The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1896-09-26
Maryland Affairs.

Its <,id that anthrax is prevailing among cattle
in parts of Howard county.
Joseph Thompson the educated blacksmith of
Baltimore, died on Thursday, aged 60 years.
Judge stake has decided that Hagersiowners
John shiaer's farm. in Washington county, con-
tanning l2j acres, has been sold at s0i5 per acre
defective aue caused the burning of George W.
Suttons house at Perryville, Cecil county ON Tues
day. Loss, 5000.
Washington county has sl65 chattel mortgages
and 5sI7 other mortgages. Total amount of capt.
tai invested s7.6is.6s9.
Burglars are at work on railroad stations post
offices and stores in Western Maryland, West Vir-
gnia and Pennsylvania
Mrs. Ellen Travers, aged rs, of Salisbury wicom-
leo county, fell from her daughters steps and broke
her neck Saturday night.
Parts of Hartford county were greatly damaged by
the storm of Saturday last Kent county also suf-
fered greatly from hail and rain.
Abingdon, Hartford county, NJ. Z. Church, built
in 17s4. is to be taken down. owing TO its unsafe
condition, and new one erected.
Richard H. Green, Jr chief bookkeeper of the
Farmers National Bank of Annapolis is defAulter
for $4,000. He was recently married
George Dorm. aged 80. stabbed his wife TO death,
in Baltimore. on Thursday night He also cut his
daughter for trying to protect her mother.
Alvin s. Benson, aged 10 years, was instantly
killed at Bests Station, Anne Arundel county, on
Wednesday, while loading telegraph poles.
Washington county is seriously feeling the
drought. Springs and wells that were never
known to fail are dry, and farmers are hauling
water for their stock.
The will of the late Enoch Pratt has been filed
in Baltimore The bulk of the estate is left 10 the
Sheppard Asylum, the name of which is to be
changed to the Sheppard and Enoch Pratt Hospital.
| At the baptism of Eunice Lenora Ely, in Balti-
more. last week. five generations were present,
Mrs. Eliza Galloway, the child's greatgreat-grand-
mother holding it while the ceremony was per-
| formed.
| Edward Florence, who lived a short distance
from Emmitsburg dropped dead while at the
breakfast table Wednesday morning He was about
81 years ofage. wife and six small children sur
! Yive him.
John Wesley Myers and wife, both colored, of
Howard county. nave been arrested on the charge
of numbering John Henry Gibson, colored. about
year ago. Gibson's remains were unearthed few
days ago and were identified by his teeth.
A Dorchester farmer who has a crop of about
5000 bushels of corn, has turned herd of sixty
hogs in upon IT, believing that 1t will pay him bet
ter in this way than by housingit Another farmer
is offering his crop in the field at 10 cents bushel
At Snow Hill, one day last week, two negro base
ball clubs had game. A riot occurred pistols
were drawn and u fusilace followed. Police inter
fered and a number were jailed. Upon being
searched some had two revolyers and a razor,
others had two raZors.
| William II. Miles, colored blind man. of Freder-
lick, suddenly became insane on Saturday. He be-
came possessed of the deusion that he had received
commission from God to kill seven people, and,
for fear that he would put his wild hallucinaton
| into effect, his family caused his arrest
A large barn on the farm of Robert H. Butler of
near Petersville, Frederick county, struck by
lightning saturday evening and considerably
damaged about the roof A portion of the con-
tents, consisting of large crop of wheat, also
damaged; but. fortunately. the barn not
burned.
The new sewing factory building at EIlicott City,
of oppenheimer, oberndorf & Co.. of Baltimore
was started up on Tuesday morning with one
hundred operatives. 1t is proposed to employ two
hundred and fifty persons in the enterprise. The
structure $50 feet in length by GO feet in
width and may be raised TO two or more stories.
