The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1899-12-16

Joseph Warfeld, aged 9S years, was buried
Sunday afternoon IN Cumberland.
The Henry MeCauley farm of 40 acres,
near Hagerstown, has been sold to Samuel
Funk for So 700.
Several farms containing an aggregate of
$50 acres have recently been sold at private
sale in Talbot county for Sl2, ,220, or S21.60
per acre.
The heirs of the late Dr. Lewis H. Steiner
have sold their farm, one mile west of Fred
erick, containing lSS acres, to Edward G..
kran;z for Sl6,000
On Friday night of last week the barn and
contents on the farm of Israel Warfeld, near
Laytonsyille, Montgomery county, were
burned. Loss, 1880, insurance $500.
There are two apple trees on the farm of
II. NJ. Mccullough, Elk Neck, Cecil county,
which are bearing a second crop, the fruit
being nearly full grown. The trees also have
many blossoms upon them at this time.
Nearly %, 900 gallons of milk go to Balti-
more daily by the steam railroads centering
there. aud 1t Is said that something like 15,
GOO COWS are required to supply this quantity.
Baltimore county is the largest producer.
An infant of James S,ratton, Cumberland,
screamed necessarily for days. Tuesday night
| the infants pillow was ripped open and found
to contain % good-sized needles, six darning
needles and a number of pins, which had
been constantly puncturing the child.
Engineers have completed a preliminary
survey of that portion of the proposed Freder
lex, Liberty and Emmitsburg Electric Rail
way between Frederick and Liberty, dis
/ lance of twelve miles. The survey is near the
| Emmitsburg turnpike.
| Perry G.. Watkins, aged 20 years, of Da-
/ Mnnfrnr,.orv aud NJ. Er,aflNs
1 Lewis. aged go years, also from Montgomery
| county, were married at the Frederick par
/ sonage of the Methodist Episcopal Church
last week by Rev. John II. Wilhite pastor.
/ Henry Eekenrode, the proprietor of the
! Eight Mile House, on the Reisterstown turn-
/ pike, died Monday. He was 90 years Of age,
and leaves widow and several children.
/ Mr.. Eckenrode was well known TO farmers
travelling on the turnpike.
! Mrs. Barbara Volt, of Tunis Mills, Talbot
county, a native Of Germany, has taken out
final naturalization papers in the Circuit
/ Court Mrs. Volt is the second woman ever
nataralized. The first was Mrs. Teresa Re-
I tallaek, native of Belgium, who was natnr-
allied about 25 years ago.
Oysters are becoming so scarce in Miles
/ river that it Is improbable to tong Up to a
I few years ago at least three-fou of the
| population of St. Michaels were supported by
| the oyster industry, but they have killed the
4 goose that laid the golden egg" aud now there
| is mourning in that place.
Charles j. Merriken, clerk IN the Office Of
4 |. NJ. Parr & Son, and treasurer of the Carib
bean Manganese Company and the Maryland
! Clay Company, Baltimore, in both of which
/ Mr.. Henry 4. Parr is interested, has been
missing for two weeks, and his whereabouts
! - uaf kpnun ENparfs ars tbrnpUh the
books ofboth companies.
Wellington NJ. Penn, teacher in Etehison,
| Montgomery county, was eowhided and after
wards beaten with poker by Carton Baker
last week He claimed that Penn severely
thrashed his brother. Baker lives in Balti-
more and went to the school for the purpose
OF chastizing Penn. Penn made no resist
ance, but swore out a warrant for his arrest
The PENNSYLVANIA Railroad Company has
. large force of hands at work placing the
false work in position for the construction of
a new iron bridge across the Monocracy river
three miles north of Frederick. They will
also place new iron bridge across the Tus-
carora, about half a mile beyond.
George Z. Warrener, aged %, a freight
brakeman on the Northern Central railroad,
( whose home is at Glencoe, Baltimore county,
was thrown from his train some time Friday
night of last week, at the old Emig's Grove
camp ground, York county, Pa, and remained
lying on the rails unconscious. Another
train, which followed soon after cut his body
in half at the waist The remains were shipped
to his home Saturday afternoon.
After being closed for nearly nine months,
the pulp mill at Elkton, recently purchased
by the Southern Pulp Company from the trus
tees of the Singerly Pulp and Paper Com
pany, has resumed operations, and will run
both night and day. The new owners have
made immense improvements to the machine
ry, etc They have also had the Elk Greek
dredged as far up as their wharyes to ALLOW
large-size schooners to haul poplar wood tC
their works Several hundred cords were re
ceived during the past week by rail, to allow
the works to resume at once. About 100 mer
will be given employment.