The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1899-05-06
MARYLAND Affairs.

AT cumberland 10. UUU LdHcsiSIeI, d.,
fraudulently stamped cigars have been
seized
Elsie Wilson, colored, aged s years, and
seven cows were bitten by mad dog near
Urieville, Kent county, last week.
Samuel P, Wheatley, aged 40, is in
Dorchester county jail charged with as
saulting his sister-in-law on Friday night
Of last week.
Much valuable young timber has been
burned ON the lower part of the Eastern
Shore this season. The fires were started
by burning brush.
Taxes in Hartford county this year will
be so cents on the 500 ON a basis of
S14, 600, 600 The rate in Baltimore
county is also 50 cents
Surveys are being made for railroad
from Reading to the Chesapeake Bay, at
Carpenter Point, distance Of 20 miles,
under the auspices of New York parties.
H. W. II. Conway, deputy fish com
missioner of the Salisbury station, arrived
in Princess Anne last week and placed l.
500, 900 young shad aud fry in the Mano-
kin River, and ), 000, 600 in King Greek,
While playing among some farming i'm
Elements belonging to \ Anderson, Of
North East Cecil county. last week, Pearl
Abrams. a fye-vear-old daughter Of Mr.
and Mrs. p. f. ABRAMS, slipped and fell
upon harrow. embedding several of the
teeth in the side Of her face and causing
dangerous injuries The flesh was also
badly torn.
On Friday night of hast week the barn
and annex on the farm of VIM. W Wilson,
near Churchville. Hartford county, was
burned BY tumps Mr. Wilson closed the
barn himself and saw that everything was
in proper condition, and by eight O clock
he found it was on FIRE When he reached
the barn the lower door- We're found open
los 81. 500. insurance 81 200
0u SATURDAY of La, week mad dog
started at Alberton Howard county. and
bit about twenty dog, several horses and
Clarence 0ldfeld. who was ou an electric
ear going into Baltimore, The dos bit the
horses in the lips. instead Of the feet or
legs Mr. Ollfeld attempted to shoot the
dog. but the deg jumped at him aud seized
the revolver laoeratIng his hand. The
wounds were cauenzei. aud later Mr.
Oldheld killed the dog
Allen g., aged years ~on Of Mrs j
B. McGraw. u SharI>burg, Washington
county, while playing la, week At the home
Of his grandfather. VI f. SuaYely Sharps
bury. fc!l into large box nearly full Of bot
Stacking lime. lie screamed for help and
was rescued. but not before he had bcen
horribly burned When the little fellow
clothing Wa removed large piec,~ # it~h
fell 81. Il is no, thought that ho can re.
cover. although the physicians say there Is
a possible chance
While Mrs Daniel b Lester ani hrr
young daughter were siiting in the front
RON Il their home. On South Potomac
street. Hagerstown. about nine cleck on
Thursday night of last week, the front
door was suddenly opened, and BIZ bury
negro entered the ryo5n. and blew eut the
hight Mn. Lester and her daughter
screamed for help Evideu,ly afraid 9"
remain longer, the ns7,ru rar out she dooT
through which he entered, and s-eapei iu
the darkness. Mr.. Lester was away al
the tune
Two Chinese truck farmers. on the
Franklin rad, near Baltimore. YnaFTellel
about some money last week and oHe he
gan 10 carve the other wjth a hatehet, after
throwing him 70 the ground The SIGHT
VA. witnessed bv Mr.. Win Bcrnham
who resides On the adjoining farm. She
gave the alarm and the one who vas dan.
the carving act ran Co an adjoining baTu
and hung himself The wounded aian
NAV recover The men were prosperous,
had been in this country al-sat % years,
and their vegetables were Away, in demand
by the Chinese residents ot Baltimore.
Mn. Sarah Elizabeth Pnoe died IN Gen.
treyille last week She was the daughter
Of the late John and Rachel MeFeeiey,
and was born in Baltimore on peoeHsbeF
Il. 1923. She vas married to the late
Robert 6 Pucc, ia Ceninville, on June
10. ls4l aud had resided there since that
time She had been member 81 the
Methodist Protestant Church since 1870,
and was the oldest member ii Grace Meth
oiis, Protestant Church She Is survived
by one sou. Dr. Robert MeFeeley Price.
a grandson. States Attorney J Frank
Harper Of Centreyille, aud brother. WI
liam J NeFeeley, Of Chestertowu.
There was much disorder among negros-
in IIa-erstowu on Wednesday and Thurs
day Of last week Deputy sheriff Tioe
attempted "a dispeae 4 gang who we're
noisy on the stree; and arrested Benjamin
Thompson. who escaped from him after a
struggle in which Tiev fvll into the gutter.
Later CA negro gang 1sssIlsd Charles l..
Stein and Emanuel Chrissiuger, white, in
Turing the latter severely Charles Saund
ers. a negro who had served term in the
penitentiary for homicide, was arrested and
fined. Joseph Taylor aud William Il.
Lewis. colored. Who testified that Saunders
Qt1 htf ktck SIT tHft.-th@tf- WE aiatctSN
on the spot for perjury and committed 70
jail in $500 bail each for a hearing Saund-
ers could not pay his fine and went to jail.
\ man about 30 years Of age, weighing
ITO pounds aud moderately well dressed,
was found cut in two on the Baltimore X
Ohio tracks below the Oldtown crossing,
Allegany county, Wednesday night Of last
week. His body was in two separate parts,
the trunk being apart from the legs, which
were separated near the abdomen He
was still living and able TO talk Eye wit
nesses say that when they came upon him
he was dragging his trunk by his arms, in
which he seemed TO have great strength, on
to the track TO join it to his legs 1t re
quired three men to hold him in his fright
fully mangied condition He gave the
name of Bradford Joe - He lived about
% minutes after being found. The only
means of identification was little book in
which was written the name James Donly,
Connellsvile, Pa. = The Lord Is Prayer
is also written in the book in lead pencil
DIR. Marcus W. Allison died in Hagers-
town on Friday night of last week, aged
Sc years. He was born in Shenandoah
so h. ttr,a sc hts