The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1899-06-03
Maryland Affairs.

mitted suicide at his residence in Baltimore,
on Friday of last week. He had been i'll
from the grip and his mind was affected
He leaves a widow who was Miss Butcher,
In a recent thunder storm at Mechanics
burg, Pa, bolt of lightning struck the
house of Mrs H. Barton Passing down
the chimney it set fire to towel, moved
bed into the middle of the room, shattered
the foundation wall and passed into the
well in the yard The fire was extinguished
Edward Melville, aged 10 years, died
from lockiaw in Woodberry, Baltimore
county on Sunday last About week
previous he fell from haymow and broke
both wrists, the bones protruding from the
flesh Everything was done to stay the
disease by several physicians, but their
efforts were unsuccessful
Percy Embley. aged Is years, who is
now in Hagerstown jail with Elmer Byrum,
charged with burning the Western Mary
land freight station and warehouse at
Smithsburg. has made confession that he
did the shooting at Arthur Towson, for
which Harold B. Richardson is charged
aud is now in jail. Richardson had one
trial, but the jury disagreed, standing IL
for conviction and l for acquittal.
Thomas b Todd, who is one of the most
extensive truck farmers in the twelfth dis
trict, Baltimore county, has 10 acres of
ground planted this year in cabbage. tbs
estimated by another truck farmer, whose
crop Of cabbage is not as large as that of
Mr.. Todd, that cabbage in a good season
ought to yield $500 an acre Mr.. Todd
is also a larger grower of other vegetables.
Harvey Reif, the celebrated fat boy of
/ Mangansville, Washington county, will be
/ : years old on June Is. He now weighs
i2l pounds, having gained 80 pounds since
Christmas Everything he wears, except
his hat, is made especially for him, as
such clothes and shoes as he wears are to
be found nowhere in the stores. He has
a splendid appetite.
The Subtreasury officials an the Balti-
/ more Custom House have discovered two
/ well executed counterfeit pieces, one a
/ half dollar Of S93 and the other aquarter-
dollar of 1898. Both of these spurious
coins are good limitations of the new issue,
while neither has any distinguishing fea-
ture by which it can be detected, the ring,
color and weight being so similar to the
genuine that their detection can only be
made by close comparison.
James DARTS, hermit, died near
Bozeman, Montana, in January last, leav-
ius an estate worth $50, 600 He died
alone and, as was supposed, without heirs.
He had said he was from Wicomico county,
Maryland, and information was sent to
that county of his death. j. Williams, an
attorney of Salisbury, thoroughly estab-
lished the right of Mrs John Young, of
Baltimore, Alonzo B. and Samuel Collins,
of Salisbury; William Z. Daughters and
a Colonel Maddox to the estate, and the
money will shortly be distributed
+ On Sunday night last two young men
Of Cumberland, John MeMahon and Peter
Yarnal, who had been calling on the same
Young lady, decided to settle the matter,
crossed over into West Virginia. where
they fought a long and bloody battle One
OF the conbatauts Is said to have received
broken nose. black eye and suffered the
loss Of much blood, the other was badly
used up and suffered broken hand \
very large crowd witnessed the contest,
including number of women Young
/ McMahon was reported the winner.
A large barn on the grounds of the Bal
timore County Almshouse, near Texas,
was DESTROYED by fire about midnight Sat
urday. together with its contents, includ-
ins two carriage horses, four mules, two
hogs and quantity of hay and straw.
The horses belonged to the superintendent,
Mr.. Hunter The other property belong
ed 10 the county The fire was discovered
too late to save the building or its contents.
Twenty two hogs in pen near the burn
ing building were saved, as were also a
hayshed and several other outbuildings, by
the efforts Of the inmates Of the almshouse,
aided by the residents of Texas. The
origin of the fire is not known. The coun-
tvs loss Is about So, 600.
\ new pest, heretofore not known TO
this state, has appeared in Southern Mary
land. and growers Of peas are very appre-
hcnsiye lest it should spread and prove the
destruction of their crops. The pest made
its appearance on a farm in St. Mary 5
county belong to Mr. Charles H. Pearson
Mr.. Pearson, besides being an extensive
packer in Baltimore, has large farms and
orchards in the southern part of the state
Mr. Pearson planted l 500 bushels of
peas on 800 acres Of land this spring, and
is planning to pack more than one million
cans of this vegetable Therefore, the
threatened destruction of his crop is a
very serious thing to him At his invita-
tion. Prof W. G. johnson, state entomol-
ogist, has gone to st. Mary's county to
make special investigation of the trouble,
aud to ascertain what the remedy is.
, / Chief Wilkie of the Treasury Secret
, Service Washington, d. c., has received
information from Special Agent VIM. j.
Burns that he has secured the counterfeit
. face and back plates of $40 legal tender
r United States note with the portrait Of
, General Sheridan, made by Baldwin S.
Bredell, the Philadelphia engraver, who
with his pal, Taylor, is under arrest charged
with being implicated in the wholesale coun
terfeiting scheme recently unearthed il
Philadelphia aud Lancaster, Pa. Thei
possession was secured through a confession
I made last week by Taylor and Bredell
in which Bredell said that the plate
were buried in the earth at Snow Hill
, Md, where he formerly lived, anC
where his father now resides, the pris
ouer confessing that he had engraved the
d plates himself Acting upon this informa
u ton, Agent Burns promptly went to thu
place described, and without difficulty Sc
cured the plates.
. Frank \. Tice, aged Is years, of Greer
= Spring Furnace, Washington county, wa
: waylaid on Saturday night last while re
=. turning from school in Hagerstown. He
went as far as Big Pool by railroad, anC
from there started to walk to his home
At lonely spot he was assaulted by TIVE
negroes. He offered resistance, but the,
5 quickly overpowered him, and as a resul
II of series of blows he was soon uncon