The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1900-12-22
Maryland Affairs.

Several incendary fires occurred in Cecil
county this week.
Three prisoners in Cecil county Jail have
typhoid fever.
| At Easton, on Sunday, there was $6, 900
| fire in the business section OF the town.
| ]. VIM. Baughman's country residence, in
| Frederick county, was burned Tuesday.
| Six prisoners from Montgomery county
we're taken to the Penitentiary this week, and
| IL TO the House of Correction.
Smallpox is spreading among the railroad
laborers at Pinto Camp, near Cumberland.
| The place has been quarentined
Frederick county has 1880 miles of roads.
This is the largest mileage in the State There
are l, $50 miles of dirt roads and 100 OF stone
roads,
The sheet mill ofthe Mccullough Iron Com
pany, at North East, Cecil county, has re-
sumed operations after shutdown tor several
months.
]. Crawford Nelson, aged "a years, died
at his home in Hartford county on tuesday:
He was widely known as an architect and
| civil engineer.
Owen REYNOLDS Son & Co., Baltimore, are
| trying to corner the turkey market. They
have about 80, 600 on hand and expect to make
blS piOuL Oul vi
The Carter paper mills, in Cecil county,
established about 100 years ago by Robert
Carter, were burned Wednesday. The mills,
six in number, were used to make wall paper.
Isaac Hartshorne, aged IA years, died at
Brighton, Montgomery county. on Wednes-
day For SO years he was an active member
and director of the Montgomery County Fire
Insurance Company.
A handsome silver punchbowl will he pre-
scented to Mr.. s. Davies Warfeld by the Hon
est Money Democratic League as mark OF
appreciation of his work in the campaigns of
1896 and 1900.
In Baltimore, on Wednesday, George r.
Jarman, Burns NJ. Michael and Lyle Muir,
alias Harry Muller, pleaded guilty 10 the
charge of violating the United States Olea.
margarine Law and were sent to Jail. .
Miss Mary Titcomb, of Rutland Vermont,
has bees selected as librarian of Washington
County Free Library at Hagerstown. 1t is
reflection upon Hagerstown that no competent
person could be found there for the plsce.
George Anthony. near Elkton, Cecil coun-
ty. Wednesday afternoon while blowing up
stumps on the farm of Manly Drenner, by
premature explosion of dynamite had his
right hand blown off and received other in
juries.
D. V. Hammond, near Libertytown, killed
"a hogs this week that averaged 263 pounds.
The heaviest one weighed 464 pounds The.j
were sold to the Sisters of the Yisitatio n
Academy, at Frederick. except what D.r.
Hammond kept for his own use.
Brother Luke, for nearly thirty years iden-
tilted with Rock Hill College, Ellicott City,
died at that institution Thursday of pm eumo-
MO He v.s 40 wears old His famil-y mans
was Nchlas Lauer. He was born in Ger
many in 1888, but when quite child he came
to America.
James Burk, while suffering frou, delirum
tremens, cut his throat with razor at the
clearinghouse of VIM. ii. Stitely in Walkers
Vile, Frederick county, last Sunday. He had
been in the army, but was honorably dis
charged with pension of 1914 month. He
will probably recover.
Citizens of Hagersiown are being served at
their market house with uasavory TODD The
Globe of that city says :-.sOne party bought
cooking that it had to be thrown to the hogs.
The man believes the turkey was found dead,
dressed and brought to market. 1t is claimed
sick chickens, hogs with cholera, and calves
which are too young are killed and brought 10
market for sale =
William Shirley, formerly well-kn"wn
crockery merchant of Baltimore. died Wed
nesday at his late home, between Park Heights
and Green Spring avenue. in the Third dis.
trict, Baltimore county. He was SIS years of
age, and was a native of England. He is sur
vived by one daughter, Miss Hanna Shirley,
and two sons, William and Henry Shirley
Captain Joseph Shirley, of Cavalry Troop A,
is grandson of the deceased.