The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1900-03-03
MARYLAND Affairs.

Rising Sun postofice, in Cecil county,
was robbed early Saturday morning of $500
in cash and stamps
Three negro men are in Montgomery
county Jail charged with stealing copper
wire from the Capital Traction Company
Owen B. Burton, a we'll farmer
of the 1th district of Baltimore county,
died on Saturday last He leaves a widow
and seven children.
The residence of LIE Roy Livingston, at
Laurel, was burned Sunday afternoon.
Laurel has no water works, and the town
is without protection.
Daniel Ward died Saturday morning IN
SharpSburg, Washington county, aged So
years He was a successful farmer and
the oldest teamster on the Chesapeake and
Ohio canal
On Sunday NJ H. Wagner, a cattle
drover, lost his life in a collision of fast
freight trains ON siding at Yough, on the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad, in which IL
cars and engines were smashed and 4
nu0DGI Ol tiIllt were hAliCNl eiiu NbuhhCu+
Brother Alexius, provincial of the Nave
rian Brothers in the United States, died
about noon on Saturday at Mount st. Jo-
sephs College, Frederick road, near lr
vington, of pneumonia, after few days
illness Brother Alexius, known in the
world as John Baptist Van der Wee, is
said To have been the best fnancier in the
order. He was a man of strong intellect
uality, cousummate tact and rare business
acumen His only surviving relative Is
Monsisnor Van der Wee, of Refusal, Hol
land, who some years ago celebrated has
golden jubilee as a priest. Brother Alex
| ius was born at Antwerp, Belgium, on
I February 20, 1924.
Charles Wesley Wiley, one of the old
est and most prosperous farmers in Talbot
county. died suddenly last Sunday after
noon of dropsy, at his home, in Church
Neck. about y miles from st. Michaels,
aged IS years. Mr. Wiley, who was
well known throughout the county, was
one of the pioneer farmers Of that section,
and, at his death, owned several very val
liable farms in that neighborhood- The
deceased was twice married His first
/ wife was Miss Susanna Sewel and nine
children survive them. most Of whom re
! side in Baltimore At the time Of hts
second marriage he was "a, and his bride
4 Miss Julia Goodwin, Of Bayside-Eas only
/ 2s years Of age She and four small
childan survive.
Joseph +, Bruchey, aged 81 years, Of
I Braddock. Frederick county. was found
/ frozen TO death in a small stream Oo the
place Of Hezekiah Young, along the Ma
( tional pike. near Frederick Cily about :
/ o clock last Sunday morning. As his rose
and right shoulder blade were broken It
was at tirs, generally believed tha, he had
met foul play and bad been thrown into
I the stream The stream contained cniy
about : inches &C water He was found
with his face down in the ice and his back
/ and one foat projecting out, frozen suit
I lie evidently fell in before the wafer
started 70 freeze Saturday night, a. the
4 Ice was about two u three inches thick all
around him and il had 10 he broken with
picks and fence rails before he could hc
/ gotten out The depression in the bed Of
I the stream from his face hands aud feet
| clearly showed that be had made efforts tn
I extricaie himself Buicbey who bad ous
T II the 6nes, hones ia ByaldtcS. lived with
5 hi> daughter and Was accustomed to - ou
/ periodical spree> he va memt~T 1T
+ the Grand Army aud drew a pension. ID
T va testified TIA, DE va. IN FrejcFick sat
+ ur,lay and after imbibing very freely was
/ put on the I. go train ii the Frederick and
| Middletown trollcy road and sent home
He was seen TO ee, ID al his home station
At ) q clock, and this Was the lass scen If
him alive