The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1900-06-16
Maryland Affairs

uagersto~n Is 10 have live -irr. ward
company.
Negro iuolpsd. are bedding ap persons ia
Frederick aud robbug them.
During the storm oa Monday night severed
houses and harms were struck ia Cecil raauty
M,>.r. Abraham Fischer and e. VI. We
sells, Eo.r euvoys. were give" an enthusiastic
reception Ia Baltimore thus ee"S.
Thpas.s Sullivan. aged 10 t,at-, ,lt.-i nn
Monday 80 Great Falls. Montgomery yuiasty-
FIR 81 wears b. eas in charge II ih, water.
works Al the Fall
Chester. Huie son Of e. b. loauE Near
Nyce,,iii~. Frederick county, was H-dly
burned Monday evening b. the eNPi.sluu e.
q cosl nH can while attempting Ia tarn aili
eaiyrIillars' nest.
The viii ul Ru,h Anu Gardner. iseiaro,
town. has b-cu admitted 20 probate al lnn
s,'B Sbr gives al h~r property. yg4i a5a
personal. tu her SISTER. Ella Gardu-r. aud
names her as ssi, eNeeutriN 81 the estate.
henry Apple. aged - ,rar-. bsatbaild.f
died IN Cam bertrand. Tuesday. from lo,siaw .ls
the result OF mashed finger, Fer ulafs
years be built boats tor the Chesapeake aud
Ohio CAial. H. Was native % Germany.
Nathan T~irg. aged about "a year. S far
mrr residing near Oli Town, Allcgany county.
Was dragged 50 death IN a runaway ou Mos.
day lie started 10 drive ~ Peup>y isAnia
over the tnwa creek, when the horse fright.
eneA He Nsls thrown from the vehicle aud
bis feet caught ia the lines. He vas dragged
a long distance over the rough road. Whoa
found be was dead He leaves a family
George W. Briggs a former teacher ia ii4l
timure county schools, died Monday 81 CON
sumption al hi> home 80 Eklo, Sixth district.
H. was ,,bout 80 years old and isfi widow.
who wis a daughter % Prot. John T. Balm,
ct Hanover and two children. Mr. Briggs
taught school Ia the county about THREE yesrs,
most OF The time nj School 5. Sixth district.
He was a member % MiadletoNn Methodist
Episcopal Church
Ms Margaret Holly,iay Compton, widow
Of the late Hon. Barnes Compton, died at her
home in Laurel on Tuesday morning from a
complication of diseases, 10 the 63rd year Of
her age Mrs Compton had been IN poor
| health prior to aud since the death Of her hus
band. which occurred in December. lSas
/ Mrs. Comptou was the daughter OF the late
I Col John II. SothOron. OF The Plains. ST.
| Mary's county. She vas married to Mr.
| Compton in 1888 She leaves four sons and
/ two daughters.
Samuel Claggett died on Wednesday a;
J Oakland. his home. near Petersyille, Fred
I erick county. aged about % years. tie Mas
one of the foremost citizens of Frederick
| county, large landowner and an enthusiastic
1 and successful farmer. He was a yesJrymaH
| and a church warden of ST. Marks Episcopal
1 Church. on the Merryland tract. Mr. Clag
/ gett was the last surviving grandson Of Bishop
| Thomas John Claggett. His father was Dr.
| Thomas John Claggett, Of Frederick county
| Bishop Claggett's oldest son. Mr.. Claggett
/ leaves widow, whose maiden name was
| Elizabeth West, and six children.
! At Towson, Baltimore county, the will Of
/ John F. Benson, of the Fifth district. was ad
/ mitted to probate. He gives to his daughter
| Ida V. Mitchell 5000; 10 his daughter Belle
| H. Bacon, 81, 100; to his daughter, Annie G.
Benson, $l.s00; to his daughter Lillian, the
| home farm containing l07 acres, excepting
I about II acres and the farm buildings, she
| to pay her brother, X. Seymour Benson
| $500 Having already provided for his sou,
| r. Seymour Benson, deciding him farm, he
| bequeaths him but $500, to be paid him by
| his sister Lillian. The II acres reserved out
| of the home farm he gives to his wife, Hannah
/ A. Benson to whom he also gives all the live
stock farming implements, furniture. etc.
| ANY residue remaining after payment of the
specific devises is given absolutely to his wife,
| who, together with her son, r. Seymour Ben
/ il paonad a. axasutor