The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1902-11-22

killed by dogs recently. Tlden Cooper
has lost 33 this month.
The public schools of Galena, Kent
county, have been closed on account OF the
prevalence of diphtheria in the community
Miss Mary r. daughter of John q.
Rogers, of Ellicctt City, was thrown from
her horse Thursday and had an arm broken
Twenty-one shares of the Hagerstown
First National Bank stock, par value $40.
were sold at public auction for 1851
share.
Fire bugs are doing SO much work In
Aquasco district, Prince Georges county,
that nearly all insurance policies have been
annulled.
J. Duke Downes, teller of the Denton
National Bsnk, has been appointed State
Bank Examiner, to succeed Col. VIM. K.
Griffith of Cumberland.
VIM. Miller, of GAINESVILLE, Howard
county, died Tuesday, aged GO years. He
served in the First Maryland Cavalry In
the Confederate Army.
The children of Rock Hall public school
held festival at which they cleared over
$50, which will be spent in the purchase
of books for the school library.
Justice W. I. Horton, aged AZ years,
surveyor, was killed by the Duquesne
limited on the Baltimore aud Ohio railroad,
near Rockville, Wednesday night.
The colored people of the vicinity of
Gaithersburg Montgomery county, are
building hall on their park near that place,
known as Metropolitan Park, which will
cost about 81, 200.
Eugene Caroline, negro, was lodged
in Centerville Jail charged with shooting
Ida Brown, colored woman, on Kent
Island last week. The woman says that
Caroline shot her FIVE times while he held
her.
Harry, aged 16 months, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. WIN. Baldwin, Rosaryville, Prince
Georges county, was left alone for short
time on Wednesday. He got his neck
fastened in the strap of sewing machine
and was strangled to to death.
Hardly had the free delivery of mail from
Marlboro, Prince Georges county, been in
operation when destructive hands tore down
boxes on the route and filled others with
sand and gravel. This has also been done
in the northern section of the county close
to Forestville.
In Annapolis, on Tuesday, Judge Revell
sentenced G. w. West of Brooklyn, Anne
Arundel county, to pay $3.50 for having
gambling devices in his possession. Will
lam E. Hollebaugh, Of Annapolis, was
sentenced to pay fine Of 500 for sell
ing liquor to minors.
Because of scarcity of engines the
Western Maryland Railroad is unable to
handle the freight delivered to it by the
Baltimore and Ohio at Cherry Run, and
the yards are blockaded Over 300 car
loads were moved Monday to Paramount,
on the Altenwald cutoff.
Isaac Letter, one of best-known residents
of Washington county, died Monday night
at his home, near Leitersburg, aged nearly
80 years. His fatal illness was traceable
to injuries sustained by fall He was
one of the oldest members of Potomac
Lodge of Odd Fellows, of Hagerstown.
Owing to number of cases of illness
among children which are alleged to
have been contracted at the North
Market Street Public School, in Frederick,
a committee of prominent citizens inspected
the school building Tuesday. They en-
countered in the hall vile, sitting odor.
The whole building seemed to be permeated
with foul atmosphere, which the 9 teach
ers and $50 pupils are obliged to inhale
every day. This odor was found to pro-
coed from faulty plumbing in the cellar,
which is as bad as it can be.
Paul Y Waters, of Montgomery county,
has been appointed acting general manager
of the Chesapeake Beach R. r. Company,
to succeed Mr.. Otto Mears. Mr.. Waters
is about 25 years old. He was salesman
at one time in the store of James E. Will
Jams, at Boyds After leaving Mr..
Williams he became teacher in the public
schools, and then took up stenography and
law. Later he got position in the Ches-
apeaks Beach Railway, and on October
22 of this year was appointed traffic man
ager and auditor. On November ] he
was made acting general manager.
Charles Sicily, aged Is years, Of near
Pinto, Allegany county, was chased mile
by large black bear Monday which had
been driven from the mountains by the
forest fire. Sicily was walking along the
road on the edge of the woods, when the
bear appeared and made rush toward him.
After chase of at least a mile Sicily
encountered fence, and the bear caught
up, raking off Skelly's clothes with its
paws. Sicily grabbed fencerail, but
this weapon was Ineffective. The timely
arrival of dog alone saved Skelly's life.
The bear was frightened away and swan
the river into WestVirginia. Sicily, much
made his way home.
Ex-Judge Daniel Magruder has fled
suit in the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel
county against Alton R. Arnold and the
% other members of the late grand jury.
The suit is for $40, 600 damage for libel,
and alleges that in their late report they
made statement greatly injurious to him,
in that they stated that his sworn charges
of malfeasance and mismalfeasance and nom
feasence in Office against States Attorney
Daniel R. Randall were without the
slightest foundation. Judge Magruder
declares that they thus charge him with
having perjured himself, and if their charge
is true they should have indicted him for
perjury He says that such statements
are as libelous coming from grand jury as
from any other set of persons and that this
is the only course he can take to protect
himself