The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1879-08-30
Maryland Affairs.

The fall meeting Of the Maryland Jockey
Club commences at Pimlieo, October 2lst.
Rev. Jacob Gels, Of the sth district Of Bal
timore county, died on the 22d instant, aged
20 years,
One hundred thousand dollars Is the esti.
mated value Of Wicomico connty's fruit crop
the present year.
Enoch g. Thompson, near Jacksonville,
Baltimore county, died from paralysis on
Sunday morning. He was well known.
On Saturday n stack Of wheat, containing
500 bushels, belonging to John w. Burton,
near Towsoniown, was destroyed by an incen.
diary Gre.
On Hongar river, Somerset county, five
cattle were bitten TO death by mosquitoes, aud
on AscOmbs Island one horse and seven cat.
tie were killed.
At the last meeting of the Anne Arundel
tax payers convention Mr.. Anderson wanted
to have the office Of examiner of the public
schools abolished.
The farm of the late Ann Paine, in the
fifth district, Howard county, containing ll9
acres, improved by dwelling, has been sold
to Verlais Penn for $4,000.
The congregation Of 'Old Monroe Church, -
in Somerset county, are raising money to re.
place the structure destroyed by the cyclone
Of July 81. The old church was built in ITO
and had braved the fury Of the elements
for 1863 years.
Hon, Barnes Compton has bought the prop
erty of Capt. WIN. Ii. Bans located between
the railroad and pike, in East Laurel, Prince
Georges county. Mr.. G. intends erecting
the outbuildngs upon it this fall, and n dwell.
ing in the spring.
A valuable COW belonging to Gotlieb Field.
A A,t II
recently by getting her horns hooked in
barrel spring. The water was low and the
COW reached down and entangled her, horns in
the barrel Her nostrils were barely covered
The Eastern Shore papers continue their
complaints Of the mosquito plague. The su.
perintendent and train hands of the railroad
near Cambridge declare that the mosquitoes
have been so thick ms to obscure the light of
the sun and that lighted lamps have been ne
cessary at mid day in the stores and count
ing rooms.
Last Tuesday morning FIRE was discov-
cred in the organ loft of Christ Church, at
Easton, which was soon extinguished. The
fire had originated from leak in gus pipe,
which must have been lit by stroke Of light.
ming the previous evening. The gas had been
burning all night, heating the pipe and the
wall until the woodwork was ignited,
On Friday last while Mrs. Eliza Carr, wife
of Peter Carr, who resides near Hotfman's
paper mills, in the sixth district of Baltimore
county, was driving in buggy near Clipper
Mills, the horse suddenly became unmanagc'
able, throwing Mrs, Carr out of the buggy,
breaking her arm and inacting other severe
and perhaps fatal injuries. She is now in a
precarious condition.
The Towsontown Journal says Captain
Al. IL 4 %
tys informs Us that about the year 1901 when
he was small boy he held u young sycamore
tree for his father, who planted ii in front of
the dwelling now occupied by his Captain
Fowble's) brother ia the 9th district. The
tree is now thrifty, as it has been for many
years past, and in circumference is 10 feet
The Western and Middle conferences of
Maryland Synod will hold Sabbath school
convention in the Lutheran church at Me.
chanicstown, Frederick county, on the Sd,
4th and 9th Of September. The convention
will consist Of all the ministers of the respec.
tive conferences, and one delegate from each
Sabbath school within the bounds of said
conferences. Union schools in which Lu.
therans have an interest are also included.
The large grist mill Of Edward Scott, on the
Western Run turnpike, and about five miles
west Of Cockeysville, Baltimore county, was
totally destroyed by fire on Saturday night
about 10 o'clock. Besides the valuable ma
chinery used in the mill there was stored
therein about 300 bushels wheat, 800 bushels
corn, $50 bushels rye, 40 barrels Of -four, corn
chop, &c, and also corn, wheat, &c, belong.
ing to the customers Of the mill The loss
will aggregate about 50, 500; insured in the
Hartford County Company. The mill was
built in 1904.
Mrs. Susan Martien, aged 1903 years, save
one month and 10 days, died ON Saturday af.
ternoon, at the residence of her son, William
Marten, corner of Mount Royal avenue and
Wilson street, Baltimore. She was born DC.
tober O., 1916, in Hanover, Pa, her family
name being Euler, and resided in Baltimore
for 80 years, her husband, VIM. Martien, dy.
ing 80 years ago in that city. Mrs. Martien
was an unusually bright and cheerful old lady,
having always enjoyed the best of health, and
retaining her faculties almost unimpaired to
the last. when she quietly and gradually vast.
ed away. Only two sons OF ten children sur
yive her, namely, Jacob Marlieu, of Louisi.
ana, and VIM. Martien, Of Baltimore
The Maryland Packing Company at Oxford,
Talbot county, have All average OF forty men
and boys at work in catching crabs, and the
number caught ranges from 800 to 600 by
each, and as they are paid % cents per hun.
dred, the employmentis profitable. The crabs
are boiled Immediately upon being landed.
All dead or even weak crabs are rejected
Alter being boiled they are prepared and
packed Immediately, which insures their
being fresh. A few hours only elapse from
the time the crab is swimming nmbly in the
water until it is slowed away IN air tight cans
with fifteen or twenty ofits kind for Company.
Three cans hold about one aud one-half
pounds Of meat. 1t takes from ten to twelve
crabs to make a pound.