The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1879-07-26

~ AAIfeli baitltnoIe county, on duiy ~.
4. N. Allen, OF Hartford county, from Il
acres realized 90 bushels Of wheat per acre.
Joseph Long Of Frederick county, realized
81 bushels OF wheat pee acre FROM II acres.
5.000,00o bushels Of wheat and corn were
handled in Baltimore, during the past week.
Dip;heria Is prevailing in CAtOelia district.
Frederick county. One family lost three
children.
John r. Ford PiuAiore troupe were highly
successful at Cenlreville and Cambridge,
recently.
The yield Of wheat on many farms in Tuck
ahOe Neck. Caroline county. reached 90 bush
els to the acre.
Il The Peninsula Press Association will hold
lis next annual meeting at Ocean City, on the
18th Of August
yellow fever is on the increase at Memphis.
From flleen 10 eighteen cases occur daily.
Il has also broken out Al Louisville
The Fifth Maryland Regiment viii return
to Baltimore this evening. They have been
in camp at Ocean City for two weeks.
County lakes IN Queen Anne's county have
been reduced TO s6l cents on the 500. Last
year the rate was Sl.l2, asaving of 25l cents
No rain has fallen in Prince Georges 60
since The ilth of June, and corn and tobacco
/ will not be over half crop
I The hands in the machine shops Of the Bal
timore and Ohio Railroad at all the principal
stations have been put on fun time-ten hoars
a day.
/ The FrostbuTg Journal notes that many
/ wells in that town have failed and il supposed
that the mining of coal under the town has
4 drained them.
/ Edward Coursey, Of Queen Anne's county,
move 81 yeras old and in good health, lives
almost exclusively on sugar. preferring il to
any other diet.
John Carrie, injured by boiler explosion
in Baltimore on the 18th, died On Saturday.
Joseph Michael, another Of the injured, died
on Wednesday.
/ Mr.. Alday Clements, living near Chester
! vile, Kent county, raised $500 bushels Of
wheat this season. 1t averaged aboat %
bushels to the acre.
More wheat was raised in Chapel district,
Talbot county, this year than it ever grew be-
fore. The yield Is said to be tremendous
where good fertilizers were used.
Thos. J. War6eld, of Washington county,
raised So bushels Of wheat TO the acre this
season. Frank and George Ziegler, Of the
same county, realized AZ bushels per acre.
The recently constructed barn Of Mr.. Jacob
r. Kline, near Adamstown, is 66 feet wide
and ! 10 feet in length and believed to be one
of the largest and finest barus in Frederick
county.
Horace Tell and Miss Jones. Of Anne
Arundel eoanty, were married on horseback,
last week, by a minister who was also on a
horse. The ceremony took place IN the pub
lie road in Calvert county.
4 i. I. Hersperger, trustee, on Monday last,
sold at private sale the home farm Of the late
Capt Henry Hersperger, situated near Broad
Ran, Frederick county, containing III! acres,
to Mr.. Cornelius Harley, for the SUN Of -, COO.
! Mr.. John l. Newcomer, Of Ringgold dis
! trici, Washington county, has a cucumber
j pickle in good state of preservation, which
was picked IN the summer OF lS27-a2 years
/ ago Also balSam apple picked IN 1851.
I Thomas II. Ford, Of 1ackahoe Nesk, Car
oline county, has thr3shed out his wheat crop,
I which yielded 2,600 bushels, grown on "
acres-is acres OF fallow and producing $50
bushels, and &c acres Of corn land ,OiO bush
els.
( Frederick Zimmerman, living on the Phila-
delphia road, ia the Twelfth district, Balui-
more county, is suffering very severely from
cat bite in the hand, which has caused his Gu
lire arm to swell and diseoloration 10 follow.
IL IS thought the cat was rAbid.
The hate Madame Bonapartes monument
IN Greenmognf Cemetery, near Baltimore, IS
TO be made Of beautiful white marble in sar-
eophagus shape, and will bear inscriptions
reeoanting her career The cost will be $500
the amount she named for the purpose in
her will
Col. B. S. Ford, State Senator from Queen
AHne's county, while bathing at Ocean City,
on Sunday last, was taken with heart disease
and drowned before be could be rescued. The
lady to whom be vas engaged xas carried out
BY the surf, and his exertioa TO save her
hroHght on an attack Of heart disease 10 which
! be was subject.
