The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1896-08-01

DR.. Thomas j. Franklin, aged SO years,
died in Anne Arundel county on Tuesday.
He was a thorough gentlemad ofthe old school
and IN politics Democrat.
August Kraester, well-known German
farmer near GAINESVILLE, Howard county, sud
denly disappeared from home early on Friday
morning Of last week, and his family has
failed to ascertain his whereabouts.
| Benjamin Harriss, of Montgomery county,
/ was found dead in chair, on Sunday morn
| ing, by his wife on her return from church.
! He was beloved by large number of friends,
and was an extensive real estate owner.
Thomls A. MCGEE died on Saturday in
Baltimore. For the past IA years he had been
| employed in the freight department of the
Western Maryland Railroad. Mr.. McGee
4 was 20 years of age, and leaves young son.
His wife died last November.
While loaded vehicle was returning from
a colored camp at Braddock's Heights, Fred
erick county on Sunday night, the front wheel
ran off throwing the passengers out. Henry
| Sparks had leg badly broken and several
others were severely bruised.
Much excitement prevails in Hagerstown
over the arrest of Julius H. Allen, colored,
charged with an assault on Mrs. Martha r.
| Cole. Threats were made of lynching, and
large number of negroes gathered to protect
the prisoner. Serious results may follow.
Manassas j. Groves barn, at Limekiln,
Frederick county, together with horses, us
bushels of wheat, 20 tons of hay, farming i'm
! plements &C., were burned on Sunday night.
| Hard work saved the stone dwelling from be-
ing burned. Loss over 81, 500, light insurance.
Miss Marguerite Drown, of Prince Georges
county, was assaulted and her throat cut, on
Tuesday night by James Smith, negro
| waiter in her step-mother's boarding house,
eight miles below Washington, d. c. The
negro was arrested and made full confession.
A serious freight wreck on the B. 4 o. r.
r. on Monday afternoon caused a delay of
trains. The soap and oil ran on the rails
causing a truck to jump the track wrecking
are missing and are supposed to have beea
killed.
Miss Catherine NJ, daughter of the late
Beale H. and Catherine J. Richardson, died
| Sunday at the residence of her sister, Mrs.
Thomas NJ. Kent, Tenth street near Beech
avenue Walbrook, Baltimore county, after
brief illness from consumption. She was
well-known in literary circles.
The Mechanics Loan and Savings Institu-
| ton of Hagerstown has purchased the new
issue of $40, 600 second mortgage bonds of the
Washington County Water Company to build
a new waterworks to conduct several more
streams near Edgemont into the reservoir.
The bonds pay 5 per cent. interest. They
were purchased at par.
Miss Jennie Osborn, aged IL years, and
Harry Peltzer, of Baltimore county, eloped
on Monday, and proceeded TO Towson. They
changed their minds and left for Washington,
d. C. The telegraph had informed the police
of that city, and as soon as the train arrived
the couple were arrested. Miss Osborn says
she will marry the man of her choice.
About 10 years ago Jonathan Bowser, of
Williamsport, Washington county, was stricken
with asthma, and years later lost the power
of speech On Wednesday, while his family
were preparing breakfast they were startled
by his voice saying, "Praise the Lord, can
talk" Upon going to his room they found
him kneeling, thanking God for restoring his
speech.
In Hagerstown, on Friday afternoon of last
week, Robert Kochenonr, aged about 20
years. was swinging on a rope in slaughter
house. His hold slipped and he came in con-
tact with large meat hook hanging nearby.
The point of the hook caught him on the left
eyelid and tore it off, tearing the cartilages
loose from the nose and making a cash that
required II stitches to draw it together.
Considerable anxiety is felt on Hooper's
Island and Barren Island, Dorchester county.
for the safety of Henry Aaron, Garfield
Phillips and a young man named Gibson.
They left Barren Island on Friday of last
week in a small canoe to cross the Chesapeake
to Solomons Island. When about half way
across they were overtaken by violent rain
storm and have not since been heard from.
George W. Ijams, principal OF the public
school at Gardenville, Baltimore county, died
Tuesday at Pen-Mar of consumption. Mr..
Ijams, accompanied by his wife and two
children, was tenting out for the benefit of his
health. His brother, Edwin L. Ijams, who
School for several years, died of the same
disease in 1888. Mrs. Ijams is daughter of
Joseph B. Mitchell, of Towson.
Rev. John Robert Nichols died Wednesday
OF last week at his home, 0denton, Anne
Arundel county, aged 81 years. He was a
preacher of the Maryland Annual Conference
of the Methodist Protestant Church, in which
he was ordained in 1910, and retired from the
active ministry in April last He leaves a
widow and three sons. He was brother OF
the late DR.. James X. Nichols, who died
about year ago at townsville.
Gen. William McKenney, of Queen Anne
county, ON Wednesday last, purchased the
two farms which Charles w. Slagle purchased
at the sale of Mr.. John B. Brown. The two
farms contain about 427 acres. General
McKenney has bought nearly dozen farms
this year. He now owns about 60 farms in
: Queen Anne's, Kent and Talbot counties, ag-
gregating probably 20, 900 acres OF choice land.
To these farms be gives his personal attention,
and they are all in high state of cultivation
and yielding him fair profit on his invest
ment, even at the present prices of grain.
Howard county was visited Friday afternoon
of last week by the heaviest rain known there
for wars Tho aSSahla condition of the
public roads, owing to the washouts and
carrying away of bridges, have prevented re-
ports of considerable damage in the rural sec
tions. Mr.. Harry Groverman, the mail
carrier between Ellicott City and Dayton, il
the upper part of the county, was unable or
his return trip to come by his regular route
and had to drive to Ellicott City by way of the
) GAINESVILLE pike. 1t was reported that several
bridges were carried away between GAINESVILLE
and Oakland Mills There was a cloudburs
near GAINESVILLE about three clock, and il is
, stated that for halt an hour the level field,
, were covered six inches with water.
On Saturday last Richard Green, Lewis
Dent and Romeo Redmond, colored, Of Eli
colt City, captured q IeHpg alligator in the
PatapscO short distance above the Eredericb
turnpike bridge. The young captive is about
foot long. While then men were passing
along the river bank their attention was at
tracted by the splashing of the water, which
they at first supposed TO be caused by musk
rats. On pushing the underbrush aside to ge
closer view, to their surprise an alligator,
which undoubtedly was the mother of the one
captured, as well as two other Youngsters thai
made their escape, glided into the river from
rock near the mems feet. The young ons
was grasped by the neck bY one Of the men
who had to beat hasty retreat. The ole
; alligator, the men say, came to the surface o.
the water several times and spurted around il
t search of the one that had been caught. The
men declare the old alligator was at least 81,
feet in length. The only reasonable theor,
J is that the old animal is the same one that es
capped from Mr.. benjamin Morrison abou
two years ago.