The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1898-07-02
Maryland Affairs.

Wheat is below the average yield in Charles
county.
The tax rate in Charles county for county
purposes is Slo7.
Thieves are entering smoke houses, dairies,
chicken houses and cellars in Washington
county.
Horse thieves are at work in Washington
county. Several horses have been stolen re-
Gently.
No rain has fallen in Williamsport and
vicinity, up to Tuesday night, for over
month, and vegetation is burning up.
The employees of the Western Maryland
Railroad Company will run their annual ex-
cursion to Baltimore and Colchester Beach
on July 8.
Edward +. Shaw. private secretary and
bookkeeper for Dr. Clarke, physician to the
Baltimore city Jail, is L defauter and is absent
from the city.
Richard NJ. McSherry, aged Sc years. died
at Mt Washington, Baltimore county, on
| Tuesday. He was IA son of the late DIR.
Richard McSheTy and was prominent i'll city
and State affairs.
On Monday the hearing of J. f. Melvin.
| charged with participation in the lynching of
| Jacob Henson, colOred, in 1895, took place
1 at ElllcOtJ lily ana melvin WIS Icic'tSeu OH
bail to appear before the gran jury.
Samuel Melown. an expert fisherman and
river guide, of Wiliamsport, met with a
peculiar accident Tuesday while fishing. A
| large bass that he landed struck him on the
hand with its dorsal fin, which penetrated the
| flesh making an ugly wound A piece of the
| fin remained in the wound. and he now has Il
very sore hand.
Jacob Elliott died on Tuesday at the resi-
dence of his son. County Commissioner Frank
! T. Elliott, in Hagerstown, from stomach
trouble, aged about "A years. He had been
sick about three weeks. He was II well-known
I and prominent citizen, and was born at Welsh
J Run. where he conducted the Green Tree
! Hotel for many years. He was member of
the German Baptist Church. and is survived
| by two brothers, one son and one daughter
During the severe thunderstorm on Satur
day evening lightning struck and badly dam
aged the large brick house of Charles W.
| Gibson, near ST. Michaels, Talbot county
| The gable end of the house was struck first by
the lightning, which tore away nearly the
whole end; it then went down the chimney,
SCATTERING every window glass in that part Of
the house Miss Lena Gibson was severely
stunned by the shock. and rendered uncOn-
! scious.
| OOLltfuelu DtIllllS. CbiOlcu WIN - nv" III
Worcester county Jail, has confessed to the
crime of deliberately killing his stepfather.
America Holland, for which crime he was in
dicted tried and found guilty at the late May
term of court Holland was killed while
sitting in his chair before the fire early on
Monday morning. January oath, at his home
| in Pocomoke City. Young Dennis was ac-
cused of the crime, which he admitted, on his
| way up to Jail. but has ever since denied it
until Tuesday. when he again admitted his
guilt TO Rev. NJ. Pullit.
| A very heavy thunderstorm. accompanied
by vivid lightning and a heavy downpour Of
rain, passed over part of Cecil county Tues
day afternoon. The rain fell in torrents for
| nearly two hours. causing considerable dam
! age to crops, and creating quite treshet in
the small streams and rivers. Lightning
flashed almost necessarily, and played havoc
| with the two-story frame kitchen attached to
the dwelling of William Holt, IA farmer, near
| Mechanics Valley. The bolt was a peculiar
| one, striking the building in three different
places al once, tearing the boards, plaster and
laths off in such large quantities at each place
that the building is practically total wreck.
| This happened just rs the storm was approach
| ing and before Il drop of rain had fallen.
Mrs. Holt had Just left the building, and was
in the yard getting her young chickens under
shelter. when she was knocked down and rem
dered almost unconscious. The same bolt
struck and shattered three trees standing some
little distance away from the house. Light
ming also struck trees in two places i'll ElIton.