Il new Detu Incorporated III
county. 1t is to begin at point on the Maryland
State line the right bank of the North Branch of
the Potomac Run opposite or near the mouth of
"Glade river" in Garrett county and runs thence
by the most practical route northerly through
Garrett county to the Mason and Dixon line at a
point where the Youghiogheny river crosses the
said line into the State of Pennsylvania. Lateral
branches are also provided for The capital stock
is placed at $500 600 divided into shares of $50 EACH
In nine counties in this state the october or
November term of the respective courts win be oc-
eupied with one case or more Of alleged murder
The list by counties is as follows Anne Arundel
l; Caroline l; Charles, l; Dorchester l. Hartford l.
Montgomery, 7; Prince Georges, 8; Wicomico, l.
and Worcester, !. The case in Caroline is one re-
moved from Queen Annes and that In Wicomico Is
removed from Worcester. Two cases that would
have come up at the same time have been post
poned indefinitely by lynchers-those of Joseph
Cooking, in Charles county, which had been re-
moved to St. Mary's county, and Sidney Randolph
colored, in Montgomery county In Baltimore city
seven cases are to be tried.
peculiar cloud was noticed early Friday morn
| ing near Chestertown. Kent county, skirting the
western horizon, rolling and twisting in its move
ment over toward NORTH finally landing in a great
mountainous lump about Rising Sun. Heavy peals
teTtown. Near that town the rain fell in torrents
and the hail was fearful for little while. W. T.
Anderson, George s. Biddle, Josiah Massey and
others say the hail was very large at their farms
Daniel E. Jewell, who lives near Worton Station,
describes the hail in his neghborhood as extremely
heavy 1t stripped the trees of foliage. The horses
to one of his teams were frightened and pan away
and other minor CASUALTIES neeurFed.
John W. Gore, n merchant of ReisterstOwn, Balti-
more county. has retired from active business
life of nearly co years. Mr.. Gore was born on Miles
River Neck Talbot county In 1921. ana began bust
ness as Il clerk In Eastnn IN lsi7 IL 1872 he came
! to Baltimore, but left the city and came back in
1880. During the war he went South md Joined the
Fourth Maryland Confederate Battery He was
captured at Gettysburg and was prisoner nj Camp
Chase until the close OF the war. After the war he
went Into the wholesale notion business In Balli-
more and In 1887 moved to Reisterstown About
two years ago he was paralyzed and has never en-
tirely recovered. Mr.. and Mrs. Gore VIII move TO
Baltimore shortly and make their home there
The monument OH South Mountain, erected to
the memory of George Washington by the citizens
of Boonsboro, Washington county. in 1927, was
struck by lightning Saturday night and badly shat
tered. A large portion of the handsome structure
fell in mass at the base. Some years ago an at
tempt WAS make by vandals to destroy the monu-
ment by dynamite, and the pile much weak
ened The heavy stprp on Saturday night COM
peied tho Work Of destruction. The monument
was rebuilt and dedicated in 1882, Gov William T.
Hamilton being the orator of the day 1t was built
of stone with square base several feet high then
rising in the shape of the frustrum Of cone with
a winding stairway on the inside. Upon this frus-
trum there was lookout IL feet high
In the Garrett County Court Mrs Emma cummins
has obtained a verdict against Walter o. Collier,
saoonkeeper, for 500 damages for selling liquor to
her husband against her protest The parties reside
at Friendyie, in Garrett county, and the suit was
brought for 81 Zoo damages The suit was brought
under the local law of Garrett county providing for
actions on the part Of any wife against liquor
dealer after notice had been given him not to sell
any more liquor TO her husband. The evidence
produced on the part Of the plaintiff showed that
she gave Collier due notice not 10 sell her husband
Charles Cummins, any more liquor. Collier, how
ever, paid but little attention to the notice, and
continued 70 gel, cHpnips l,qqor Afer a spirited
contest OF day and half the case was given to
the jury on saturday, and after being out an hour
d4ef for aav In,