The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1899-08-26
Maryland Affairs.


Hagerstown water supply is failing, and eff
forts are to be made TO increase it.
John A. Keefer, of Carlisle. Pa, com
mtted suicide in Hagerstown on Friday OF
last week.
The city (2) of Hagerstown has 237 hog
pens within its limits, which are occupied by
941 hogs The city council says the pens
must &c.
John Alfred Brown and Armstead Taylor
were hanged at Rockville on the 18th, for the
murder of Louis and Dora Rosenstein. The
two men died by strangulation
VIM. Henry Ijams has resigned as treasurer
of the B. & o. R. R., after continuous ser
vice with the company for 46 years he IS
now II years old. j. V. McNeal, assistant
treasurer, has been appointed treasurer.
The Allegheny Orchard Company has pur-
chased the farm of A. A. Ginevan, and now
has five adjoining farms along the railroad be-
low Cumberland The company has 90 men
at work clearing the new tract, and setting
out peach trees. They have already between
81 900 and %, 900 peach trees set out.
A. B. Bustany, of Boston, Mass, has been
at Oakland, with Real Estate Agent j. u.
McCubbin, of the Baltimore and Ohio Raii-
road. endeavoring to secure Is, 900 acres OF
land on which to locate colony of 500 faml-
lies. The land looked over is satisfactory,
and there is a probability of securing the
colony.
Mrs. Mile Harris, colored, died at Oar
Iington. Hartford county, last week, aged l23
wears. She was born in 1916, thus making
her the Oldest woman in the State. She
leaves 10 children, 81 grandchildren, ~
great-grandchildren and So reat-great grand :,
children. Among those attending her funeral
was her son, George Harris, woo IS l04 years
old.
Louisa Myers, one of the most noted female
criminals this country has ever known, died
Sunday at the Penitentiary, where she was
serving term of three years for larceny
The woman had a police record all over the
country and her career was deemed so i'm
nortant by Inspector Byrnes, of New York,
that he devoted a chapter of his book on GRIM
inals TO her. She was native OF Bavaria,
Germany, and was a years old.
A eolored woman lO4 years old. whose age
IS attested by Maryland records, died III Wash
ington. ID. c.. last week. Her name was
Rachael Forest, aud she was born slave on
the Cant estate. in Prince George county,
IN 1895. Her mistress, Miss Cant, followed
a custom observed with all her slaves and
manumitted Rachael when she became %
wears old. A certificate to this effect was IS
sued by the Prince Georges authorities IN
December, 1921.
States Attorney Ensor, Of Baltimore eoun-
Nv, was informed Saturday afternoon that a
marty of men from ReisterStown and ylclnIty
intended going to Towson Saturday night to
lynch James Abner, colored, a prisoner N the
iail al Towson who is charged with killing
Roy I. Lowe by striking him on The head
with a stone At the time OF Lowe death
threats of lynching Abner were made. Sheriff
Whittle removed the prisoner TO the city }aii
for safe keeping at the time, and on Saturday
he was returned to the city jail.
Ten Frederick negroes are IN jail at dar-
per's Ferry, West Virginia, for engaging IN a
riot during an excursion there last week.
Vim. Smith. known as "Man Eater, was shot
and will die from the wound. BLACK Dia-
mond. . Smiths half-brother, was set upon by
fnnr negroes from the Ferry, who had him
down in the road beating him, when he man
aged to get his razor ont, and IN lev SECONDS
he had slashed them all, laying their hesn
omen on all sides. When he was taken toJali
he was covered with blood. While IN the
Ioekup he asked for drink, but the officers
were afraid to 90 near him. so they placed a
bueket of water on the outside OF the grated
door and allowed him to suck from the bucket
with a straw.