National Republican., 1880-08-09
MARYLAND NEWS.


Diphtberia is prevailing TO an alarming OK
tent in Keodysville, Washington county.
Levi Fiddis has sold his fifty.acro farm IN
Kent county TO George d. Westcott, jr., for
81 800.
Tho cornerstone Of the Masonic building In
Easton was laid ON Tuesday without any cere-
monies.
Hundreds Of persons in Cambridge make a
good living by grabbing and fishing in summer
and oystering in winter
The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad company, IL
is stated, have in Wow the building Of q large
summer hotel at Frostburg.
The reetors Of nine of the protestant t-episoo-
pad churches Of Baltimore are absent from the
oity, two Of them in Europe.
The establishment OF hospital for the treat
mont Of horses is being discussed, and Is partly
arranged for at Hagorstown.
The Washington county commissioners have
decided to erect q new wrought-iron bridge
across the Conocochegue creek, near Fairview.
Tho Marlboro Gdsottoputs forward Hon. Fen.
dali 1larbury for the democratio nomination
for congress in the fifth district of Maryland.
Mr.. Stephen J. Seneca has completed and in
operation at Havre de Grace one of the largest
and most complete canning factories in the
state.
One day last week two of Frank Penning-
tons farm hands, near Elkton, killed sixty-six
garter snakes in an area of fifteen or twenty
feet square.
Peter Goodwin postmaster at Barton, Alle-
ghany county, and his wife on Friday of last
week celebrated the fftieth anniversary of
their wedding.
Mrs Tschifely of Montgomery county Is
improving, and it is now thought chat sho will
not lose the eye that was so badly injured by
the fiend Diggs
The colored people of Frederick county arc
arranging to have grand emancipation cele-
bration in Cramer's grove, near Frederick, on
the 18th of August.
During the month of July 5i5 boats left
Cumberland, carrying 5s,4l2 tons of coal and
271 tons of merchandise. The revenue
amounted to $4,000.
Mr.. Thomas Taylor of the fourth district OF
Caroline county brought TO Denton last week
a watermelon which measured three feet niue
inches in circumference.
The official returns give Montgomery county
population of 25,362, an increase of 4,S00-
not enough, however, to increase her repre-
| sentation in the legislature.
The democratic congressional primaries iu
Charles county are to be held Saturday, Au.
gust 81, and the county convention 10 elect
congressional delegates August 25.
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the Dorchester s. Delaware railroad, at Cam.
bridge, are advertised TO bo sold at constable's
sale on judgment of justice of the peace.
The Catoctin branch of the Baptist associa.
tion will convene at Old Seneca meeting house
Montgomery county, on Thursday, August IL
and continue until Sunday afternoon follow.
ing.
The Rehoboth camp was failure. It wa,
run the present season by special contract. II
could not properly be called camp-meetine
and was generally known in the neighborhood
as the preachers picnic"
The report started at Wilmington that the
| Philadelphia, Wilmington & Baltimore Rail
road company were about to lease the Eastern
Shore railroad, running from Delmar to Girls
field, seems to be unfounded.
The centennial of methodism In Dorchester
county is to bo celebrated by mass meeting
in the yard of Zion III. L. church in Cambridge
August "a, Addresses are expected from Rev
DIR. Guard Of Baltimore and Rev. DR.. Edwards
of Richmond, Va.
The peach-pealers of Henry's drying factory
| Chestertown, struck last Monday morning fol
twelve cents per basket. The managers con.
cluded to pay the price demanded rather than
go to the trouble and Inconvenience of pro
curing other peelers.
The following land sales in Montgomery
county were made last week Tho farm OF
the late John Crawford, 2Ss acres, near Mid
dlebrook, to Levi L. Watkins for $l0.25 pei
acre. tho farm of the late Zachariah Magruder
1876 acres to Leonidas Wilson for 81 200, sub
Iject to the widows DOVER the farm of tn,
lato Major Griffith, 800 acres, near Cedar
grove, to Luther NJ. Watkins for $40 per acre
tho Cassaser farm, 140 acres, to o. T. Watkins
for $40 per acre.