The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1903-09-05
Maryland Affairs

Harvey Dorsey, Il Somerset county, wa,
bonn in thlt eoan'y tn March 1901. tie
d, 4u,te active vet De da,- light work
around his hgme and >yyus to ENJOY hto.
Ms Catherine kalc. widow Of Joseph
kalr. OF Uaeyr-tawn ua. married o.
Thomas Bgavuluv, pt Rochester, y Y.
"Wednesday. after an acquaintance Of five
days
We,lns-lay. September -. the parade
af member, 80 the l. q q. + Of thts
county will take place 10 Baltimore Il
Is expected thas ascr So oOn men will
participate in &C..
Ia Baltimore, 90 che Isl instant, l3o
Itl,hel, ot wheat grown at Il Mary In
in.,ual School. near that city, was Sold
a, 81 Ter bu,hel. The grain Is Of supc-
nor quality and wiz be sid for seeding.
IA rfl8r, l. 20 be made tu have the next
Legislature appropriate 500 oo0 additional
20 the amount heretofore given for the
State agricultural exhibit at the St. Loui,
World Fair Many persons thiuN il will
be of great benefit 60 the State.
Alor,iu. 7 Cayauau4h. aged = Year.,
shot and killed Michael T Quincy, aged
- Year., and then Vni a bullet through
his own head af st. Agnes Saultaripm,
near Baltimore, "Wednesday. They were
business partners and prominent Washing,
tauiaus
This season William + Allen shipped
from the Peninsula Plant Farms, Wicom-
ico county. p ears Of cantaloupes, 20 Of
which were refrigerator cars. His total
shipments were about II, 000 carriers,
Mr.. Allen says his yield was good and the
prices satisfactory
The representatives FROM Cecil county
in the legislature will make an effort to
have the SOS 600 in the State treasury
standing to the credit Of the county for a
number Of years for public improvements,
turned over TO the county commissioners,
to be used in building permanent roads.
The county commissioners have inaugu-
rated a plan to build piece Of permanent
road in the county each year. About
sll. UO6 has been set aside for that pun
pose this year, and next year aud each
succeeding year it is expected that about
$50, coo will be expended on public roads.
Howard and Harry Dively, Of Imler-
town. near Bedford Pa, aged p and IL
wears. were arrested At Cumberland,
charged with stealing $40 in gold from
the house Of William Easter, neighbor.
while the latter was at church on August
%. The money was taken from drawer,
but roll of bills in the same drawer az
gregating 81. POO was overlooked. The
Diyely boys moved in the best society of
Bedford county and have borne excellent
regulations. They were released on 81,
600 bail for their appearance at a hearing
in Bedford September II.
Miss Lavinia Smith, SO years Of age,
of Cumberland, committed suicide by
drowning Wednesday, by walking into the
Potomac River until the water was over
her head 1t is thought that she was
temporarily insane, condition brought on
by needing too earnestly the tales of
gypsy fortune teller with camp in West
Virginia, about one mile from Cumberland.
For sometime Miss Smith has been visit
ing the . ;psies and paying them for in
formation concerning a young man who
had been attentive to her in the past.
When she discovered recently that the
young man had married she upbraided the
gypsies for telling her that he was still true
to her. The fortune teller, however, con
WINGED Miss Smith that another young
man-''one she would like better was
waiting for her, and by his tale succeeded
in working her for her money.