The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1904-02-27
Maryland Affairs.

Allen Manoky, negro, of Dorchester county,
| killed his wife last week because she said she
was going to leave him.
In Port Deposit the packed ice on the street
froze so as to prevent passage, and tunnel
has been cut through it, Many persons enter
their houses through the second story window.
VIM. C. Stewart, conducting business at I
South Liberty street, Baltimore, as &. j.
Stewart & Sons, has failed, owing to the fire.
His stock was valued at $40, 600; insurance
| S. 200.
Mrs. William H. Michael, aged 66 years,
died at Lime Kiln, Frederick county. Febru-
AIRY 20, of rheumatism. She had been an IN.
valid for over twenty years. She is survived
| by her husband and seven children.
Frank and Charles Huutsbery, of Jugtown,
| Washington county, have been indicted by
the grand jury on charge of assauiting the
| wear old daughter of Harvey Huntsbery.
The accused are both uncleS Of the girl.
At Greensboro. Caroline county, on the til
instant, the general store and warehouse OF
| Charles Clark was burned. also Il large lot OF
machinery, $50 bushels of corn, &c. The site
had been occupied as store stand for over Il
century.
Navigation has been closed on the Third
| haven llNtI dlDOi SiiSF bSNSiii'EFi
"a. last. Many oystermen, whose boats are
frozen up i'll Eastern bay, the Choptank, Miles
and Wye rivers, thus throwing them out OF
employment, will probably suffer. In Eastern
bay the ice is piled up in many places to the
height of from 20 to 30 feet.
John Y. Todd, of Easton, died in Manches-
Ter, England, February 2lst, aged 43 years.
Mr.. Todd was a graduate of Western Mary
land College, editor of the Easton Democrat
for a number of years, and was in England as
the resident agent of the National Cash Reg
lister Company of New York. He is survived
| by a widow, mother, two sisters and seven
brothers.
Leonard Passano, aged SS years, died last
Sunday at his nome, Maryland and North
avenues Baltimore. Mr.. Passano started in
business 65 years ago on Marsh Market Space.
then fashionable shopping district of the
city, occupying portion OF the arcade which
had been built by his father, the late Joseph
Passano The Arcade extended from Marsh
Market to Frederick street and contained
booths for all sorts of merchandise except gro
ceries, and wasthe original basis OF the depart
ment store Of The present day. Mr.. Passano
was born in Genoa, Italy, July 2, 1916. He
came to Baltimore with his parents when two
years old.
Andrew simpson, 95 years oiu, Qleu repru-
airy 16 at the home of his son, Francis NJ.
Simpson, 416 North Broadway, after brief
illness of pneumonia He was born III Balti-
more, October g. 1910, and was reputed to be
the oldest Democrat in the State, having voted
the Democratic ticket consistently since his
first vote, which was cast for Andrew jackson
for his second term as President. He had
voted for 19 Democratic Presidential candl-
dates and in all his years only missed one cleo
ton That was shortly after the Civil War,
when the Republicans transferred his regis
tralon to Annapolis. During his old life Mr..
Simpson found much amusement in relating
to the members of his family and to his many
friends in East Baltimore interesting incidents
that occurred in his early life, especially those
of ii political nature. He was among those
who shook hands with Lafayette on his visit
to this country. He was an active member of
the Paramount Democratic Association of the
Sixth Ward and attended the inauguration Of
Governor Wartield with that organization at
Annapolis. He is only survived by the son
with whom he resided and eight grandchil
dren.