The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1897-09-11
Maryland Affairs.

The tomato crop is only about one-hali
that was expected, and packers will be short
in their supply.
William Lewis Winans, formerly Of Bali.
more, who died in England, is said to have
left an estate amounting to So, 100000.
Malignant typhoid fever is prevalent in
Lisbon, Howard county, and vicinity. An
investigation as to its cause is being made.
Reports TO the State Board of Health indi-
cate the prevalence of typhoid fever in various
sections of the state. The water supply OF
Cumberland is polluted.
Gottlieb Osterle, aged SO years, was in
stantly killed Monday night by falling from
the second-story window Of his home, 1911
Cemetery lane, Baltimore.
Several counties report that late corn is
stalk has been killed by worm which entered
from the bottom and eat out the pith.
Burglars entered the parsonage of Caroline
Street Methodist Episcopal Church. Baltimore,
on Monday Rev. W. G. Herbert, pastor, and
stole jewelry ard other articles. valned at
more than 500.
Secretary Melville. of the Live Stock SAM
tary Board. reports an alarming condition OF
affairs at Cambridge, owing TO the improper
disposition Of the carcasses of hogs that have
died from hog cholera.
The l34th anniversary of the Introduction
of Methodism into Patapsco Neck and the
89th anniversary of the building of the old
Patapsco Methodist Episcopal Church will be
celebrated jointly next Sunday and next Tues
day.
Mrs. Elizabeth Phoebe Key Howard, only
surviving daughter of Francis Scott Key,
author of ''The Star Spangled Banner" and
widow of the late DR.. Charles Howard, died
at her summer cottage, Oakland, on Thurs
day, aged "a years.
William H. F. Anderson, who died Tues
day at his home, near Glencoe, was born aud
lived all his life in the tenth district of Balti
more county. He was "A years old, and left
six children, two boys and four girls. His
wife, who was a sister of exsherih Siade, OF
Reisterstown, died last fall.
Charles Meyers, colored, is charged with
causing the death of Frank Groombs, colored,
near Cootsville, Howard county, last Sunday;
The men became involved in quarrel started
women of the household, all of them living
together. Meyers kicked Groombs in the
stomach so severely that he died the next day.
Movers has not been seen in the neighborhoOd
since the occurrence.
Edward A. Bishop, aged ~ years, car
penter, was Monday afternoon shot in the
lower abdomen by his nineteen year-old son,
Edward Bliss Bishop, in the dinlngroom OF
their home, 2022 Boyd street, Southwest Bal
timore. family quarrel was the cause OF
the shooting. The elder Bishop was abusing
his family and threatening them and the son
interfered, pointing a revolver at his father
when It was accidentally fired.
Messrs. Mcintosh and 0rfutt, as attorneys
for Albert c. Sipes, filed an application on
Wednesday in the Circuit Court at Towson
for a receiver for the Baltimore and Liberty
Turnpike. The plaintiff states that he secured
IA Judgment against the company for $1,000,
and that he has been unable to collect the
same, because the turnpike is now mOrtgaged
to Thornton Rollins to the amount OF So, Sl9.
%. The court is asked to appoint receiver
for the company, as it is alleged that it is IN
solvent, and unable to meet ifs obligations.
Charles Moore, rs years old, and wife are
visiting Mr.. and Mrs. B. S. Benson at Camp
Parole having driven from Denver, Col, to
Annapolis, distance of 1000 miles. They
left Denver May Is and were fourteen weeks
and four days in making the journey. They
took with them all necessary equipments ana
camped out along the route, preparing their
meals and resting when necessity required.
Mr.. Moore undertook the trip to set an eX-
ample for his children. He is ambitious and
industrious. and desires his children to see
that he is not afraid to attempt to surmount
difficulties even at his age or to trough 1t
through strange country tor thousands OF
miles and many weeks.
A horse owned by Mr. Allen ID. Eakle, of
Rohrersville, Washington county, died last
week. Veterinary Surgeon j. I. Hibarger,
of Hagerstown, made pcst-mortem eXaml-
nation to ascertain the cause OF death. lie
found part of buggy whip 4! feet long pro-
truding from the horses stomach, with one
end embedded in the horses hip. In Octo-
Der, 1895, the horse was choking. Some one
placed horseshoe in the animals mouth and
with "a buggy whip 81 feet long pushed the
obstruction down the throat The horseshoe
fell out of the horse mouth and the whip was
bitten in two. The long part of the whip was
swallowed. The horse was sick for week,
but got all right, and up to a week ago, when
it got sick again, it had worked every day
and ate three meals day.
An open switch at the ConocOcheague
Brick Company's yard on the Potomac Valley
branch of the Western Maryland Railroad
caused bad wreck at Williamsport Wednes-
day evening An eastbound freight train,
running at about thirty miles an hour, ran
into the switch, where another train was
shifting, and collided with cars loaded with
iron pipe. The engine was thrown off the
track and badly wrecked, and four cars were
smashed. The track was torn up for nearly
fifty feet Engineman Charles Smith and
Calvin GutshalI, fireman on the freight engine,
jumped just before the collision occurred and
escaped injury. Two tramps who were steal
ing a ride on the trucks of one of the cars
we're thrown off and narrowly escaped being
killed. Several thousand bricks of the Con
oeocheague Brick Company were destroyed
by the derailed cars smashing into one of the
bnildinps.