The Democratic advocate., 1882-02-18
Maryland Affairs.

Maryland Affairs.
On Friday of last week, 4i6 immigrants ar
rived at Baltimore.
Eighty-nine persons left Hagerstown on Tues
day to make their homes in the west.
Internal revenue taxes (U. s. collected in
Frederick county last year amounted to S5S,-
000.
The Agricultural Society of Cecil county
will hold their next fair the first week in Oc-
tober.
Within the next two months ! l,O75 acres of
land in Frederick county will he sold at pub
lie sale
The capital stool; OF the Maryland Organ
Factory. at East IIagcrstown Station. has been
doubled.
Captain Joseph X Hyer, [. 5. A., on the
retired list, died ia Baltimore ON Sunday, OF
heart disease.
Col. Edwin II. Webster. the new collector
of Baltimore, will take charge OF the affairs of
that office on Monday.
The brick store house OF Passmore u Bro. 4,
at Rising Sun, Cecil county, was burned ON
Wednesday night. Loss 81, 600.
Keedysville, Washington county. has FIVE
old ladies whose aggregate age is 434 years. the
oldest being 93 and the youngest So
4 Pocomoke City man recently killed a
hog that registered the magnificent weight OF
thirty-five pounds, though it was only two
years old.
On Wednesday last the store house of
Nicholas y. Height of HarriSonvillc, Balti-
more county, was burned. Insured in the
Baltimore county company for $1,000.
TWENTY-FIVE thousand dollars worth of Fred
erick county coupon bonds. bearing interest
at iiye per cent, are offered for sale by the
commissioners, for the purpose of rcdeeming
and converting six per cent bonds.
During the past year the prisoners of the
Maryland penitentiary have been fed and
clothed out of the earnings Of the institution.
and on SATURDAY, the sum Of 81 .993 was hand
ed over to Comptroller keating as its surplus
for 1881
Mrs NJ +. Weaver, living on the farm of
John ". Stonehraker. in Washington county,
chRrned one thousand pounds of butter during
1881 from the milk Of FIVE cows. The usual
quantity of milk consumed on large farm
was used hy the family and deducted from the
total Yield Of milk.
Suit has been entered in the Superior Court
against W. :. Hooper and l.. ?. u. Newman,
pruprieiors Of the Baltimore Morning Herald,
fnr 81. 600 for alleged libel In saying thar
samuel Greenwalt was "a confirmed inehriate.
and thar an effort would be made 10 send him
to a lnnatic asylum.
The board of trustees Of Monieyas Hospital.
Frederick. have elected Henry Miller superin-
tcudeni. nr Brace Thomas physician, ".
Scott Yanfossen clerk, solomon Reynolds aud
Jerome Pampel engineers. joe Blair baker.
The salayy Of the superintendent WAS reduced
to 500
Ms Susan Whalen dici in her 'sth year On
the Ith last. 81 the residence oi her nephew.
George Kcphart. in ReistrrstoWp. She was
fhe last member of the old ieister family from
whom Reisierstovu derive. iis name. She
had been a raefahef os thr N. +. Church for
y WARS.
Wm. Pinmmer diesl ai the 5imshoasr,
Cumberland. last wees. aged over eighty
wears. Thers was aiauut 81, ,es1 of graveyard
insurance on has life. taken oui by spectators.
The iusnruuce. however, was held either In
exploded companies or has not been paid aF,
ssl that d Is understood ta be worthless.
Asdrru Banks. u wear. old, son og Mr..
Andres Banks. member IT the Legislature.
mot with severe acciicus lnsi week by the
i,arstias of The hagrct of g gun vs3ch BE- vas
,i,schagying His haAd was badly shattered,
and the wuanl was so danecrosis ihat danger
uf ioekjaw was afipTs.headsi. lis father.
Who was si Annapolis. wns ieieuaphed ios.
Several csll. hase been alatss on Chief Clerk
S,,sh i,,s ghr iestiaony ia the csse ot Judge
Psarre. taken tWss wears seo. and nas "a The
Chief CLERK keeping at Annapolis, y Is
understood that Sso have hceu otfescsl for
the Documents. assd tha, ashers besides the
Chief C!erk have lgsu approached. Mr Sssh
has seat the is-ssim0ny 50 BALTIMORE Fog safe
keeping. The PcarFe case, il IS stated. de-
veiaped testiinuae which th-' pgnsecHtnvs ui
thc Iuder vi-h DESTROYED.
Mss Jcau;r ~. Rvrd. of Ashusy, sear
CFisgsia. Ma engaged g. he aasrrlssl "a hrn-
israin Bgr,l. bus the scusieman bad pgt 81 shs
marriage three several times t-aitcrly he
had seemed e. he IN earnest, for be bad gwen
che Rev Mr Gosa~r wsoney % bssy the mar
rag. license. The hcsBsc was li0ugh;. aud
M. Hyr,l wa. 90 rs.saFsi from his 0ys1erinz trip
90 SATURDAY, iast. when the raarFiage vas %
take place. During has sbscnce Wm. Aetsea-
slt ss5p,slautasl ih, aissnt lower, sad when b.
returned his Byrd had aoUu ssth her new
laser The disAppaia,ed yesne rian 'a'and
isiai JcBaie had ia the prcsssiis be- bad given
hrF, tsai b. has q marriage iacsns, that he eaa-
nos usr-
Nhils ien incn werc walking ihrougb the
fsaisir4are anal Putoaac Eatir0ad tanMei, De
tusrn shs mon nsf=s; ard Pennsylvania
nseaae Station. In BalilHioVe, lasi Monday.
freight tra:a came along aud che uien stypFed
oa an al yo,niEg traek IA single Bic u e., out
III the wav AZ fhe same iaemens Nestega
Narland Railf0ad cngiae draWing freight
ear approached. unseen In the darkness AVID
smoke. and i've af the surp Werr stypck hY the
locomotive and killed. The killed we're
David (ssier, Timasby keaneAey, lasaes lrHen,
Edwara Birmingham sud Patrick AasgaH.
A. 1 rfars
rxsssr;ene,,d tannes hands. familiar with the
t,ss.aea II trains. isut ,he unusual darkness
eaussd by she rainy weather WaS too much
for them 4 cefuners jury eeEsscd the
Western Mar, lani Railroad ioF nqs notifying
thc men ~ the approaching train.