The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1904-10-01
Maryland Affairs,
Horse rhiey~, are operating ID Cecil county.

Horse thieves are operating @H 'fC}l county.
Ten thousand bushels Of POTATOES were
raised i'm CaluCtip district. Frederick coHuIy.
this year. and about 600 bushels Of peaches.
Richard Stephenson. colored. aged > wears.
was shot and killed last Sunday night al the
corner Of Wilson aud Division streets. Bait.
more Edward Hayward, co!orcd. Who gave
his aye at IL years, was arrested shortly after.
A large barr, On the Wilton farm near Hayre
De Grace. Hartford county. Was destroyed by
IRE iast Sunday. The farm belong. to Mr..
Sarah Heuriques, and Is leased 10 pr. ; b.
Tubbs as o stock farm. The loss is about $40,
GOO
Henry j. Handy. coiorrd. aged 3. years,
shot and killed bis wife near Fys-kIn. WiCam-
ice county. September -. Handy had b-ru
living al Cusfeld He sad that h,~ ~fie bad
left him a tew months ago, taking 'hsiT ouly
child With her.
Dr.. II y. Richards. charged by Ms
Blanche Chance Witb performing eumiwaI
operation upon her. b, been turuel ovrr Hy
the Queen Auuy authorities - tvnfer,II.e De-
the custody of ihr sheriff of Caroline county,
the alleged crime having been committed, d
vas sisted. not in Queen Amaze gug 90 Car
cline county.
Isaac Clark and Sarah Auu Clara, boiA
colored. indicted by 'he grand jary '1y assault
ing with intent In kiii Robert Gardner aS
aged farmer. OF Cecil county, were irird be-
fore ihe count last vesk and convicted lviae
Clark was sentenced o. eight years iu 'ae Pen
iirutary. and Sarah Clark 90 she same .r.rItu-
ton ioT 1--WE years.
ReY. r. johnson Campbell. pastor ~ the
Washington Square Methodist Church. ia
rrrsiown. has severed BIS connection with the
Methods, Church % c0ier lhe ministry 81 The
Protestant Episcopal Church. Rev. VI Camp
bell has been regarded a., one 81 the brightest
OF the Younger ministers uf ihe Baltimore Coz
ference. H. Is - wears Old ard single. lie
was born 10 Canada.
Nathaniel Neishbors. Of Frederick. secom-
panied by Carlton II Dean, 81 Middietasn,
have left on a trip rs horse aud buggy 90 the
World, Fair. fhrs si.l spend several days
at DAYTON. Springfield and Delaware, ohig.
after which thry via 50 on to 81 Louis soil
the horse aud buggy there and return bone Us
train. The distance from Frederick io =.
Louis bs The National pike Is 2oo miles.
As result, Of shooting s9air las, Sunday
afternoon John Beiieg, aged > years. OF
Pitlshurg Pa, b Iu . serious condition. ~ the
Johns Hopkins Hospital. suffering from bal
lrt wound ir the icil siie nesr be- heart. Au-
uit. Jones. aged - wears. Wus arrested charged
With assaalting and shooting Bellcr sikh 49,
tent Ca Kill. The -hoaiiHg took place AZ the
home Of the Jones woman, 1910 North Gay
street, Baltimore ahere BrIier boarded
The vessry 81 s.. MARY, Frogestau, Eyi,ca.
pal Church 3, North East. CecI. county. vbtvh
has been undergoing expensive improvements
during the past irN weeks. has decided Cd con
iinue the USE 81 The old Bible, which has been
iu the church since it Vas first built 10 1894.
This Bible vas the gItl % Qgcen Aunr %
England 10 tine yestry % 81. Mary parish
Il has oak leaves. aud brass hinges. and is 81
most two feet long and 10 inches sgde l.
has been used almost constantly aai Is suli 10
a fair state ot preservation.
The large barn Of l. Clinton Birmingham. ai
Shane. To- the Seveuih district, Baltimore
county. was destroyed by FIRE Saturday after
noon. Besides the baru, several other build
iugs we're burned. and but for the timely arr.
val of the ueighburs the dwelling and summer
kitchen would have been burned. In the barn
were stored lot OF hay and grain. all OF which
was destroyed besides some fertilizer binder.
farming implements and harness. All the live
stock was saved. The origin Of the fire Is uH-
known. The loss Is partially covered by 90
surauce.
Norman Bayard. colured. II year, old, near
Concord, Caroline county, has been arrested
on a charge Of murder. lie shot and killed
his year-oId sister on September n He
claimed that he did it accidentally. bat the
en- :ms;ances. wounds, etc, seem TO contra
dict the boy story. About Is months ago h.
threw a burning coal oil can at one Of his -is-
tiers. and she was burned To death. The boy
claims that in han1,iug the gun the shell was
exploded, but that he had no intention of
shooting The children were alone when the
tragedy occurred.
The body Of Miss Frances Price, Of Sweet
Air, Baltimore county. who. with her mother.
Mrs Mary Price, was drowned IN Marshall 5
Run during the storm of Wednesday night,
September I4lh, was found late Sunday night
near Guytou's Mill dam, on the Little Gun
powder River, about six miles from where the
tragedy occurred. The body was found by
Robert jackson, eolored, who also found the
body of Mrs Price. The body OF Miss Price
was almost unacceptable, aud her face and
head was badly cut in the same manner AS was
her mothers due, 1t Is believed. 10 the force
of the current driving her against rocks.