The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1896-01-25
Maryland Affairs.

Pocomoke City, died on Saturday last.
Walter B. Brooks, aged 70 years, died
suddenly from heart disease on Friday Of
last week it Baltimore. He was promi-
nent in business and social circles.
j. C. Sutton, a grain buyer at Black $,
Kent county, purchased from October l to
January l, 35, 900 bushels of corn on the
cob, Is, 900 bushels of shelled corn, and
%, 600 bushels Of wheat
Sister Mariana died at st. Joseph S
Academy, at Emmitsburg, Frederick
county, on the 18th instant, aged 81 years,
80 of which she spent in the order. She
was well known in the community and was
formerly Miss Elizabeth Mousett.
The FIVE year-old son of Mrs. Grant
Dayhoff, of townsville, Frederick county,
was missing from home on Wednesday
night of last week A searching party
was organized, and on Thursday morning
the child was found in woods about two
miles from home, where he had wandered.
Whenfound he was stiff with the cold and
nearly frozen to death.
A number of local organizations inter
ested in the colonial history of Maryland
are endeavoring to have the legislature de-
clare March q legal holiday. This is
the anniversary of the landing of the Pill
grim Fathers in Maryland The Mary
land Pilgrim Association is taking very
active interest in the matter, and has de-
cided to visit Annapolis in body and urge
the matter.
Mrs. Reuben Pool, of Bethesda Park,
Montgomery county, was assaulted by VIM.
Chandler, negro, last week, and was ar
rested and placed in jail. Mrs. Poole was
exhausted from nursing her sick husband
and had laid down to rest, when the crime
was committed. Samuel Stewart, negro,
is also in jail, charged with same offence
upon his ter-in-law, aged IL years.
Probabilities are that both will be lynched
Frank Collins, colored, aged % years,
is in critical condition at the Maryland
University Hospital, Baltimore, with his
skull fractured in half dozen places.
Patrick Breen has been released under
$500 bail by Justice Keefer, of Mount
Winans, Baltimore county, to answer the
charge of having assaulted Collins with an
axe. The residents of Mt Winans and
vicinity have suffered from chicken thieves
for long time, and when Breen returned
home he found light in his chicken
house, and seizing an axe started for the
chicken house, when the fracas occurred
Mrs Mary 4. Adelsperger, formerly of
diminishing, died suddenly Of paralysis on
the 14th instant at her home in Baltimore
city, aged GA years. She was the widow
of James F. Adelsperger, who died in
Emmitsburg, June IL, 1879. Mrs
Adelsperger was Miss Owen. She was
a consistent member of the Catholic church
and leaves a family of nine children,
namely, Misses Mamie and Teenie Adels-
berger, of Baltimore; Mrs. r. o. Hogue,
of Washington, d. c.; Mr.. F. A. Adels-
berger, of Emmitsburg; Messrs. Edward,
james, Bert, John and Ernest Adelsper-
ger, who reside in Baltimore.
Fire of an incendiary origin Saturday
night destroyed large hay rick and sew
eral small outbuildings on the farm of Mrs
Louis McMurray two miles east of Fred
erick. The tenant on the farm of Dr.
George johnson, coming out of his house
to view the scene of confagration, discov-
cred his own ricks on fire in several places,
which had been set on fire but few min
ntes previous With the assistance of his
farm hands he succeeded in extinguishing
the flames. The farm is situated midway
between Frederick city aud Mrs. McMur-
rays farm on the Gashouse road. Several
years ago the barns on both farms were
destroyed by incendiary fires.
A destructive freight wreck occurred at
Peryville, Cecil county, on the line of
the Philadelphia, Wilmington and Balti-
more Railroad, Friday night of last week.
-Four cars of extra freight No, So, south
bound, together with the engine, jumped
the, track and went down the embaDkment
a short distance this side If the Susque-
hanna bridge and near the tower. One
car went through the watering house and
damaged the building considerably. The
wreck was caused by the extra freight
off the switch, it having been
thrown in order to allow north bound
train to pass over the Susquehanna bridge.
The loss was very heavy. No one was
injured.
Joseph Myers, died at the home of
Thomas Glacken, Laurel Avenue, Morrell
VILE, Pa, on Monday, Jan. 6, 1896, Of
paralysis, aged 81 years, months and IS
days The deceased had been a sufferer
from paralysis for more than three years.
About 81 years ago, Mr. Myers married
Harriet Leckin. They lived upon farm
near Frederick city, for many years. The
result of this union was thirteen children,
nine sons and four daughters, of these,
Elizabeth Ellen is now living with Mr..
Glacken; George William resides at Unity,
Nd. Barbara Rebecca is the wife of MIR,
Thomas Glacken, Morrellville, Pa, and
Abraham Columbus, lives at Motter' S Sta
ton, Nd and Samuel Wilson, resides in
Baltimore, and the following are numbered
among the dead Mary c., died in
Ohio, and the others near Frederick, Nd.
John H., Charles W., Joseph A.,
Lewis w. and Harriet A., all died of
diphtheria, and Daniel P. was killed by
colored boy, near Frederick, Md. His
first wife died about the year 1905, and
several years afterward he married the
widow of John Manahan. of near Emmits-
burg. By this union there was one child,
Bertha May, who now resides in Ohio
Mr.. Myers was the last of family of ten
children. His father died at the age of
LOG years. Mr.. Myers lived for many
years on farm near Emmitsburg. He
moved to Morellville, with his son-in-law,
Mr.. Thomas GlackeD. about three years