The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1896-07-04


Hagerstown, was bitten by copperhead snake,
on Tuesday, while playing in the woodhouse.
The child is critically i'll.
W. F. Chesley, of ST. Mary's county, APP
pointed clerk to examine the records of Mary
land soldiers, sailors and marines who served
in the late war, has entered upon his duties.
Hartford county tax rate is 81 cents on the
500, an increase of IL cents. The increase
is caused by election and assessment expenses,
free school books, &c. amounting to $50, 800.
VIM. Atkinson, colored, is in Jail in Balti-
more, for assaulting Susie Howard, aged 16
years, also colored. Several other colored
men are also charged with being engaged in
the assault.
During colored concert at Fairland,
Montgomery county, on Saturday night, q
free for all took place. Andrew Adams was
shot and Tom Jackson stabbed; Adams
wound will prove fatal so may Jackson's.
In Baltimore county court, on Tuesday,
Roger Dougherty. John Devinney and Pat
rick Kane. charged with the murder of Officer
John Il. Daley in Baltimore, August %, 1895,
were convicted of murder in the second de-
gree.
John Fl. Beckley, as administrator, has sold
the Daniel Beckley farm, 222 acres, in the
fifth district OF Baltimore comfy, to B. Frank
Benson, for So, 400. The property is improv
ed by paper mill and a number of tenant
houses.
Poison was thrown into the trout pond of
Michael Naughton, near Cumberland, re-
Gently. The trout were Matched and given
Mr.. Nanghton, and he was proud of them,
some of which had grown to be 10 inches in
length.
After thorough investigation by State Fire
Marshal Lawyer and Detective Smart, of Bal
timore, Franklin Smedley, of Rising Sun,
Cecil county, has been arrested on the charge
of burning his dwelling on May 22d. The ar
rest was great surprise.
For the first time in the history of the Alber-
ton Cotton Mills. in Howard county, under
the management of James A. Gary 4 Son, a
shutdown was ordered there this week on
account of dull times. The suspension is ex-
pected to be only temporary.
The Guilford and Watersville Granite Com
pany, of Woodstock, has received the con-
tract for furnishing 800, 900 Belgian blocks for
paving streets in Baltimore city. To fill the
contract, about so stone cutters will he given
employment until next December.
Mrs. Margaret Beverly, aged "a years, died
Saturday morning at the Aged Women's
Home, Baltimore. Her death was caused by
old age. She had been in excellent health
until the Monday previous, when she began
to sink, lingering until her death.
Citizens of the sixth district of Baltimore
county have petitioned the county commits
sioners to construct small bridge over stream
on the road leading from Hoffmansville to
Beckleysville. 1t is said that the stream
overflows and causes the road to become inn
passable.
John Sheckenbaugh and William Sylvester,
laborers on the Philadelphia, Wilmington
and Baltimore Railroad, while at work on
Monday near Elkton, Cecil county, were
struck by an express and instantly killed.
They had stepped in front of the express in
an effort to avoid another train.
|. N. Mills, special agent of the Philadel-
phia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad,
has made his annual estimate of the peach
crop of the peninsula for 1896, and it will be
the largest crop since 1876. Mr. Mills's esti-
mate places Il at 5000, 900 baskets. The
June drop this year was very light.
VIM. c. Brown, of Princess Anne, Somer-
set county, has been appointed as consul to
New Castle, New South Wales Mr.. Brown
graduated at Washington College, Chester
town, Nd, in June, 1895, and is only 81
years old. He is the youngest ON record to
Mrs. Mary Rosanna Birely, widow of ].
William Birely, died Monday morning in
Frederick, of generally debility. aged 70 years
and II months She was Miss Mary R.
Cramer, a member of one of the most promi-
nent families in the county. She leaves two
children, P. Fl. c. and William C. Birely
Sheriff A. c: Mcbride and his riding deputy,
James Crnm, of Frederick, attempted to serve
rxyorr NJ Ofa Io MT M hv Cat,
The house was found closed and barricaded
Upon forcing the door they were met BY the
female occupant, who presented a revolver
and de6ed them. The deputy drew his re-
volver and the woman's nerve failed. The
household goods were removed to the public
highway and the officers departed.
A bridge over the Little Tonolanoy, at the
west end of Hancock, gave way Monday after
noon while four-horse team was passing
over it. William Beard, who was sitting on
the lazy board, was caught under the load of
bark, with which the wagon was loaded, and
was crushed to death. James Grove, the
driver, went down into the stream with the
horses, but was rescued from drowning. He
was, however, seriously injured. The horses
were gotten out in safety,
Christopher Vincent, aged 67 years, died in
Baltimore on Monday. He was a native of
Caroline county, went to Baltimore in 1855,
was one of the original members of Jefferson
Street Methodist Episcopal Church and up to
his death was class-leader there. A widow
and four children survive him. His children
are Mrs. Edwards, wife of Rev. p c. Ed
wards, of Parkton, Baltimore county; Mrs.
M. A. Harrison, Mr.. William 81. Vincent and
Mr.. Thomas Vincent, of Baltimore.
The first number of the set of indexes of
"The Proceedings of the Provincial Court for
Probate Of Wills and Administration Of Es-
tates, and which dates back to 1867, a por-
ton of the work under charge of Mrs. Jane
wills, at Annapolis. This work is being pre-
pared from original research of the mos. i'm
portant volumes of the provincial courts rec
ords, and is an invaluable assistance in obtain
ing historical and genealogical data of the
colonial period.
Baltimore's exports for June amounted to
S., 245, 500. The principle articles were:-
l,038, 10Y bushels of corn, ,03l bushels of
wheat, 473, $50 bushels of oats, %, 653 bushels
of rye, $50, 11S barrels of -four, 6,037 bales of
cotton, 4, 100 cases of canned goods, 4, 33S, 432
gallons of refined petroleum, 8, l78, 740 pounds
of lard, II, 235 barrels of rosin, SOS hhds. of
tobacco, 5,044 cattle, 1884 tons of coal, 2, 165
tons of coke, 200 barrels of whisky, SO tons Of
hay, 1913 tons of oil cake, 1924 logs of
wood, 8, 4ss, 900 feet oflumber, ls0, 600 slaves.
Michael Kieffer, aged As, steyedore, living
on Canton avenue. Highlandtown, Baltimore
county, and employed in unloading steamer
at Locust Point, was crushed to death We'd
nesday night by laden bucket falling on him.
The bucket, which weighs nearly 500 pounds,
was filled with 1850 pounds of iron ore.
Kieffer was engaged in the after hold of the
vessel when the accident occurred. II was
his duty to fill the bucket Without a mo-
melt's warning the chain in the running gear
parted, and the bucket was precipated into
the hold directly on KieiiBr. His fsllow-
workmen immediately went to bis assistance
and removed him from the debris and be died
afew minutes after the oeeprrsnoe. Kiefer