The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1897-01-16
Maryland Affairs.


Mrs. Mary A. L. Hebron aged IS years, OF
Kent county, IS dead.
Numerous drowning accidents are reported
owing to insecure ice.
Several farms and other real estate are bring
ing good prices in Talbot county.
Col. Horace Resley, of Cumberland, has
purchased 1000 acres of coal land in Garrett
county.
A fight between two colored men, near
Belair, Hartford county, on Saturday, resulted
in one being killed by blow on the heart
A three -year-old daughter of Nelson E.
Smith, of Mosher street, Baltimore, was
burned to death on Friday night of last week.
Mrs. Cora Farley, aged S5 years, was
burned to death in Baltimore on Wednesday.
She made the fire with coal OIL neighbors
rescued her two children.
Mr.. Thomas NJ. Sumption, of Havre de
Grace, died on Wednesday after a lingering
illness. He was postmaster there under
Presidents Arthur and Hayes.
Robert Stevans colered, was literally torn
to pieces by revolving shaft in Baltimore on
Wednesday. His clothing was torn from him
and nearly every bone in his body crushed.
Rev. DIR. Alexander E. Gibson, WELL
known member of Baltimore Conference,
HletuOulSI EplScOpdl OHuTcu, uleu his
home, aged II years, in Baltimore, on Sun
day.
On Friday of last week the barn, outbuild-
ings, provender, grain, implements, ETC., on
the farm of Perry Stewart, in Trappe district,
Talbot county, were burned. Origin un-
known.
l.. P Brown has discovered valuable de-
post of kaolin on his farm near Sabillasville,
Frederick county. He says there are thou
sands of tons of clay in the bed be has discov-
cred, and it will make fine pottery.
The large barn on the farm of w. A. Me-
Mullen, near Perryville, Cecil county, was
destroyed by fire Saturday night, together
with a lot Of grain, hay, farming implements
and all his stock with the exception of one
! mule.
The Parsons & Wimbrow Lumber Com
pany, of Parsonsburg, have purchased large
tract of timber land in st. Mary,s county, and
have located large mills on it. John w.
Wimbrow and family left this week to reside
in St. Mary's county.
The work of erecting the $4,000 gallon oil
tank at Chestertewn is well under way, and
with good weather will soon be completed.
This is the fourth on the peninsula. one hay-
ing been previously erected at Salisbury, Eas
ton and Pocomoke City.
A part of Walnut Grove, including the old
colonial mansion and other improvements,
with 160 acres, formerly the property of the
late Major Thomas P. Pendleton, near Oak
land Mills, Howard county, has been pur-
chased by j. Stocker Geasen for $4,000.
Hon. John W. CrisGeld, of Somerset coun-
ty, died on Tuesday. He was native of
Kent county, in his seth year, and was the
oldest citizen of the county; in politics he was
J IL 10 cd
with them until the formation of the Repubi-
can party.
After a lingering illness of several months
Mrs. Eliza, wife of DR.. John w. Dashiel,
died Saturday, aged 70 years. She was a SIS
ter of John Woolford Littleton, R. Polk and
Mrs Mary Bell. They, with two daughters,
Mrs Frank Il. Dashiell and Mrs. E. Orrick
Smith, and her husband, survive.
1t is now charged that Richard Cornelius,
the cashier who robbed the Farmers and
Planters Bank and committed suicide last
week, also took few thousand dollars be-
longing to a church fund of which he was
treasurer, and IA few bonds belonging to his
widowed daughter, Mrs. Carson.
Mrs Margaret E. Hood, widow of James
NJ. Hood, of Frederick, on Tuesday gave to
the Woman's College, of Frederick, gift of
$50, 900, to be used as an endowment for a
professorship. Mrs. Hood gave $4,000 to
Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster,
Pa, some years ago. to found the Daniel
Scholl Observatory there.
Frank S. Everist, president of the Cecil
County School Board, was drowned on We'd
nesday, The accident took place while clean
ing out cistern. tits supposed he was taken
with vertigo and fell in headforemOst. The
water was less than foot in depth. He was
about 55 years old and left family. He was
very prominent in Democratic politics.
A young farmer of Montgomery county
went to Frederick on Saturday last. He
wanted to be electrified and hypnotied." He
caught on to the electric car and rode to Mid
dletown and back, but was not electrified, y
but when it come to hypnotising the Frederick
boys were in it. as when the young farmer
came 10 on Sunday he was minus $50 and his
horse and buggy.
The prevalence of horse thieves in Cecil
and Hartford counties of late have resulted IN
a tragedy Owing to so many horses being
stolen in that vicinity in the last tive months,
Edward Kirby, a merchant of Conowingo
Cecil county, placed thirty-eight calibre re-
volver on the inside of his stable door fol
thieves. 1t was so arranged that any one
opening the door would discharge it and re
ceive the contents. His clerk, VIM. F. Kirk
wood, went to the stable to do the feeding
Saturday morning, thinking Mr.. Kirby had
removed the revolver. He unlocked anC
opened the door, discharging the revolver
The bullet entered his right side about tht
tenth rib, penetrating his lung, and he died il
great agony
TIE historic old White Marsh Church il
Trappe district, Talbot county, was destroyed
by fire on Tuesday. A man was burning
brush on the premises and the fire caught tt
the building and was soon beyond his control
White Marsh was the oldest Protestant Epis
copaI church in the county. All the bishop;
Ofthe diocese of Maryland have oficiated there
and also Bishops Lay and Adams, of the
diocese of Easton. The church had not been
in use as regular place of worship for :
quarter of century, parish church having
been built in Trappe. Among the tombstone'
of Robert Morris, the father of the grea
Robert Morris, the fnancer of Revolutionary