The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1897-01-30
Maryland Affairs.

are bringing from 40 to so cents per bushel.
Citizens of Howard county are much excited
over the large number of mad dogs running at
large.
Mrs Sarah j. p Bates, of Baltimore, aged
IS years, died Tuesday of old age. She was
the widow of Rev. d. w. Bates.
About ten persons are seeking the appoint
ment of judge of the Orphans Court in
Hagerstown made vacant by the death OF Mr..
Garlinger last week.
George S. Jennings, employed as a yard
clerk in Brunswick yard Frederick county,
was killed in the yard Saturday morning be-
tween the hours of 2 and 6.
Richard H. Stevens, aged 46, died from
cancer of the liver in Dorchester county, on
Monday. He was considered to bethe model
farmer of the county and made farming pay.
Near Upper Marlboro, on Tuesday, An
ME Hall, aged 6 years, was burned to
death while wrestling with an elder sister,
who accidentally threw Annie into the fire.
place, where there was hot fire.
The Governor has dismissed the charges
against School Commissioner John White, of
Cecil, and has accepted his resignation and
has appointed George A. Blake to fill one of
the vacancies on the school board of that
county.
A committee of Charles countians have
warned Mrs. Irwin, wife of the late James j.
Irwin. who was murdered last July by her
paramour who is now under sentence of death,
that she will not be allowed to reside in that
county hereafter.
Mrs Jonathan j. Hurlock. of Snow Hill,
Worcester county, was stricken with apo
pexy ON Friday of last week while purchasing
- Tho ,ai lroad station mud 1iQd tho
same day. She was on her way to spend sew
eraI DAYS with some relatives in nearby
town
The Cambridge Chronicle says Jason l..
Webb. aged rs wears, has nearly 800 direct
descendants He is the father of Is children
and has over 100 grand children, 80 great
grandchildren and so great great- grandchil-
dren. For the past so years he has voted the
Democratic ticket.
DIR. John W. Hileary died at ms residence
in Petersville, Frederick county, Tuesday
night. after weeks illness, of pneumonia,
in the seth year of his age. He graduated as
a physician from Washington University and
aIterward took q four years course IN surgery
at the Jefferson College Of Surgery, IN Phlla-
delphia He sacrificed his health for his
patients.
Seven men were discharged Saturday
and seventeen Monday, at Hagerstown, tor
refusing to go out with local freight trains on
the Western Maryland Railroad. Their
grievance is the allotment of two hrakemen TO
a train, instead of three. There was delay
of three hours in the leaving ot town by the
Shippensburg train Monday morning. The
difficulty has been amicaby settled.
After an illness of thirteen days from pneu-
moDia. Mrs. Mary Windsor White died at the
residence of her brother, Fillmore Windsor,
in Annapolis on Monday. The deceased was
thirty wears of age. and leaves three children.
all boys Mrs. Windsor. White made a state
ment before her death retracting what she had
said against the nuns and priests OF the Cath
Ole Church, with whom she came in contact
whilst she was a member of n sisterhood IN
that church.
In Baltimore, Mary Trainor was sentenced
Tuesday afternoon by Judge Wickes to 10
years in the Penitentiary for the poisoning of
her husband. James E. Trainor, July % last,
at their residence. 1919 GreenmOunt avenue,
bv putting trough on rats in his tea. After
n half-honr's deliberati0n the Jury brought in
verdict of manslaughter. Mrs. Trainors
three daughters sobbed piteously as their aged
mother was led away on the arm Of Il bailifi.
Mrs Trainor stood the ordeal we'll
Christian Smith, Keep Tryst posteifice,
Washington county. is said to be the oldest
railroad employe in the United States, both
in point of service and age. He is also said
TO be the oldest locomotive engineer now liv
ing in this country He is s. years old and
in excellent health He has lived retired
since 1878 He ran the first engine over the
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad into Harper
Ferry upon the completion of the road to that
point in May, 1912. He was forty years ON
the rail, commencing work for the Baltimore
& Ohio Railroad in December. 1892, as
teamster west of PARIS Ridge, hauling freight
with three horses, driving them tandem.
The Ericsson Line steamer Gen. Cadwala-
der, which left Philadelphia Monday after
noon, bound for Baltimore, in going through
the Delaware and Chesapeake Canal, between
Delaware City and Chesapeake City, became
imbedded in the ice about o'clock Tuesday
morning, and remained in that position until
II O'Clock Wednesday, when the tug Gen.
Wistar. of Chesapeake City, came to her
rescue and towed the vessel to Chesapeake
City A heavy piece of ice broke the pro
peller on the Cadwalader, which caused her
to be placed in the dry dock at Chesapeake
CITY. The steamer had on board % passen-
gers, and they were sent to ElktOn in farm
wagons, and any other kind of vehicles that
could be procured, while the more unfortu-
nate ones walked the entre=distance, 6 miles,
Ex-Judge James McCauley, died on Mon
day of pneumonia, in the 88th year of his age.
Tie deceased was born near Mechanics Val
ley, August %, 1909, being son of John Nc
Canley Judge McCauley was appointed
county surveyor in 1871. by Governor Pratt;
was elected register of wills in 1857, and
served until 1868 In 1864 he was elected to
the Maryland legislature, and was instrumental
in securing the passage of law prohibiting
the sale of Intoxicating liquors in that county
on election day. He was appointed school
commissioner in 1868, and afterwards elected
chief Judge of the Orphans Court of Cecil
county, and was elected for six consecutive
terms of four years each. He was Demo
crat, but took no active partin politics. Five
children survive him.