The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1881-05-21
Maryland Affairs

Washington county nlmshoase has ila ia
mates.
Epizootic prevails amosg the cattle in the
FIRST district Of Anne Arundel eoaniy.
Immigrants from Germany 20 the anmbc'
Of ,IS7 arrived in Baltimore on the 18Th.
Large Quantities Of hail fell ia some sec
tions Of Washington eouniy last Saturday.
Joseph W. Nelson has been appointed Goa
stable in the ia district OF Baltimore eoa,tsy-
There are 100 schools in Baltimore eoaaiy,
not a large number, considering the popula-
ton.
The FIRST shipments Of strawberries this sea
sou from Somerset county 10 New York vas
made Monday last.
A colored prisoner attempted 20 set iirr oHe
nigEl lass week to the Jail Of Calvert county,
BAT the Ere was discovered in time 10 preves'
much damage.
Attorney General Gwiun has decided that
under the preyisiones Of the act Of 1850, all
the ground Of benevolent institutions mast be
exempted from taxation.
A disease resembling the epizootie Of form.
er years Is prevalent in the neighborho0d Of
Taylor aud Upper y Roads, Hartford county.
Several valuable horses have aiFeady died from
the disease.
The ls,h annual Convention Of the Protest
ant Episcopal Church 10 Maryland met Wed
nesday az S.. Peters Church, in B1lumore.
Bishop Pinkney presided, and Rev. d. A.
Dalrymple was Secretary.
George T. Parvis, the Cenreville merchant
who was arrested some time ago for passiag
forced notes on the Easton National Bank,
was tried at Ceutreville court last week fer
forgery, convicted aud sentenced 70 i've years
in the peniieuiIaTy.
There IS very general complaint among
Washington county farmers that very large
proportion OF The corn planted will not Gene
%. The cause very generally assigned for
this IS that the germ Of The seed has been de
slroyed by the excessive o9ld weather Of the
mast winter. Many farmers viii have 10 re-
plant fully one-half their crop.
William n. Talbot, q years Of age, whose
father, VIM. Talbot, lives at Parkton, Balti-
more county, met with an accident Wednes-
day morning at M0uni Vernon, on the North
e7a CeEtrnf Railway. which resulted ia his
death about seven hours afterwards. Young
Talbot, while trying to apply the brakes on
ton OF freight car about tive o clock IN the
morning. missed his footing aud fell between
the cars. Several wheels passed over his legs,
crushing them 10 terrible manner.
The board of public works Of Maryland has
arrived at basis for the solution Of the Gun
berland Railroad crossing question, which has
been submitted for the acceptance Of the
Georges Creek Road, one Of the parties 10
the controversy. The determination compre'
bends temporary crossing at grade, IN order
10 give the Chesapeake and tlhio Canal the
adyantage Of immediate connection by new
line with the coal measures Of Mary and
provides for permanent connection under
grade, the expense of which will be borne by
the new road and the Baltimore aRd Ohio
Company. The scheme involves vaiyer OF
rights on the part of the Georges Creek &C
corded TO it BY the courts, aud protects the
travel and traffic of the Baltimore and Ohio
from liability to danger and interruption,
while it insures to the canal the connection
Of an important feeder.