The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1881-11-26
MARYLAND Affairs.

Z All over MafYlsluu Ihe SGONlIis WHEAT pre-
sents remarkably thrifty appearance.
The recently organized immigration society
of Charles county, is progressing finely.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company con
template important depot improvements in
Baltimore.
Richard c. Tracey, the new sheriff of Bal
timore county, entered upon his duties ON
Tuesday
Hon. Alexander Randall, prominent law
yer and former member of Congress, died at
his residence, Annapolis, on Sunday, aged 7S
years.
The revenues of the Baltimore & Ohio r..
II. have increased SAG, 137 l6, as compared
with last year. and 81 .269, 1916, as compared
with 1879
The amount of mortgages on real property
held by building associations, reported to the
State tax commissioner for the year 1881. Is
81, AL. 100 65.
A Mr.. Stein, of Forestville, Prince George 5
county, was knocked down and badly gored
by a COW last week. AT last accounts he was
in critical condition.
Capt J. Samuel Simmons, of Buckeyestown
district, Frederick county, died Sunday last,
aged rs years. He was one of the most prom
inent citizens of Frederick county.
Movements are ON foot for preparing build
ings in Baltimore by the next season for the
storage and handling of 80, 900 bales of cotton.
to accommodate the growing business in
cotton.
The report of the marriage of Miss Lillian
Duer. of PocomOke City. whose trial for
killing her friend, Miss Hearn, attracted SO
much attention. is not correct. II is sister
of Miss Duer that is married.
Il I. =
Ceilings and occupied by VIM. 5. MuSgrove.
at Chestnut Ridge. Baltimore county, was de-
stroyed by fire Sunday. making the fifth barn
in the county set ON fire in two weeks.
4 new manufacturing company has been or
gsnized in HageTstown, aud some eighty men
are now at work on the grounds where the
buildings are to he erected. The company
viii manufacture agricultural machinery.
While wrecking crew on the Port Deposit
Railroad were hoisting an engine from the
bottom of an embaukment ON Sunday, the
hoisting ropes gave way, and the whole mass
fell 20 the bottom. iniuring eve men, one OF
them fatally
The hearing in the habcas corpus case 81
Mr. Michael BannOn. before Judge Hammond.
az Annapolis. on the charge of being accessory
10 the shooting of DIR. MadduN ut the Odenton
polls on election day November 5, was con
cluded Saturday evening by the discharge Of
Mr.. Ramon.
The Hagers;own Agricultural Works have
been removed from Ha-erStovH So Newark,
Ohio The Mail savs: A bonus of sz}5,O0O
having been offered The psofsFiete,Ts ily ti the
people of Newark. they determined 10 accept
II. aud the business viii hereafter he carried
oH therr-
large harm, located ave miles southwest
81 Frederick city, the property o! John DE
Grange. was. with its contents. consisting 81
Eve horses. threshiu- machine, Turning I'M
plemcats. prnveader, &c, entirely consumed
~ 6se on FRIDAY night Of last week, the work
a Supposed inceudiary Lass between 81
60 aud 81 ,00o, partly covered by insurance
Wirdrr Culver. of Wieomicn county, while
cunning on She land Of Francis iation, below
luansico. on FRIDAY Of last week, vas oidered
Of ~ HaStnn. and in an alteration which en-
sued beat HauoR severely, and finally knock
"a HIM scnseicss with his gun. Hatsnn re-
manned unconscious anil SATURDAY morning,
when he died. the injury beng such thar his
death Wa inevitable from the first
Mr. James Frey, Who disappeared from hts
horne. neAz Wolisyills, Frederick county, a
lev months ago. AND was afterwards caught
IA shr mountain near Black Rock ID a dement,
"a fraias u mind has rrslRH much worse
mentally On SATURDAY. Righi be attempted
fn 81 has hussse oa iFc. aBd eiasr watch .
kept TO prvvcH; hts iH-aac acts. His irieads
and family vii b. cotaFelied % s'ed higa "a an
asylum.
The ve-yeay. old daughter of Chas. Lochie,
Who reslsics AZ Aoairuse, IN Montgomery CO.,
vas hrutaily and indeccntly assaulted By Coi-
ogCA msn named Charles R,gney, Wh0 worked
on the adjoining farm, un Saturday afternoon.
