The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1901-08-17
Maryland Affairs.


Prisoners in Baltimore county are com
planning that the Jail is infested with snakes
Mrs. Ann Maria De Unger, widow of John
De Unger, of Catonsville, died Monday, aged
II years.
Michael Birmingham is in Baltimore Jail
charged with killing Sewer Sweitzer over a
dispute about game OF chance.
DR.. Thomas Sappington, aged 85 years,
died i'll Baltimore, last Monday He was a
native of Libertytown. Frederick county.
John Lands, a farmer, aged "a years, died
ut Wiliamsport on Monday. He leaves 10
children, "a grandchildren and 26 great
grandchildren.
Adam Linderman, aged IS years, is in Cum
berland Jail charged with knocking down and
severely beating his wife, an aged woman,
because she refused 10 give him money for
drink.
Joseph Isaiah Adams, a plasterer, killed
his wife and her paramour, Charles NJ Houck,
in Druid Hill Park, Baltimore, last Monday.
Adams surrendered himself and told all about
the shooting.
Rev. George W. Ebeling, for AZ years pas
tor of Gainesville Lutheran, Church has re-
signed. He has been made pastor emeritus and
his congregation have granted him salary Of
$1,000 year during life.
| John Clindaniel, of Kennedyville, Kent
county, has sold q fine steers at an average
price of $50 per head. William L. Crow sold
| two for 1925 per pair, and j. B. McCauley
sold two at $3.50 per pair.
| James F. Burch and fye-year-old son
were drowned in an abandoned stone quarry,
at Groves lime kilns, near Frederick The
son was thrown from a horse into the quarry
and the father went to his rescue
Thousands of mosquitoes nearly took pos
session of the steamer Brookline, which ar
rived in Baltimore Monday from Fort Antonio
while the ship was on Smiths Point, in the
Lower Chesapeake Bay, Sunday night.
/ David A. Smith, an extensive land owner
and successful farmer, died at his home, near
Edessille, Kent county, last Saturday, aged
nearly 81 years. Mr.. Smith owned a number
OF fiue farms, among them one of the finest
| peach farms in the county
Eayette Watson, a negro, had his throat cut
at Sparrow's Point Steel Works last Sunday
| by Frank Connolly, negro. Watson was ac-
cused of stealing Connelly's coat. Connolly
was hurried to Towson Jail as threats of lynch
ing were made by Watson's friends.
| Several Kent county farmers are making
! interesting experiments with cowpeas and
SOFA beans as land improvers p Jump has
p acres of the peas, which will average 41
| feet in height. He has 10 acres in SOFA beans.
Experiments SO far have been very satisfactory.
The funeral of Samuel Hitshue, of Reislers-
town, took place last Saturday afternoon. He
was in the 85th year of his age and lived at
! Hitshue's HOTEL which is kept by John Hit
shne, granddaughter His wife died about
/ 80 years ago.
On Tuesday of last week cyclone struck
part of Charles county, near Faulkner. The
| path was from 100 to 200 yards wide and II
miles long, and nearly every thing along its
course was levelled. A heavy rain prevailed
and much damage TO corn and tobacco fields
| resulted.
Henry Boyd negro whose home is near
| Upper Marlboro, Prince Georges county,
assaulted and cut the throat Of Martha 0den,
negro woman, who lived on the farm of
| Charles j. Bonaparte, near that place. on the
9th instant. Boyd surrendered on Sunday
and has made full confession. He was
afraid, he said, that the negroes would torture
and lynch him.
Capt. Andrew Woodall, of Kent couiity
aged 50 years, owns 80 farms, about $4,000
acres, located on The Sassafras river, part in
Cecil and part in Kent, which he personally
superintends. He has threshed and shipped
over 100000 bushels of wheat, and his corn
crop is estimated at 125, 900 bushels. On
these farms be has 200 horses and 400 cattle,
besides large number of hogs and sheep.
Mrs Catherine e., wife of Rev. John P.
Dean, died at her home, in Reisterstown,
Friday night of last week, from cancer, after
an illness of several years, in the 10Th year of
her age. She was an active worker in the
Woman's Christian Temperance Union and
also in the Methodist Episcopal Church, in
which her husband is wellknown local
preacher She leaves no children.