The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1896-02-15
Maryland Affairs.

OF Kent county, and formerly clerk OF the
Circuit Court, died at Chestertown on Sun
day, aged So years.
The bones in a mans hand and the lead in
pencil were photographed at the Johns Hop
kins University in the course of experiments
with Professor Rontgen's discovery.
Considerable damage was done throughout
the State by the storm last week. In some
counties the levy will have to be increased in
order to repair damages to roads and bridges.
George Roberts, aged 1G years, was in
stantly killed in Baltimore, ON Sunday, by
current Ofelectricity from dead telephone
wire which had fallen across an electric light
wire.
John Davis died at his home, in Hagers-
town, Tuesday, of typhoid pneumonia, aged
SO years. He was foreman of the Western
Maryland Railroad repair force, Hagerstown
section.
On Friday night of last week James Baker,
colored, had fight with his brother Edward
about woman, in which Edward was killed.
He was arrested in Frederick taken back to
Baltimore.
DIR. Alexander Edwards, of near Browns
vile, was killed on the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad between Weaverton and Sandy
Hook on Tuesday. He was So years old and
was unmarried.
There is a great deal of sickness among
horses and cattle in Washington county. The
horses are affected with influenza and the
strangles, and many COWS are sick with what
is known as black quarter or black cob.
Mrs Mary Robinson, aged 70 years, dropped
dead in diminishing, on the I'd instant, while
on her way to church. She had resided in
and near diminishing for about so years, and
was well-known to the students at the college
and sisterhood.
Cardinal Gibbons and party of Baltimore,
and Cardinal Satolli and his private secretary
left Washington, Tuesday night for New Or
leans to be present at the opening of the Ro-
man Catholic Winter School in that city on
FEBRUARY 10.
Mrs. Royal Phelps Carroll. of New York,
whose husband is a son of Ex-Governor John
Lee Carroll, of Maryland, came to Baltimore
recently and made her profession of the Cath
Ole faith before Cardinal Gibbons. She was
formerly Miss Marion Langdon.
Rev. A. H. Zimmerman, pastor of the NJ.
E. Church, Frederick, has been rendered the
passionate of large church with salary of
| 81, 500 per year, which he declined, his work
at Frederick being of such a nature that he
could not nor would not think of relinquish-
ing it.
Charles w. Miller, one of Frederiek's best
known and most highly esteemed citizens,
died on Thursday night of last week in his
10Th year, from heart disease. He leaves
widow, who was Miss Nixdorff, daughter of
the late Henry Nixdorff, of this city. Mr..
Miller was man of unblemished character.
For many years he was an elder in the Pres
byterian Church.
In Hagerstown, on Monday, Judge Stake
cautioned the grand jury not to rush care
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made by persons with malicious intent. If
any person has a grievance to be corrected,
said he, let him go before a Justice of the
peace and have the charges investigated in the
broad daylight of public intelligence instead
of in the secrecy of the grand jury room.
In Frederick, on Monday afternoon Harry
Banner, lineman of the Chesapeake and
Potomac Telephone Company, was badly
hurt and number of workmen had a narrow
escape from death while moving a fifty-foot
telephone pole in its place, when the ''dead
man" broke and the pole fell with crash.
Banner was struck full ON the head and left
side of the body, and number of the other
workmen sprang away just in time to avoid
being crushed. Banner was badly hurt about
the face and head, and had two bones in his
leg broken.
Postmaster Eyler. of Sabillasville, Wash
lHHlOH county, WHOSE vile ieIL nome on 1ueS-
day of last week. has discovered that she took
train at Hagerstown for Chicago, ILL.,, and
that she was accompanied by his cousin, a
young man, also bearing the name of Eyler,
who lived next door to them at Sabillasville.
Mrs. Eyler took with her a gold watch of his and
some of the postofce money, which he will
be compelled to replace. He was away from
home good deal attending to business, and
left the store and Office in the charge of his
wife, who became infatuated with his cousin
She was Miss Fox, of Foxyille, is 80 years
old and leaves four-year-old son.
Edwin T. Shriver, late vicc-president of the
First National Bank of Cumberland, who died
in that city In his Slst year ON Friday last week,
went to Cumberland in 1884, and entered the
Cumberland Bank of Allegany early in that
When that bank was succeeded by the First
National Bank he became cashier of it, and
held that Office until 1886, when upon the
death of the late Joseph Shriver, its president,
the staff of the bank was recognized and he
was made its vice president. He was con-
neeted with that institution for 50 years, long,
er period than any present living bank officer
| in the State. Mr.. Shriver was lifelong men,
her of the Episcopal Church:
The storm of Monday night and Tuesday
was unusually severe in the western part of
the State. At Cumberland the large stained
glass windows in the Presbyterian Church
were blown ont and carried about two hun
dred yards. Miss Ella Mcclure was caught
in whirlwind on the corner Of Centre and
Bedford streets, carried through the air 20
feet and violently hurled beneath heavy
wagon, sustaining serious injuries. Several
other people were slightly injured by being
blown against houses and telegraph poles.
In Frederick county barns, residences, ears,
&C., were unrooped, and fencas, shed, straw
stacks and fodder stacks were carried away
like feathers A number of trees were up
rooted in different sections Of the county.
VIM. j. Webb, ex-secretary of the Y. NJ.
C. A. of Hagerstown, and an active member
of the G. A. r. and of the Christian Workers,
has eloped with Mrs. Matte Harrigan, the
wife Of John Harrigan, of near Clearspring.
A few days ago when Mr.. Harrigan returned
home Fran WORK he found his EIlp and child,
small dog and all the chickens had disap-
peared. At the same time Webb vacated his
boarding house in Hagerstewn. Webb has
wife and family residing In Washington.
The husband Of the unfhithlhl wife expressed
regret that she did not leave his pet dog be-
hind. Webb and Mrs. Harrigan are living
together about mile above Clearspring, at
the home If a Mrs Householder Webb was