The Democratic advocate., 1901-04-27
Maryland Affairs.


$50, 900 temple.
Bradford Dudley, of Kent county, finished
planting corn last week.
John L. James, aged SO years, died IN
Howard county last Monday.
Mrs. Marie Smith, aged IA years, of Balti-
more, died while on her way to church last
Sunday night.
Seventy-five thousand trout fry have been
placed by the Fish Commission in the streams
of Frederick county.
Last week thieves raided chicken and smoke
houses and daries, in Baltimore county, from
Mantua Mills to Cockeysville.
Fire clay of superior quality has been found
in the valley between Mt. Savage and Frost
burg, and kilns will be erected.
Austin L. Jenkins, well known young man
of Baltimore, was seriously injured by his
horse throwing him last Sunday.
Incendiarism is of almost daily occurrence
in this State, and summary punishment should
be meted to the offenders if caught.
DIR. Edward NJ Schaeffer, aged 45 years,
while suffering from melancholia, shot himself
at his residence in Baltimore last Sunday.
Horse stealing has already begun in several
of the western counties, and many valuable
animals have crossed the Pennsylvania line.
DR.. Thomas H. Buckler, the oldest physi-
clan of Baltimore, died from general wear
ing out on the 20th instant, in his goth year.
A Jewess leper and her nurse are in Balti
more Dr. Jones, of Health Board, says there
is no occasion for alarm, as both have been
quarantined.
Elijah Burton, Sr, aged 81 years, died at
Relay, B. & D. Railroad, Monday. For
many years he was superintendent of the farm
near that place.
Miss Mary E. Blackburn, aged 81 years,
for a long time teacher in Baltimore, died
at ST. Agnes Sanatariurn Monday. She was
a native of Cecil county.
E. A. Martin, of Shippensburg, Pa, moved
his family to Hagerstown, several weeks ago,
and last week Mr. Martin was taken with
violent case of smallpox.
Two men dressed in priestly garb are in
Baltimore Jail charged with obtaining money
under false pretenses. Several Catholic
clergymen failed to identify them.
A young man escaped from quarantined
small pox house in Cumberland, last week
and attended IA dance II miles away, and now
number ofpersons are down with the disease.
COW belonging to T. C. Stocksdale, OF
Thurmont, Frederick county, recently dropped
a calf with six ears and an opossum's s nose and
eyes The remainder of the calf was natural.
The monstrosity was dead when born.
Michael Clancy, aged 26 years, is in the in
sane department of Bay View Asylum, Balt
more, from excessive cigarette smoking. 1t
required two policemen TO overpower him,
and he resisted arrest with large knife.
Frederick Adleman, of the 18th district,
Baltimore county, has been fined $500 and
sent to the House of Correction for one year
for selling liquor without license. George
Lewis was also fined $500 for the same offense.
Miss Mary E. Claggett, aged SO years, died
Sunday at the home of her nephew, Mr.. Henry
w. Claggett, at Rosaryville, Prince Georges
county. She was born on January l, 1908,
and spent the greater part of her life in the
vicinity of Upper Marlboro. She was the
daughter of Mr.. William Claggett and Miss
Cassandra Gibbs.
Charles H. Overs, colored, was hung at
noon at Frederick, on Friday of last week, for
the murder of Frank L. Donaldson, of Sandy
Hook, Washington county, at Monrovia,
Frederick county, October 81, 1900. After
the two men had difficulty Overs bought
pistol and coming across Donaldson shot him,
then ran away. Officers pursued and captur-
ed him. To the officers Overs said he cared
no more for killing white man than he would
for killing rabbit.
COL Richard F. May, aged rs years, ma
tive of Kent county, died in Bozeman, Mon
tana, April 18. When young man he went
to California, where he acquired considerable
wealth, afterward returning to Cecil county
and engaging in the mercantile business and
investing in farm land. He married Miss
Annie lamar, a sister of Register of Wills R.
E. lamar and of DIR. John II. Jamar, of Elk
ton, and who survives him. Col. William II.
May, of Elkton, is nephew of the deceased.
A special agent of the pension department
was in Salisbury few days ago. Among the
applications investigated was that of colored
man who died sometime shortly after the war
and who was member of colored regiment
in the Union army. Four applications for
pensions have been filed on his account, three
by women who claim to be his mother and
one by a woman claiming to be his daughter,
though she knows nothing of three mother
claimants. All of these applications we're
sworn to. One Of the mothers lives in POGO
moke one in Berlin, and one in Newark, while
the daughter is resident of Somerset county.
Fortunately for Uncle Sam he will escape
part of the burden sought to be thrust upon
him.