The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1896-06-20
Maryland Affairs.

Crisfeld is to have water works at a cost
of S12, 900.
Mrs. G.. w. Tilghman, aged 80 years,
of Worcester county, died on Saturday.
DR.. John N. Monmonier, a well-known
surgeon of Baltimore, died in Baltimore
last week
Wheat harvest began in st. Mary
county on. June s, the earliest ever known
in that county.
w. H. H. Hamilton, of Hagerstown,
has been elected President of the State
Firemen's Association. 1t is good Sc
lection.
Mrs. Mary O'Neill, aged 50 years, of
Canton, Baltimore county, was fatally
burned by the explosion of a coal oil lamp
on Sunday.
A heavy freight train on the Baltimore
and Potomac Railroad parted in the tun
mel, on Sunday, in Baltimore, and % of
the cars dashed nearly two miles and into
Calvert Station. E. +. Morris, brake
man, was killed.
CLYDE, aged II years, son of Hezekiah
Harp, of Myersville, Frederick county,
was thrown to the ground by colt he was
holding, and, striking his head against
forked piece of timber, sustained a fracture
of the skull.
Shepherd Wilson, an inmate of the Jail
at Cumberland, set fire to the building on
Monday afternoon. The fire was. discov
cred by parties on the outside, and when
released he was nearly suffocated. Wilson is
insane and will be removed to an asylum.
John Paul Mettee, who for 16 years
played the chimes of Christ Protestant
Episcopal Church, died Saturday at his
home in Baltimore, after an illness of four
years from pulmonary consumption. He
was born in Baltimore 40 years ago and
was type-founder in the employ of the
John Ryan Company. A widow, who
was Miss Sarah Hennick, survives him,
with two children, son and daughter.
The son, Harry Mettee, has rung the
Christ Church chimes since his fathers
health compelled him to give them up.
The real estate in Baltimore county near
Pikesville and Mt. Washington which be-
longed to the late Joseph Smith, Jr., was
sold at trustees sale Saturday to George
G. Carmine and wife for total of S27,-
$40. Sc. The property was sold in four
lots. The first, consisting of SO acres, on
Smith avenue, containing large dwelling,
barn and outbuildings, brought 800 an
acre. The second lot, also on Smith
avenue, containing rs acres, improved by
dwelling and barracks, sold for $S5 an
acre, or ST. 75. Lot 3, on Smith avenue,
containing IA acres, improved by three
barracks and tenant-house, brought
$40, 944. A lot containing 33 93-100
acres, near Mt. Washington, sold for S92
an acre, or SO, 121.56.
On Saturday morning the residence of
Harry Schildt, in Frederick, was blown
up. He and his family were to leave for
Rocky Ridge to attend religious meeting.
He had gotten his team ready, placed the
children in the vehicle, and was waiting
the coming of his WIFE She soon came
down the steps from her room with a small
oil lamp, which she placed on table in
the hall, alongside of larger lamp, and,
STOPPING over it, tried to extinguish the
fame by blowing down the chimney. In
stantly sheet of fame was observed by
her seeming to fill the entire house, fol-
lowed by roar and crash. Mrs. Schildt
ran to the door and got GU safely, but her
escape was miraculous, as the upper por-
ton of the house was completely wrecked
by the explosion The flames burst out
Immediately, the fire destroying the wood
work and furniture Nothing was saved
from the wreck, not even their wearing
apparel The noise of the explosion fright
ened the horse that had been left stand.
ing in the yard, and the animal broke
loose from the shafts and ran into the
street He left the wagon behind him
with the children in it, one little girl hold
ing her doll in her hand Mr. Shildt was
struck by the falling glass, and the street
was filed with brick, mortar and fallen
timber The furniture was hurled all
over the room and finally consumed by the
flames. The house was two-story brick
structure, and there was 81, 800 insurance
on the building, and small sum on the
furniture. The explosion cannot be ac-
counted for There was nothing of an
explosive nature in the house except
small quantity Of gasoline in the stove and
in the can, the latter being in the closet.
The stove and can were both found intact
Sunday morning, but fumes of the gasoline
may have escaped and filed the house, the
lamp which Mrs. Schildt brought down
stairs, igniting it. The force was terrific, as
the foundations of houses as far away as
Seventh street were shaken. After Mrs.
Schildt had run from the building in
dazed condition, she met her husband, and
they both started to re-enter the house
by the front door, but, finding the build
ing in flames, sounded an alarm. The
neighbors were all awakened by the re-
port, but the flames spread with such rapid
ity that they could render little assistance
The upper front of the house was wrecked,
while the lower floor was comparatively
little damaged by the explosion. The
west wall, from the roof downward several
feet, was blown out, bricks being hurled
forty feet across an adjoining yard The
front wall of the second story was lifted up
and thrown out, window frames and all,
and considerable damage was done in the
rear on the east side. The roof fell in,
md the weight of the debris carried away
he flooring, making the building as COM
plete a wreck as possibly could be, There
s no gas in the house. and no main that |