The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1882-03-25
Maryland Affairs.

Capt. Mitchell. of the oyster police, reports
the capture of six oyster vessels for illegal
dredging in Little Choptank river.
Mr.. VIM. Leftover is preparing to engage in
the manufacture of brooms at Williamsport,
making the second enterprise of that nature
in the village.
Henry Ward Beecher win lecture in Fred
erick next Monday night on the Moral uses
of luxury and beauty. Mrs. Woodruff will
not be door-keeper.
A certificate of incorporation of the Gwynn'
Falls and Elkridge Turnpike Company has
been filed by the Clerk of the Circuit Court
for Howard county.
Capt A. A. Lawrence, of St. Mary's coun-
ty, was on Thursday confirmed as deputy naval
| officer at Baltimore by the Secretary of the
( Treasury at Washington.
The Bishops of the Province of Baltimore
Z on "Wednesday chose three names from which
/ the successor TO Bishop Lynch, of Charleston,
/ S. c., will be taken.
! s. L. Stern & Co, IO1 German street. Bal
/ timore, manufacturers of ladies' dress trim
mings, carpets, &c, had their establishment
burned on Thursday night.
The Johns will case is still on trial in Bal
timore. No matter how the suit terminates,
I lawyers fees and court charges will consume
I q considerable part of the estate.
A savings bank, chartered under State law,
4 will soon be started at Oakland. II. Wheeler
I Combs and T. J. Peddicofd are two of the
I incorporators. Capital stock $4,000.
/ Cash contributions towards the payment OF
I the debt of Mt. St Marys College amount
/ now to S34, sos. Amongst the latest is one of
f 500 from Miss Julia ]. Baugher, Frederick.
/ Judge Brooke, the lately returned-elected
Z Judge Republican, in the Southern judicial
/ district, has Just drawn eleven eolorea men to
serve on the jury in Prince Georges county.
I Two colored men and a boy, of Calvert
I county. were drowned in the Patuxent riveI
/ on Saturday last, whilst attempting to go
ashore in a skif from an oyster boat, near
K Sheridan's Point
I Representative Talbot will introduce in the
7 House next Monday bill to pay the value of
( the residence Of ex-Governor Bradford on
I Charles street avenue, destroyed by the Con
Z federates in 1864.
( H. II. Bradley, Of Wicemico county, a sea
man on the schooner Agnes, was Knocked
overheard By the jibing of the foreboom while
( the schooner was living off Fort Carroll ON
Saturday night and drowned.
DIR. Edward Warren, Bey. a former resi-
dent of Baltimore, has just been made com
mander Of the Imperial Order Of the osaanio
brilliant professional services in Egyp, and IN
Z Paris.
Daniel Rider sued Franklin +. Goodwin IN
the Baltimore county court for horse worth
S75. the suit growing ont Of trade. The
court last Monday gave a verdict for the de-
PENDANT aud Rider viii have 10 pay nearly
SEQ costs.
Mr.. W. W. Wallis, residing in Qneea Anne's
.souuty, not far from ChestcrsowR. was stricken
with paralysis at about Eve @ clock +. N. 81
last Friday, and died two hours later. He
was riding along the public road in dearborn
when attacked
The Western Maryland Railroad directors
n their monthly meeting. on "Wednesday, dis
cnsscd the usual reports 81 the company.
President Hood stated thai nothing Of pablic
interest was done. The road j. aoiRg good
business for the season.
Mr.. Lewis VI. Thomas. wealthy farmer,
and one of the l,rSs knawn citizens 81 Frederick
county. died suddenly FROM apopieSy WesiRss
day afternoon. while sitting in the story q Z.
James tiiitingrr 4 Son, in Frederick city.
He vas about a. years Of age.
A company has hcen organized IN FredcF-
lex for the Manufacture 81 machinery % an
extensive scale 4 specially vii b. made, u
j. understood. 81 rvapers and locomotives
Operations Nsll he begun shortly al the iruA
works known a. Page Foandry, Which have
been purchased for the purpose.
