The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1883-07-21
MARYLAND Affairs.

his 93rd birthday last Sunday.
Hail, rain and few flakes of snow fell in
Baltimore last Friday evening.
The Frederick county farmers will hold a
reunion at Pen Mar on Friday, August g.
The Fifth Regiment will encamp at Allan
tic City for ten days, beginning on Friday,
July q.
The liquor dealers of Baltimore city are
preparing to strenuously oppose the local
option movement.
VIM. Mirley, a resident of Sandy Hook,
was drowned in the Chesapeake & Ohio
Canal, near that place, last Friday.
A postoffice, telegraph Office and express
office have been opened at the Blue Mountain
House, on the Western Maryland Railroad.
The Linganore Mills, Frederick county,
owned by the late Calvin Anders, has been
purchased by Capt. JOS. Croft for $4,000.
Hog cholera is prevailing in Washington
county. Lawson Grossnickle has lost 80
head, John Fahrney 13, and John Wishard
As.
William H. Warner, of Talbot county, got
foot caught in a threshing machine last
week, and had it so badly injured it had to be
amputated.
The Frederick RiAemen have accepted the
invitation to be present at the planting and
unwilling of the cannons at Chambersburg on
Friday, the 9th inst.
The number of deaths in Baltimore last
week was 227, or 81 more than the cores
ponding week of 1882. The births reported
for the week were 148.
John S. Best, of Frederick county reports
yield of between 45 and so bushels OF wheat
per acre of the Eureka variety. His other
wheat yielded 35 bushels per acre.
Mr. Edward Spencer, well-known writer
and dramatist, and for several pears writer
on the editorial staff of the San, died in
Baltimore on Tuesday, aged 40 years.
The 6-year-old granddaughter of Mr.. An
drew Kirkwood, of Hartford county, recently
fell from loaded wagon of wheat being haul
ed to the barn, and was fatally injured.
On Tuesday afternoon last lightning struck
a house on the farm of Mrs. Elenora Belt,
Prince Georges county, and Lizzie Washing
ton and William Willet, both colored, were
killed.
Black measles, very malignant eruptive
disease, broke out last week among the
smaller boys at ST. Mary's Industrial School,
on the Frederick road, near Baltimore.
There were q cases in all, and 10 deaths.
The disease is abating rapidly.
Benjamin Cattell FRESHMAN, one of the
oldest and most respected members of the
Baltimore bar, died last Sunday at his resi-
dence. No. III North Charles street, Of
Bright's disease of the kidneys, aged II years.
A colored camp opened on Sunday at Way
mans grove, on the Baltimore d Ohio rail
road. During services in the afternoon there
was a severe storm, several tents being injured
| byIightning and several persons being stunned.
Seven large white owls, of rare species,
were caught near Frederick a few days ago
! by Mr.. John Summers. Two have been ex-
pressed to his excellency, Benz. f. Butler,
| two to the Smithsonian Institute, and two to
Druid Hill Park, Baltimore.
The Democratic primaries Crawford county
system) in Kent county, resulted III the NOM
| nation of VIM. B. Usilton, editor of the hent
Nelrs for senator, B. B. Atkinson and John
f. Wilson for the House of Delegates, and
| DeKalb Smith for states attorney.
The United Brethren congregation of Fred
erick city have begun the erection of a new
church on East Third street. The corner
stone was laid on Saturday evening with APP
propriate ceremonies, Revs. j. l.. Grimm, A.
NJ. Evarts and J. w. Howe officiating.
Citizens of Port Deposit have entered OBJ
iections to the erection of bridge across the
Susquehanna, at that point, by the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad Company, for their Phla-
delphia extension. 1t is claimed the bridge
will interfere greatly with river traffic.
A 12-vear old son of George E. thinner
man. of Waverly, Baltimore county, had both
his hands nearly bitten off by a vicious dog
last week. The dog first attacked Mr.. Iim-
norman, and his little son, going to his re-
lief. the brute turned on him, intiictlng Sc
riOus wounds.
Samuel T. Magruder, a well-known farmer
of Montgomery county, who attempted to
commit suicide two weeks ago by cutting his
throat and then hanging himself, died on
Tuesday at his home, near Rockville. He
was married short time ago to young lady
of Carroll county.
Last week while workmen were demollsh-
ing an old building, belonging to George OFT,
on North Market street, Frederick, they
found the skeletons Of cat and rat wedged
between two walls From the positions OF
the two skeletons, it would seem that the cat
was in pursuit of the rat, when both became
wedged in and starved.
Frank Dorsey, one of the party of colOred
} excursionists over the Western Maryland
Railroad to Hagerstown. on Monday, acct
dentally fell from the train as it was leaving
that city in the evening and had one OF his
feet cut off by the car wheels. He lives at
l u Rose street, Baltimore.
, Recently two young bloods at Ocean City
: quarrelled and commenced to use their re-
+ volvers. Their aim was very bad, however,
. and no one was hit except Miss Shovel, a
daughter of Col. Lemuel Shovel. A bal
e passed between her fingers, wounding hel
e hand slightly, as she sat at a distance.
t A terrific rain-storm accompanied by thun
p der and lightning, passed over the south
western section of Frederick county, last
Friday afternoon. A considerable amount o.
II damage is reported. Near the Point o.
b Rocks two horses owned by VIM. Michael
: were killed by lightning, and a number Of
telegraph poles and trees were struck ano
split to pieces. At Sandy Hook great many
S window panes were broken, and other injury
s was done to property by hail.
: On Friday afternoon last the barn Of Jesse
+ r. Coulson, near Port Deposit, was struck by
- lightning and with its contents was entirely
DESTROYED. VIM. Martini a colored boy who
n was milking COWS in the barn, was instantly
killed by the lightning, but his body was re-
:, covered before the flames reached it. The
contents of the barn consisted of $50 bushels
of wheat, Is tons of hay, two horses, two
: COWS and a calf and various agricultural i'm
B., plements, all of which were destroyed. Loss
several thousand dollars; no insurance.
During the violent thunder storm which oc
Cured Tuesday afternoon, the barn on the
: farm of John j. Vernay, in the third district
: Of Howard county, was struck by lightning
: The barn was destroyed, together with guam
tity of hay and some harness. Mr.. Nernay's
son was in the barn at the time, but with the
exception of the violent shock he was un
: hurt. The loss is estimated at 81 900. About
e the same time the hay barracks of Joseph D.
= Mcclure, near Ellicott City, was struck by
=. lightning, slightly damaging the structure.
Arthur B. Carter, of Annapolis, had a very
unpleasant experience in the Chesapeake bay
e during the storm of Friday, in which it was
thought he had drowned. Young Carter left
Annapolis in the afternoon of that day in a
small batteau, intending to visit Kent Island
on the opposite shore, and in crossing the bay
: was capsized. His boat, however, was soon
righted, and in it Carter sat for nearly an
hour, drifting with the mercy of the waves,
when he was picked up by an Italian bark and
carried about fifty miles down the bay. He
got passage on Baltimore tug bound up and