The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1882-04-01
Maryland Affairs.

/ DIX AuHuTtu anu luTtN -tNO NtlHldi
grants arrived at Baltimore last Sunday.
John Howard, the oldest native citizen of
/ Cumberland, died on Saturday, aged 81.
/ 7. C. B. Howard a merchant of Cambridge,
has failed. Liabilities $1,000; assets 81 800.
/ The Herdic coach line in Frederick being
failure, the coaches have been sold TO citi-
zen of Hanover, Pa.
( Rev. Thomas NJ Reese, native of Balti-
more. and well-known Methodist minister,
( died in Altoona, Pa. Sunday night.
Frederick County Circuit Court will hold
special session this month. The jury that
served at the recent session will serve.
The graduating class at the Hagerstown Fe
male Seminary this year will number Il the
largest class ever graduated at the institution.
The grand jury of Baltimore county was
discharged last week, after session of fifteen
days. They examined 1G0 witnesses and
found 3s true bills.
AT the municipal election at HagerstOwn on
Monday last, the Democrats carried the city,
electing their candidate for mayor and all their
other candidates.
Mayor Whyte win deliver an address of
welcome to the Supreme Grand Lodge of
Knights of Honor of the United States, which
meets in Baltimore in May.
Mrs. Catherine Manning died in Baltimore
last week, in the l06th year of her age. She
was native of Clifton, county Galway, Ire
land, but had lived in Baltimore thirty years.
The Charleston. s. c., Chamber of Com
meree has requested the South Carolina SEN
ators and Representatives in Congress to vote
for Ship Canal across the Maryland and Del
aware peninsula.
The board of trustees of the Loats Female
Orphan Asylum. an institution to be opened
in Frederick City ON the LIST of May, have APP
pointed Miss Rose Grnmbine mairon and Miss
Louisa Leigler, assistant matron.
Captain John Miller, of Sharpsburg, Wash
ington county. died at his home Monday morn
ing, Of paralysis. aged o. years and months.
He was a veteran of the war OF 1872, taking
part IN the battle of North Point
While workmen were engaged in moving a
large stone in the Fox Rock granite quarries,
near Woodstock. Howard county, on We'd
nesday the stone slipped, falling on Isaac
Owens, crushing both legs. Several other
workn,en were slightly injured.
Three frame dwellings in Williamspori,
owned by John Barry, John Montgomery and
Mrs Besore. and occupied by SIX families,
were burned last SUNDAY afternoon. During
the FIRE falling brick struck John Long on
the head and his life j. despaired Of
The shipments from the mines OF the Cam-
berland coal region for the week ended Sat
urday. March -. 1882. were l.lSI tons, and
the total shipments for the year To that date,
444, 16S tons, an increase OF 90,ST4 tons as
compared with the corresponding period of
1881.
The Legislature Of New Jersey has apPro-
VFlatsd $4,000 eos the purchase OF oysters IA
Maryland waters 20 replenish the oyster beds
of tina, state. TINS little appropriation would
l.. e
ter Il purchased as the prevailing priee-ai
cents per bushel.
Samuel Waters, aged al,0u, twenty two
years. son Of Horatio Waters. OF Frederick
City. while in the performances of his duties
at the steam houriug establishment Of Mr.. J.
H. Ganbrll. on Saturday last, was eaSght u
the c0x.wheels uf part 81 the machinery. aud
had bis right arm aud shoulder terribly lace
rated and crushed.
The Howard coants grand Jury vas dis
charged on TUESDAY. They examined - wit
nesses and - true bills were found. The
indictments we're For larceny, 3; assault
vith intent to kill. 8 (; assault. I receiving
stolen gosds. ! obtaining goods ander false
pFesenses jisogsleriy house. /. aud viosa.
gion Of the license bars. Z.
John II. Dasis. rolarcd employee in 7.
