The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1898-10-08
Maryland Affairs.

VIM. I. Hepbron, of Kent county, sold 100
tons of tomatoes this season and has $500
baskets of pears to ship.
At the close of business on September 20,
the % national banks of Baltimore had indi-
vidual deposits amounting to S26, 873, 56l.97.
On Sunday afternoon Charles A. Full, of
Hagerstown, was killed by a colt he was rid
ing that bucked and threw him to the pike,
causing conclusion of the brain.
Rev. Joseph J. Devereaux, aged GO years,
and a WE'LL minister of the M. E.
Church, died in Worcester county on the 29th
ultimo He leaves wife and nine children.
''Firebugs'' are operating in Montgomery
county, and Vandals are destroying fruit.
Taco Washington, a negro, has been arrested
as belonging to gang, and it is thought he
will confess.
At Ocean City very large tarpon was
caught by Captain Ludlow's ocean fish pounds
last week. 1t is very seldom that they are
found this far North. No doubt the fish came
up via the Gulf stream.
John Ritter, of Washington county, died on
Thursday night of last week from II kick in
the stomach by horse. The horse fell while
narrowing and Mr.. Ritter assisted it up when
the horse kicked him, causing his death the
same night
lie
longing to DR.. l. R. Trimble has been sold
at private sale to Henry Meyer, of New York,
for $3.50, 900. This farm contains 200 acres
of land, 800 of which are in cultivation, and
is one of the finest and most valuable in Tai
bolt county.
Receivers have been appointed for the firm
of Boyd, Jones & Co., dealers in rubber
goods, with wholesale store on Hopkins
Place and retail store at II North Charles
street, Baltimore. Clarence j. Boyd and
William Henry Jones, composing the firm,
consented to the receivership.
Colonel Parry Lee Downs. at one time a
member OF the staff of the Governor of Mary
land, and later fugitive from justice for
three years, pleaded guilty in the Criminal
Court at Baltimore last week to obtaining
money under false pretences, and was SEN
fenced to three years in the penitentiary.
In Baltimore, Oh Sunday night last Isaac
Fabio, West India negro, was arrested for
beating his mistress to death. An effort was
made to keep her death quiet, and Fabio
placed the woman i'll chair at the table III
order to impress the police that she died from
natural causes but another negro woman in
formed on him.
The will of William James, who committed
suicide in Hagerstown several weeks ago, has
been probated. The estate is estimated to be
worth about $50, 900. To the German Baptist
Brethren Church, Hagerstown, he devises
$500; to the Brethren church near the College
of st. James, $500; to the Manor Cemetery,
near the College of st. James, $500; to the
Washington County Home for Orphans and
Frendless Children, $500. The remainder of
the estate goes to relatives.
William H. Bromwel, A. B., Phi. d., only
son of DR.. R. E. Bromwell, died on Septem
her 20 at his fathers residence near Port
Deposit, Cecil county, of typhoid fever, after
n few weeks Illness Dr. Cromwell was only
32 years of age, but had already attained
prominence in his chosen profession of chem
istry. After taking a course at Johns Hop
kins University, he was associated as chemist
with a large manufacturing establishment in
Birmingham, Ala. Subsequently he relin-
quished that position to become an instructor
in Pratt Institute. He was taken with typhoid
fever after returning from his vacation trip
this summer.
In Frederick, on Friday of last week, the
jury in the serenade shooting case of George
Gibbons, charged with the murder of Leslie
HORNE, failed to agree and was discharged,
having been out about fifteen hours and being
locked up over night. The disagreement was
general surprise and greatly displeased the
court. Chief Judge McSherry was indignant
and delivered a singing rebuke to the jury.
He said: 'It is utterly useless for magis-
trates, sheriffs and judges to do their duty if
the juries of this county have not the moral
courage to do theirs as men. Crime has gone
abroad throughout this county until it is a re-
proach to the State. After hearing the testi-
mony in this case, which was conclusive and
overwhelming in a marked degree, that you
should fail to agree is very strange 10 the
court