The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1900-08-25
Maryland Affairs.


In Baltimore, last week there were 43 deaths
from heat.
Cumberland is TO have an automobile man
uIactory. Local capital will supply the funds.
The cement mills at Pinto, Allegany coun-
ty, were burned last Saturday. The mills will
be rebuilt.
Peaches in Montgomery county are uuusu-
ally fine this year, and are selling at proht-
able price.
A peculiar fruit, which has been sent to
several authorities for identification, has grown
upon a tree in u South Cumberland garden.
Negro footpads are operating in Prince
Georges county, and are also intimidating
farmers wives and demanding food.
james e. Trundle, of Poolesyille, Mont
gomery county, from 160 acres threshed nearly
5000 bushels of wheat, or over 80 bushels per
acre.
Wesley Thomas, coored, charged with
criminal assault, escaped from the Annapolis
Jail Monday, and efforts 10 capture him have
proved futile.
Horses in Kent county are suffering from
.'crack lip 1t comes, it is said, from eating
dry pasturage and straw. In some eases it
proves fatal.
''Pear CIDER is getting in its work at camp.
meetings and other gatherings. 1t seems to
have a worse effect ON the partakers of it than
''fghiing whiskey."
Frank Il. Chaney's general store and post
Office at Burtonsville, Montgomery county,
was burned by an incendiary on Thursday
night of last week.
Dynamite is used in fishing in the Susque-
hanna river below Havre de Grace. Using
explosives is violation of the State law and
if the persons are caught they will be severely
punished.
A chain gang has been instituted in Cum
berland, and men arrested for vagrancy and
disorderly conduct, are put to work pulling
weeds from cutters and cleaning the streets.
Seven persons were rescued froma burning
building by policemen in Baltimore on last
Sunday. Several were severely burned but
they will recover
Mrs. Susan Sheriff, aged 92 years, died in
Baltimore on Sunday last. She was famous
housekeeper and for years had been in the
employ Of the Howard aud Calvert families.
The steel mill plant in South Cumberland
lately absobed by the trust, will be closed the
latter part of the month for an indefinite
period. About $50 men will be thrown out
Of employment
John Crissinger, freight brakeman of the
Western Maryland Railroad, fell from car
and was crushed under its wheels at Hagers
town on Monday Death resulted from the
injuries.
E. Nee. Harbaugh, of Mechanicsburg, ILL.,,
brother of G. Leonard Harbaugh, who died
last July, leaving several thousand dollars,
filed petition in the Orphans Court, Balti-
more, charging two lawyers and an appraiser
of the court with conspiracy to delraud.
Wonldn'tit be well 10 stop holding Sunday
school picnics and woods meetings. As it is
no unusual occurrence for fights to take place
and the everready razor or billy used at the
slightest provocation. In Washington county,
last Saturday, tw omen attempted to clean out
n picnic by iudiscriminate firing of revolvers.
Two men were seriously wounded and women
and children frightened.
A vendetta is on between residents of Smith
and Tangier Islands. in the Lower Chesapeake,
following the shooting on Saturday last OF
Sydney Evans, sixteen-year-old boy, who
was Grabbing in Virginia waters in violation
of law. The shooting was done by Captain
George Savage, of the Virginia police boat
Pocomoke. II is feared that there will be
eventual bloodshed before the feeling subsidies.
A pitcbed battle has already taken place be-
tween the fleets Of the two islands, and several
were injured.
Between 5andG p. M, on Saturday, August
IS, a cyclone passed over part Of Hartford
county, leaving path of destruction behind
it. Rain fell IN torrents, hail beat down corn,
tomatoes and fruit; buildings we're crushed in
or unroofed, and Hugh Thompson, who had
taken refuge in a barn crushed to death.
In Talbot Dorchester and Caroline counties
the destruction to growing crops, fruit and
buildings was terrible. The hail, wind and
rain destroying the work Of the year, and
crushing canning factories, throwing a large
number of persons out Of work and destroy
ing valuable machinery. Later reports state
that the canning plants in the upper part of
Cecil county, together with Tomatoes and corn
we're ruined, and in Kent county the loss will
exceed over 100000
A farmer in the northern section OF Fred
erck county, who had 300 bushels OF wheal IN
storage since 1897, sold il few days ago for
65 cents per bushel and now regrets that he
had not disposed OF il in 1897. He says that
when he placed it in storage the market was
advancing rapidly. The wheat was worlb
81. .25 per bushel, but he hoped to receive $l.S5
per bushe for the crop, and gave orders to
sell at that price. The market reached Sl.32
but he would not SELL From this it declined
steadily. When he sold it at 65 cents aud
went to have a settlement he found he had 10
pay 25 cents per bushe storage ON the gram
and lost three years interest on the money,
which he could have realized on his wheat
had he sold it promptly, besides the shrinkage
in the market.