton violently TO the
ground, breaking both of the small bones ia
her ankle.
The large barn belonging to Mrs. Susan
Wakeland, widow of the late James Wake
land, near Churchville, Hartford county, was
destroyed by fire on Saturday, together with
its contents. 1t is thought that the fire was
started by children playing with matches
Mr.. Hollie Stritehof. of the Furnace, Hair
/ ford county, met with a painful cunning ac-
cident His gun was discharged the load
striking his hand, tearing two Of his fingers
completely to pieces and others shattered
| Some of the shot entered his wrist, and his;
forehead was scorched.
When Mrs. DR.. l.. NJ. Zinn4erman, Of
Myersville, Frederick county, on Sunday,
who was holding her grandson in her arms
attempted to sit down ON y chair a member OF
the household jokingly removed 1t. Mrs
| Zimmerman struck the floor with such force
as to produce concession fthe spinal column,
from which she is suffering intense pain.
Details of the storm, on Thursday night OF
last week, in Western Maryland, show that il
was one of unusual severity. Railroad and
county bridges were blown down, buildings
unroofed or blown down and flooded, orchards,
/ fences, county roads and forests damaged TO
a very large extent, resulting in many thou
sand dollars loss to say nothing of the incon-
venience to families and dairymen.
Twenty three persons were crushed or
trampled to death in panic ut Front Street
Theatre, in Baltimore, Friday night of last
week, during an exhibition for the benefit of
Hebrew charity, and several others were
injured, some of them fatally. The panic was
started by a cry Of ERE in the audience,
caused by a leak in gas pipe. There was
wild scramble for the doors, the men in the
rear of the crowd climbing over the heads of
those in front in their struggle 10 get out.
The storm of Tuesday night was very dis
fell in torrents, filling the streets to over
flowing, the cutters and sewers being I'M
able to carry off the water fast enough
| The wind wrecked Il number of trees. blew
the roof off of some cars near Perryville, and
great limbs from trees were blown into the
| telegraph and telephone wires, breaking them
| down in number Of places, and interrupung
| communications. The water in the Elk River
was higher than it has been for months. In
Washington county much damaged resulted
The wind and rain storm that swept over
Hartford county, on Thursday night of last
week, did great deal of damage. Reports
| from various sections of the county shem that
considerable damage was done to fences, build
ings and trees. In the First district the storm
was particularly severe. The barn of Mr..
| Bowman was blown down and fences torn
down for a considerable distance. In the
Fourth district the shed Of Colonel Divers was
blown down and some cattle killed. A large
barrack belonging to Afphonza Robinson, near
Wilma, was blown down, falling on number
of cattle, and but for the prompt action of his
son they would have been killed. In the
Third district several sheds were blown down
and trees uprooted.
In parts of Howard county the storm of
Tuesday night was very destructive. Sixty
five apple trees on the Glenwood farm of j.
NJ. Delashmutt were uprooted and some of
the trees were blown a distance of from one
to three hundred yards into an adjoining
wheat field. The steel windmill of William
II. Stinson, at Glenwood, was also blown
down and his loss included fifteen or twenty
apple and walnut trees. The store building
of William Matthews, at the same place, was
twisted so that he could not close the door.
The storm also demolished windmill for
Mr.. Matthews and number of trees about
his home are uprooted. Fencing, fodder and
hay ricks were blown in every direction.
William Hawkins found ii necessary after the
blow to gather his hay up with horse-rake,
it was so scattered about the fields The
track of the storm was only about fifty yards
wide.
A letter from Frederick, December 2s.
says The heavy wind storm which swept
over this county on Thursday night did more
damage than was at first supposed. In the
Glade Valley, north of this city, the storm
was like a hurricane, and several barns were
completely destroyed. A portion of the roof
of the residence Of Mrs. Catherine Burrier, at
TOWNSVILLE, was blown off. The barn of
David Cramer was unroofed. The roof on
the barn of Christopher Eyler was partly
blown off and a number of outbuildings on the
place blown away. A COW was hurled from
the barnyard to an adjoining field and killed
outright. In the same locality a straw stack
was blown over and a COW standing under its
shelter was killed. Fences for a stretch of
several miles were leveled, and shocks of fod-
der were whirled through the air and landed
many of them in trees, de corating them like
Christmas bushes. Ten-foot fence rails were
blown through the ends and sides of barns,
and left sticking there like pins in cushion.
Cold Weather in the North and West.