The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1905-02-04


Thomas Fitzgerald, Who started A. = waiter
boy on the Baltimore aud Ohio Railroad 80
years ago. wAs appointed general manager 90
succeed Charles ). SINS
There are sever cascs Of diph,heria IN the
family Of John " Fowler. a. Morton. Kent
county. Mr. Fowler died izsi Monday seek
GaleRa school j. closed because Of diphihera.
A large force Of uen--tramp. aud inmates
al the county alnskousr--@ege sei a. sogx by
Superintendent Abrsm W. EnsoS Monday 10
clear the ooauiy road at Texas Of the deep
snoSdrif;s. This IS a good ~ay 10 make
tramps earn their board and lodging.
The Sinpsouyilge mill, in Howard ooua,y,
Owned By Charles r, Wilson. vas burned on
Wednesday. together with al It's machinerv
including rolls, bahrs aud cider mill and also
a sawmill, besides ! 900 bushels Of grain. Mr.
Wilson, who recently cleared the property Of
debt. carried ao insurance., aud bis loss Is said
to be between 81. coo and 8, 90.
The present winter has been the ssveFesl
for macy wears in this stale. Ice OF sufficient
thickness to bear a aaR formed as low doNn
the Chesapeake Bay as Tangier Sound, and
rivers on the Eastern Shore and Sougheru
MARY Wand. which are rarely ever closed t,r
more than week, have been aanayigabIe i0r
several weeks, aud the pack ice IN mAuy phases
is several feet thick.
Elmer Stevens. OF Rock Hail. Kent county,
while on a visit 10 friends in Smiths5urg Wash
ington county, ate on q wager 81 one sitting
tour pounds Of cheese, pound Of wafer
erackers and glass Of mustard. this, too.
couple Of hours after be bad eaten hearty
dinner He says he does not know what ia.
digestion is, aud has frequently eaten four
dozens Of eggs At one time. Once he ale the
greater part Of large roasted turkey.
Oakland, Garrett county, was visited by an.
other fire on Wednesday, and four buildings
we're burned. The buildings we're OF frame
and burned quickly, the fremen, with inefii.
cieui equipment, being unable to stay the pro.
gress of the fire. Other buildings were ablaze
several times. The ere was right ia the heart
Of the business district aud near the scene Of
the FIRE, month ago, which destroyed the
Lutheran Church aud other buildings
Gustavus NJ Ford. 70 years old, aud who
for 40 years was train dispatcher II, Camden
Station. Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, died
while sitting in chair at his home, last Mon.
day afternoon from Brighi's disease, after
long illness. Mr.. Ford was born near Lisbon,
Howard county, and went TO Baltimore at an
early age. He was retired by the Baltimore
and Ohio IA years ago. He is survived by a
son and daughter
The second blizzard within y week struck
Salisbury last Sunday night and there are eight
inches of new snow on the ground, besides Ia
depth of several inches from last week 5 storm.
The roads are again blocked and il was i'm
possible 10 deliver mail on the rural routes for
several days. Wicomico river IS frozen solid
and the steamers have abandoned their trips
indefinitely until the weather breaks up.
Grace Wallace, eolored, is years old, who
was respendent in Partisan gown and other
fnery at a negro ball at the Monumental As
sembly Rooms. Baltimore, on January =. was
sentenced to one year in jail Monday. She
was convicted of stealing from Mrs. Harry d.
Watts, l3 East Preston street, the gown and
other wearing apparel which caused her to
shine as the belle of the ball. 1t was New
Years dance, and Grace was arrested in the
hall by Patrolman Hildebrand as she was
about to take part in a cakewalk, with the
admiring and envious eyes of the others
upon her The testimony showed that the
Partisan gown had cost $3.50, bat Grace had
cut off portion of the skirt to make it small
enough for her. Besides the gown, there
we're recovered from the girls person aud
from her room an underskirt, three skirts,
three waists, coat, a wrist satehel, card
case, pocketbook, silver spoon, silver
bresstpin, gold breastpiu, belt, lace collar,
a pair of slippers, blue silk skirt and neck
lace, all of which Mrs Watts identified as be-
longing to her. The girl had been in the en-
ploy of Mrs. Watts about month, and was
arrested when Mrs Watts reported to the
police that numerous articles of her wearing
apparel had disappeared.