Joha HAeketi, son Of Caleb Haekelt, How.
ard county, near SOapstone Switch, died on
Friday morning Of last week from the effect
OF a KICK received in the head from horse on
May 80, when tablespoonful OF his brains
were lost. His living so long after the acct
dent, With apparent hopes OF ultimate reeoS
cry, surprised the physicians in charge.
"A grand labor mass meeting to hear
George Drury, Of New York, on the subject
OF the eight-hour movement, Was held 10
Monument Square, Baltimore, Monday even
ing. About tao hundred persons were pres
emf Amer Drarys address an eight hour
resolution was adopted While he vas speak
ing SoeiAlisiic tracts we're distributed among
the spectators
Talbot eoanty i now suffering from pro
tracied drought that has already ruined the
corn and vegetable crops, and materially IN
Jared fruits. The rain fail has been very
/ light siRee the beginning Of the year, and since
the cora was planted there has not been a
good soaking rain. On TlghmaA's Island.
aud IN the Aeeks around, wells are gang dry, {
and stock are Suffering for water
The store Of the Ashland Iron COMPANY,
al Ashland, on the Northern Genital railroad.
was barglarioaSlY entered THURSDAY night Of
last seek, and robbed Of lot Of goods in
GLIDING cutlery, revoivers, dc. xalaed Al sew
eFal handred dollars Eatranee vas gained
By forcing oPcn a back wiRdow. The peFpe-
traitors OF the robbery carried on their opera
nons 50 qaietiy that two young men who we're
Sleeping up stairs were not awakened.
The "URitea States Hotel At HaTre Dc
Grace, owned ~ the Philadelphia, Nilning-
ton Sad Baltimore Railroad COMPANY, asd
renied By l. {. Thomas, vas totally destroy
ed By hre Al an early hogr Moaday morning.
Flames were discovered in the kiiehen Of tie
haiiding By one OF the douesties, about so
o@aioekt A. n The AlAru xaS given 10
ample time for all the guests to make thsir
escape, and most Of them were able 10 save
( their personal Effects
A large tank hayinE capacity Of several
Thousand gallons Of oil barsi-W ednesday uaoru-
ing q The sorksof The CaEtoa Consolidated Oh
Compan5 Al Cant0n, BAitimore The oil sas
scattered over large exteaf Of ground. Ez1s-
failng the etotAlng Of 8 namber Of woFkzeu.
bat DONG no other iHJary. The Eow Of the 81
Il - - - - flfteAA = lam E4tLl=
y made, and the grezfer asantisy was saved
by beng P1mped inie the Dther tanks- he
loss = estlnatsa a. Aboaa SEQ eziiozs- Il
i Supposed thaz the pressure e tie Oh hos
e1ed The risess ~ the bottom Of tie tank snA
eassea the plates % beeome loose
A son Of Dr. ,. 7. Tuzlley, Of chesssr.osa.
eo@nltsed suicide ca TBsa4ay exeaiax, IA
thaf place- The cirrnzlstancez sere ftMie.! Is
ee As tollowa s---I The yuung nfan, szsd ahoat
p years. Eho had been esgzged d he e-yai
bnzisess. was chided by his fathar f,r .,ess
Inaileatioa- he petniesfiy replisd ara he
uogld pas ~ end % HI existss,se. a. wor,ss
hAaing thai insereace. Dr.. TEisleT. s;xh,us
anilepa1ing thai anytAiag sefioas - ,...nt
y Ut renzark, told hin tha< be Ia 4. -
laEe n ~ o~s haods- fssnz Tns,Iss ia.
y = sfatsd, drew q pistol, placed he suuz,ls
% has hasd and frea, he baIls1 sssier;n~ ~
brain and causing death IA . aAort siz,e-
dispatch frDm SaEi-hsry. Juig "a snx.s--
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q (. 4. @&cksea 4 CO. we're drssrgvas ~
hre a thss rlace 0-dsy. with : rrrnarv -.
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t4inlns fwp niiiioa fesi II uerke1 &C.,,
heaFds ant sboeks. As 0ne sins iilooksd =
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