The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1875-05-22
Maryland Affairs.


Potomac river, about 80 miles from Wash
ington for the purpose Of stocking the
rivers of the Mississippi Valley. II is
expected that six or eight millions Of
young shad will be Matched by the middle
Of next month, when they will be sent
West as fast as possible Another estab-
lishment will be located on the Delaware
10 week or two, for the purpose Of re-
stocking that river.
Indian Agent Bingham arrived at
Washington on Saturday night, with a
delegation Of Sioux chiefs aud an inter.
prefer. The names of the Indians are
Lone Horn, Tallman Dan, Swan, Bull,
Eagle, Spotted Elk, The Duck, Red
Shirt, Rafting Rib and Charger. Lone
Horn Is head chief of the Minneconjous,
aud Tallman Dan head chief Of the Two
Kettle band. Red Cloud and Spotted
Tail arrived with their delegations on
Monday,
Mr. John d. Sprecher, petit juror,
was almost instantly killed at Hagerstown,
on Wednesday afternoon, by being thrown
from his buggy He was on his way home
when his horse was frightened BY two
drunken tramps, who were fighting in the
road. He is represented as being one Of
the best men in the county, and leaves n
large circle Of relatives and friends to mourn
his untimely end An
4 fishing match for white perch took
place on Saturday May Sth, at the Little
Falls Of the Potomac, where those fish are
plenty There were nine contestants and
three prizes Joseph Paul took first prize
with q pounds of fish Thomas Naylor
second, with "a pounds aud Mr. Barrows
third, with 81 pounds The number Of
fish caught was ,223.
The biggest thing for long time in the
way Of a conscience contribution was
received at the United States Treasury at
Washington, Saturday IL came from a
penitent Baltimorean, and amounted to
s3,400 The sender wrote that it was due
for the internal tax on manufactured
goods
The new Masonic Temple erected in
Cambridge, Dorchester county, the corner.
stone Of which was laid on the llth of
June last, will be dedicated on the 10th Of
June next, The steamer Theodore Weems
has been chartered to convey delegates
from Baltimore, who will participate in
the dedication.
John II, Kroger, aged %, died in Bal
timoro on Saturday morning, from the
effects Of muriatic acid, which he had
taken the night before He was timer
by trade Julius Turan, aged %, bar
Der. committed suicide in the same city
on Saturday evening, by taking poison.
jesse d. Bright, ex-United States Sen.
ator from Indiana, is dangerously III at
his residence in Baltimore, Of rheumatism
of the heart Mr. BRIGHT. IL will he rc.
mcnlbered, was expelled from the Senate,
at the beginning of the war, because of
the discovery Of a letter he had written to
Jefferson Davis. He died on Thursday
night, in the 63d year of his age.
The Baltimore aud Ohio Railroad Com.
pany paid into the State Treasury Tuesday
s424, 229.S1, the amount due by the
judgment rendered against them in the
Supreme Court. Suits are pending to re.
cover what is owing for the one-ffth re.
ceipts since January, 1870.
VIM. and George Cutshawl, Michael
and Eugene Anders, and Joseph Ebberts
were seriously injured while blasting a
rock in the road on Thursday, at Broad
Run, between Creagerstown aud Woods.
poro, Frederick county Several, It is
Thought, VIII DIE.