The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1898-02-05
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The new shoe factory =, RSsSa. Sun,
CeGa ceaRsy, began work an Tuesday,
Several SavS have 0S>0rcd recently in
Re<eaas2e CSgv to which there Is no clue,
Rad qNags> are complained of in nearly
eseqy coaasy, Is it the teamSterS fault or
the road sGPeTvisogs2
An eaevrM~StoEy office bGildhns Is To be
erected al the northeast corner Of Charles
and rayeste streets, Baltimore.
Ja~cs Kelley, rolored, folder in the
House Of Delegates, died at Annapolis
from the grip on Thursday of last week,
Lewis Rrner. aged 81 years. ex-mayor
If Frederick. died last week. He was
pEuminent in everything looking to the
public good.
The Liberty Banner 4 weekly journal
published at Libertytown, Frederick eoun-
~. BY Harry W. Lewis, has been sold to
Roscoe Sweadner. a Schoolteacher at that
place.
Rev. and MrS. Isaac VI. Motter, of the
Reformed church. at Adamstown. Freder-
lex county. have given 81, 900 to the
Jacob B. Bomberger Reformed Church
building fund.
Ex-tax collector Benjamin +. Davis. of
Allegany county. defaulter to the amount
of 1915 10, was found guilty and SEN
fenced to the pententiary His relatives,
it is said, will pay the money.
Alesandro Claramelion an Italian, was
arrested in Baltimore last week for the
murder of fellow cOuntryman in New
York. for which Angelo Carboni has been
convicted and sentenced to die.
John Frank Oldfeld. the ex sheriff of
Howard county. who was the Republican
candidate for clerk of the county circuit
court last November. has secured an ap-
pointment under POstmaSter-General Gary
as postofhce inspector
The Western Maryland Railroad is now
preparing an engineering expedition, which
will be sent towards IIagerStown to inveS-
tigate the feasibility Of an important i'm
proyement 1t is proposed to build ii
cross-line between lIagerstown and the
Shippensburg branch. The expedition
will start so soon as the weather settles
sufficiently to Justify excursions for survey
ing purposes.
Mr. Charles Thomas Anderson aged 40
wears. died last week at Clarksburg Mont
oomery county. from IA cancer on his neck.
II ,,.on Enn,vn ri, A
the county and the western part OF Mary
land rs mechanic and machinist. He
invented several devices, inc uding a fast
ener for mail sacks. mail crane and II
mail car 4 widow and six children
three sons and three daughterS--survivc
him.
Fire destroyed the plant of the Salisbury
Manufacturing Company last week entail
ing Il loss of about So, 600. The plant
was wooden structure, and was large
concern. but has been idle for some time.
The Seaford National Bank and Emory II.
Burbage. of Powellsville. Wicomico county.
were the owners. and had no insurance on
the property. The cause of the fire Is
unknown, but supposed to have been the
work of crap-shooters
Harry Henneberger, of Hagerstown, has
Il baptismal certificate of John Herring Is
sued in 1874. The inscription is i'll Ger
man letters. surrounded by rather roughly
drawn pictures of Adam and Eve, flowers
and cupids He has also the patent of
Jacob Turner, for Jacob; Corner, con-
tanning twenty-five acres of land, issued
September %, 1860; also. the patent of
John Rogers to The Mistake, contain
ing ten acres of land. issued July Il. 1899,
to which the great seal Of Maryland is at
tached Both are on heavy parchment.
1t will be remembered that about a year
AGO that Richard Cornelius. cashier of the
Farmers and Planters Bank, Baltimore,
was defaulter. and that he committed
suicide. His defalcations. it was said. was
about $50. 600 Now, according to the
claims filed in the Circuit Court No. =, they
amount to S161 ,S127S, while the assets
amount to but IS, 1913. 65. The claim of
the bank is Sl14, 1872. "a; that of the
Preachers Aid Society of the Methodist
Episcopal Church Sl5.64S. Is. of his
daughter, Mrs. Annie +. Carson. 500
1871, and the Fidelity Trust and De-
post Company 50, 6SS.72. Besides these
there are some smaller claims which 90 to
make up the total. Stock and wheat
speculation Is said to be the cause,
The residence of \. d. Long, "A con-
ductor on the Western Maryland Railroad.
in Williamsport, one day last week, was
damaged, and Mrs. Long had IA narrow
escape from being injured. by the explo-
sion of blast on a lot adjoining the house.
A heavy charge Of dynamite was placed in
the hole prepared for the blast, and when
the explosion occurred, a large stone was
hurled through window of Mr.. Longs
house. breaking in the sash and demolish-
ing every pane Of glass. Mrs. Long had
just stepped away from the window when
the blast went off, and escaped being struck
by the stone which fell on the floor, jar
ring the whole building. Some ornaments
in the room were shaken from their places
and broken.
l4CIOl cdCAeON hnS diiSSlSi WI cohudi1
% by deputy sheriff John A. Selby and
lodged in the Montgomery county jail,
charged with stealing twelve pairs of WOODEN
blankets from the jail Jackson was last
fall sentenced to Jail for a short term, at
the expiration of which he was employed
by the warden to help about the kitchen.
He left the Jail few weeks ago, and
shortly afterwards the blankets were miss
ing. Sheriff Thompson obtained search
warrant and found the goods in Jackson
possession. After his arrest it developed
that he had also stolen from Mrs Connell
matron at the Jail, gold watch and
breastpin, and from Mrs. Peyton number
of silver forks. Henry Cook was also ar
rested and lodged in jailed, charged with
being implicated in the larceny.
Mrs. Mary Holton died last Sunday