The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1901-01-19
Marvaud Affairs.

In Baltimore so house robberies were re-
ported in Ia days.
VIM c. Volans, aged SO years, died
in Annapolis last Saturday.
House burglars and sneak thieves are
very industrious in Baltimore.
Isabella, wife of ex-Judge Lynch, of
Frederick, died Monday.
Diphtheria and grip are on the increase
in Cecil and Hartford counties.
A receiver is asked for the Crown Savings
and Loan Association Of Baltimore.
Five persons and firms applied for bank
ruptcy proceedings in Baltimore Monday.
The Old Town Bank of Baltimore has
reopened 1t is backed by the Clearing
House.
A receiver has been appointed for the
Atlantic Trust and Deposit Company of
Baltimore.
Rockville is to have manual training
school for which the State appropriates
81, 800 each year.
Boonsboro has been selected as the place
of holding the sd annual synod of the
Lutheran Church this year.
| Navigation on the Chesapeake and Del
aware Canal was closed Saturday by the
sinking of scow loaded with pigiron.
Receivers have been appointed for the
Columbia Hydraulic and Engineering Co.,
Baltimore; also for T. A. Fitzpatrick & Co.
Last year there were GOA deaths in
Frederick city and county, 1871 persons
dying in the city, and 467 in the county.
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad has
ordered 100 new engines and expects to
spend 81, 500, 900 in new piers at Locust
Point.
Mrs. Elizabeth Bond, aged SO years,
died in Belair on the 18th instant She
retained all her faculties to a remarkable
degree.
Owing to the recent report of the grand
jury, the directors of the Baltimore Female
House of Refuge have asked for full
investigation.
John Willis Brubaker, proprietor of the
Taylor Hotel, Winchester, Va, died sud-
denly on Monday. He was native Of
Frederick county,
DIR. David Caldwell, aged 81 years, and
Cornelius Howard Shipley, aged 76 years,
well Unknown citizens of Baltimore, died
from the grip on Monday.
George A. Buckley, aged 81 years, one
of the oldest engineers of the Western Nd
Railroad, died in Williamsport last week
He leaves wife and four children.
Owing to sickness the attendance at the
public schools of Baltimore county has
fallen below the average, and some schools
are closed because of the illness of teachers.
Mrs Susannah Hall, aged SO years,
died in Beltsville, Prince Georges county,
Monday She was prominent in M. &.
Church work. She was Of that cuurtly
school that is now nearly extinct
John MINIS, aged 90 years, died in
Baltimore last week He was greatly re-
spected In early life he was slave in
the family of Henry Clay, and others in
the South, and was proud that he belonged
to the quality.
Burglars attempted to rob the German
Savings Bank at Cumberland at an early
hour last Sunday morning, but they were
driven off by the Waterman and IA police
man. Two suspects were arrested in West
Virginia, near Cumberland Monday, who
had fresh bullet wounds.
Baltimoreans who invested about $l00,
900, Westinghouse who invested 1878,
900 and others who bought stock in r. G.
Flower Arizona Eastern and Montana
Smelling, Ore Purchasing and Developing
Company are very anxious to find Mr..
Flower the promoter.
Bon Sonburg, Student at the Mary.
land Medical College, Baltimore, was SC
severely 'hazed' Thursday night of last
week that he was i'll for several days. Il
he had s'hazed some of the Williams with
knife they would have received their JUS
deserts, and until a few examples are made
hazing will be continued.
Peter B. Small, Jr, of Washington
county, was arrested Monday on the charge
of forgery, and in default of bail was sen
to jail His arrest caused decided sen
sation, as he had heretofore born an ex
cellent character, was magistrate unde
Gov. Lowndes, and had been trusted
employee in the sub treasury, Baltimore.
The new six mile extension of the AL
tenwald Cute Western Maryland rail
road was finished Tuesday. The worl
. has taken g months and the cost of the
six miles of road will exceed $3.50, 900
The greatest cut was 80 feet, at Grind
stone Ridge. The force of workmen EN-
ployed averaged 200, the majority of which
were negroes.
!, Robinson & McGraw, of Baltimore, suet
COL Calvin II. Mutt of Frederick, on ;
check given to pay gambling debt. Th
/. case was tried in Frederick, before Chic
Judge McSherry, who decided that the,
could not recover, as the check was givel
to pay gambling debt, even if they wer'
innocent holders of it. The case of Eman
uel H. jacob, of Baltimore, against same
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