The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1905-06-03
Maryland Affairs.

Caubyiise Masonic Lodge has Bible that
aas printed 10 1857 II ia kuown a. thr
Matthews Bible
The store 81 WiIliam 5 RAJ, a, Pearl. near
Fr~dsrick. was destroyed bv 6sc a. e. IN.
MAY -. ~niaii.uz . boss oi Sib.0pa.. partly
covered O., igsHFar~r. An iron safe contain.
iaE ih- hooks, etc, sas saved.
Archie l. nAy ssej = ysaFs. ~ Foalaiuv
Mills, uraE HyRusioWn. Nas 81 badly injured
by a fall tina; hs. ilri May -. lie vas aiding
ia tearing da~n Az old barn and a heavy piece
81 timber tell upon hf, hra8. crushing the
skull
While attending Decoration Day exercises
ia Riy.ryirw Cemetery a. Nuianispori, Wash.
.ugt1u county. on Nav -. Robert. sou OF
Capt George II Sheets, Tell from 81 lrnu
fence on which be was standing and va, badly
iniar,d by one Of tee sharp Piekeis piercing
bis mouth lis lips we're terribly lacerated
and len cheek torn. Twenty stitches we're
required 10 close the wounds.
samuel DllroW. prrsideui OF the Frederick
County School Commissioners died Of Bright =
disease Nav %. aged 80 years. With the
exception Of IWo years he was president Of
the School Board ,ince ISIS. He was a dirrc
tor ia the Mutual Insurance Company OF
Frederick County aud tor many years Was
superintendent, Of the Sunday school OF the
Reformed Church, lie leaves i've children.
Sheriff James \. Cannon and Deputy
Sheriff Samuel W. Jones Of Talbot county.
took the following prisoners to the Maryland
Peuuenliary last Sunday night: Harry F.
Roberts. white, for five years; Robert Walker,
white. two years; Tom Wright. coiored, three
years; William Holly, colured, three wears;
Lewis Gardner, colored, two years, and Jos
eph skinner colOred, to the House of Correc-
ton for four months.
The lumber mill aud box factory of Fora
II. Brinsfeld, at Eldorado, Dorchester cOun-
rs. were destroyed by IRE AT 3 a. NJ. May p,
With the contents, consisting OF $50, Goa feet OF
sawed lumber. thousands of feet of stored
lumber. boxes, crates, etc. The fire orig
mated IN q part of the mill remote from the
engine. so that it is known that the fire was
caused either accidentally or Intentionally
from an outer source. Loss $1,000: no Insnr-
ance.
The strawberry crop on the Eastern Shore,
especially in Caroline, Wicomico Worcester
and Somerset counties, is large this year, aud
the berries are of fine size and good flavor,
Owing to this fact the citizens OF Easton, st.
Nichaels, Oxford, Greensboro and other
places are having great difficulty in keeping
their coiored help in the kitchens and the
farmers their colored men on the farms. Es-
pecially is this the case with young colored men
aud women, who are going to the berry fields.
Miss Reba Barkdol, of Ringgold, Wash.
ington county. recently defended herself
against the attack of n large copperhead snake
on the mountain near her home with a para
sol She was compelled to use all of her
strength and activity in welding the parasol
again and again as the snake made repeated
attempts to bite her She fought with all the
agility of a person battling for life and finally
succeeded in giving the snake hard blow
that stunned it, and, rushing in, she quickly
finished the fight.