The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1881-03-05
MARYLAND Affairs.

Hartford county has negro man feet
q inches high.
Mrs. Eliza Hogerty died in Annapolis
recently, aged 1O1 years.
Eleven marriage licenses were issued in
Baltimore county in February.
Ezra Staley, aged - years, died on
Monday, at, his residence near Frederick
The coloEed smallpox patients are being
treated at the Marine Hospital, near Bal
tjmore.
1t is reported that cattle line will soon
be established between Baltimore ant
some German port
Mrs. Mary Orem died on Saturday last
at Hampden village, Baltimore county
She was los years old.
Baltimore College of Dental Surgery
held its forty first annual commencement
Tuesday and fifty-three graduates received
their degrees
The Baltimore and Delta aud Narrow
Gauge Railroad Company expect to be
running their ears between Baltimore and
Towsontown by July /.
Dr. NJ ". Donavin, member of the
Legislature from the third district of Bal
timore city, has resigned, to accept a po-
sition under Mayor Latrobe
DR.. Emory of the te nth district of Bal.
timore county, has begun the erection ola
canning factory on tic Jarrettsville pike
about 9 miles frorI Baltimore
Jackson's voc DIS camp ground, on the
Baltimore and p otomac Railroad, has be, Il
sold to the Met hodist Protestant AssOcia-
ton of Wash ng,on for 81 500.
Peter b. Small, cashier Of the lst Ma
tional BaV of Hagerstown, died suddenly
on Rfid9 of last week lie was walking
ia his :, ard FIVE minutes before be died.
Ths suudry, civil appropriation, just
lasse i by congress, appropriates $4,000
for surveys for the Delaware and Chesa
pes Ike ship canal, and $40, 900 for quarter:
/ AT d barrack ut the Naval Academy at An,
Ulpolis
The Supreme Court ofIho United State:
has affirmed the opinion Of the Maryland
Court Of Appeals that the property Of tn,
I Elkridge X Annapolis Railroad is liable
TO taxation The railroad company dis
/ putel the right Of the commissioners o.
Anne Arundel county to tax the road
y G., War6eld. Jr. of Howard county
I civil engineer. has been appointed resident
! engineer Of the first division of the Balti
more aud Ohio Railroad Mr. War6elj
! had recently been rendered the position oI
engineer to the Mexican National Con
struction Company aud expected Go sal
Tor Vera Cruz this week
The "a hour walking match in Fred
orick II is week came near ending in row
Only one contestant, eolored boy, helc
ouL lie was entitled to the prize. goll
watch. but the manager had run of 4
crowd, icclin. sympathy for the cnlorcd
boy. searched lnr the manager with IN
tent to mob him. but be could M, b.
found. The mayer dispersed the crowd
The tug Minnie Iiant. IT baltimore
exploded one Of the tube, Of her boiler
! Monday morning, while At anchor Of
Deals Island, 10 Iangier sound, about ! 06
miles dowB the Chesapeake bay, causing
I the death Of Charles h Hunt, engineer
and James Moore, fireman., of the vessel
The tas lef, Baltimore Friday afternoon
With TOW of dredges -aiae to onancock.
Accomac county, Va.
\ Georgia paper claims a peach orchard
IN Alabama, belonging To a brother AZ the
Irish asitatoI. Psrnell, IS being The largest
in the world, and yet il covers ouly 250
acres The Chcdertawn Tssase-iYi make.
merry over Alabama eonteaiias as "a
large peach orchar,ls, forgetlui II the liulg
state Of Delaware aud the Eastern Shorg
Of Maryland 4 few years acp the Round
I Top or, hard, near Chcs,ertown, contained
+ 600 acres, though now rcdaeed #Uu
acrcs Many ether orchards are eiEel a.
containing $40 aud IU1 acres. and Ken,
aud Qaecn Anne counties ruutaiu set.
eral Others exceeding 2JH setes
TX Cos \ W Bradford died ia Ba!ti.
more 90 TUESDAY, IN the 1G5h year ct bis
age lie vas born in Bclair. Hartford
county, January s. 1906 Aftcr an aead-
emic course under Rev. Reuben II D.
yis. at Belsir, Mr. Bradford catered ST.
Mary College, Baltimore. in ls32, where
he graduated July, 1924, 10 his 18th year,
aud entered the lzw Office Of the late Olbo
Scot. al Bclai4. lie was admitted T. the
lar in lS27, pmeiiced in Belsir until
1873, when be removed 10 Baltimore. la
I early lii. hc was whis, and Gus Of the
Henry Ciay electors ia the presidential
election Of lSi4 In 1913 he was ap.
pointed by Governor Pratt clerk ii Bali
more county Court. and continued 10 osiiec
until lhe close Of 1871 Ia January
lSGl. tsoveraor liiek, appointed Mr.
Bradford one ol the representatives from
Maryland 10 the peace conference then
about 70 assemble in Washington lathe
summer Of that year he wss nomiuaIs1 BY
the Union party on the first ballet, aud
elected Governor by 81 ,o00 majority. lie
was inauguraiei in January. is62. aud
continued in Office uulil 1866.