The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1879-07-12
Maryland AaaIr..

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sss bushels Of wheat from "a acres of land
this season.
II is said lion YIN. 4. Hamilton's whea
crop will yield 1000 bushels or an average o
about 80 bushels to tho acre.
Thomas ]. War,ield, Of Washington county
raised from six acres Of land 229 bushels o
wheat, an average OF over aS bushels to III,
acre.
The crop Of wheat on the Egypt farm o
the Hon. Jas. V. Dennis, in Somerset county
yielded l,9a0 bushels from " bushels used II
seeding,
last week ten acres Of wheat near Oakland
owned by W. W. Ashby, were destroyed By
fire, communicated from brush fires in neigh
boring clearing.
At Elkton, recently, 81 small ducks Of ,
flock of 20 died from eating blossoms Of tbs
ailanthus tree, and q neighbor lost 20 young
ducks from the same cause.
The cost Of keeping prisoners and Jail eN
penses IN Somerset county for the year end
ing June so, 1879, was S575. Ia 1876 the
same items aggregated Sl,S9G.
Mr.. Geo. ". Raughley, OF Tuekahoe, Car
oline county, threshed about nine hundred
bushels of wheat last Tuesday and Wednes
day, grown on eighteen acres of land.
Public improvements have progressed rap
idly at Easton, since the fire. The Grand
Opera House and the 0dd.Fellows' Hall, and
a number OF siorehouses, are among the hand
some and more expensive buildings
The large woods back OF the farms OF NJ.
Fletcher foniainc, VIM. Is. Williamson aud
the Ringgold farm, Somerset county, be-
longing TO Capt. b. f. Landlord, have been
on lire for week past, and burning quite
iereely
Wm. Ward, Esq, Of Cecil county, cut
eighteen acres of good, heavy wheat in seven
hours. Mr. Vim. II. Dushane. also of Cecil
county, cut one hundred acres Of wheat in
forty.Iwo hours. This is fast work, IT not I'M
precedeuied.
AT Eastou, Wednesday last, one small col
ored girl struck another over the head with
the heel Of her shoe, and, while screaming
from pain, she broke into fit Of coughing
I thaving the whooping cough which broke a
bloOd.vessel, and she died in about hall an
hour afterwards.
I Mr.. Samuel Guest, one OF the founders OF
I the Methodist Protestant Church in America,
aud gentleman deeply interested IN benev.
/ client enterprises, died in Baltimore on Wed
nesday, lie died peacefully OF old age, all
! the vital energies seeming to go ont together
without effort. He was seventy.siX years old
and native Of Maryland.
PENNSYLVANIA railroad in Maryland, died IN
Cumberland on the Sth instant. Mr.. Healey
was member of the late City Council q
prominent member Of the Bar, an active Dem
ocrat, Auditor Of the Circuit Cour, for man,
years, and soldier in the Confederate army
He died Of brain fever, paralysis and oxhaus
ton, aged thirty
c. II. r. Merrick, residing near Merrick
ton, Queen Anue's county, sowed last fall p
bushels of fullz wheat, II bushels to the acre
applying 800 lbs. OF phosphate per acre, ant
last week threshed his crop, getting l,6lt
bushels. On a small field be sosed % bush
els and got 525, being p for one. All The
wheat was raised on corn ground, excep
about IA acres Of thin land.
A farmer in Talbot county lost five horse
last year, and held u post norton examination
on the body Of one that died last week. IL
NAV was found to be completely packed witt
sand former owner OF the farm had ear
ried on the Butchers business aud had pa
up great deal OF corn beef, and was in III,
custom Of pouring out the pickle ia sand,
field back OF the house. In licking the groHnt
10 get the salt the horses had filed themselye
with sand.
Mr.. Jos Cushing, Of Baltimore, died sud
denly at Bedford Springs, on Sunday night
in the 7Sd year of his age. Mr.. q. was boyi
at Amherst, Mass. in 1906, but came to Bal
timore 10 1910. He received liberal educa
ton, and graduated at Yale College, 1927
in the same class with n. p Willis, Horae,
Bushnell aud others, whose names are knowr
all over the land. lie entered into the boob
and stationery business with his father, on hi
return from college, aud only retired from lh,
same few years since. The well. known iiru
of Gushing 4 Bailey is continuation Of ia,
original store started by Mr.. Cushing father
some sixiy-odd years ago.
The inmates of the penitentiary were giyer
beelsteak aud onions for breakfast in honor
OF the Fourth OF July, there being 700 pound,
OF steak used and o barrels Of onions. Al
dinner they were given ham, cabbage, pota
toes, ice.cream and ice.water. They were
allowed the freedom Of the yard for base bal
and sack races. AT the former game on,
amateur had his nose badly bruised by an nc
eidental blow with bat, and one ia the sacl
races had his face mashed by a fall. NJ
work was done during the day. At the iai
the prisoners we're given veal, mutton, cake
and pickles, besides their regular Eations, ant
also the privilege Of the tiers. No work wa
done in the shops.
Ia Caroline county Mr.. Wm. Fleetwood
from ~ bushels sown on fallow, grew 1850
TO which add his eornground wheat, and hi
entire crop is over 1900 bushels. He ship
ped small quantity of and il weighed 66i
pounds. Mr.. Earnest Downes, from nbou
100 bushels sown on corn ground and ialloy
has threshed out 100 bushels. Mr. L. i
Carey, on his home farm, from Gs bushel
sown on corn and fallow ground in equa
quantity realized 1884 bushels. Mr.. C. A
Dunning raised SO bushels, his corn groun,
yielding l3l and has fallow Isl for one bushe
sowu. Mr.. l.. X. Redden got $50 bushels
about 10 for one. Col. r. c. Carter meas
ures from the machine $50 bushels. Hi
I tallow yields about 81 bushels per acre.
An accident occurred TO Mr.. Michael Key
ser, hueksier, living near the Union, Ia thi
/ county, which may yet prove fatal Mr.. Key
ser had pulled beneath the shade of a larg
( willow tree near Halifeld's Station, on III
Baltimore and Ohio railroad, 10 wait upon
customer, and just as he was leaving a sndde
aud mighty puff Of wind divided the larg
tree, the breaking part falling upon aud crush
ing bis wagon and fraeturing one Of Mr.. Kes
ser's ribs and his olsviole, and severely bruii
ing him about tho arm, head aud shoulder
Drs Worthinglon and Gambrill we're ser
for, who rendered attention and state thi
there is also evidence of internal injuries
the stomach, but have hopes Of the patient
recovery. The tree had so completely impri
oaed the injured man that il had to be ehoI
ped to pieces while he lay hcneath il. II
was taken to his home. Bditimore Coaai
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