The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1898-06-25
Maryland Affairs.

Wednesday, to Miss jesse May Roberts.
DIR. James T. Edwards, principal of
McDonogh School for i;oys, has rendered
his resignation, to 90 int effect August 5
next.
The tax rate for Frederick county for
1898 has been fixed at 81 cents on the
500, on basis of $40, Alb, 100. This
is an increase of two cents over the rate for
1897.
Robert L. Green, of Baltimore, is in
jail for brutally beating his eight months
old child with slipper because it cried.
His wife said that he frequently whipped
the children cruelty
1t is estimated that not over One-half Of
the crop of tobacco in Charles county has
been planted this season, and if the con-
tinued dry weather holds much longer, it
is probable that the supply Of plants will
be so diminished as to prevent further
planting.
The wheat crop in Kent county is dam
aged fully third. Bartus Trew has a
field of 80 acres which he will not cut.
Others in the same neighborhood will not
put reaper in the field Pear orchards
will have an average yield, while the peach
crop will be poor
w. r. Leinhocker, freight engineer on
the Western Maryland Railroad, nearly
lost his life in the Hagerstown yards Sat
urday while repairing an oil tank on the
side of his engine He was struck by a
shifting engine and knocked down. He
sustained serious injuries on his head and
arms and one foot was badly cut.
Richard f. Hughes, farmer near
Cumberland, while looking fora tool in his
tool house on Friday Of last week, was
bitten by a copperhead snake in the wrist.
Generally the snakes let 90 after one bite,
but this one held on In short time the
arm turned black to the shoulder and Mr.
Hughes is in precarious condition.
Among the recently appointed second
lieutenants in the United States army are
the following Marylanders Peter c.
Hams, graduate United States Naval
Academy; Charles R. Ramsay, private
Fifth Maryland Volunteers; Joseph b.
Douglas, honor graduate st. Johns Col
lege. There were over 1000 names filed
from which to select 95 men,
Jerome Oster Ramp a member Of Com
pany B, Fifth Maryland Regiment, was
accidentally killed at Tampa, Florida, on
Saturday VIM. C. Carter of Company
G was trying a cartridge in his rife when
it slipped into the barrel and by some I'M
known means it was exploded. The ball
passed through three tents and lodged i'll
the young mans kidney. Death ensued
in few hours.
Old Folks Day was observed in the
Methodist church at North East, Cecil
county, on Sunday, Rev. B. F. Price
of Elkton, who has been in the ministry
for 60 years, preached the sermon in the
morning. Mr.. Price started out to preach
from ElktOn, his first charge being Denton,
Caroline county, in 1886. Since then he
has preached in Pennsylvania Delaware
and Maryland.
Miss Eliza Hetzer, of Williamsport, died
on Friday of last week, in her S9th year.
She was born and raised in the house III
which she died. Miss Hetzer was for Il
number of years housekeeper in St. James
College, and was well and widely known.
She was a member Of Zion Lutheran
Church for over 80 years. Two sisters
Mrs. Mary Steele, of Missouri, and Mrs.
Jane Charlton, survive her.
\ very painful accident happened Sat
urday afternoon to John Gassoway near
St. Michaels, Talbot county. He was
cutting trees in the woods, and was in the
act of telling one when the axe flew off the
handle and stuck in his right ankle, almost
severing it from his leg. He tried to walk
home, one mile distant, and while on his
way stumbled and broke his left arm.
Saturday night he was in Il precarious con-
dition.
That portion of Montgomery county
bordering on the Frederick county line was
visited Sunday evening by severe hail
storm, which lasted several hours, and
great damage is reported from several
places. At GAINESVILLE it is stated that
hail as large as marbles fell, breaking win
dows and beating down the growing crops
Considerable damage is also reported from
the neighborhood of Damascus, where the
storm was said to be at its worst
William Murphy was almost instantly
killed, and Joseph Sharp was painfully in
jured in an accident at the new courthouse
in Baltimore, Monday afternoon. The ac
cident resulted from the breaking Of heavy
pine boom that was used to assist in rails
ing into position the huge marble monoliths
that will adorn the east front of the build
ing. A piece of the broken boom struck
Murphy "A terrific blow, knocking him from
the top of derrick on which he was
standing to a marble ledge 35 feet below
Either the blow or the fall was sufficient
to kill him.
About 2 o clock Saturday morning the
Crescite Excelsior Works, S. NJ Birely,
of Birely & Osler, bankers, and J. Wesley
Creeger, proprietors, located at Thurmont,
Frederick county, were burned. While
within reach of the water, the fire had
gained so great Roadway before discovery
that the fire department could not save the
building and machinery, but by hard work
the fire in the office, building detached,
was conquered and the books saved. \
saw-mill and valuable lot of poplar wood
used in the manufacture of excelsior, saw
logs and coal in bins adjoining the works,
were also saved, The Excelsior factory,
machinery, except the bricked-in boiler,
several carloads of excelsior and large
quantity of wood were totally destroyed,
involving loss of about 81, 900, but par
TALLY covered by insurance. During the
progress of the fire the iron smokestack fell
among the fremen, all of whom escaped
except Harry G. Root, who received the
full force of the fall, the stack striking him