The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1900-01-27
Maryland Affairs.

over 100. She also raised 80 turkeys.
Thomas Anderson, one of the best know
lawyers in Montgomery county, died OF
the 10Th inst, after short illness, agec
GA.
George A. Vandergrift, aged 81 years.
died in Cecil county on Sunday last. He
was one of the most progressive men o.
his section.
Floating ice gorged the Susquehanna
River at Fort Deposit, and high water
flooded the cellars on the river side Of
Main street.
VIM. Harwood, aged 80 years, the old.
est resident of Annapolis, died on Sunday
last. He was a thorough gentleman Of
the olden time
Mrs. Maria P. Rinehart, wife of An
drew Rinehart, died at Monrovia, Freder-
lex county, Monday aged 70 years, of
general debility.
David Develin, well known farmer Of
the Third district of Cecil county, fell
dead from heart disease at his home, near
Cherry Hill, on Monday.
A water tank on the roof of the Pur-
nell Hotel, Snow Hill, bursted on Sunday
morning. 1t contained 1000 gallons.
Fortunately no damage resulted.
Solomon B. Rohrer, of Washington
county has been declared to be incapable
to manage his estate, valued at about
$50, 900, and board of trustees was ap-
pointed.
Frederick and Allegany counties want
an appropriation from the General Assemb-
ly for the building of one mile of road in
each county to serve as model for general
road construction.
Rev. Dr. Thomas S Williams, of tt
Wilmington Methodist Episcopal Confer
ence, died suddenly last Sunday morning
at his home in Northeast, Cecil county,
while sitting on chair, aged So years.
John II. Post, of Baltimore, was be-
lever in divine healing. He had an af-
lection of the throat, and after discarding
the services Of physicians, embraced the
strange faith. He gradually grew worse,
and died of consumption, on Tuesday.
Mrs. Hannah S. Hollingsworth, of Har-
ford county, has entered suit against the
Board of County Commissioners for tres
pass and destroying her property by reason
of the new road recently made from Hol
lingsworth's spoke mill, at Wheel, to
Magnolia, on the Philadelphia. Whining
ton and Baltimore Railroad.
Harry Sherman, deserter from the
United States army in Cuba, and who is
also charged with the larceny of $500, a
gold watch and jewelry, property of Lieu
tenant Ralph Harrison, commander of
Troop A, at Matanzas, was captured on
Tuesday, after a lively chase, and turned
over to the authorities at Fort McHenry,
Baltimore
Mosgrove Mckee, formerly telegraph
operator in Hagerstown, who was thought
to be dead, has just been heard from by
his sisters, Misses Maria and Olivia Nc
Kee. He is in Central America superin-
tending the construction of new telegraph
line They received a letter from him con-
tanning photograph. This is the first
news from him for 30 years.
Rev. D. L. Greenfield, pastor at POGO
moke City distributed cards among his
congregation with the request that they
write upon them anything that they would
suggest would be help to the church and
to the advancement of Christ kingdom
Among the cards Mr. Greenfield read this
one, 'Please preach shorter sermons
and to which he remarked IA pint cup is
soon filed -
Kent and Queen Anne's horses are
troubled with an unknown disease, many
have died and others are dropping. The
horses mouths swell and crack and they
refuse to eat. An epidemic which battles
the skill of the veterinary has broken out
among the horses in the neighborhood of
Summit Bridge, Del. 1t first appears in
throat and mouth, and in many cases ter
inmates fatally.
In reaching for something on the table
on Thursday of last week, Mary Gertrude,
the eighty ear-old daughter Of J. Ii.
Spicer Stout, Cumberland, upset the coffee
pot, the hot liquid running all over her
body, and scalding her in horrible man
ner. Large pieces of flesh chung to her
clothes when they were removed to dress
the wounds. After suffering great agony,
the child died at noon the next day.
John Poffenberger, of Cavetown, Wash
ington county, aged about 80 years, son of
H. j. Pofenberger, of Chewsville, was
arrested Monday afternoon on the charge
of burning the barn of John D. Davis,
near Cavetown, on the night of January
5. Poffenberger denies the crime. He
was committed to jail in default of $500
bail. Two attempts to burn the Davis
barn were made before it was destroyed
January 5. Two other fires occurred in
Cavetown about the same time the attempts
were made to burn the Davis barn.
The Kent News of last Saturday says
The patrons of the Massey branch of
''Middletown Farms, the creamery op-
Grated by Cook & Brody, of Middletown,
Del, were paid for their December milk
on Wednesday last, at the very high price
of % cents per pound for butter fat. Mr..
G. II. b. Massey had the highest test
48 per cent.-which made his milk bring
him s1.34 per 100 lbs. The average
price paid for December milk at Massey
was ST. % per 100 lbs. Mr.. S. J. john
son while having herd of cattle mostly
composed Of Holsteins, and not being
among the highest tests, received the very
comfortable amount of S5918 for his
December milk after paying for bran,
SKINNED milk, etc.
A delicate and sk1ful operation in skin
grating is being performed upon Miss
Annie Ensminger, of Williamsport. The
young lady recently had her hand caught
between the rollers of machine in a
steam laundry and held there for eight
minutes and horribly burned. The flesh
fell off the palm, leaving the bones expos
ed, and it was thought that the injured
member would have to be amputated Last