The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1911-02-10
MARYLAND HAPPENINGS.

The dwelling on the Pierce lands, 2
miles northwest of Easton, occupied
by WI. Sewers, was destroyed by t1re
with I'LL the contents on Friday last
A. a result OF injuries suffered by
being struck by an electric car at
Rockville on the evening of December
10, Henry Bradley, a wealthy citizen
Of Rockville, - dead.
Crisfield I'D very much worked up
over the shooting OF Claude Cox,
young man Of Crisfield, by Jailkeep-
er "Al" Holland, of Princess Anne,
which occurred Sunday afternoon in
Crisfield.
Harry Schultz, who recently mar
ried Miss Hannah Woodrow, near
Rising Sun, has been sued by Fair
field Lancaster county, girl for
$4,000, who alleges desertion at the
marriage altar.
Ernest Rub1e, aged is years, en-
ployed at Byron's tannery, Williams
port, got his hand caught in a 25-ton
power press on last Friday. 1t was
so badly crushed that amputation was
found necessary.
Out OF work and tired of life, Ed
ward Everett Hurdle, 21 years old, OF
Baltimore, attempted suicide in Horn
& Horns restaurant, on Market St,
Philadelphia, on February 8 by shoot
ing himself behind the right ear.
Wildcats are 10 numerous and 20
fierce in Garrett county this year
that in some sections 1t is not safe to
venture out on the county roads after
dark The cold weather and deep
snow have made toraging difficult
and the cats are hungry.
The rural mail delivery in Talbot
county has reached large proportions.
Some of the carriers from Easton post
office collect and deliver during
month between $4,000 and 10000
pieces of mail matter, while others
handle from 10000 to 10000 pieces.
Making up freight train at Bay
view Junction, Baltimore, Friday
night, John Riley, 81 years old, of
Philadelphia, conductor in the en-
ploy of the Pennsylvania Railroad,
was knocked down by shifting en-
CINE, which passed over his body and
killed him.
Mrs. Elizabeth Stewart, &C years
old, of Eastport, is dead from burns
she sustained two weeks ago. She
was preparing breakfast over gas
oline stove at the time OF the acct
dent There was a leakage and the
fluid on the floor getting ablaze
caught her clothing.
Seventeen cattle out of a herd of 20
belonging to MIR. X. ID. De Laughter,
near Frederick, were killed last Fri
Iar irr NJ
DR.. w. G.. Benner, an expert from the
Bureau of Animal Industry, Washing
ton. The cattle were tuberculin test
ed several days ago and the result Of
the test indicated infection.
Three fires within a week, the last |
of which resulted in the destruction |
of Fairview Seminary on Saturday |
night, have led the residents of Gath |
ersburg to believe that 1reburg |
il working i'm the town. The Fair
view Seminary had not been occupied |
for about four months, but was fur
nished throughout, and the loss was
about $4,000.
On her way downstairs before day
light Monday morning 70 prepare her
husbands breakfast, Mrs. Dorothy /
Riordan slipped and fell on the stair
way, of her home, 1917 Forrest street,
and the lighted lamp she
was carrying crashed to the floor. The
blazing oil spattered over her cloth
ing, and in a second she was one
mass OF flames. Before they were ex- /
tinguished the woman had died
A mass of charred and smoldering
ruins is all that remains of the en-
tire superstructure of offices and
tower on the new pier Of the Balti-
more Steam Packet Cimpany Gold
Bay Line), Light-street wharf, Balti-
more, which was destroyed by fire
early last Friday morning. The fire
was discovered shortly after 2 o'clock.
The damages, say officials Of the
Company, will not exceed $4,000.
Reports to the Maryland Agricul-
tural College from the National Corn
Show which was in progress atColum-
bus, Ohio, are to- effect that Mary
land won first honors. In the
worlds class Maryland carried off
first prize for buckwheat and in the
same class, in which the various
States competed, first prize on white
corn, wheat, rye, oats and barley and |
also second prize in the zone class for |
yellow corn. Second and third prizes
for the worlds class on cowpeas also
went to this State.