The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1902-08-16
Maryland Affairs.

Violent electrical storms prevailed through
out the State last Sunday, and much damage
resulted.
Baltimore last Sunday, one was knocked over
boaSd and drowned.
A wedding which occurred in Dorchester
was the result of an acquaintance formed by
the finding of a young lady's photograph,
which the owner had attached to balloon on
July 4.
Charles Reed, an all-around thief was cap
tured in Baltimore last Sunday afternoon
while robbing store. Upon being searched
he had 238 pairs of shirt and collar buttons.
He is suspected of committing numbey of
robberies in that city.
The Love Point Company, for dealing in
land and the products thereof of all kinds,
building piers, bridges, hotels, baths, etc., was
incorporated by Frank Ehen, Thomas ".
Traynor, and Robert W. Smith, who. with
Moses Pels and Henry C. Matthews, compose
board of directors for the first year.
John P. Sundle, of Norway, Iowa has ,pur-
chased tract of 1000 acres of farm land not
far from Princess Anne, Somerset county.
Mr.. Sundle is acting as agent for a number of
Scandinavian families of Iowa who have for
some time been seeking desirable farms lands
in the East. He has visited a number of States
and was better pleased with the Eastern Shore
of Maryland than with any other section he
has seen. 1t is thought that the purchase in
Somerset county is the beginning of a large
movement of Iowa Seandinavians TO Maryland,
as many of them desire to leave that State
and locate in the East.
Thomas Maulby Markell, one of the oldest
and best.known residents of Frederick. died
August 9 of general debility, aged "a years.
Mr. Markell was member of the Frederick
county bar, but abandoned the practice of law
early in life aud engaged in the dry goods
business in that city. Later he became
cashier of the Farmers and Mechanics Bank.
IN January, 1866, ne accepted similar posi-
ton in the First National Bank of Frederick,
which he retained until January 81, 1892,
when he retired. He is survived by two
sisters, Misses Amelia and Catherine Markell,
who resided with him.
At Williamsport, last Saturday lighted
match placed in the bunghole of an empty
wiskey barrel by some boys caused a loud
explosion and resulted in one of the boys
Lester Stenger-aged IL years, son of Harry
Stenger, being seriously injured The barrel
was in the barn of A. G. Hoffman, and the
boys who were smoking, put the match into
the barrel. The explosion burst the barrel,
hurting it up against the roof. The head
struck young Stenger in the face knocking
him down, and on decending the barrel fell
on his foot, crushing it. The barrel caught
fire, but the flames were quickly extinguished
Judge David W. Sloan, one of the best
known jurists of Western Maryland, and for
many years one of the leading factors in its
business, political aud social affairs, died at
Cumberland August from Bright's disease
and complication of other diseases. The
disease manifested itself in nervous prostra-
ton, which was followed by neuritis, then
rheumatism, later other complications and
Bright's disease. Judge Sloan VISA born near
Eckhart mineson September 20, 1850, and
was REARED in Allegany county. He was a
son of the late Alexander Sloan, native of
Scotland, and mining superintendent Of
Georges Creek region, who came TO America
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