The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1872-12-21
Maryland Affairs.

The Annapolis correspondent of the Bal
timore Gateite reports the following dis.
gushing occurrence On Friday night
several parties sat up with the corpse of
the late William McCraig, ai,as Tinker,
when two, after drinking, became intoxi
Gated, and one attempted 10 force some
alcohol down the throat Of the deceased
calling upon the corpse, with an oppro-
brious epithet- to drink He then ATTEMPT
ed to break the teeth ont Of the corpse !
mouth, and finally drew knife. and
threatened to cut the head off of the de.
ceased. TIE other intoxicated Waterman
aud the sober one with Others. interfered
and stopped further brutality to the corpse.
Justice Gassaway has issued warrant for
the arrest Of the perpetrator of the deed.
Carroll county is not the only place in
Maryland where big hogs are raised. The
Eastern Shore can boast of some. Mr..
Dlsharoon, Of Quantico, Md. recently kill
ed hog weighing 02l lbs Mr.. John T.
Culver, Of the same county, somerset.
killed one which weighed 9i2 lbs. VIM.
Wilkinson, of Tuckahoe Neck, Caroline
county, slaughtered Oh the 9th instant, six
hogs, ten months old, which weighed 1871,
ll2, 400, AZ, IlG, 412, respectively, TO-
tai 2,55i, Mr. Wilkinson challenges the
State to beat him, but it must be remem
bered that Mr.. W. is miller, and they
generally have fat hogs These beat the
hogs of +. q. Grimes, of Westminster.
The Crisfeld Lcdier declares that Eli
jah Somers, a colored man, living near
that town, is one hundred and fifteen years
old, and that, though he cannot boast Of
having voted for all the Presidents. vet he
can out-swear, out-drink and uut-walk
many who have lived scarcely half his age.
His feet are frost-bitten, his eyes dim, and
his mind somewhat enfeebled still. he can
tell stories, walk erect as any man, and is
prone to laugh at his own anecdotes.
The Methodists of Bay View, Cecil CO..
have determined to build new church.
but being scrupulous as to the manner the
money is to be raised for the purpose, the
building committee has adopted the follow
ing Resolved That in building this
church We make use of no means which
have the least sembance Of gambling or
chance work of any kind whatever
The jury in the case of jesse Uppercu,
charged with the murder of his aunt, Mrs.
Wheat, were brought into court yesterday.
when it was announced that they were UNI
able to agree upon verdict, whereupon
they We're discharged, and the accused was
remanded to jail 1t was understood that
the jury stood eleven for acquittal and one
for conviction.-Boh. gazette If Tuesday.
Gov Whyte has pardoned Susan Thnw-
ley, a white woman, who was convicted of
larceny at the Novemberserm Of the Cir
cult Court of Queen Anne's county, and
sentenced to the penitentiary for one year.
Prof c. w Hoffman, of Frederick
City, has been appointed assistant librarian
in the law library at Washington. D. G. at
a salary of $500 per annum.
Mr. Clarence Hollyday of Queen Anne's
county has recently returned from New
York with twenty-nnc Germans (men,
women and children formerly laborcrs,
who are to be worked on his farm
iht HtuNhihiutIH VI TIC AGRICULTURAL
Society Washington county, contemplate
selling the grounds upon which they have
been holding their annual fairs for some
years.
Miss Emma IIayman, young hdy
from Newtown, Nd. while visiting at
Wilmington, Del, last week, had tooth
extracted which caused her death.
John and Samuel Shores, Of Somerset
county. were drowned in the Wicomieo
river recently by the upsetting of a yawl
boat. Both leave family
Senator Hamilton has removed his
family to Washington aud will remain
there during the session of Congress.
The Circuit Court of Montgomery county
has decided that dogs are as much property
AZ horses or cows
Rev Henry Slicer, of Baltimore SO
dangerously i'll recently, is slowly con
valescing