The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1882-01-14
Maryland Affairs.

Maru than s,uun immigrants have arrived ~
Baltimar daring the past thrive mouths.
Mr.. MARI HauEb, died in Frederick, GA
The ish instant, IN the si,h ycsr II Der aer,
last wear /, Iss new baild,nes were erected
in Baltimore. and impsos erptats INSIDE - as.
Increasing the assessments -, o'iS, go
William A. Wallace, agei 80 yoar., was
killed GA Saturday, ~ falling thrOaxh hatch
var from the fourth hoor Il the Cora and
Flonr Exchange hniiding, IN baltimore.
Chas. +. Feadall has l,csu uon,inaiea Is the
Democratic exrcutive committee ~ BALTIMORE
couaiy "a I'll she vacsucy in the Maryland
House Of Delegates eccasionsd by the death
uf nr james Wolff Barton, member elect.
The election takes place ON the Is,h inst,
The interior and roof II tho Westminster
Presbyterian Church, az Fsyetse and tireea
streets BALTIMORE. were buFned last Sunday
morning before daylight. A valuable orgzn
was destroyed, and tho loss Is estimated -
$4,000. The frc was caused by an overhead.
ed STOKE. Twenty wears ago the building vas
destroyed By IRE from the same caRse.
Probably one Of the most distressed families
IN Frederick at the present time in cnaSe-
quenee Of the ravages q diphtheria Is that Of
tstant Episcopal Church. Since Friday Of
last week three Of his interesting children
have been carried to the grave and two or
three more are nov living seriously ~ Of the
same drea6 disease. One lovely daughter
died during the pas, year. making four within
the space Of one year.
The Maryland Improved lave Stock Asso-
citation was organized in Baltimore on We'd
nesday at the Office OF Mr. Frank Brown. Of
this county. The object Of the Association IS
the discussion Of all subjects pertaining TO the
breeding Of live stock. Quite number Of
prominent stock men from various parts Of the
state were enrolled including Mr.. T. Herbert
Shnyer, Of Union Mills, this County. Organ.
ixation was effected with John G.. Clarke, OF
Baltimore county, a. president. Mr.. Frank
Brown Is one Of the directors Of the Associa-
ton.
Captain Caspar smith, q the schooner
Sheildrake, of HavFe de Grace, was found
dead in his cabin a, a wharf in the Canton
District Of Baltimore, January 9Th, with his
skull crushed in. The cabin door was fasten-
ed, and the deck Of the vessel was covered
with nntrOdden snow, showing that no one had
been on board for several days Richard
Moore, a sailor employed By Smith, has been
arrested at Havre de Grace for the murder,
and AT the coroner's inquest on Saturday he
was committed to Jail for the action Of the
grand jury.
AT the annual meeting of the stockholders
of the Frederick county Agricultural Society
the following officers were elected for the en-
suing year President. Eugene l.. Derr, Dr.
Fairfax Sehley having declined a re-election;)
yice-president, Major A. 7. Snauffer; treasur-
er, Calvin Page; secretary, j. VIM. Baugh-
man; marshal, John 7. Best. The financial
exhibit for 1881 shows the receipts to have
been So, 96l. a5 and the disbursements SS, 6i2,
80, leaving a net surplus of S306. 50. October
10, II, ~ and IL is the time fixed upon for
holding the next annual exhibition.
The Baltimore and Ohio is recording some
quick running of late, notable that of the New
York express on a trip last week, when the
run of 39S miles from Baltimore to the Ohio,
at Parkershurg, was made in L hours Al min
utes. Master of Transportation Clements
gives the actual running time of the trip as II
hours and minute, as 10 minutes were lost
at Washington, 20 at Cumberland and 10 at
Grafton, not deducting anything for ordinary
stops to change engines OF take water. This
is forty miles an hour over the Allegheny
mountains, and is the best run the company
has yet made.
Very Rev. II. Pinkney Northrop, for some
time past Administrator of North Carolina,
was on Saturday last consecrated Bishop of
that Diocese in the Cathedral at Baltimore.
The building was filed to its utmost capacity,
and thousands stood outside in the rain while
the procession passed from the Episcopal resi-
dence to the church. Ponti6cal High Mass
was celebrated by Archbishop Gibbons, and
Bishop Keane, Of Richmond, preached the
sermon. Archbishop Gibbons was the conse-
orator. He was assisted by Bishops Becker,
There were also present the Bishops of St.
Augustine, Louisville, Trenton, Vincennes,
Wheeling and Columbus; Vicar General
Quinn, of New York; the Superiors of the
Passionist and Redemptorist Orders, and
several hundred priests.