Zell & Sou's FERTILIZER hsctary, w Baltimore,
~ AlaA NAA sur AHttsAt1 - tssH HtstAAtAAh.H
Monday. and was killed. He was carried
arouhd - rapidly and with such force thai
his arms. iszs aud head werc knocked Of hy
striking against the aooriRg shrre the palley
So set
The Baltimore and Potomac Railroad on
SundAy sfteFnooR pa, into operation the ex-
tension 81 their doahlc track snalhward from
-. Agnes % WinAns Station, eight miles, and
noFshwar,i from Benniaz' to Wilson Station,
eight miles, OF sixteen miles in all. Winans
Is eight miles from Baltimore and tWenty-six
rsiles from wiIsons = The woFk of doablc
tracking The rad Is being pushed rapidly. and
sill b. finished in a ieE months
Miss kits Charlton died GA the 10th Of
March. AZ the residence Of Mrs John DAVIS,
High Point. Hartford county. al the great agc
F 81 los wears. Miss Charlton was born ia Has
ford cuargy, bcs parents having emigraicd 70
this eoaniFy FROM ireland At aboas the begiR
aing IL the Revolutionary Her mind
was Hncloysisd TO withia few DAYS Of her
death She had no rvlasiyss in this country,
aud had been IA iufnaie u Mrs DAVIS tam.
ily for many years
Rev. Heury Ward Be.eher delivered lee.
turs IN Frederick Monday night OF The
Neral Uses Of I.uxary and BeAasy. During
the coarse Of hts leesare he took occasion 70
severely deR0uRce tbs ansi-ChiHese bin, re.
marking tSaruasiicaliyl that this great and
grAnd cuanfry welcomed al classes Of people
save the ps.ur Chinese. Would to God.
said be. '-ior oar oEn good that Ne could inn
ysovt m0Tv Chsacse religion and less of that
Of California
Ca the Isl o. NAY Mr. aud Ms John NJ
nirkcy, Of Tyaskin. Wieomico county. SIil
celebrate their golden wedding Mr.. DicAey
IS in his 7sth year and his sife in her
I'D In connection With the celebration 81
the hftieth anniversary ct thep marriage NJ
Dicksy has issued a circular, ia which he
mentions that his grandfather lost $4,000 IN
the continental bills of credit issued during
the revelation, and that Is the nation has re-
fused repayment, be viii receive voluntary
contributions from individuals ''as y partial
indemnity for what he regards as part Of
( the United States debt.
/ The Frederick city Tissss publishes an
: interview with Maj. Winchester, brick man.
ufacturer in that city, in which he charged
that the railroads discriminate heavily Ia favor
OF the larger cities He said The Balli
more snd Ohio Is more liberal than the Penn
sylYaRia Railroad, and this Is particularly
surprising. a. the latter read Is practically
living on our money Why, 70 give you an
illustration: Sometims since had an order
s from TaReytown for a couple ct hundred
thousand brick, and the rates were so much
against Us that the order went way up to Read
ing. Pa The rates for all that distance were
less than for the few miles from this city 10
the point in question.
The Board of Directors 1T the Hartford
Cauaty Agricultural Society, Friday last. de-
termined to have a spring meeting May 9th,
25th and 18th, for the exhibition Of horses
and machinery Since the propriety and ex-
pediency Of a spring meeting has been dis
cussed and understood by the people, the de
mand for il is almost universal, and the diree-
tors, in determining to make the experiment,
have but reflected the popular viii. The ma
ehinery exhibitors, large number of whom
have already applied for space, not only agree
TO put their implements ON the ground free OF
cost to the society. but in addition number
of them have made liberal contributions to-
wards defrRying the expenses Of the exhibit
ton.
Mr.. John Seay, eldest son of Mr.. Charles
Seay, of Cumberland, returned home last week
FROM Petersburg, Va, where he was married
TO his third cousin, Miss Bessie Seay. Their
eourtship was a remarkably romantic one.
His flther visited Petersburg few months
since, and on returning described Miss Bessie
to his son. The latter was charmed with what
he heard of her beauty and accomplishments,
and opened correspondence with her.
tender feeling soon sprang up between them,
photographs were exchanged, and an engage
ment followed-all without either Of the par