The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1903-03-28

IuceudiAries are believed 10 be Al wurk ia
the vicinity Of Lisbon. Howard county,
Bupco men are a, work 10 Baltimore and
IN some Of the counties. They have played
some very sharp tricks recently.
State Normal School No, ,, Prusiburg, wall
be- oiren from June 10 10 July IS a. = sumner
school for teachers. No tuition charged.
Ia Hartford county preparations arr being
made TO plant y larger acreage 30 corn and
tomatoes than ever before planted IA The
county
Edward c. Watts. Who killed his Sife,
Katherine Watts. al Phoenixvi!le, Baltimore
county. last November. was found gaiiy Of
murder in the 6rst degree BY a jury al beiasr,
last Monday.
Last Thursday the estate Of Andrew Banks,
AT Reisterstown, was sold TO Harry i. Parr
for $780, eco The estate Iuclades over 1000
acres, and has fine residence and barn on it.
The property was sold under the foreclosure
Of mortgage.
John W. Grinder, postmaster 81 Emmits-
burg. and a former judge Of The Orphans
Court OF Frederick county, died last TUESDAY
uiehi OF = complication Of diseases, aged
about co wears He leaves widow and
number Of children,
Ellen Jordan. eolored. died March - al
her home. near Ellicou City. She bad at
tanned the age of 100 years aud , months
She was highly respected 10 the community,
aud was 4 slave in the Dorsey family. Her
mind was wonderfully clear for one Of her
advanced age
William Stone. Of Lime Kiln. Frederick
county, was assaulted in a peculiar manner
on the night of March = While be WAS walk
ing home be was seized BY two masked men,
who cut off bis beard with pair Of sheep
shears. He does not kEow who did It nor
the reason for such an assault
The largest dealer in furs on the Eastern
Shore is probably Marcus Ascher. of Chester
town. He has bought 10000 muskrst hides,
80. 900 rabbit hides, l 200 opossum hides and
l. 500 raccoon hides, besides fox hides. pole
cats, &C. Aseher shipped 5000 nuskrat
hides from Chestertown last week, for which
be paid $1,000.
DIR. Harry Woodward Dorsey, formerly Of
Frederick county, who died on the 2lst inst,
at his home in Hyattsville, in the list year of
his age. WAS a surgeon in the Confederate
army. After the war he pracuced medicine
at New Market Ne married Helen James,
of Washington, and is survived By two sons
and two daughters.
Capt. William H. Baugher, proprietor of
the Upton Stock Farm, near Ellicott City.
from whose herd 81 beef cattle were shipped
10 Liverpool some time ago, has been in
formed that the cattle dressed 81 pounds TO
the 100 live weight. This is considered the
best result vet recorded Of the shipment of
beef cattle from the United States across the
Atlantic. The beeves averaged, when placed
aboard ship for transportation, l,342 pounds
each.
John Lea, colored resident of Kent coun.
ty. died last week at the home of Samuel
Cooper, near Worton. Lea was over 80 years
of age, and one of the special requests he
made on his death bed was that no eolored
person should be present at his funeral or
have anything to do with his burial. This
request was carried out to the letter aud his
pail bearers were well known white citizens
of Kent Rev. DIR. j. g. Denroche, of ST.
Paul's Episcopal Church, conducted the fu.
neral services.
The General Synod of the Lutheran Church
in the United States will begin their sessions
in the First English Lutheran Church. Free
mont avenue and i4anvale street, Baltimore,
on the evening Of Wednesday, June 8, and
will continue in session for about ten days.
The gathering will be attended by representa-
lives from all of the "a synods of the church
and. including the guests at the meeting, more
than 800 persons are expected to be in at
tendance. 1t has been q years since the last
general synod was held in Baltimore.
Last Tuesday afternoon the Maryland Sun
day School Union held its 57th annual meet
ing and the president, Godsborough 5. Grit.
eth. presented his 10th annual report. He was
reelected president. All the other general
officers were reelected except the the treas
urer, Charles W. Slagle, who resigned on ac-
count of impaired health. Rev. Duand We
will was added to the Baltimore viee-presi-
dents in the place of the late Bishop Latane:;
The following new members of the Board
were elected-John T. Chase, Sebastian J.
Hook, Samuel w. Hartman. A. z. Hartman,
John G. Leicht and Revs. B. B. James, E.
FELTON, and G. W. Haddaway.