The Democratic advocate., 1883-09-15
Maryland Affairs.

The Kent county fair has been indefinitely
postponed on account of failure to fill the
entries.
At the Magothy camp meeting, Anne Arun-
del county, recently closed, 215 persons pre-
sented themselves at the altar, and Sc pro-
| fessed conversion.
The managers of the Washington County
Agricultural fair have arranged to introduce
the novelty of electric lighting and an even
ing programme of chariot and other racing,
and contests of speed with traction engines
Telephone communication has been estab-
lished between Frederick city and Buckeys
town, Greenfield Mills, Walkersville, Mt.
Pleasant and Lime Kiln Switch, and other
towns in the county will be connected within
the next week or two.
| William A. Durham, of Hartford county,
has thrashed and sold the wheat from six
acres, the yield being 312 measured bushels,
or 81 bushels to the acre. By weight, as it is
generally sold, he had at the rate of54 bushels
and 27lbs., or nearly 549 bushels to the acre.
Wilde Powell, colored man of Frederick
! City, while carelessly handling large rattle
snake, which he caught some weeks ago, and
has since been exhibiting for money, was
bitten by the reptile Sunday afternoon, between
the forefnger and the thumb, and soor after
became very i'll from the effects of the poison.
! 1t is not thought that he can recover.
| A meeting of the stockholders of the Blue
Mountain House, Western Maryland Railroad,
was held at the hotel ON Saturday. A com
mittee was appointed to take charge of the
arrangements for enlarging the hotel and i'm
proving the surroundings, which will be done
before next summer. The first season, which
is not yet over, has been as successful as the
most sanguine of the stockholders expected,
and it is proposed to make the resort equal to
any other in its first-class appointments.
A disasterous accident, resulting in the loss
of life, occurred at Brookeville, a few miles
| from Frederick city, Saturday. Mr. George
Harris, resident of the vicinity, had been
engaged in blasting in well, and one OF his
charges not exploding in what he thought to
be q reasonable time, he went to the spot and
! looked down over the windlass. He had
hardly done so before the explosion took
place, and large piece of rock struck him on
the breast, he receiving such injuries that he
died shortly afterward. He leaves wife and
s children.
A correspondent of the Baltimore Herald,
writing from ReisterstOwn last Sunday says ::
Mr.. 0. l.. Mathiot, furniture dealer on Gay
street and who resides here, was a passenger
on the train which left Hillen Station at $40
last night. Like other trains on the Western
Maryland railroad, it was delayed owing to
the accident at Patapsco and did not reach
Glyndon, the Reisterstown Station, till s. 10.
Mr.. Mathiot's niece, Miss B. Hackett and a
Miss. Gibson were awaiting him with phae-
ton. To go home it was necessary to cross
the track by driving down an embankment.
This they decided to do at once, although
they were told that the engine was awaiting
orders The night was very dark, and just as
they were in the act of crossing the track the
whistle blew shrilly and the engine began to
let off steam The horse jumped down the
embankment running off up the road, while
Mr. Mathiot was thrown violently from the
phaeton upon his head within the track, where
he lay insensible for a few minutes when he
was picked up by Mr.. Darringer, of Baltimore,
! Miss Gibson was thrown out from behind.
Her clothes caught in the vehicle and she was
dragged several yards till with rare presence
of mind, she released herselfby tearing off her
dress, but not before she was badly bruised
Miss Hackett's face was also badly bruised
All were picked up and removed in Stones
express wagon to the office of DR.. James
Larsh. They were subsequently taken home,
| and are doing well.