The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1881-02-05
MARYLAND Affairs.

The bonded debt of Frederick city is S54S,.
There are ouly FIVE prisoners in the Howard
county jail
The police Of Baltimore made l ,2S9 arrests
| last month.
Efforts are being made to erect Presbyte-
rian church in Towsontown.
4 white child born in Baltimore this week
has seven toes on each foot.
Mrs. Elizabeth Magargel, of Cecil county,
died last week, aged 50 years.
Salle Curry died near Monkton, Baltimore
county, January 70, in her slst year.
Mrs. Rachel Yingling died suddenly at
Reisterstown on Jan. %, aged IS years.
Gov. Hamilton has been elected an honor
ary member of the Hagerstown Light Infan-
try.
Cambridge, without any bank at all, until
within few weeks past, now proposes to
start another.
The value Of foreign exports shipped from
the port of Baltimore during the month of
January, was S3,596,579.
Henry Gore has bought for 1926, 1875
acres of the Walter J. Ford estate near Refs
terstown, Baltimore county.
An iceboat IA by 20, has been built at
Queenstown. She is called the Alpha, and
makes eight miles in six minutes.
The Ladies Underwear Mandatory at
Ellicott City, is now in successful operation
Its not air engine drives eighty sewing ma
chimes.
There we're l,217,479 bushels of wheat,
652. $50 of corn, s., 1857 of oats, 1904 of bar
ley, Il, O95 of rye received at Baltimore dur
ing January.
The Royal Society, England, has this year
awarded the Copley medal TO Prof j. J. Syl-
vester. professor Of mathematics in Johns
Hopkins University.
The coopers in the shops of d. J. McCau-
ley and A, J. IsaAs1.& SON, Eliicott City, who
struck last week, % account ia reduction of
wages, went to work on Tue&iay.
Charles Martin, James Irwin aud Caleb
Hissey have each been sentenced TO the pen
itentiary for four years and SIX months, tor
robbiug the premises of j. d. Mallory, at Wa
verify, Baltimore County.
The First Hagerst0wn Hose Company has
purchased tor 81, 800 the Stoutfer marble-yard
property ON South Potomac street. 1t is the
intention Of the company 10 erect hand
some engine house aud large hall.
The annual official report OF the output of
the Cumberland coal region, just issued, shows
that the total output during 1880 was ,, 49,
100 tons, an increase of 405, 4f9 tons over
the previous year, aud the output since 1915.
A live seal was captured by Mr.. Jno. Col
bourne, who is connected With the Life say
ing Station az Ocean City, on the beach OPP
posiie that place, on Friday Of last week.
The animal was subsequently killed by Mr. I.
Two boys, John Cannon and Vim. Camp
bell, made wager as TO who could drink the
most water. Cannon drank the contents Of n
glass Jar measuring nearly gallon and won
the bet. Campbell was taken 81 before be
had empSied one half the jar and was taken
home IN an unconscious conditioa.
The Maryland Annual Conference Of the
Methodist Protestant Church will be held al
Cambridge on "Wednesday, the 9Th OF March.
The president Of the conference, Rev. /. ID.
Valiant, will preside. The conference EN-
braces Maryland aud the District OF Colnm.
bis, and numbers 10 ministers and about
100 lay delegates.
The large frame barn OF Peter Baker, stu
aied near New Freedom, Baltimore county,
vas DESTROYED by FIRE on Thursday OF last
seek. Loss s., 900, partially covered By in
snraace IN the Hartford County Insurance
Company. No stock vas destroyed, bat all
the hay, corn, as, we're burned. The IRE Is
Supposed to have been an ineendiaFy one.
state Saber;ntsndens u. A. Newell, Of the
MARYLAND public schools, has made his fifteenth
annual report The report shows the total
namber Of schools in the State TO be 2,0i8, OF
uhieh number Us are IN Baltimore and 1919
in the counties, being al increase Of IS over
last year; uumber Of pupils 10 the counties
ASS, IN Baltimore city As, 066, total l62,
fSl, an increase over 1880 OF l,49. The
highest plumber enrolled in the schools ring
the wear we're is2.672, Of which S5,29s were
in baltimore Aad - ,S75 IN the counties, being
"a increase over 1850 Of ,. ISL. The average
number IN daily attendance in Baltimore were
-, al, IN the counties 81, sci; total S5,I7S,an
increase Of 1883. The number Of teachers
employed throughout tbs State are S,l26, OF
which 1e9 are ia Baltimore and S,2l6 in The
couulies, an increase OF 81 over last year.
The total amount paid to teachers during the
year vas Sl,I4i, 75s.5 50, being decrease Of
3,S3i52 over last yeaF. 10 Baltimore the
schools we're open ten months during the year
and in the counties 81 monihs. The eHrreHt
expenses Of shite schools we're $3.50, las,
colorcd SB2,O5s36.