The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1897-06-26
Maryland Affairs.
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ITrinh A. POlitck,u retired furniture dealer of !
/ baltimore suicided ON "Wednesday.
The June fall of peaches is over and the result is
not over quarter of a crop will be gathered.
Two locomotives of the Western Maryland Rail-
road were wrecked at Cherry Run ON Monday
/ GEN william McKenny, Of Queen Annes county |
owns ffty-six farms. He thinks that farming pays.
! William Jones, of Lower Marlboro, Calvert coun-
ty. was killed by a tree falling on him Friday of
| last week
| The first new wheat was received in Baltimore on
! June 49, 1t came from Northumberland county |
! Virginia, and was sold at 80 cents per bushe.
Snow Hill has one of the finest artesian wells in
the state 1t was driven to a depth of 800 feet and
| is now gushing out 200 gallons of water an hour
Andrew Hiltner, of Third street Highlandtown
was committed for the Baltimore County Court on
| Sunday charged with attempting elonious as
sault upon Mrs. Catharne O'Connor, of Baltimore
| In Kent county on Saturday afternoon, Mrs. VIM
! Smith was Knocked down by unknown negro |
man in her own house, and while she was uneon-
scous on the floor the premises ransacked and
sthe robber escaped with his booty.
| Fire in the four-story wholesale drug house of
Shakman & Loewy, North Howard street. Balt-
more on Wednesday, caused a total loss of about
s25 600 to the building, the stock of the druggists
and the stocks of the other firms in the neighbor-
hood.
Suit 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 a maddog in Cum
berland on Thursday, also number of dogs and
| cattle Great excitement prevails in the city and
surrounding county the bitten dogs are missing
and it is feared they roaming about the adoin-
! ing fields.
An immense sea turtle caught in a fish pond
! in Tangier Sound last week. 1t nearly seven
| feet long, three feet seven inches broad, and
weighed 6S4 pounds The men who caught it had
great trouble in getting it ashore and it took seven
strong men to put it into II cart
terrific electrical storm, accompanied by heavy
rain broke over Middletown, 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 slumbers
! Nearly one inch of rain fell.
Mrs c. s. Burrier, of near Walkersville Freder-
lex county, has turkey hen year old that after
laying 20 eggs went to setting and Matched II out
of the 90 During the time she setting she laid
eggs, nd after Matching she put in a coop
with her brood, where she laid more eggs. Mrs.
! Burrier has set the II eggs.
Mrs Sarah Thomas widow of Jacob A. Thomas
was killed Wednesday morning at Boonsboro
Washington county, by falling into twenty-foot
well. Having raised up the trap it is thought she
was seized with attack of vertigo. She screamed
as she fell and her head struck the stone lining of
the well as she was going down.
Harry Owens, aged % years, residing at Better
ton, Kent county, charged with entering the house
of Justice William Crew. of that place, the night
of May 80 and stealing $3.50, arrested Sunday
in Kent county by Private Detectives J. o Donnell
! and Stunt, who had been working on the case for
/ several days. owens confessed
Mrs. Alonzo Berry, living near Williamsport, has
shipped to William Dodge in Georgetown, D. c.,
an old iron casting. On one side is the coat-of-
arms of England and 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
not large it should be at this time of the year
Blackberries and raspberries now being shipped
! These crops large this season. and viii bring
great deal of money to the county Whortleberries
are also being shipped. The yield is heavy.
Quite serious ARRAY occurred Tuesday morning
the dairy farm of Frank Parlett, county treas
urer, between colored named Charles Mat
thews and Il 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. Parlett he would lay
/ for the German.
Henry, aged 81 years, of Henry Depkin, the
well-known tailor of Baltimore, committed suicide
because of refusal by the mother of the lady to
! whom he was engaged to let him in the house. He
had been admitted several times but prolonged his
visits as to become perjudicial TO the lady. On
Wednesday he called on being refused sat on the
door steps and took laudanum. Randolph Edward
Sudsburg, city, hung himself on the same day
James Wallace Veazey died at the home of his
sister, Mrs. Samuel E. Willis at Earlsvie, Cecil
county, on Sunday. Mr. Veazey was a son of the
late Ex-Governor Thomas W. Veazey and was born
at the homestead, Cherry Grove, where he spent
the greater part of his life. He grandson of
Edward Veazey, who was High Sheriff of Cecil
county from 1751 to 1853, and great-grandson of
Col. John Veazey, who commanding officer in
that county from 1874 to 175S The deceased was in
his SD year, and leaves two sisters.
William W. MeKnett died at his home near
Kennedyville, Kent county, Saturday night, aged
81. He was the owner of Urieville 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 was a
pillar in the Kennedyville NJ. P. Church and has a
son now stationed near Baltimore city. He leaves
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 formerly 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 As years. the greater part of the time be-
| ing principal at the Smthsburg school, Mr. Pear
son was elected to the Maryland Legislature on the
| Republican ticket in 1861 He was member of
the Reformed Church at Cavetown, and a man
not only strong in intellectual attachments, but
also in moral worth.
William limbaugh, one of Oaklands most prom
nent citizens, died on Friday night of last week.
Mr. limbaugh had been suffering for tho past six
months from 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 Il member of the tOWr
council for number of terms, and at the time OF
his death president of the town council Mr..
Hinebaugh G3 years of age. and leaves widow
and several children
Thomas Worthington Mummey, major in the
Confederate service, died at the home of Mr.. Clay
ton Wright on the 18th inst. He was in the Slst
year of his age His whole life was spent in Cen
trevle, with the exception of that period when he
was in active service. He was enthusiastic in his
endorsement of the Confederate course. Assoon as
an opportunity presented itself he enlisted in the
artillery service His faithful and assduous 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 IN 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 an energetic soldier in behalf
of its flag. He always enjoyed the distinction of
being the typical Southern soldier in that vicinity
He returned to Queen Anne's Immediately upon
the conclusion of the war.
Rev. John p. Hagan, pastor OF the Catholic
Church of Our Lady OF Good Counsel, Locust Point,
died Sunday at his residence in Baltimore. His
death occurred about o'clock in the morning and
was not unexpected, as he had been in i'll health
for over a year. suffering from bronchial trouble
and consumption Father Hagan was is years of
/ ooa and ,vas harm nj Har Ferry " Va. His