The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1882-07-15
Maryland Affairs.


week.
Eleven cases of smallpox were reported il
Baltimore on Tuesday.
In one district of Hartford county this season
twelve self-binders were used.
The aphis or green fly has cut the rye crol
short in portions of Hartford county.
Immigration through Baltimore for the quar-
ter ended June 30 was 18, 584 persons.
The Fifth Maryland Regiment goes int,
camp at Cape Nay next Tuesday. The Regi
Eent will be 800 strong.
The county tax in Charles county has beer
fixed at 95 cents on the 500, an increase o
three cents on last years rate.
John Price, of Abingdon district, Hartford
county, raised Russian wheat this year. tn,
heads of which were u inches long
Chas. H. Jenkins, of Louisville, KY, won
the fifty mile bicycle race at Baltimore OF
Saturday. Time, hours and 20 minutes
The citizens of Frederick are arranging fol
three days jollifcation the latter part O
August-military and fremen's parade, &c
Congress has appropriated $40, 900 to com
plete the survey for ship canal to connec
the waters of the Chesapeake and Delaware
bays.
An Episcopal Church is to be built at Ores
well, Hartford county. and A. B. Strasbaugl
has donated lot 90xl20 feet upon which tC
erect it.
A geunion of the Lutheran ministers who
were born in Middletown Valley, Frederick
county, viii be held at Middletown ON the
18th and 9th insts.
Brightman, the colored Grand Army officer
has been indeed for the murder of young
Mentally during the late eucampment demon.
stration in Baltimore.
The Maryland Law University has filed the
vacancy in its faculty, oecasie ~ed BY the
resignation of Colonel Charles MARSHALL, by
the election of Mr.. Thomas w. Hall.
The Baltimore & Ohio railroad has purchas.
ed the Cincinnati Baltimore railroad. in
Ohio, which will form an important link in
the great Baltimore Ohio system.
Miss Eliza Ross. daughter of VIM. j. Ross,
prominent lawyer of Frederick, was striek-
en- with paralysis at the breakfast table last
Sunday morning aud died in the afternoon.
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad has af.
fected some extensive and important business
arrangements in the West, and is double
tracking the Pittsburg end ConneIlsviIle divi-
sien.
The Frederick Rifemen, IInganore Guards
and Border Guards, of Frederick county, and
the Hagerstown Light Infantry viii go to Cum
bertrand on the 9th inst, ON the occasion OF
the battalion encampment there.
The yield ofwheat in Caroline county ranges
from Is 20 % bushels per acre. The yield.
in the aggregate, has increased ten-fold in the
last ten years The yield in Washington
county Is from ~ to 81 bushels per acre.
The Court Of Appeals OF Maryland has de-
eided that Mr.. Somervell, the incumbent of
the Office Of tobacco inspector Of warehouse
No. ?, Is entitled to retain the office, there be-
ing no vacancy when the Governor appointed
NJ. Smoet
The Maryland Court Of Appeals on We'd
Besday affirmed the order Of the Circuit Court
Of Anne Arundel county refusing mandamus
10 compel the comptroller to pay the annual
endowment ~ -. 90 to the Maryland Agri-
cultanl College.
The engine Of the steam threshing machine
Of James &. TarbuttOn, Of Talbot coanty. ex-
ploded Saturday whilst at work ON the farm Of
W. p. Powell, aad tho engineer, eolored
man named Lewis Convey. was instantly kill.
ID, his body being blown distance Of $50
feet.
Wm. James johnson was ARRESTED in Balti-
more this week and committed Cor the action
II the grand jary for having more wives than
the law allows. At his hearing were two
somcn be had married. He married one in
Pennsylvania souse years ago, and lived with
her several years: the other he married in
Baltimore last January. When arrested he
~as about To marry another woman on Bond
street.
Mr.. +. W Prrtzsch and Mr.. John Able, of
East Baltimore. matched two birds for . race
fum Washington to Baltimore on Sunday lass.
