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

Cambridge Masonic Lodge has IA Bible that
was printed in 1887. 1t is known as the
Matthews Bible
The store of William S. Ray, at Pearl, near
Frederick was destroyed by fire at l a. m.
May &c, entaiing loss of $4,000, partly
covered by insurance. An iron safe contain
ing the books, ETC., was saved.
Archie l.. Day, aged u years, of Fontaine
Mills, near Hyattstown, was so badly injured
by fall that he died May &c. He was aiding
in tearing down an old barn and a heavy piece
of timber fell upon his head. crushing the
skull
While attending Decoration Day exercises
in Riverview Cemetery at Williamsport. Wash.
ington county, on May %, Robert, son OF
Capt. George II. Sheets, fell from an iron
fence on which he was standing and was badly
injured by one of the sharp pickets piercing
his mouth. His lips were terribly lacerated
and left cheek torn. Twenty stitches were
required to close the wounds.
Samuel Dutrow, president of the Frederick
County School Commissioners, died of Bright s
disease May 26, aged 80 years. With the
exception of two years he was president of
the School Board since 1886. He was drec.
tor in the Mutual Insurance Company OF
Frederick County and for many years was
superintendent of the Sunday school of the
Reformed Church. He leaves five children.
Sheriff James A. Cannon and Deputy
Sheriff Samuel W. Jones, of Talbot county,
took the following prisoners to the Maryland
Penitentiary last Sunday night: Harry +.
Roberts, white, for five years; Robert Walker,
white two years; Tom Wright, colored, three
wears; William Holly, colored, three years;
Lewis Gardner, colored, two years, and Jos
eph Skinner, colored, to the House of Correc-
ton for four months.
The lumber mill and box factory of Fora
Fl. Brinsfield at Eldorado, Dorchester coun-
ty. were destroyed by fire at a.. N. May %,
with the contents, consisting OF $50, 900 feet OF
sawed lumber, thousands of feet of stored
lumber, boxes, crates, etc. The fire orgl.
mated in a 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 So, 600; no insur-
ance.
The strawberry crop on the Eastern Shore,
asnecially in Caroline, Wicomico, Worcester
and Somerset counties, is large this year, and
the berries are of fine size and good flavor.
Owing to this fact the citizens of Easton, St.
W;cbaels. Oxford, Greensboro and other
places are having great difficulty in keeping
their colored help in the kitchens and the
farmers their colored men on the farms. Es-
necially is this the case with young colored men
and women, who are going TO the berry fields.
Miss Reba Barkdoll, of Ringgold, Wash.
iugton county, recently defended herself
against the attack of large copperhead snake
on the mountain near her home with 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 al! the
agility of person battling for life and finally
succeeded in giving the snake hard blow
that stunned it, and, rushing in, she quickly
finished the fight.