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


that turns out 100 dozen pairs per day.
On the 10th instant Mrs Eliza Dashiell, of
Salisbury, celebrated her 102d birthday. She
retains all her faculties.
Coal oil and gasoline stoves are getting in
their deadly work in winter as well as they do
in summer, in the cities.
Cephas Barnes, aged 81 years, Of Union
vile, Frederick county, was killed by the kick
of a horse on Saturday last.
A tabernacle, with seating capacity of
5000, is to be built at Pen Mar in time for the
religious reunions next year.
Judge Henderson, of Montgomery county
court, is placing the heavy hand of the law ON
perjurers and violators of the local option law
in that county.
Prof. W. G. johnson, who has filled the
position of state entomologist for the past four
years, resigned TO become editor of the Amer
lean Agriculturist.
Safe crackers and burglars are at work
throughout the State. Do not keep money or
securities about your premises, but place them
in the vault of some good bank.
George Whitehouse, aged IS years, died at
his residence on Penna. Avenue, Baltimore,
on the 14th instant. He had lived in the
same house for so years. He leaves long
line of descendants.
| Radcliffe Hall, colonial mansion in Kent
county, and which was the ancestral home of
the Hansons from the time of Lord Baltimore
until recently, was burned last week. Hotel
Wilmer, at Beiterton. was also burned.
In Prince Georges county, on Saturday
last, Button johnson, colored, shot and killed
| Florin NJ. Crew, colored, and killed himself.
Crew WAS manager on Mrs. Cartwight's farm
and had discharged johnson, hence the shoot
ing.
Donald K. Prilchard has retired as cashier
of the Aberdeen, Hartford county, National
Bank, as he permitted the firm of which be is
a member 10 overdraw their account for &c.
400. they having made deed OF trust after
| wards.
In Frederick county court last week Mar
riott Dorsey sued his neighbor, Abel S. Van
SAINT, for poisoning a hunting dog valued at
| 500. 1t was shown in the trial that the dog
was notorious thief and the jury gave ver-
dict for the defendant.
A large petrifed hog has been unearthed on
the Tangier Sound shore of Deals Island.
The hog was buried eleven years ago. The
animal is rare curiosity in its state of petri-
faction in which it appears as AN inanmate
hog of white, greasy chalk.
Caroline Breeze, aged 104 years, died in
i Eason last week. By the records of the
Court she was born in March, 1876. She
leaves daughter who is S5 years old While
| she WAS living there were six generations
alive, and they were known as qualify col
ored people.
David W. Glass, a well known business
man of Baltimore received injuries in IA rail
road wreck in Philadelphia, Pa, on the 9Th
instant, which resulted in his death on the
11ih. Mr.. Glass was Il native Of Norfolk, Va,
was born in August, 1874, and leaves widow,
Two SONS and one daughter.
Lonaconng, according TO the official census
made public last week, has 2 1S1 inhabitants.
! The report caused Indignation, as it was clearly
seen that the population was double that
figure A number of prominent citizens took
hold of the matter. They sought the four
enumerators aud from their copies Of returns
making it 1858 and Homecoming the eighth
city in Maryland and the second city of Allie
! gany county.
At Cumberland on last Saturday and Sun
| day the Maryland Conference of the Mormon
Church was held, "a elders. 20 travelling elders
belonging 10 the conference, 2 from Pennsyl-
vania, Elder E. H. Snow of Brooklyn, N. Y,
formerly of st. George, Utah, and Apostle
! Matthias F. Cowley, of the Quorum of the
| Twelve, Salt Lake City, Utah, being present.
| The various elders reported the results of their
labors for the past six months, some telling of
successful missions.
Lewis Corum was indicted in the Frederick
court last week for violation of the traction
engine law, plead guilty and was fined $40
and COSTS The law. requires that u person
shall be 900 feet in front of the engine TO warn
people driving of the approach ofthe machine.
| II was shown that the law requires that upon
approach OF team the engine must also be
run to the side of the road and stopped, and
that if the animals become frightened the at
tendants must assist in getting them safely by
the apparatus.
ham, Frederick county, died on the 18th in
stani He belonged to one of the Oldest fam
lilies in that section of the county. John
Lohr, his great grandfather came from Ger
many in 100, and John Lohr, father of Abra-
ham Lohr, was born on the old home farm in
| 1894. When he died, in 1868, he possessed
three fine farms, which he willed to his three
sons Abraham Lohr married Miss Georgi-
anna Stull, and they had II children, 9 of
whom are living.
Asa G. Sharp, son-in law of State Senator
George Dorsey Day, of Howard county. and
| formerly Indian agent in Oklahoma Territory,
was arrested at Mr.. Days residence Saturday
last on warrant received from Oklahoma.
The warrant was based on an indictment
charging Mr.. Sharp with accepting brides or
receiving offers of brides amounting TO $780,
500 on October IL, 1898, while he was Indian
ageml, for The purpose o! influencing his action
| in leasing Government lands. The prisoner
was released on $4,000 bail to appear II,
| Perry, Oklahoma, on December q to answer
/ Ihe charges