The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1897-06-26
Maryland Affairs.


picking of strawberries.
! Uriah A. Pollack II retired furniture "e'''' vi
| Baltimore, shielded on Wednesday
The June fall of peaches is over ana the result Is
| not over quarter of a crop will be gathereu'
Two locomotives of the Western Maryland Kali
road were wrecked at Cherry Run on MONDAY.
Gen William McKenny, of Queen Annes county
owns fftv-six farms. He thinks that farming pays.
William Jones, of Lower Marlboro, Calvert conn
ty was killed by tree falling on him on Friday OF
| last week.
| The first new wheat was received i'll Baltimore on
June lS 1t came from Northumberland county
Virginia. and was sold at so cents per bushel.
Snow Hill has one of the finest artesian wells III
the state 1t was driven to depth OF 800 feet ana
is now gushing out 1000 gallons OF water an hour.
Andrew Hiltner, of Third street. Highlandtown'
was committed for the Baltimore County Court on
Sunday, charged with attempting telonious as
| sauIt nnon Mrs Catharine O'Connor, of Baltimore.
In Kent county, on saturday afternoon, Mrs. VIM.
smith was Knocked down by an unknown negro
man in her own house, and while she was uacon-
seious ON the floor the premises ransacked and
the robber escaped with his booty.
Fire in the four-story wholesale drug house of
Shakman L. Loewy, / North Howard street, Balti-
more Oh Wednesday, caused total loss OF about
81 900 to the building, the stock of the druggists
and the stocks of the other firms i'll the neighbor-
| hood
Sut has been filed at La Plata for the children of
the late Joseph Cooking, against Sheriff Wade, of
Charles county, and his bondsmen, for his failure
to prevent the lynching of their father, who was
accused OF having murdered their mother and her
| sister.
Several persons were bitten by Il maddoS i'll Cum
Ninr nf md
cattle. Great excitement prevails in the city and
surrounding county the bitten dogs are missing
and it is feared they are roaming about the adjOin
ing fields
An immense sea turtle was caught in fish pond
in Tangier Sound lost week. 1t nearly seven
feet long, three feet seven inches broad, and
weighed 6Sl pounds. The men who caught 1t had
great trouble i'll getting it ashore and it took seven
strong men to put it into cart
A terrific electrical storm, accompanied by heavy
rain broke over Middetown. Frederick county, at
ten minutes after l o'clock sunday morning.
Binding flashes of lightning followed each other
in rapid succession while crash after crash of terri
BILE thunder aroused people from their sumbers.
Nearly one inch of rain fell.
Mrs. c. =. Burrier, of near WalkerSville, Freder-
lex county has turkey hen one year old that after
laying 20 eggs went to setting and Matched "A out
of the 20 During the time she was setting she laid
eggs. nd after Matching she was put in coop
with her BROOD where she laid more eggs. Mrs.
| Burrier has now set the II eggs
Mrs Sarah Thomas widow of Jacob \. Thomas,
was killed Wednesday morning at Boonsboro,
| Washington county, by falling into twenty-foot
we'll Having raised up the trap il is thought she
was seized with an attack of vertigo. She screamed
as she fell and her head struck the stone lining of
the well rs she was going down.
Harry Owens aged p years, residing at Better
ton, Kent county, charged with entering the house
of Justice William Crew. of that place, on the night
| of May 30 and stealing $50, arrested on Sunday
| in Kent county by Private Detectives ]. ODOnnell
! and Stunt who had been working on the case for
! several days. Owens confessed
Mrs Alonzo Berry, living near Wiamsport has
| shipped to William Dodge, in Georgetown, d. c..
an old iron casting. On one side is the coatot-
OF England and on the other side the insignia
of the Dodge family, which formerly owned Stafford
| Hall in Washington county. The casting came
from England and will be placed at Mount Vernon.
In Wicomico county the crop of scarlet clover
has been cut. and the yield is large. Corn is look
ing well, but on account OF the cold weather, is
large it should be at this time of the year
Backberries and raspberries now being shipped
These crops are large this season, and will bring
great deal of money to the county. Whortleberres
are also being shipped The yield is heavy,
Quite serious afiray occurred Tuesday morning
on the dairy farm of Frank Parlett, county treas
urer between colOred man named Charles Mat
thews and German laborer, Antoine Smile Mat
thews beat Smile over the head with pitchfork
cutting his head badly. Mr.. Parlett went to the
| assistance of the German and discharged Mat
| thews. Matthews told Mr. Parett he would lay
for the German.
Henry, aged 81 years, son of Henry Depkin, the
| wcll-known tailor of Baltimore, committed suicide
because of refusal by the mother of the lady to
whom he engaged to let him i'll the house He
had been admitted several times but prolonged his
visits as to become perudicial to the lady On
Wednesday he called Oh being refused sat on the
door steps and took laudanum. Randolph Edward
Sudsburg, city, hung himself on the same day
James Wallace Veazey died ut the home of his
sister Mrs. Samuel E. Willis, at Earlsyille, Cecil
county, on Sunday. Mr.. VeaZey was son of the
late Ex-Governor Thomas W. NeaZey, and was born
a the homestead, Cherry Grove, where he spent
Edward Veazey, who was High Sheriff of Cecil
county from l75l to 1853, and great-grandson of
Col John NeaZey, who commanding officer in
that county from 1874 to 175S The deceased was in
his SD year, and leaves two sisters.
William W. Mcknett died at his home near
Kennedyville, Kent county, saturday night aged
o. He was the owner of UrevilIe Mills and the
first man to introduce the roller process in Kent
county. He was an expert miller and one of the
best known men in the Second district He
pillar in the Kennedyvill NJ p. Church and has a
son stationed near Baltimore city. He leaves
Il widow and seven children. His daughter, Miss
Laura A., graduate of Johns Hopkins Hospital.
was married recently to Howard Edwards, of Balti-
more.
Prof George Pearson died at his home in Smiths
burg, Washington county, on Friday of last week,
aged 81 years. He was formerly a well-known
teacher, and the father of Professor George c.
Pearson. school examiner for the county school
board. The deceased taught school in Washington
county for AZ years. the greater part of the time be-
ing principal at the Smithsburg school. Mr.. Pear
son was elected to the Maryland Legislature on the
Republican ticket in 1861. He member of
the Reformed Church at Cavetown. and man
not only strong in intellectual attachments, but
also in moral worth
William limbaugh, one of Oakand's most prom
inent citizens, died on Friday night of last week.
Mr. Hinebaugh had been suffering for the past six
months from cancer of the throat caused it is said
by the use of tobacco. He was prominent in DEM
ocratic politics in Garrett county and secretary
and examiner of the school board for eight years
previous to the change of administration two years
ago He had also been member of the town
council for a number of terms, and at the time of
his death was president of the town council. Mr..
Hinebaugh was IS years of age, and leaves widow
and several children
Thomas Worthington Mummey, major i'll the
Confederate service, died at the home of Mr. Clay
ton Wright the 18th inst He was in the Slst
year of his age. His whole life was spent in Cen
trevile, with the exception of that period when he
was in active service. He enthusiastic in his
endorsement of the Confederate course. AssOon as
an opportunity presented itself he enlisted in the
artillery service. His faithful and assiduous appli-
cation to the labors he had assumed very quickly
made of him an expert in the work. He won for
himself the distinction of being one of the m ost
skilled gunners of the entire Confederate artillery.
His pluck and persistency always held him close to
his duty and his earnest espousal of the Southern
! sentiment made him Il energetic soldier hehal {