The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1880-05-22
Maryland AFAirs.


Christian Negley, died near liageiaiown,
on Tuesday, aged 10 years.
Mrs. Sarah MacauIey, widow Of the laie
Dr. 7. Macanley. of IAltimore, diedDn Mah.
day, in the 90th year 81 her age
Geo. w. Barnes, ppopreloF of ihe famous
Carpenters Point fishery, on the North East
river, Cecil county, died Sunday, after long
illness. For nearly quarter OF a century he
has resided at the Point, and by his extensive
fishing Operations given it the name aud fame
il enjoys. Hf III IN
From the Eastern Shore and Delaware
there IL maes. complaint about tho drought.
Wheat is in blossom on short, slender stalks,
Oats failure, The berEyepop Of little account,
grass is SO short that hiwili scarcely pay for
the cutting, aud unless there is rain soon very
little corn will be raised.
Several coincidence men are operating
in Washington county. They have succeeded
in securing some notes, but the Hagerstown
banks refused TO discount them unless the
parties who gave them were present TO nc.
knowledge their signatures.
The residence Of Charles Bradley, near
Jsssups Cut, was destroyed by Gre Monday,
With most of the furniture. The building was
frame one. and cost loo, aud tho loss
on the furniture was about $500, on both Of
which there was partial insurance.
A FIRE occurred in the Catoetin mountains,
near Frederick, on Monday. Something over
two hundred aereswere burned over, and a
considerable quantity OF standing and cut
timber destroyed. The owners Of the land
are; Messers. Nikirk, so acres; Wolf 20 actes;
Bruner, % acres, Biser 10 acres; Schultz, 10
acres; Zimmerman, 90 acres; rutland, 20
acres, NeighbOFs, 10 acres; Hedges, acres,
and Young, ? acres. A large FIRE is raging
ia the Sugar. Loaf mountain, about ten miles
southeast Of Frederick ~
Prince Georges county is suffering from
the droaght. The Gazette says Never in
our recollection has the crop prospects in
this county been as poor as they are at this
season, For weeks past scarcely any rain
has fallen, and every shower has boon fol.
lowed by harsh cold winds. The cold wealth
er has enabled the fly TO so destroy the young
tobacco plants that not enough have been
saved to plant half a crop, even should there
be good season. The drought has also Sc
yerely injured the wheat crop, and altogether
the farmers prospects are anything bat en-
couraging.
A destructive FIRE broke out on Sunday az
temoon last, ia the third district Of Anne
Arundel county, in the woods of James Mar.
tin. As soon as discovered general alarm
was given, and although the citizens Of the
neighborhood used every endeayor to sap
press the contlagratiun, the woods adjoining
soon caught aud shortly afterwards the fire
spread for miles around. It is iniimated that
nearly one Thousand acres were burned, en-
failing heavy loss to some of the farmers,
two OF whom DIR. Clarence johnson and AID
olson Johnson had over 200 cords Of wood
destroyed by the FIRE. r. T. Phelps had also
100 cords destroyed on the farm of Dr. John
son. Mrs. Olethia Robinson, who liyesin the
vicinity where the FIRE occurred, and who
owns one Of the larges, farms in the district,
had 100 acres burned. Mr.. Nathan Pumph.
rey, Chas. Il. Sewer, John A. Boone and
Jho. Meyers also lost valuable woodland by
the eonfiagration.
A few weeks ago, as a young lady Of Sails
bury was getting into o carriage sewing
needle was by some means forced into her
thigh, bat being considered tritlisg matter,
little or no attention was pRid to it al the
time. Several days after this occurrence,
however, her ankle panied her very much,
and on examination il was found that the
needle was the cause Of il. In her efforts to
get it out il broke aud she only succeeded in
getting out one part THE eye haiti Of il out.
The point part remained and two days after
she felt that just below the knee, bun was
still Unable to get 1t out. Two weeks then
elapsed and she felt something in her throat,
but the obstruction was supposed TO be I
fsh-bone. Alter several efforts to remove it
she at last succeeded, and it proved to be the
point part Of the needle. Thus in a few
weeks Time. common sewing needle enters
a person at the thigh, makes It's way down to
the ankle, then retfaces lis steps and goes up
the body and comes out at the throat. This
may appear TO be an incredible story, but il
is true nevertheless. Il is vouched for by
genucmsn Of unquestioned yeraei,y.
Some attention is given in Wicomiao coun-
ty TO producing eranbeFrios, which is prolita.
BILE. In the vicinity of Salisbury there are
two cranberry boys on the river, one OF them
owned by Mr.. Sidney Parsons, and the other
by company Of business men. To prepare
swamp land for cranberries all the top growth
is FIRST removed and fine sand laid ON to the
depth of three or four inches, in which cut
tings are thickly planted. bitches are dug I
gad p dyke built, through which the bog may /
be irrigated or flooded. The sand serves to I
furnish acid to the cranberry plan, and to /
smother out all ether vegetation until the |
cranberry takes firm hold. Ia three years |
The plahts becomes well set and give no further /
trouble, except to flood them when necessary. /
The cranberry grows on a small vine, which |
reaches the length Of two or three feet. Each
vine will produce a pint OF berries, and The
fuit hes hidden uader the leaves next to the
polsl ground. For planting, the cuttings are
nun through a straw cutter and then put under
he top blessing Of sand into The swamp land.
When wen set The vines quickly take posses.
Won Of the soil aud crowd out all other vege.
ation. i is costly to start bog, but when
onGe krHly SCI is gives very little trouble |
The vine blossoms shout The lost Of the month
" May, and the fruit is ready for gathering ia