The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1904-10-29
Maryland Affairs.

There were several severe snow squalls in
Garrett and Allegany counties on Sunday,
October %.
Il is said that there are more turkeys in this
Stale nov than for many years. Ii is attribn-
table to the unusual dry summer.
Mrs Alice Welsh was terribly burned and
died IN baihtub as a result of q fire in her
room, at 1924 Christian street, Baltimore, last
Sunday.
Rev Abraham d. Dick, superannuated
member of the Methodist Protestant confer
ence, died at fredericksburg. October %, aged
Is years.
John g. Norris, of Baltimore, has purchased
from William F. McGinnis his farm of lOl
acres, near Gorsneh Mills, Baltimore county,
tor $2, 200.
Miss Sadie J. Baker, of Baltimore. has sold
her farm of 100 acres, at Gorsueh Mills, in the
Seventh district. Baltimore county. to L. G.
Hammond. of StewartStOwn, Pa, for s., 500.
Mr.. Hammond will move to the farm next
March.
Henry f. Bothner, aged 29, was found dead
last Sunday morning iG the third-story back
room OF his home, 227 North Washington
street, Baltimore, with stab wound in his
LETT side His wife is locked up at the North
eastern Police Station on the charge of causing
her husbands death.
Detectives Bradley and Flannery, of Bati-
more, assumed the role of insurance agents
few days ago and in this manner captured
Father Corbon. colOred, who is wanted by the
New Jersey authorities on the charge of mur-
der. Corbon was so surprised that he broke
down and m ade confession.
More than Is, l2S freight cars would be re.
quired to haul the output of the Maryland
cauneries for single year, to say nothing OF
the vast oyster and pineapple output Of the
Baltimore canning establishments. Were
these ears placed on single track they would
make a tram over 100 miles long, which, av-
eraging p cars to train, would require 525
freight trains to move the market.
In Baltimore, on October %, Robert Taylor,
stock broker, applied to the court to be ad-
Indicated bankrupt. In his schedule fled
assets are put at S799 and liabilities Sl5,612.
Taylor is prominent in social circles in Balii-
more. He is a brother of Talbot J. Taylor,
OF New York. whose stock brokerage firm sus-
pended about two years ago. Robert Taylor
& Co. were associated with keene and others
ia the pool which doomed Southern Pacific
stock two years ago
After lying in eomatose condition from
Friday night as the result of taking u grains
of morphia. about 20 grains of chloral and
Wine EtdSSiui oi MIS-. SUSIE Dell
Sewell, wife of Mr.. John A. Sewell, assistant
stationmaster for the Pennsylvania Railroad
at Union Station. Baltimore, died last Sunday
afternoon at POPS Maryland avenue, where
they boarded. Several physicians tried every
means known to produce reaction, even whip
ping her. but the poison had been absorbed
into her system.
Mrs Emeline Shaffer, who died at her
home. near Piney Grove. Allegany county,
aged 70 years. taught school 30 years ago,
when female teachers were rare. She was
then Mrs Crabie. She outlived many of her
pupils and some of their children. She taught
in the old log schoolhouse on Clear Ridge
Her son, Frank Crabie, lives at Moscow, Al
legany county. She was the pioneer woman
teacher in the section lying between the
Juniata and Potomac rivers.
Upon her own confession, Sarah Burley.
colored aged l3 years, of 1904 Montrose
street, is held at the Southwestern Police
Station, Baltimore, charged with the murder
of James Edwards, colored, aged nine years,
of 1906 Booth street, on Saturday last The
children quarreled over trihing matter,
when the girl drew knife and plunged it into
the boys groin, severing an artery, causing
his death shortly after.