The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1881-12-03
Maryland Affairs.

Archbishop Gibbons confirmed thirteen con-
victs at the Maryland penitentiary on Sunday
last.
The postoffice at Ellicott City was entered
by burglars on Sunday night, but no booty
was obtained.
A tie between Street and Ford, candidates |
for County Commissioner in Somerset makes |
a new election necessary.
Hon. John Richie was sworn i'll as Chief /
Judge of the sixth judicial circuit by Gov. !
Hamilton on Wednesday. /
J. W. Prettyman, of Easton Point, caught |
at one haul of his seine. at the mouth of Peach |
Blossom creek, 1900 pounds of rock fish.
Three crates of fine ripe strawberries were |
shipped to New York from Somerset county, .
on the 10Th of November, and sold for ST. % |
per quart.
Mr.. James A. Gary is the authority for the |
statement that 81 per cent. of all the sail duck |
manufactured in the world is made in Balti-
more county.
VIM. Wheeler has been appointed postmas- /
ter at Beckleysville, Baltimore county, and
Augustus j. Kelchenstine at Lavender Mills, |
in the same county.
Bishop Watterson of Columbus, Ohio, but !
formerly president of Mount st. Mary's Col |
lege, Emmitsburg, dedicated the new Cathe |
dral at Little Rock, Arkansas, on Monday.
Mr. Michael Bannon, 0. l.. d. candidate |
for the House of Delegates in Anne Arundel
county, will contest the seat of Gen. Frank A. |
Bond, regular Democrat, who was returned !
elected.
The store of Joseph B. Mitchell, at Towson-
town. was broken into last Saturday, the safe
blown open and robbed of three checks and
two promissory notes. The thieves also got
$40 in money.
Mai. John w. Daniel, late Democratic can
didate for Governor of Virginia, and wh0ais-
iting in Baltimore this week, was presented
with gold-headed cane by the Daniel Club
of that city on Tuesday night.
Claudius NJ. Wheeler, charged with the MUIR
der of DR.. T. Clay Maddux, at Odenton, Anne
Arundel county, on election day, has been
admitted to bail by Judge Hammond for his
appearance before the grand jury next April
The grand jury of Montgomery county has
in most emphatic language called attention to
the unsafe uncomfortable and inconvenient
condition of the courthouse of that county.
The grand jury favOrs the building of a new
courthouse.
The engineers of the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad, while making soundings IN the
river at Havre de Grace, where it is proposed
erecting a new bridge, found place III the
!
was depth of water of 100 feet.
| The official vote of Maryland on the consti-
tutional amendment with the exception of
Hartford county, no returns on the amendment
having been received from that county, Is as
! follows: For the amendment, 81 800, against
the amendment 3, 239; majority 81 ,65l.
! Since the passage of the local option law in
/ Cecil county the cases of arrest for violation
| of its provisions have been numerous, Two
persons are now in confinement in JAIL serving
out sentences imposed under the law, and one
| or more are under bonds, having appealed to
! the Circuit Court.
Ensign Braunsreuther, United States navy,
was recently court-marShaled for contracting
| debts with tailor in Annapolis and not pay
| ing for them. The court finds him guilty and
sentences him to forfeiture of so a month pay
the same to go to the taior-until his obi
cation is cancelled.
Issac NJ. Sheppard, of Crumpton, Queen
! Annes county, was shot and killed last week
| by the accidental discharge Of a gun in the
hands of +. s. Spear, of Millington. The
gentlemen were two of a club who have duck
| ing headquarters at Hale's Point, in Kent
county, where the accident happened.
| young man aged about Is years, residing
| in Frederick city, quiet in disposition, of good
moral character and respectable parentage, has
lately become deranged in mind from the eff
! feet, it is said, of having witnessed the eXecu
ton of the late Felix Munshour. He is now
under medical treatment, and hopes are enter
tanned of his recovery.
/ At Hagerstown, on Wednesday, Joseph S.
Owner shoe dealer, assaulted A. r. Apple
man, foreman ofthe agricultural machine shops
recently removed to Newark, Ohio. Domestic
unhappiness was the cause fthe assault which
ended by pistols being drawn and fired and by
ISLANDERS interfering before either were shot.
! Owner has been indicted for assault with in
tent to kill by the grand jury.
| A fire in Baltimore, Monday morning, at
the foot of Chesapeake street. in the Canton
district, destroyed two floating elevators, the
Russian bark Eesta, two small yachts and two
barges. The loss is estimated at $4,000. \
wharf and shed belonging to the Philadelphia,
Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad Company
was also burned, as well as the wharf to which
| the elevators were moored.
/ The will of the late Hon. John Merryman,
of Baltimore county, has been filed. The es-
tate, which consists entirely of personally, is
valued at $50, 600, aud is divided equally be-
tween Mr.. Merryman's nine children. The
paper is dated April %, 1881. The estate up
! on which Mr.. Merryman lived did not belong
to him. He only held life estate in the place,
and at his death it went to Bosley Merryman
| The executor named in the will is John Mer
ryman, son of the testator.
At Port Deposit, recently, a notorious bully
attempted to chaStise a school teacher, but he
/ was 80 completely thrashed and cowed that he
/ took HeGgeanee In binding the teacher over
| to keep the peace. Instead of making his
complaint to the trustees about the difficulty
| between the teacher and his child, he deter
mined 10 settle il himself with the result as
given above. The teacher was congratulated
! by a number of prominent citizens, ladies
/ wrote letters of commentator, and he is to be
presented with a handsome cane by number
Of railroad men,
! The failure of the Governor to issue com
missions to the candidates returned elected in
Anne Arundel county at the last election
causes good deal of comment. Heretofore
/ the sheriff elect has taken charge of his office
/ on or about the 18th of November, and served
/ in that capacity for two years. Sheriff Nut
well, who was elected ~ 1872 still holds on
| to the office, his successor not having been
commissioned by the Governor. The effect
of the Governor Withholding the local COM
missions will shorten the term of office of the
| the sheriff, who is elected to serve two years,
Or until biz sq6GessAr qualities.
Mr.. F. H. Johnston, who lives in Hayley'a
Neck, about six miles from Easton, and his
! son Iilghman, met with quite serious acct
dent on Monday evening. On account of some
defect in the burning of the gas Mr.. Johnston
and his son went with a lantern to the gas.
house to remedy it. When Mr.. Johnston
opened the door the lantern Immediately igni-
ted the escaped gas from the oil barrel, the
| bung of which had been left out by servant.
In an instant they were both covered from
head to foot with burning oil. Fortunately
the river was but few steps distant, into
which they both plunged. Mr.. Johnston es-
brows; his Tilghman was badly, though
not dangerously, burned about the legs and
| arms.
The Baltimore Sun of Tuesday, ays:-Dr.
Henry c. Rogers died yesterday morning, after
brief illness, at his residence near Pikesville,
Baltimore county, in the 44th year of his age.
DR.. Rogers was born in Baltimore city, where
he studied medicine and graduated at the
Maryland University. He commenced the
practice of his profession in Baltimore county.