The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1900-02-10
Maryland Affairs.

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Asbury 81. Hunt, aged SO years, died
in Frederick last Sunday.
Alfred Lowe died at Delight, Baltimore
county, on the Bird instant, in his 95th
year.
A trolley line is to be built from Will
mington, Delaware, to Port Deposit, Ce-
ell county.
Mary Tooley, aged about 60 years, a
cook, employed by Israel M. Parr, Jr.,
was burned to death near Sherwood, Bal
timore county, Monday.
The canning factory of Messrs. Dashiell
& Co., at Princess Anne, in addition to
other fruits and vegetables last year canned
over 2, 900 barrels of sweet potatoes.
Eighty two weavers at the cotton duck
and wooden mills of the Ashland Manufac-
turing Company, Dickeyville, Baltimore
county, are on strike for an increase in
wages.
Owing to the very low water in Little
Elk Creek, the five paper mills in the up
per part of Cecil county were compelled to
shut down, the water being the lowest for
many years.
Both the Pennsylvania and Reading are
interested in the surveys being made in
Washington county for an extension of
the latter road from Shippensburg to
Cherry Run.
Well authenticated rumors are afoat
that a line of steamers is projected for
Miles and Choptank Rivers, to compete
with the Pennsylvania Railroad lines now
in operation.
Rev. DIR. Hall Harrison, rector of st.
Johns church, near Ellicott City, died
suddenly Monday evening, in his 63rd
year. He was one of the best known
clergymen in the State.
Lee Story, aged % years, and his wife,
were drowned Saturday night in the
Strawboard Mill pond, near Chestertown,
Kent county, while skating.
Judge Motter, in his charge to the
Frederick county grand jury, Monday,
urged the jury to disregard cases of minor
consequence and to throw them out, as
the parties usually indicted were generally
acquitted by jury.
"Parlor' matches caused much ex-
element in two homes in Hagerstown last
week. Fred w. Wiebel struck a match
and a spark set fire to the couch on which
he was lying, and sofa in the residence
of Frank W. Mish was burned by the
head flying off.
From August 1, 1899 to January 1,
1900, there were 95 deaths in Hagers-
town. DIR. T. W. Simmons, health off
Ger, says the cause of them were diph-
liberia, Is; heart disease, Z; paralysis, 6;
typhoid fever, 5; tuberculosis, f. Twelve
died in August, % in September, "a in
October, IL in November and 9 in De-
cember. There were reported to the
board 154 cases of diphtheria, one case of
scarlet fever and II cases of typhoid fever.
Martin Rice, aged 20 years, son of
Wolford Rice, near Middleburg, Wash
ington county, was fatally injured Friday
of last week by heavy tree falling upon
him on the farm of John Guessford,
where he was assisting his father to cut
! down some trees. His skull was crushed
and the brains oozed out. He was also
hurt about the body When the tree was
nearly chopped off and about to fall the
young man ran from under it. He could
not get out of the way in time, however,
and one of the branches caught and
crushed him to the ground
A child was born dead on Saturday at
1908 Oliver street, Baltimore, without a
head Every other member was normal
ard well shaped. On the breast between
the shoulders was the perfect semblance of
a face, with eyes, nose and mouth well
marked. The child measured about a
foot in length, and weighed about five
pounds The limbs, feet, arms and hands
were well shaped. The neck was entirely
missing. The chin extended several
inches down on the breast, and beneath it
was little roll of fat resembling double
chin. 1t had well-developed mouth and
nose. The eyes were Aeshy. All the
features on the face were strong, and
seemed somewhat larger than the natural
size At the sides appeared the ears,
very much compressed. The outline of
the face was directed outward and up
ward, and it seemed as though the head
had been pressed down on the body until
the face had slid down over the breast and
had remained fixed there. The appear
ance of the child is very peculiar, but
there is nothing repulsive about it 1t
was the second child born to its parents,
the other one being fine, healthy boy