The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1897-07-10
Maryland Affairs.

Montgomery county tax rate is 884 cents on
the 500.
The Slcer hotel in Frostburg, was burned
on Wednesday.
Thieves are operating in Kent county, rob-
bling residences and stores.
Mrs Lydia Stahl. of Hagerstown, died
Sunday evening, aged 81 years.
Hyausvile, Prince Georges county, has a
tax rate of 35 cents on the $780,
Harry Mum, of Hagerstown, had IA chick
ems killed by lightning on Wednesday.
Hester Weinberg and her husband Nathan,
shoe callers, Baltimore, have assigned.
Frederick county primaries for the State
and Judiciary conventions will be held July II.
Geor Richardson, of GAINESVILLE, Howard
county, was struck dead while kneellng IN
prayer on Monday.
A severe storm passed over Cecil county
July I'd. The rain fell in torrents and many
trees we're blown down.
Mrs Nancy Epron, aged 81 years, fell from
a second-story window in Baltimore on the
night of the I'd instant and was killed.
The Montgomery County Agricultural Asso-
citation has awarded the contract for building
sixty additional stables at the fair grounds.
1artOfu county new WHEAT SOlu III Ddlll-
more on July for III cents. The lot con
tanned 500 bushels and was in fine condition.
On Friday of last week the wheat stacks of
Capt Frank Pope of Somerset county, were
burned. How the fire originated is mystery.
George Damm's barn, near Cumberland,
was struck by lightning on Tuesday and
burned, together with all ofthis seasons crops.
The Maryland State Teachers Association
will meet at the Blue Mountain House, Wash
ington county. on the 18th, 18th and 18th in
stants.
Thomas j. Tull, aged rs years, died in
Somerset county last week. Years ago he
was in the wholesale grocery business in Bal
timore
The Diamond Ice Company. of Baltimore,
is in the hands of receivers. +. n. Wright IL
Co.. brass founders, same city, have been de-
clared insolvent.
"The Caves, the estate of John n. Car
roll. in Baltimore county, was sold TO Mrs.
Celeste NJ. n. Hutton, mortgage, for $780,
600, subject to a mortgage of S25, 900.
Chester river has more soft crabs on its
shores this year than ever known before. At
Chestertown the boys gather them with their
hands, and sell them at II to Is cents per
dozen.
Nellie Harvey, aged II years, was assaulted
by an unknown white man while taking her
fathers dinner to him on Tuesday, at Frost
burg. If caught he will be hung. The child
will die.
VIM Leisure, aged so years, an engineer of
the B. & o. r. R., hung himself in Baltimore
on Tuesday Melanchola is said to have
been the cause. He leaves n wife and eight
children.
Cenreville. Queen Anne's county, has be-
come quite a large cattle shipping station.
During the last five weeks over S2a, 600 worth
of calves and lambs have been shipped from
that point.
Spontaneous combustion caused a $50, 900
fire in the store Of Hanine Bros. on South
Howard street, Baltimore, on Thursday, and
to adjacent property. Six fremen were pros
trated By the heat.
The raspberry crop in Washington county
is enormous. Isaac Long, townsville, picked
from small patch ffty-two bushels in five
hours The continued drought has caused a
failure of about one half.
The Virginia Rock Spring Company, Mat
thew Gault & Son, well-known stone dealers,
Kaufman Brothers, dry goods dealers, and
Herman Salmon, millinery, all of Baltimore,
have asked for receivers to close their bust
ness.
At Ridgely, Caroline county, on Saturday
night, mt a negro festival, VIM. Bennett
stabbed Wesley Gibbs, causing his death soon
after. Very few festivals or gatherings of col
ored people are held without murder oc-
curing.
Earl, 18 years old, son of Mrs. Catherine
Eichleberger, Hagerstown, was operated upon
successfully for appendicitis by Drs. f. A.
Wareham, 0. H. w. Raglan and J. Walker
Humrichouse. A small bean was cut from
the appendix.
On Monday the residence of County Com
missioner Rittenhou e, near Mt Winans,
Baltimore county, was accidentally burned.
All the furniture and contents, with the ex-
cepton of trunk containing valuable papers
was destroyed.
John Bean, son of Judge John B. Brooke,
of Prince Georges county, fell asleep while
leaning out of n window on Sunday morning,
and fell TO the ground, paralyzing both legs
and the feet were cut by striking on glass.
The probabilities are that he will die.
The biggest magnolia ever seen in Easton
was taken from tree belonging to DIR. Will
iams, in Cambridge. The flower is l4l
inches in diameter, and of the Macro Phylla
variety. The tree is seven years old, thirty
feet high and full of immense flowers.
Theo Steward, while working in the mill
of Jackson Bros, at Salisbury, on Wednes
day had his right arm sawed off near the
shoulder, and the muscles of his back aud
side were also injured. The arm, before be-
ing cut off, was crushed almost to jelly.
At Curtis Bay, near Baltimore, on Mon
day afternoon, fracas occurred about pot
of crab soup, and Anthony Kuhn received
several stabs in the abdomen from knife in
the hands of Michael Donohue. Kuhn died
OIL Tuesday, and Donohue is held for the
crime.
David Stull, aged about 50 years, near
Emmitsburg committed suicide Tuesday by
blinking embalming fluid, which he took from
the undertaking establishment of NJ. F. Snuff.
The cause of the suicide arose from some
trouble Tor which he was threatened arrest.
He leaves a wife and five small children in
abject poverty.
Charles II. Kennedy, one of the most sue
cessful and respected cOlored men of Queen
Anne's county, died last week. Kennedy
was an exceptionally industrious aud frugal
representative of his race, and was the owne !
of two small farms at the time of his death.
He was person of considerable influence in
the counsels of his own race, and enjoyed the
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