The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1898-02-12
Maryland Affairs.

On Thursday there were four fires i'll Hag-
erstown, three of which were incendiary.
Eastern Shore truckers have refused to grow
tomatoes for packing at less than Sc per ton.
Vim. Henry Norris, aged II years. former
cashier of the Western National Bank Balti-
more, died on Monday.
The Frederick City Milling Company have
sold the mill property to Peter :. Brugh and
Jesse 3. Mcbride for $4,000
John Adams. colored. of Hagerstown, at
tempted suicide by swallowing a quantity OF
Paris green, on Sunday.
John Lumberson, veteran of the war of
1872 and of the Black Hawk war. died IN Bal
timore, on Sunday, aged 81 years.
Monsignor McColgan. aged Sc years, who
had been pastor of St. Peters church, Bati-
more, for 81 years, died on Saturday.
Kirman Holloway was thrown from load
of wood. in Snow Hill. Worcester county, on
Wednesday. and had his neck broken.
In Prince Georges county negro is in jail
for stealing within a few months 200 hogs and
several hundred chickens. He's daisy.
John E. passed.. of Hagerstown, IA B. and
o. telegraph operator, was found sutfocated
by gas in his room. in Baltimore, on Sunday.
Herbert Mote. of McCelansvlle. Cecil
Tuesday had one Of his feet crushed of. He
cannot recover.
From actual experience Samuel 7. Earle,
of Queen Annes county, advises farmers to
90 into the cultivation OF sugar heets. He
prefers the white variety.
Bessie jackson, colored, was caught be.
tween two freight cars at Hagerstown and
squeezed to death on Saturday while picking
up coal from the track
There is a great deal of sickness throughout
Baltimore county, principally among chlldreh'
scarlet fever. measles, mumps and whooplng
couph being the prevailing maladies.
Edward Zimmerman. a farmer. living near
Hagerstown, has four apples OF the everlast-
ing keeping variety, that are four years old;
aud quite a quantity OF them that are Two and
| three years old.
Vandalism still prevails in Williamsport
! On Sunday night several street lamps were
| stolen. and other deprcdations committed:
/ The "Weoley GoOlies" are ''blue moulding
for the whipping post.
William Homer IL years of age, son OF
Frank Horner. near Rockville, Montgomery
county, was accidentally shot in the back OF
the head by ii playmate. The gun hadn
been fired of for over 10 years.
Robert RYAN, of Aberdeen, Hartford coun'
: ~. visited IL friend on Saturday night and on
returning home was set upon by three negroes,
terribly beaten and robbed of $40, watch
and eve glasses. He is III Il precarl"us cont
dtion.
Adam. Baker. minister of the German
Baptist Brethren Church. died on FRIDAY
morning of last week, at Shady Grove. Wash
ngton county. in the list year of his age
He was IL brother of Rev. ID. NJ. Baker, o
the Marsh.
Rev. George Toland Maccom, assistant
rector at ST. Michael and All Angels Prot
estant Episcopal Church, Baltimore. witS
found dead in bed Monday night al his home
- East Mount Vernon Place. \ gnnsho
wound under the heart and a pistol on the bet
showed the cause of his death.
The Caesaream operation. the first ever AT
tempted on the Eastern Shore, was performed
at the Peninsula General Hospital. Salisbury
on Monday afternoon by DIR. j. Mctaddel
Dick, assisted bv the medical fraternity !"
that place. The patient Is the wife O
Major GRAY. colored. The child was deaC
when delivered. and The mother is very low
with but slight chances Of her recovery.
Meta. aged two years, daughter of EIarr:.
kreider. OF near Jacobs Church, Washington
cuunty, died on Saturday evening from thu
effect Of drinking quantity of bntter colorIn:
on Friday. The mother of the infant gil
had left the room where she was using III
fluid. having set the bottle on the table. Ia
investigating propensity Of the child led he
to drink what she found i'll the bottle, ant
she was made unconscious thereby. The ct
forts of DR.. Wishard was unable to save th
life of the little one, and after suffering :
hours. she died.
Sheriff I'll ompSon lodged in Montgomer
county Jail OH Monday morning Charles Tyler
Bob Hall, Eliza Dorsey and Lizzie Wariield
all colored. On Saturday night Tyler an
Hall broke into the store of Hugh Peck q
Washington Grove, and carried away aboU
go pounds of meat. some tobacco and othe
things and took them to the house OF EllZ
Dorsey and Lizzie Warled. Tyler and Hal
were suspected and captured on Sunday
The women were taken on IA charge OF having
received stolen goods. Many such acts hav
been committed i'll the county recently, an
the March term court docket promises to b
a very large one.
On Tuesday night of last week. DR.. X. l.
G. Lowles, who was returning from a sc
call, near Piscataway, Prince George county
while passing through the woods, James Gan
ner, leaped upon the carriage from the rea
and called to his confederate to begin thel
work. Fortunately, the doctor was wei
armed, and Constable Blandford was comm
by on the same road, and at once made al
attempt to catch Garner. Garner ran throug
the woods into an adjoining swamp. all tn
while giving notice to his associates OF his dis
covery He was soon caught, and admitted
that he jumped on the carriage, but merely t
get Il ride He is now in Jail.
A check for $40, $50 q was received b
Stephen r. Mason. register Of wills. OF Baltl
/ IN
taxes on the administration of the estate
the late Benjamin f. Deford. Ofthis amour
S74 goes to the register and is his fees on III
first administration account. The balanc
goes to the State and is made up of 50, lo4.G
: tax-s on the commissions of the executors
49,, 9S2. Is collateral inheritance tax on tn
personal property. and 81. 429. l6 collater;
inheritance tax on the real estate of Mr.. De
ford. The estate is valued at 81, 500, 9Sl. =:
comprising 81 .499, S14.5G in personal an
S57, 166. &c in real property. The colater'
inheritance tax is =! per cent, and the aboV
is said to be the largest ever received at tn
court for collateral inheritance tax.
In the pentenliary, on Friday of last week
Keeper Charles A. Bannon was felled to tn
ground in the shoe department by a bio
from Il heavy crutch in the hands ola cripple
| colored convict named Benjam Sprgg
AS the keeper tried to struggle TO his tet
Spriggs dealt him second blow over tn
forehead rendering him senseless. He wa
about to strike third time, when he wa
f knocked down and overpowered by fellow
prisoner. Keeper John O'Donnell, who wa
) in an adjoining department, was attracted b
the scuffle, and he placed Spriggs in stroIt
t cell. Mr.. Bannon was placed under til
t charge of the regular physician to the. peniter
, tiary who had him removed to a hospita
His wounds are considered fatal. The negr
is said to be subject to crazy spells at times