The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1881-07-16
MARYLAND Affairs.

master at Sabilasville, Frederick county.
At Crisield, last week, one firm used Co.,
900 alewives in making phosphate and oil.
The corner stone of the new Reformed
Chapel, in Frederick city, was laid last week.
The municipal election at Annapolis, Mon
day, resulted in victory for the republicans.
The Towson Guards, of Towsontown, have
decided to participate in the Yorktown cele-
bration in the fall.
Eighty one children died in Baltimore last
week of cholera infantum, and thirty-six in
four days this week.
Hartman White has been appointed an in
spector of tobacco, snuff and cigars for the
fourth district Maryland.
James H. Elgin has sold his farm, 100 acres,
in Buckeystown district, Frederick county, to
J. n. Chiswell for 500 per acre.
Eleven boys died in Baltimore, within the
last week, from lockjaw, caused by accidents
| from toy pistols on the Sd and 4th instants.
Rev. John Barrett Kerfoot, Bishop of the
Diocese of Pittsburg, died on Monday last,
aged 65 years. He was president OF ST. James
| College, Hagerstown, from 1912 until 1864.
The steamship Strasburg arrived at Balti
more Saturday, with 1881 immigrants. Dur
ing April, May and June the whole number
of immigrants arriving amounted to 24,3o3.
Baltimore city Democrats have made the
| following nominations John f. Hunter for
| sheriff, VIM. F. Mckewen for clerk of the
Circuit Court, and Augustus Bouldin for sur
veyor.
The steamship Burswell, which cleared
Saturday for Havre, took among other cargo,
| 100 horses and 100 cattle, being an expert
mental shipment of live stock direct from Bal
timore 10 France.
A heavy rainstorm, accompanied by thun-
der and lightning, did considerable damage
to the wheat and corn in the upper end OF
Baltimore county on Monday last; also wash
ing the roads badly.
Charles H. Gibson, Esq, of the Easton
bar, by special invitation, will deliver an adj
dress on 1.-THE Beauties of Masonry" at Der
| lin, Worcester county, on the occasion OF the
| laying of the corner stone of new Masonic
temple about to be built in that town.
The receivers of the Howard Land Compa-
ny have sold 80 acres of land, six miles from
Baltimore, on the Western Maryland Rail
road, being part of the land comprising the
site of the town of Howardville, to John Ken
wick and others from S245 to S21O per acre.
Capt Young, of the steamship Lord JEFF
frey, from Benisaf, north coast of Africa has
presented to the Druid Hill park collection,
through Mr.. H. E.. Brooke, of the customs
force, fine African sheep and goat. The
sheep's body is pure white and the head and
neck snuff colored.
The designations of Mr.. John King, Jr. first
vice president, and Mr.. VIM. keyser, second
vice president Of the Baltimore and ONO
Railroad Company, were accepted on wed
nesday by the board of directors. Mr.. Rob
ert Garrett and Mr.. Samuel Spencer were APP
pointed first and third vice-presidentS, re-
spectively.
Samuel NJ Bussard, one of the commits
soners of Frederick county, died from the
effects of paralysis at his residence on Friday
night, aged about 50 years. he was appoint
ed to the position by Gov. Hamilton during
the past winter to fill vacancy oceasloned by
the death of Commissioner Ambrose, who
committed suicide.
C. J. Lamberton. aged SO years, died at
Pikesvile, Baltimore county, last Sunday
morning He was employed at the Pikesville
Arsenal as clerk over sixty years, and Tor a
period during the late war was in charge OF
the arsenal. Many years ago he was blown
I'D while assisting in making rockets, since
which time he has been entirely deaf
The Baltimore and Ohio engineers are now
said to be making final location through
Cecil county of the line of the new railroad
between Baltimore and Philadelphia. 1t is
said to be the purpose of the railroad com
pany to cross the Susquehanna river north OF
Watscns island, on a bridge high enough to
avoid interference with the navigation OF the
river.
A cyclone in Princess Anne last week
struck the residence of John Ford, Esq.
| His house was q twO-story building, l4XlG
feet His whole family of five were in it.
The storm picked the house up bodily from
its UNDERMINING and carried it along for thr-
ty strides. At this point the bottom floor
seemed to be torn out and the upper part was
seemingly smashed asunder, the roof flying
over and over for distance of 100 feet far
Their.
Mr.. j. Martin, living near Chestertown,
had mare and colt killed by becoming en-
tangled in barbed wire fence on Tuesday
night, 9Th inst. The colts throat was cut
| from ear to ear, and the mother so badly cut
that she had to be killed after becoming en-
tangled in the fence she dragged five or SIX
panels fifty or more yards, and all the thick
parts of her fore legs were gashed to the bone
1t is not known how it occurred, but 1t Is
supposed the colt got entangled in the wire
and the mare attempted its rescue.
Contracts for building school houses in
Frederick county have been awarded by the
county commissioners as follows At Lewis
town, to Elias Renner, for $3.50; at Daub's |
Switch, Buckeyestown district, to John A.
Cookery, for $3.50; at Pleasant Grove, IN
Urbana district, to same party for S56oi at
Middetown, to Taylor Il Kelly, for S3,G1O; |
at Frederick. for colored children, to same
parties, for 81 ,455; at Fountain, in townsville
district, to Sweadner Snader, for S725; at
Wolfsvile, to John A. Cookery, for $3.50; at
Mechanicstown, to Joseph A. Weddel, Tor
$2,837.
The Philadelphia Inquirer repeats the ru-
NOR, on good authority, it says, that the Penn
sylvania Railroad Company contemplates the
purchase of the Junction and Breakwater, the
Breakwater and frankfort, and the Worces-
ter Railroads, which are now controlled by
the Old Dominion Steamship Company The
acquisition ofthese lines would give the Penn
sylvania almost undisputed advantage OF the
entire railroad system of the Maryland ana
Delaware Peninsula. The junction and
Breakwater is far the most important of the
three roads. 1t starts at Harrington, IN Kent
county, and runs to Georgetown and thence
to Lewes, and to that popular Delaware wa
tering-plqce, Rehobothl Beach,
At Elkton, Saturday last, the Reading and
Chesapeake Railway Company held meet
ing and effected permanent organization by
electing Mr.. S. C. Long, of Baltimore, presl-
dent, and also the election of the other ott-
GERS. The enterprise is a part of Pennsyi-
vania organization of the same name. Inns
company intend running road from Read
ing, Pa, to Perryville, Cecil county, enough
capital having been secured to warrant the
company to begin work Immediately. The
principal object of the road is to carry coal
from the coal fields to the head of the Chesq.,
peake, from this point to be distributed to all
markets. There were SCI ZOO subscribed on
Saturday, and So, 600, 900 will build the road.
The principal office will be at Perryville.
The July term of the Circuit Court for Wi
comico county, the convention of which was
to have been on last Monday, has been post
poned on account of the illness of Chief Justice
Irving. Associate Justice E. X. Wilson is for
hidden by his physicians to do any, bench
work at the July courts because of late at
tack of angina pectoris, but he told us on
Monday afternoon that, notwithstanding the
medical introduction, he should have opened
court on last Tuesday morning had not the
critical condition Of his child in Baltimore
necessitated his presence there. The remain