The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1903-08-08
Maryland Affairs.

Coal OIL and gasoline stoves are getting In
! their deadly work Several deaths are re-
ported weekly from different parts Of the
State,
The total decline since 1899 in securities Of
[ I6 corporations which Baltimoreans are large
Z ly interested it is estimated At over 81 900,
Z nU1
Bart Spjelman. Of Smithsburg, Joseph Mas
gers, OF Greeusburg, aud Italian were
/ drovued ia the neN reservoir, near Edge
mont, at the foot Of South Mountain, by the
I sinking o{ a scow. July 81.
10 nearly every county on the Eastern
Z Shore there were disastrous wind, hail. rain aud
I electric storms last week. Great damage
( resulted toproperiy and several persons were
killed or severely injured by lightning
/ Edward Smith. chief of the Lowell tribe OF
1 gypsies. died at Carnegie, Pa, July 29, at the
age Of los years and was buried 10 Mount
I Olyrt cemetery. Baltimore, July 81 He
was a native Egypt bat had resided in this
I country over 90 years.
Jacob l.. Lsmon, proprietor OF an eating
/ house At sos Light street, Baltimore, was ia
Z tally aud three other persons IN the place
/ we're severely burned last Sunday by an ex-
I piosion Of gasoline in the pantry OF the place,
l the oil having been scattered about to klll
| reaches.
! The barn on J. ". LAwsou's farm, near
I kempiowu. Frederick county. was struck by
I lightning between and @ clock Wednesday
( afternoon, july -. aud completely destroyed.
I lts contents included the entire hay crop,
| which was destroyed. The crop Of wheat har-
/ vested this season, stacked near the barn, was
I also destroyed. Il Is estimated that the
! wheat. when thrsshed, would have yielded
[ between 100 and 500 bushels of grain. All
[ the i've stock was saved.
/ Elias Williams, colored, charged with
/ shooting and mortally w0undlng Percy White,
! Of Springfield township, near Swarthmore,
/ Pa. on June 10 last, was arrested July 3lSt,
near Cockeysyille, Baltimore county, by De-
/ tectives Hogan and Dick, Of Baltimore. \
Z reward of $500 Is offered by the Delaware
county authorities for Williams capture He
was hunted BY the officers and by a posse OF
| farmers for days, but without success. The
/ entire county was thrown into great state of
! excitement by the murder. and threats OF
/ lyaching the negro, If caught, we're frequent.
From the present outlook this is going to
( be an off year Tor the average Queen Anne 5
county farmer. Following on the heels Of a
/ short wheat crop the indications are that corn
( will not do much better. The conditions are
/ chargeahle, in a great measure, to two causes
I "a cool. backward spring and an excess OF
rain in july Many farmers claim that they
/ cannot get half crop. The tomato crop,
/ too. is seriously affected by the continuous
rains and hot suns. Canneries are going up
/ in all parts of the county, Notwithstanding
/ these conditions
Mrs. Mary Hubbard died July 30, at Eas.
1 ton, of old age. She was 90 years old July l..
/ She was the daughter of the late Judge John
/ Rumbold, of Caroline county, and widow OF
Lemuel Hubbard, of Caroline county, who
I I 4 Sha had III chill.
/ dreu. 9 Of whom survive-5 sons and daugh-
ters-22 grandchildren and % great grand
children Up TO about one year ago she had
a most remarkable memory, being able to re-
! lnte with the utmost clearneSs incidents for 80
wears back. William l.. Hubbard, president
/ Of the Hubbard Fertilizer Company, of Balti-
/ more. is one of her sons and her executor.
Charlotte Hall. ST. Mary's county, and Vi
! cinity, on July so. was visited by a violent
| electric storm. Nathan Chappeear, a resi-
dent of that village aud prominent farmer,
while returning from one of his farms near
/ Benedict in a wagon drawn by two mules and
/ followed by an OK cart driven by one of his
colored laborers. was, with both teams, killed
/ instantly by lightning. The colored driver
escaped with only a slight shock. Mr.. Chap,
pelear married twice. His first wife was Miss
! Burch, of Charles county. His second wife
was Miss Canter, of St. Mary's. He is sur
vived by one son and FIVE daughters with a
large family connection in Charles and St.
Mary's counties.
In speaking of the wheat crop in Kent
county, the Chestertown News says: Jesse X.
Copper, 10 per acre, c. H. B. Massey, "a j.
W. Chapman on Campbellsworthmore 26;
Josiah Massey II; Jacob Shirley y; c. 5.
Hurlock GA bushels off 81 acres; s. I. Motiett,
on Hon. c. I. Wescott's farm had 55 acres
and got 450 bushels; Frank Newman, on Thos.
Hill's farm, had So acres and got $50 bushels
c. G. Hadaway had about 20 acres and got
a little over 600 bushels; Moses Cranor sowed
u bushels and got % bushels. It's the poorest
crop raised in Kent county for 80 years. r.
G. Nicholson got q bus. per acre. The grain
was fine Charles I. Willis, on the Leavertol
farm, near Chestertown, got about l6 bushel,
to the acre. H. P. Skipper got $50 bushel,
off so acres. J. c. Wood on the Island got
10 bushels to the acre.