The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1903-09-12
Maryland Affairs.

James Virgins, of Kent Island, Queen
Anne county, was killed by lightning,
last Saturday night while feeding his hogs.
Onl small scar and some scorched hairs
were the marks found on his body
At midnight, September 8, the postofice,
store and dwelling at Jarboesville, St.
Mary county, was burned. Stephen A.
Goodrich, the owner, and family lost every
thing, and barely escaped in their night
clothes.
Union Chapel of the Church of God,
and the store of Powell Bros, at Trout
vile, Frederick county, were burned Sep
tember t. The storehouse and contents
were insured for 81, 500 and the church
for 5000.
Thomas Norris Colt died at his home
near Poolesville, Montgomery county, Sat
urday, aged sc years He was born on
the old Buck Lodge estate, which was
purchased by his grandfather in 1892. He
leaves FIVE daughters and three sons.
By the capsizing of canoe in the Ches-
apeake Bay near Betterton, last Sunday,
Capt. William H. Salter, of Pikesville,
was drowned. Captain Rogers, John kel-
ley, proprietor of Kelley Hotel, and JAS
MeAllister, all of Baltimore, had narrow
escape from drowning.
Saturday evening lightning struck barn
on the farm of Mrs Catharine Haines, near
Rising Sun, Cecil county, and destroyed
it, together with two cows, one horse,
large quantity of wheat, hay, fertilizer,
farming utensils, wagons and harness. The
loss will aggregate 50, 600
On Friday afternoon of last week sparks,
caused by friction in a threshing machine,
set FIRE to a straw stack on the farm of 5
Clinton Cramer, near Woodsboro, Freder
lex county, burned large barn, / 500
bushels of wheat, % tons of hay, thresh
ing machine, a heghouse, lot Of hogs, &c.
Loss, $4,000; insurance 81, 600.
The southern portion of Middletown
Valley, Frederick county, was visited by "a
destructive thunder storm, with hail and
wind September ). A horse was killed on
Matthias Ahalt' farm, and panic occurred
at Sunday school picnic in a woods at
Burkittsville; corn was cut by the hail,
trees blown down and buildings were un-
rooted.
VIM. F. Allen, of Wicomico county has
his new barn under cover. The barn viii
be the largest in the county. 1t is 4sx
40 with 64 foot centre section. Ii is
intended to accommodate 30 horses and
mules and year supply of hay and feed
1t will cost 81, 600, and Is being erected
on the Dennis tract, where Mr. Allen win
build new residence next wear
While Mr.. and Mrs. Aaron X. Nc.
Graw, accompanied BY their three year old
son, james, of Hagerstown. were driving
over Antietam Battlefield Monday after
noon their horse ran away aud all three
were thrown out of the buggy Mrs Me
Graw was instantly killed, the child was
seriously, perhaps fatally, injured and Mr.
MeGraw sustained painful bruises,
David p Smith of Queen Anne conn-
ty has concluded his shipments of potatoes
grown this season on about Is acres. They
foot up little above 5000 bushels and
have Melted Mr.. Smith $1,000 clear Of al
expenses, part of the expenses being Sc -
an acre for the land paid in cash Next
year Mr. Smith proposes to cultivate ex-
tensively tomatoes and potatoes and has
already leased from IS to so acres for that
purpose.
Willow Mil, on Western Rus. Balti-
more county, was burned last Sunday
morning. Ii was one Of the oldest and
best equipped mills in the county L.'ss
sl4, 900; insurance 50, 900 The aitcn-
ton of the miller was called to the fire by
the quaeking Of large flock Of ducks,
which made such a noise as to awaken the
family The saving Of Rome By the eack
ling Of geese was repeated in this instance
by ducks.
John Carroll, colored, aged about %
years, was found dead on Saturday after
noon buried beneath tons Of ensilage in
silo ON the farm Of Stephen Thomas. near
Adamstown, Frederick county. Carroll
went into the silo on Saturday morning to
pack the ensilage as it was fed in from the
cutter He was missed an hour later, but
it was supposed that be had left the silo
and gone away, and another man was sent
in TO do the work he had been doing The
filling Of the silo was continued during the
day and it was not until the middle Of the
afternoon that the idea that he might s,ill
be in the silO dawned upon the men \
hole was sawed in the side Of the silo and
after much work his body was found
Carroll was from Virginia
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