The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1900-08-25
Maryland Affairs.

Ia Baltimore, last week there were 4S deaths
IRON heat.
Cumberland IS to have automobile man
ulAc,ory. Local capital will supply the funds
The cement mills at Pinto, Allegany coun-
ty, were burned last Saturday. The mills will
be rebuilt
Peaches in Montgomery county are unusu-
ally hne this year, arai are selling at a profit
able price.
A peculiar fruit, which has been sent to
several authorities for identification, has grown
upon q tree 10 a South Cumberland garden.
Negro footpads are operating in Prince
Georges county, and are also intimidating
farmers wives and demanding food.
James E. Trundle, Of Poolesville, Mont
gumcry county. from leo acres threshed nearly
GUOG bushels OF wheat, or over 80 bushels per
acre.
Wesley Thomas, roiored, charged with
criminal assault, escaped from the Annapolis
jail Monday, aud efforts to capture him have
proved futile.
Horses in Kent county are suffering from
crack lip. II comes, 1t Is sand, from eating
dry paslurase and straw In some cases II
proves fatal.
Pear cider" Is getting in its work at camp
meetings and other gatherings. 1t seems to
have a worse effect ON the partakers of 1t than
lighting whiskey.
Frank Z Chaney's general store and post
office at Burtonsvile, Montgomery county,
was burned by an incendlary on Thursday
night OF last week.
Dynamite is used ia fishing in the Susque
hanna river below Hayre de Grace Using
explosives is a violation of the State law and
1t The persons are caught they will be severely
punished.
4 chain gang has been instituted in Cum
berland. and men arrested for yagrancy and
disorderly conduct, are put 10 work pulling
weeds from CUTTERS and cleaning the streets
Seven persons were rescued from burning
bvililnr bv policemen IN Baltimore ON last
SUNDAY, Several were severely burned but
they will recover.
Mrs. Susan Sheriff, aged % years, died in
Baltimore on Sunday last. She was famous
bnusekceper and for years had been IN the
cmplay OF the Howard and Calvert families.
The steel mill plant in South Cumberland
lately absubed by the trust will be closed the
latter Jart of the month for an lndehnlte
neriod About $50 men will be thrown out
OF employment.
John Crissinger. freight brakeman of the
Western
md wa, crushed under its wheels at Hagers-
town on Monday. Death resulted from the
injuries.
Z Nee. Harbaugn, of Mechanicsburg, ILL.,,
brniber of c. Leonard Harbaugh, who died
ia,t July. leaving several thousand dollars,
fled petitioa in the Orphans Court, Balu-
more charging two lawyers and an appraiser
of the court with conspiracy to delrapd,
WopIdn't it be well to stop holding Sunday
school picnics and woods meetings. As II Is
ma unusual occurrence for fights to take place
and the eyer-ready razor or billy used at the
SLIGHTEST nroyocation In Washington county,
last Saturday, tw omen attempted to clean out
- picnic by iudiscriminate firing OF reyolvers-
Two men were seriously wounded and women
and children frightened.
vendetta is on between residents of Smith
and Tangier Islands, in the Lower chesapeake,
following the shooting on Saturday last OF
sydney Evans, a sixteen year-old boy, who
was grabbing in Virginia waters IN violation
Of law. The shooting was done by Captain
George Savage, of the Virginia police boat
Pocomoke 1t is feared that there Will be
eventual boodshed before the feeling subsidies,
A pitched battle has already taken place be-
tween the fleets of the two islands, and several
were injured.
Between ana p M, On DatuIudyt 1NuBhSb
Is. a cyclone passed over part OF Hartford
county, leaving path of destruction behind
il. Rain fell in torrents, hail beat down corn,
tomatoes and fruit; buildings were crushed IN
or unroofed and Hugh Thompson, who had
taken refuge in a barn was crushed to death.
In Talbot Dorchester and Caroline counties
the destruction to growing crops, fruit ami
buiIdiups was terrible The hail, wind and
rain destroying the work of the year, and
crushing canning factories, throwing large
number of persons out of work and destroy
ing valuable machinery. Later reports state
that the canning plants in the upper part OF
Cecil county, together with tomatoes and corn
were ruined, and in Kent county the loss will
exceed over 100000.
A farmer in the northern section of Fred
erick county. who had 800 bushels OF wheal in
storage since 1897. sold il few days ago for
G5 cents per bushel and now regrets that he
had not disposed of it in 1897. He says that
when he placed it in storage the market was
advancing rapidly The wheat was worth
s.. 25 per bushel, but he hoped to receive ST.
per bushel for the crop, and gave orders to
sell at that price. The market reached Sl.32,
but he would not sell. From this it declined
steadily. When he sold it at 65 cents and
went to have a settlement he found he had to
pay % cents per bushel storage on the grain
| and lost three years interest ON the money,
| which he could have realized on his wheat
had he sold it promptly, besides the shrinkage
| in the market