The Democratic advocate., 1905-03-18
Iobp $. Spence died suddenly in porches,

John :. Spence died suddenly in Dorches-
ter county, aged II years, on "Wednesday.
In Brunswick, Frederick county, three
frame dwellings were burned Wednesday; loss
IS, COO, partly insured.
Mrs. Bennatia MeCordick and two children
we're fatally burned at their residence. on North
Washington street, Baltimore, last Monday.
Two valuable harus we're destroyed by fire
near Sandy Spring. on Wednesday, with over
200 barrels OF corn. hsy, implements and 10
sheep. Both ineendiary.
John N. C. Williams, aged 81 years, on
Wednesday was accidentally killed by cars
near Chevy Chase junction, in Montgomery
county.
Ambrose 8. ottey, an aged blacksmith. Of
Cecil county, has read his Bible through III
times, and has JUS; started on the llsth pc
rusal.
A large Philadelphia department store is
TO open a branch in Baltimore. 1t Is said
that the stores OF the latter city will look like
IS cents" in comparison with the new s-stab-
lishment.
On Thursday night the barn on the farm
Of K. X. Robson, Of Sharon, Hartford county,
was burned The horses and mules were got.
ten out, but S2 high grade cows and all the
/ proyender, implements, &c., we're burned
Detectives are at work IN Cumberland in-
vestigaiing the recent destruction ota mail
car BY fire on which much money. paper and
/ silver, was supposed TO have burned, but moth
I ing was found in the ashes. Ii is believed the
/ car was robbed and then set on hre.
/ A beautiful gold watch which was lost by
/ Miss Ida Devilbiss near Walkersville, Freder.
/ lex county, at which place she alighted on
| January Is 10 to view snowplow a work,
/ was found by the track foreman last Tuesday
/ and returned TO the young woman. The watch
/ was in running order when found.
The large bank barn, of Granville Matthews,
| near Sparks Station, Baltimore county, North
ern Central Railway, was burned, with con-
| tents. including so head of cattle and , horses,
farm machinery, harness., fodder, etc., at
at midnight of Tuesday. Nothing was saved;
The origin of the FIRE is unknown. Insured
in the Baltimore County Mutual; loss 5000.
II. Chew Snebley, the aged lawyer, who
formerly owned the Hotel Baltimore. on Court
/ land street, Baltimore, and who gained much
notoriety by his desperate efforts TO resist
| Building Inspector Preston in tearing the old
| buildine down after its condemnation, died
last Monday night at the Hotel Denmore, at
Arlington, where ne had resided during the
past winter Snebley was 30 years OF age.
and is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Charles
/ Miller. of Philadelphia. During the Black
FRIDAY manic in Wall street, New York city,
| IN 1873, while praclicing law there, his for
tune was swept away. Mr.. Snebley was born
in Hagerstown-
James Daniel Blair, wellknown farmer
and stock dealer of Washington county, on
Tuesday sent bullet from revolver crashing
through his brain at his home, at Bridgeport,
near Hagerstown. Dependency, growing
out of the fact that he was soon to vacate his
old home, is believed TO to have been respon-
sible for Blair's rash act. He was about 40
wears old Blair sold bis farm last fall at a
good figure, but later regretted the transaction,
and made several unsuccessful efforts to re-
purchase the property. Finally be bought a
farm in the vicinity of New Salem, and ex-
pected TO move there about the first of April.
The thought of being compelled to leave the
ola homs nreved on his mind