The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1875-05-15
Maryland Affairs.

The total value Of school houses aud
furniture Ia Queen Anne county amounts
to $50 $40. This exclusive Of the land
attached.
The printers who struck at the Chroai-
Gle office, IN Washington, intend to start
a daily morniug paper, and have bought
material for the purpose
Enoch IIiser, an Old Defender, lied at
his residence, near Rcisterstown, last week,
III the Goth year of his age. Mr.. Hiser
participated IN the battle Of North Point-
The Annual Exhibition Of the Maryland
State Agricultural Society viii this year
be held earlier than has been usual, COM
mencing on Tuesday, l4th September,
and lasting four days.
The potato bug has already made his
appearance in some parts Of Hartford
county, and has attacked the young tomato
plants whilst waiting for the potato vines
to peep through the ground.
An advertisement Of a public sale up.
peared in the Baltimore county Uaioa, OF
last week following which were these
words Fighting men are specially re-
quested not to attend the sale"
Daniel Murphy, eleven years Of age,
was struck on the head by plank thrown
from the top of house IN course of cree
tinn in Baltimore, on Saturday afternoon,
and so badly injured that he died in few
hours.
Abram Alexander, John McNht Alex
ander aud Ephraim Brevard, signcrs Of
the Meeklenhurg Declaration of Indepen-
dcnce, and leaders Of the movement, we're
natives of Cecil county, Md, where many
Of their descendants now riside.
Rev. Thomas L. Poulsou, Rev. A. n.
Gilbert, Rev. W. B. Gregg, Messr Jas.
Mcmillan, VIM Daniel and C. S. Mosher
have been elected delegates to represent
Maryland in the National Temperance Con.
vention, to be held ut Chicago june |.
1t is reported that another American
Cardinal is to be appointed, the Pope hav-
ipg determined to confer the beretta on
Archbishop Dayley, of Baltimore, in rec
Ogniiion of his eminent services and of
the claims of that city as the Metropolitan
See.
The trial of Lincoln May, between elev-
en- and twelve years of age, for killing
David Heating, aged about fourteen years,
in Quaker Neck, Kent county, on the
fourth day Of December, took place on
Monday, at Chcstertown, and resulted in
his acqui,tal by the jury.
The total number of miles of public
roads to be worked in Cecil county foot UP
627l, which have been sold to Supervisors
for keeping in repair, mostly for periods
of three years, for a yearly sum aggregat-
ing Sl5,O65 65, which includes the salaries
to be paid to road Inspectors.
The furniture Of the Highland Park,
Hotel, Baltimore county, has been sold at
private sale to Mr. G. II. Bruudice. the
gentleman who last week bought the hotel
property. The hotel and fixtures last year
cost about $4,000. The recent sales of
the same will not aggregate half that
amount
ILLEGAL lNTERRsr.-A very important
decision was rendered by Judge Brown in
the Baltimore Supreme Court Thursday
week on case involving the payment Of
usurious interest on a mortgage loan to a
building association The decision goes to
the full extent Of declaring all payments
over six per cent. usurious. when the
borrower Is not member of the assooia-
ton, and gives to the PLAINTIFF verdict for
the full amount paid cyeg six per cent.
interest,
hEATa FROM SWALLOWING A FISH
BoNK-William Steel, carpenter, who
lived near BrooklandvilIe, Green Spring
valley, Baltimore county, whilst eating
perch for breakfast, on the 10th ultimo,
swallowed piece Of bone, from the effects
Of which he died on the 2lst ult. DIR. II.
l.. Naylor attended him aud after death
assisted by DIR. Councilman, held post
mortem, aud found the bone had passed
out of the stomach into the bowels, wound
ing them, producing inflammation, with
The above results.