The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1897-11-20
Maryland Affairs.


In the Allegany county circuit court,
last week, five saloonkeepers were fined
$50 each and their licenses were sup
pressed.
The body of an unknown colored man was
found in the stream at Hyattsville, Prince
Georges county, on Sunday, with his
head mashed
The Samuel Miller farm, in Washington
county, was sold at public sale last week
for S100 10 per acre The farm con-
tanned 81 acres.
Henry Likes, senior member of the firm
of Likes, Berwanger 4 Co., retail cloth
iers and tailors, Baltimore. died on Sun
day in his 6Sth year.
George T. Phelps, aged 33, Benjamin
T. Carman, aged 43, were crushed to
death in Baltimore, on Saturday afternoon,
by the caving in of sewer trench.
John w. Smith, the largest strawberry
grower on the Eastern Shore, died in Wor-
cester county last week. He has fire.
quently shipped 90 600 quarts in season.
Joseph Howard, of Still Pond, Kent
county, recently lost four horses by spinal
MENINGITIS, caused by eating damaged
oats, In the same county dogs are killing
sheep
An electric road is to be built from
Belair to Have de Grace. 1t will be built
to Baltimore also. as the County Com
missioners have been asked to grant the
right over the public roads
George Bowers, tenant on the farm of
Marcellus Beall, near Liberty town, Fred
erick county, gathered 2075 barrels of
corn from s acres, 3 roods and % square
perches. Ed Albaugh, county surveyor,
surveyed the land
The recently elected clerk of Frederick
circuit court has eight clerks to appoint,
and on Monday there were on file SO APP
plicants. The Register of Wills, Sheriff
and Commissioners have each about the
same number of applicants.
Martin Turwaski and his wife, Joseph
Sowrotny and Sophie Kukelski, all Rus
sian Poles are under arrest in Baltimore
for making and passing counterfeit $40
silver certificates One Of them made a
full confession and told where the tools
could be found
Samuel Howard, coiored. was shot, and
almost instantly killed, at Belair, by Chas.
Anderson, Jr., also colored, on Saturday
night. The former took offense at an
epithet which the latter applied to him
because he had refused to treat to cider,
and struck the aggressOr in the breast,
whereupon the latter fired the fatal shot.
Two colored men were shot and killed
at Sotterly wharf, St Mary's county, on
Thursday night of last week by G. r.
Brewer and clerk in the latter's store.
The men went to the store while under the
influence of liquor, wanted to buy more
but were refused; they said they would
have it and started to get it. Mr.. Brewer
warned them to leave but both started for
him. and he and his clerk shot at the
sametime and both negroes dropped dead.
1t is doubtful whether another county
in the state can equal Worcester in the
size of family. Near Bridgeville lives a
colored family consisting of Aaron Quail,
his wife and twenty four children TWEEN
ty-three years ago Quail married Martha
Ann Rogers, and twenty four children
were born One child died There were
three sets of twins. Two years ago his
wife died, and one year later Quail mar
ried again. One child is the result of that
union. When the meals are served two
tables are used, fourteen sitting at one and
twelve at the other to avoid the unlucky
thirteen.
Hon. VIM. Sidney Wilson, son Of the
late United States Senator Ephraim K.
Wilson, committed suicide at his late home
in Snow Hill, Worcester county, on Sun
day evening. Mr. Wilson had been re-
Gently severely sick in Baltimore, but was
supposed to have about recovered from the
effect He ordered his team for a drive
that afternoon, but. when taken to the
house, he advised the liveryman that he
did not feel like riding, and his team was
returned to the stable He was one of
the most faithful and hard working lawyers
on the Eastern Shore. He leaves widow
and several children.
VIM. Branch and Lloyd Henson, both
colored, are in jail charged with stealing
poultry from the yard of R. f. Nicholson,
chicken fancier, near Hyattsville, Prince
Georges county The men were caught on
their way to Washington with seventeen
prize Leghorn chickens tied up in sack.
Mr.. Nicholson says that within few days
he lost rs chickens, which he valued very
highly One of the men arrested was in
his employ for several months, and was
discharged few weeks ago Mr.. Mich
olson has electric bells all through his
chicken park, and any strange intruder
would likely have warned the owner of
any attempt to force an entrance.