The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1922-07-21

1 QuSHduud river lHeTe. i lie DedSI lOOhs
; like an alligator and feels like one, bu
, makes a strange kissing noise a
night. 1t refused to eat meat and sniff
fed at a young fresh fish. A little
green clover was put before it and the
beast nosed around and chewed a lit,
tie.
Recently Mr.. VIM. Patterson of But
Ter, Baltimore county, purchase a
threshing machine outfit and while
threshing at the farm of Joseph Kess-
Ter, some one had placed a stick OF
dynamite in sheaf of wheat and ii
blew up the machine. Fortunately the
machine was self feeder and no one
was hurt, but the thresher was badly
damaged.
A sentence to spend two nights in
his horses stall, meanwhile turning
the animal out to pasture, was i'm
posed upon Raymond W. Putnam, of
Wakefield, Mass. Putnam was charg-
ed with having failed to provide prop
er food and shelter for his horse.
The Judge said that if the horse show
ed Improvement at the end of two
weeks he would not set any further
penalty.
Oliver Evans, while on a threshing
crew, was killed Monday night and
four others were injured seriously.
three probably fatally, when n thresh-
ing engine boiler, exploded about $50
/ o'clock on the farm of Dale Green,
Piqua. Ohio. Green's home was
wrecked by the explosion and the en-
CINE was utterly destroyed by the
blast which is believed to have been
caused by lack of water in the boiler
Sam Lippe, New York, a letter car
rier for Is years, was arrested Satur-
day for stealing two 81 bills and a
cheap watch from the mails. Released
on bail. he went home and committed
suicide. Near his body was found this
note to his office: II have committed
a wrong in the post office which dis
graces me for the rest of my life. l
will try to be a better man in the next
world"
Those who visited at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Amphrey Walker and
children. of Lineboro, on SUNDAY
wer MIR. and Mrs. Alexander Wal
ker, Mr.. and Mrs. Moses Laughman.
Mr. and Mrs. Erwin Winand, Mrs. John
Miller. Russell Rohrbaugh. Hilda Bail
ey, Mary Annie, and Lille Laughman.
Erma, Mamie, Walter, Ralph, Herbert,
Lester and George Winand, Emily and
Eleanor Miller.
Postmaster Frank l.. Bennett Re-
publican, of Hagerstown, has gotten
himself into an embarrassing position
He tried to have two clerks Demo
Gratis of course-fired after they
would not resign. Bennett says their
services were unsatisfactory. The
clerks have prepared papers in retail
iation. setting forth 10 violations of
postottice rules committed bv Mr.
Bennett and are preparing to file them
with the Federal Government
Lightning, coming through the side
of the bedroom where she had gone to
close window, during a terrific
storm instantly killed Myrtle, the IA
year-old daughter of Charles Stewart,
farmer of Mount Holley, n. ]. The
bolt made a clean hole about two
inches in diameter, struck the child and
did no further damage. When it was
discovered by members of the family
that the house had been struck an
investigation revealed the child's life
less form on the floor
i Clerks employed in postoffices
throughout the United States will dur
ing the remainder of the summer sea-
son be permitted to enjoy a half-holi-
day each Saturday providing the work
assigned to them has been completed
by noon on that day, under an order
issued Friday by First Assistant Post
maSter-(ieneral Bartlett. The order will
be enforced at the discretion of post
masters. who will determine what
clerks are to be relieved and when, in
their oDinion, all duties have been
performed.
Missing since the evening Of July 4,
when she disappeared from her home
following a slight quarrel with her
husband. the body of the young wife
of Oliver Marter, prominent farmer of
WOODLAND, n. j., was found in a corn
field on the farm Saturday afternoon,
within a few hundred yards of the
dwelling. Her husbands revolver,
which Marter reported to the police
had disappeared from his automobile
!. was beside the decomposed body in
dicating that the young woman had
committed suicide.
Mrs. William Woodall, about So
years old, was accidentally shot and
instantly killed by her husband, Sun
day morning at her home at Walton
They had a tame fox which stray dogs
had been chasing. Sunday morning
Woodall. seeing one of the dogs COM
ing toward his house, picked up his
gun and started out to shoot it, AS he
went out the kitchen door the gun was
DISCHARGED, the load hitting his wife
standing on the porch, and killing heI
instantly. Woodall did not know she
was anywhere near until he heard {
fall and saw her on the floor dead.
= While walking the tracks of the
. d.. l.. & w. Railroad late Sunday
. night. Pearl Luskuski, 10 years old
4 of Wilkesbarre, Pa, stumbled and fel
! in an effort to get out of the way o.
: freight train. Realizing that SHE
could not get to her feet and reacl
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