The Baltimore and Ohio weekly excursion
train fsg the Wess, Which icf Hascrsfown on
Tuesday evening. took cat - esssouists. the
largest number of the seasDa ~ thess 1T
went from HsgrrSt0wn, Is prre from FrcleF-
rex, 81 from Cumberland. ~ fspm the Valley
Of Virginia and trcm osher pointS- Two
morg excursion lFsius Siii ~ind up The s~asoss,
- a -
Nv has perfeesesl plans f1F the csccton %
large addition 10 tie Washington county depot
al Harvrstown. The aadltion all b. arrang.
Cd especially loF pAssragvF waiting Fooas and
for ofkces foF the clerical force Il j. 10 b a
handsome ssgueturr, and in aceordaace uiih
the general plan Of lesasH< stations oR The
main stem.
Nm. Catherine Riee q FrossbarE vas taken
ia sxo weeks ago, and the same dAy her has-
band and Ellen Foy len for paris uaknown.
On Monday the tao we're aFrc<tea IN G4rFrss
eountv, and we're taken So fgositurg hy cen
stable and tried before magistrate, who
deemed the svidencs ssTung enoagh 90 eonxici
them of the ehazzc Of poisoning Mrs.. Riee.
They arr each keld IN $500 had for ;heir ap-
pearance before the grand Jnry.
The Maryland Sunday School Union held
Il 18Th anniversary IN BALTIMORE on Tuesday
MiEnE. STATISTICS e14atss siAtfltAs
"a schools reaTxanized, III officers aud teach.
crs received. "a; scholars, So. CARTS given
90 children ~ enter sehnols pEesioasiy essab-
lished, 1918; families visited, e,0ss', Union
mertings. 81. ssrHsoas and addresSes. 40;
eoy1xentiank, Ia miles travelled by the mission
saes, 6.28s Bibles, TestameRl.. hymn hooks
aud other literature have been jadieioasly dis
7rihutssl. The repoEt Of thss treasurer, Mr.. }.
h, Kelso, Jr., shoNv rcSeiTss, g. ne. s.; eS-
Pengir-l., s. S7s. -.
vaFious reports arr Ia eiFcalailaa n Girls
Geld in relation 10 the shooting Of Miss t.sllle
Roach By William Berry, and i Is nos said
that an investigation y 10 be had, ON the belief
that the discbargc Of the pistol vas not acei.
dental. II u asserted thai Berry forced ham
self among the party Of young lsdies wheE re-
turning home from the hoase they had visited
~ Ras4ns and Miss Reach had frequently re-
pulsed his attentions. His friends, however.
Just "a confidently assert thag the girls ran
away with BeFry's hat. and thus forced him 20
accompany them
Mr.. Williams T. Walters sold al auction a,
his farm near GOvanstown, baltimore county,
ON Wednesday, bis entire stock 81 Norman or
PercherOn horses, consisting Of eight import.
ed stations, thirteen imported mares, aud
four home-bred colts Good prices were oh
tanned, the highest for stallion being 81 ,T75.
Hilu TOR u utaat EAfrlNs me Aikhtet EtfAtf
paid for home bred colt, 5 years old, was
$3.50. The aggregate amount Of sales was
SIS, 255. The sale was attended by represen-
tatives ef New York. ConRectieut. Texas.
Colorado, Tennessee, Illinois, Virginia. and
other States.
The case Of Mrs. Lord, of Cambridge, the
white mother OF an illegitimate child, who had
fled petition to the county School Board
asking that the local trustees be compelled to
admit her son, aged 8 years, To the local
school, was concluded Tuesday. While from
the appearance OF the child it was difieult to
determine whether its father was white or col
ored, It was proven by testimony brought be-
fore the board that its father was a nnlatto,
and under the existing state school laws the
child is therefore a eolored child, and the
board declined to permit him TO attend the
white schools.
Vim. Hessey, ~ years of age, son of Harry
ii. Hessey, q well-to-do- farmer Of the first dis
trict of Cecil county, hung himself Tuesday
afternoon on his fathers place. The boy had
been playing with his brother in the orchard,
and disappeared. 6o'clock, an hour later,
a colored man found him hanging close by
gate in the corner of the sheep pound. The
boy s chin rested on the top rail Of the gate,
and his feet was almost touching the ground.
The body was immediately cut down and ply
sicians summoned, but life was found to be