The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1905-12-02
Maryland Affairs.

Jacob Evans, colored, 80 years old, shot
and instantly killed his wife, Eleanora Evans,
colored, 25 years old, during a scuffle at theil
home, on Colgate creek, near the Shell road
Baltimore county. last Monday.
The barn on the farm of John Brown, form
erly the ellison farm. near Emmitsburg, was
totally destroyed by fire at an early hour last
Monday morning. together with all its con-
tents, including % head of cattle and horse.
Fred Wiley, of Lake district, Dorchester
county, has been arrested on the charge OF
bigamy and is held in Cambridge Jail for the
Somerset county authorities. 1t is charged
that he has three wives-one in Somerset, one
in Wcomico and one in Dorchester.
Wesley Deal, colored was convicted last
Monday in the Circuit Court at Towson, Bal
timore county, of murder in the second degree
for the killing of his common law wife, Bertha
Deal, on July 81. Chief Judge Burke SEN
fenced Deal to is years imprisonment in the
Maryland Penitentiary.
Gen. Joseph Lancaster Brent, aged 79
years, died at his residence in Baltimore on
November p. He was a native of Charles
county. had been soldier in the Confederate
army, a lawyer and Louisiana planter. As
a soldier he rose rapidly from the ranks. He
practlced law in California until the civil war,
when he returned east and Joined the army.
Mitri Metvedo was shot and killed near
AIberton, on the Baltimore county side, last
Sunday night, at the camp of Shoemaker &
Co., contractors engaged in construction work
for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad between
AlbertOn and Woodstock. Metvedo was shot
twice, one bullet going directly through the
heart aud the other penetrating the left
shoulder.
The Cecil Democrat says:-Whie Mrs
Charles Abbott, of Philadelphia, who has a
country residence at Town Point, was out
cunning on the Elk river, Cecil county, she
came cross large flock Of geese. Suppos
ing the geese to be wild and not domestic, she
fired twice into flock, killing 10. When the
balance of the flock failed to fly the lady found
out her mistake. The geese belong to VIM.
j. Arrants, of Elk Neck, who was literally
paid by Mrs. Abbott.
In the Washington county court last Mon
day Judge keedy struck decided blow at the
selling of liquor on Sunday by revoking the
licenses of James A. Wolff, G. P. Helene and
William M. Holder, saloonmen of Hagers.
town, who were indicted last week. He i'm
posed fines ranging from $500 to 800, besides
Jail sentences in each case. 1t was the second
offense for each, and Judge Keedy said he was
determined to stop these violations at any
cost.
The dwelling of Mrs. William Keudle, aged
so years, who lived alone near the top of
South Mountain, near Smithburg, Washing.
ton county, was set on fire last Sunday night.
and she had narrow escape from being
burned to death. Whatever the motives Of
the incendiaries, it is thought they did not
wish the old lady to perish, for after the fire
had made considerable Roadway stones were
thrown through the window to awaken the
sleeping woman. Neighbors, seeing the con-
tiagration and hearing the noise made bv
breaking window glass, hurried to the scene
and were just in time to rescue the semi.con.
scious old woman, whom they carried ont of
the house more dead than alive