IA y HN y ~ -
SGT sas discovered eeon afterwards aud the
negro arrested by the girls father, uho wosild
have KILLED him nh the spui had i nas heen for
the inirse7reucc ofothers, uho assisted IA TAI
ing hin 30 ,he iail Al Rockville, Rigaey hss
brrn indicted b the grand jury.
A rrcaan, uas had in she yuie 81 are ~ The
districts 81 rrines Gcosrr's eoansy where the
friends ~ r. +. nuvall. the defeated Repab-
Iiram ruanty commissions, believed there bad
h.-eu a urssuE euaut The rcsaanf, Instead 1T
l.ra,-ftins Mr. nssyuil chances. showed that
b.. had hgen catuu,rd mssrr VOTES in thas DIS
tsist dian h. bad actually received The w.
aues7 % withhold the commission of Ar.
Berry. Democrat. has hceR withdrawn. sBd
the FuyrrunF has forwarded his commission
e. fhs clerk ii the coars, who has alrssdy NJ
rrigs1 The commissions II tAe oshvr uewiy
elecicd enuuty officer
The neuly.elec,ed board nf aaansgrrs % the
Raltitanre County Agricultural Society met GA
Monday II the American Fassaer essce, IN
Raliiuaorr. Col. w. : Franklin IN che chair
samuel Brady Sas rc-eleeicd president aad
William r. Sands SECRETARY and treasurer, and
the following v}ec-prvsidcHss for The several
Ais;girts. First. Samuel h. Crosby; seeond
Girara Emmerts third. ,lcsse Sliugsaff; foarth
Charles ". Scnsmssi fffh, Joshua +. Benson;
sixth. Georsr VI. Fuliz- scyeuth, John T..
Mays. eighth. Gesgge II. MeFryman; ninth.
iar g. M kesiey; tenth. Edward Ausfin-
eleventh. ioha Y Wilson. twelfth. Alexander
MeCormich. thirtecn;h. Robert W. l. RAsin.
Or. Ja-eph 4. Clarkson. Of BALTIMORE. met
with quite serious accident whEle ganaing az
Simman's fishing grounds, Spesuta Island,
Hartford county Tuesday morning, ia cum
pauv with Mr. Adams. IT the same city br.
tTsrkson was IN . blind alone. about fifty or
s;xty wards frosa the rhorr. Mr.. Adams Sas
IN anOgher blind on = paiut about no yards
AWAY After hrlag his suaRll gun, ur, Clark
saA picked ap n larger one, with the intention
AZ irins that too. When il Slipped out 81 has
hands, and ia faliinz bath barrels were dis
charged Part Of bis clothes we're torn of.
his ribs scratched and his right ara badly
wounded. The blind Vas set ON iirc By the
Discharge 81 the gun. thas attracting attention
and bringing relief IL j. believed tbs, br.
Ciarkson' : arm can be saved. though i was
feared II first il would have Ia he amputated'
Dr. Harrisos Wagner, at Frederick county,
the famous litigan;, received a decided set
back GA Monday, Judges L.yach and Bouie
having fled an opinion in the clerk 0thee Of
that county, N q test case, making perpetual
an injunction previously issued against Wag-
hsr, restraining him from the collection st a
s., 600 claim against one Shank, and deeFeeing
that Wagner should pay the costs Of the case.
The suits brought BY Wagner against parties
In Frederick county for alleged damages and
debts numbered over one thousand, and the
amount involved aggregated between Si0O,
900 and S2O0. 600. In reviewing the Shank
ease the judges declare that THE testimony
aud al the circumstances surrounding the
matter presented n scheme Of fraud, cunningly
devised and carried out with ingenuity and en-
ergy worthy of better cause. Ii supposed
that the decision viii deter the famous litigant
from the further prosecution in that court OF
his numerous suits.
The EasiOn STIR Of Tuesday says:-Fhe ne
grues in ial had . tustie last Friday night, IN
which one Of them came very near losing his
life. There were FIVE or six of them in one
room. and while they were amusing themselves
in the dark by wrestling and showing each
other. and sparring, a negro named Madison
Lewis, arrested for robbing Mason sstore, threw
down another negro named Vim. Brown. ar
rested for stealing a boat on Tilghman Is