The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1900-11-17
Maryland Affairs.

charged with burning a stable, two horses,
&c.
Mrs. Frances 7. Jones, 81 years old,
died Sunday of paralysis at her home, in
Baltimore.
Several thousands of people visited the
French cruisers, anchored in Baltimore
harbor, last week.
An extensive cave has been discovered
under the Devils Backbone Ridge, near
Cumberland.
Rising Sun postofice, Cecil county, was
robbed last week of 500 in cash and $500
worth of stamps.
The snow fall on Thursday night of last
week was pretty general throughout the
State.
George Harris, colored, aged LOG years,
voted last week at Rising Sun, Cecil coun-
ty. His age is thoroughly established.
Clemens i. Breidenstein, paymaster Of
the Baltimore engineer department is a
defaulter for large amount and has
skipped.
Early Monday morning the safe OF the
postoffice at Elkton, Cecil county, was
blown open, but the burglars were fright
ened off without obtaining anything.
Since the election the negroes of Balti
more are insulting ladies on the streets,
beating children who have on Bryan but
tons, and resisting and assaulting officers
Sister Louise Williams, the oldest sister
of the Order of Sisters of Charity in Balti
more, died last week at the convent con-
nected with st. Johns parochial school.
Rev. DR.. John NJ Schick, pastor of the
Reformed Church. Washington, ID. G.,
has inspected the Maryland Penitentaay.
He expressed himself us much pleased with
the institution.
While excavating for a sewer at Cum
berland ON the 9th instant, large see
ton caved in, burying several men under
twelve feet of slate aud rock. Isaac For
man and George Rice were taken out
dead
John V. L. Cook, n conductor ON the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad, while HINT
ing on the mountain nearBlue Ridge sum
nit, last week, shot two wild turkeys, one
weighing % pounds and the other q
pounds.
An organization composed of the various
farmers clubs of the state was effected at
meeting of the secretaries of the clubs
4 Al ,i. ha State
logical Survey, Johns Hopkins University,
Baltimore, on Monday,
George Keppling, blacksmith at Hill
Point, Washington county, while picking
apples had an apple to fall from the top of
a tree and strike him squarely in the left
eye. He was knocked down and so badly
hurt that there is little hope of recovery.
The sight of the eye is gone.
Three terrific explosions in the subways
under the bed of Gay street, from Rogers
avenue to Madison street, Baltimore. on
Monday, caused great excitement, and did
several thousand dollars worth of damage
by the breaking of show windows in the
stores. Seven of the manholes were al
most demolished, and the big coverings
were thrown high in the air. The explo-
sions were caused by an accumulation Of
illumining gas from leaking mains, and for
many hours after the explosion tongues of
fame shot from some of the manholes.
Miss Mary Huffman, the oldest resident
of Sharpsburg, Washington county, died
last Saturday night. at the home of Mrs.
Mary Rohrer, aged 80 years, from paraly
sis. She had been very active until the
morning of the day before Miss Fluff
man never saw railroad train in her life,
although she had been living within half
mile of the Norfolk and Western Railroad
for number of years. She was daugh-
ter of the late John Huffman, veteran
of the War of 1872. The only surviving
member of the family is Mrs Margaret
A. Knodle, of Frederick.
The Frederick County Commissioners
are making objection to the grabbing
practices of some county constabes. Two
constables of Frederick district presented
bills for last month each of which was
nearly double the amount of police jus
tice salary 1t is charged that to get
the fees the constables make arrests on the
merest pretexts, and make state cases out
of the slightest olfenses, which should be
treated as corporation eases, if at all.
One police justice had twelve state cases
brought before him last week, in every one
of which the charge was dismissed because
of its trivial character or the insufficiency
of evidence to support it, The Commits
soners think the legislature should pass Il
law giving them power to suspend "A CON
stable for such practices.
A disturbance occurred in WilliamspOrt
on Monday night before the election, in
front of Murray saloon, in which num-
Der of negroes received cut heads and black
eyes. Clubs, stones and revolvers figured
in the fight. The trouble was caused by
what one faction of the Republican party
in Williamsport said was an unequal divi
sion of the fund, 81, 800, sent 10 the dis
trict by the Republicans. 1t was stated
the fund was placed with certain persons
and the negroes and whites made rush to
the place where the fund was supposed to
be kept Demands were, it is said, made
for their share, but they were refused
The voters got angry and later on the
street, they became very disorderly and
the disturbance followed The white
leaders were much worried Warrants
were issued for seven negroes,
Perfume and Disease.