The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1880-06-19
Marrland Afairn.

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Gen. Garfield Is a relative by marriage OF
/ L. A. Ellis, of Eikton.
A Garfield and Arthur Club has been or
/ ganized at TOwsonlown.
The County Commissioners Of Queen
Anue's county have levied Sl4,I2O for public
schools.
Rev. Mark Gross, Of Baltimore, will be
consecrated bishop OF Savannah, Ga, next
| October.
The three gas companies of Baltimore have
consolidated, with the promise OF continuing
| the rates at 50 per 1000 feet
| The Gardenville, Baltimore county, Cornet
Band, accompanied by the Relsterstownn
| Brass Baud, made an excursion to iarewood
Park Monday.
Some attention Is given in Wicomico %
producing cranberries, which is profitable.
la the vicinity Of Salisbury there are two
cranberry boys on the river.
! The census Just taken shows the population
Of Centreyille, Queen Anne's county, as j.
2l0, an increase Of pos since 1870 The gain
between 1860 and 1870 was only 81.
In Baltimore on Saturday and Sunday the
thermometer ranged from ~ to 20 degrees.
| Thunder showers occurred each afternoon,
addn quarter Of an inch to the total rain
fall of the month.
The work on the Shenandoah Valley Rail
road near Hagerstown is progressing rapidly;
The contractors are laying about thousand
feet Of track from the junction of the Cumber'
land Valley Railroad. They expect to have
it completed by August.
John Il. Eusor, Of the Eighth district, OF
Baltimore county, veteran of the war OF
1872, died Sunday at his residence In has
nineteth year, The remains were Inferred at
Black Rock Baptist Church, Tuesday morn
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is eighty. years old,
Several storms have passed over portions
Of Maryland the past week, and the destruc
ton of crops and buildings has been great
Both Cecil aud Charles counties have eNpe-
rienced severe storms, aud sustained consld-
cradle loss.
Mr.. Martin II. Sprecker, of Nilliamsport,
committed suicide by hanging on SUNDAY.
He had previously made Two attempts AT SUI
eide. The cause assigned is pecnnary mat
ters On Saturday afternoon John hlisei
aged IS years hung himself at the residence
OF Robert NJ. Ramsburg; Frederick city.
CONSEQUENTIAL depression.
Ga Saturday last whilst the storm was pass
ing over the residence Of Mr.. Daniel Beck, in
the Leitersburg District, Washington county,
the electric fluid passed down the chimney
and into the cellar. A little son Of Mr. Beck
had taken fright at the approaching Storm
and picking up a pet dog he ran to the cellar,
and whilst there the bolt entered, aud SO close
did it 90 to the boy that it scorched his bare
feet and singed the hair oil the dog, who
howled his appreciation Of the storm for some
minutes.
The Frederick county commissioners have
made the State basis Of taxation for the ensu-
ing year S23, 9Oj, l26, decrease Of S2O6 ,3i3.
| The rate OF levy is 49,, which will realize
| SII,S22,ll. For county purposes the basis
has been made S26,3l0,2O0, decrease OF
! Slj1,370. This from levy Of G1 cents will
realize sos, $40 - The falling OF IN basis
was occasioued by the release Of building
associations, changing Of private securities
into non.iaxabe, &c. For the use OF the
! public school commissioners the board apprn
| printed SIS ,49l 32, and for the erection of
new school house in the county 81, I9l 81
At Towsontown, Baltimore county, on
] Thursday, q member of the bar stated that he
had received complimentary ticket over
certain railroad to the Cincinnati convention,
and another lawyer present having questioned
| thetruth Of the statement high words followed.
II was at last decidedto settle the dispute byan
appeal to the code. The time was fixed for
! four o'clock p. NJ. the place the commons
near the county Jail and the weapons pistols.
| The parties, with their seconds, were prompt.
| ly on hand, ten PAGES were measured of aud
| both fired, but as only blank cartridges had
been placed ia the pistols no harm resulted,
aud the thirty or thirty five persons present
when they bad been let into the secret, quiet
| ly Jeff