Mr.. Prvskach's bird, Bismarck, was liberated
u s.Ss A. NJ. and reached home al a - A.
NJ; iime - minutes Mr.. Abel's bird was
81 frye Al SO A. ", and arrived home At
l0.i5 A. N. Mr.. Pretxsch claims that his
iiFsi beat the fastest time on record BY three
ninutss.
An assignmeht BY T. Steiafeld. in Roches-
eF, New York. has involved the era Of Stein
ED 4 kerngOod doing business in Raltimere
ladcr the name ~ the Excelsior Clolhing
dosse. An injunction isSaed By Iadge Dob
an has been served upon the Excelsior. The
application alleges, among other things, ex-
Tavaeance in the eonducf Of the basiness in
5alsilnprc. The liabilities Of the Rochester
loase arr said 20 be sai.0oo, ineiadiRg So,
90 in preferred creditors.
Ms. Mary Bender, Of Sharpsbarg. Wash.
nxson county, wife Of Charles Bender and
Iaaghfes Of John HighbergeF, committed sun
ide Monday by swallowing 3arEe dose Of
'aEis green. She took the poison IN the
morning add then informed her husband Of the
act. Medical aid vas Summoned. but the
'oison bad taken effect. and she died at 5
clock in the afserno9n No reason Is as
ignad for the suicide Mra Bender was -
49, - -. aod fa..v.,s f,,.s. s.f.sla
Baltimore claims the best Of free excursion
oeiesies. L furnishes one days fresh air,
so good meals, medical attention when need.
4, bathing facilities, and other enjoymeRts TO
5,00O poor children every season Every
thursday / 600 children are taken BY boat 10
'hestervood, gwen retreat Of a thousand
hade trees. The supplies are bread in abun.
anee. 200 gallons eonBtxy milk, meat for
sandwiches. 100 pounds Of fresh batter. 300
allons Java eofee. 100 gallens tea. and GIN
erbreMd. with music. and the cost COMES with
a 500 for each excursion.
The viciuity Of Fulton Station, ON both sides
{ the Western Maryland Railroad, presents
asy scene. The new buildings OF the Balti-
,ore CaF-Wheel Company, about 80 by COO
set. are approaching completion, and the
Is being put in. A large force Of
'orkmea arr employed, and the work Is being
apidly pushed forward, The Baltimore Pa.
ing COMPANY works, for the manufacture Of
nsapreSsed asphalt blocks. located north OF
Ne Western Maryland tracks. are also in an
dvanced state IL construction. The main
uilding is so by 80 feet, 80 feet high, with
Intensive shedding in the rear.
The Mechaniestown Cg,uioa Of June %
VS.: There Is family living in the neigh.
nrhnod Of TeviSfown This f.ounfV nf vrhs,.h 4
Re following marvellous history has Just been
Hated to as BY responsible physician. well 1
with the facts. Some 6ffeen or
senty years ago the father aud mother had 3
aaFrel and fpF yeas the former never spake 4
the latter. A child was born eight or ten
Ionths after the quarrel and he has never
,okeR a word TO his father. They work to-
sther days 1T a time and the father talks to
IS son, but he never answers. The young
an has been questioned in regard 70 the
after aud be says be IS never prompted 10
,eak TO his father, and that he has never had I
1 impulse 20 speak and that il seems 10 him
Iat there has never been any occasion for /
m 10 speak to his father; that he bears his
Their no ill-will and would speak TO him
loald he be prompted so TO do.
Salisbury. in Wieomico county, On the East
n Shore, is growing place. Within the
Isl twelve months four new wharyes have
zen built, and three old ones repaired. In
alisbury twenty seven residences asd stores
I'd two churches have been erected at a cost
SCI, 900, and high school bailding, public
Ill and several stores partially completed at
cost of Sl7, 900. A steam tin fac
nv, with capacity for $500 worth stamped
are perday, a seyeuty-fve horse power steam
amino MI KacaxUsua mill vt.n..,