The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1883-11-03
Maryland Affairs.

Hagerstown and Frederick, are in cammu-
nication by telephone.
Thirty young men of Ellicott City are about
to form military company.
A postoffice has been established at Embia,
Baltimore county, and G. 0. Wilsonappointed
postmaster.
The citizens of Annapolis have resolved in
mass meeting to procure steam fire apparatus
for the future protection of property in the
city.
Geo. Mearkle, who confessed to being iden-
tilted with gang of horse thieves in Western
Maryland, has been sentenced to ten years in
the penitentiary.
Mr.. VIM. Shepard Bryan has been nomi-
mated for Judge Of the Court of Appeals by
the Democrats of Baltimore, in place of Judge
Bartol, who has resigned owing to i'll health.
In Baltimore, on Monday, John W. Isaacs
and j. Gehring, letter carriers, were dismiss
ed, and were put under arrest on the charge
of throwing a large amount of mail matter
into furnace the day before the municipal
election.
Caleb Stabler died last Friday at the resi-
dence of Warwick P. Miller, his son-in-law,
at Alloway, Montgomery county, in the 85th
year of his age. Mr. Stabler was one of the
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that name
Mrs. John W. Garrett, who was injured by
being thrown from her carriage several weeks
ago, is extremely i'll from the effects of the
accident. 1t was thought that her injuries
were only slight, but change for the worst
took place ON Wednesday night.
The steamer Enoch Pratt ran down sail
boat containing three colored persons Sun
day evening off Benona's light, mouth of the
! Choptank river. Gilbert Banks, aged eigh-
| teen years, was drowned. His sister, Sophia
Banks, his companion, and Albert Murray,
( were rescued.
1t is said that the bed of phosphate lately
discovered at Cambridge is marvelously rich,
yielding a greater percentage of valuable ma
nure than the celebrated South Carolina rock.
| 1t is reported that workmen in the pits last
/ week took out the petrifed skulls of three
children and the petrifed foot, ankle and
slipper of woman.
James Monks, Andrew McNulty and Jos.
MCGEE, of the Big Woods, Hartford county,
have each lost COW from disease unknown
to them. The cattle ran together in the
woods and died after two or three days sick
ness. A post-mortem examination of Mr..
Monks cow was made. The intestines were
found filled with hard substance, resembling
clay, the spleen being entirely decayed.
Mrs. David Moses, who was married just
; one month, died on Friday night of last week
in Baltimore. She was II years old, and was
noted as the fattest woman in the country,
weighing SIT pounds. Mrs. Moses was born
in Detroit Michigan, November 29th, 1866.
She weighed % pounds the day she came into
the world. Her mother died in giving her
life. Attwelve years of age her weight was
I 240 pounds and her height 81 inches.
The fair of the Maryland Agricultural So
/ ciety began on Tuesday, at Pimlico, Baltimore,
with the largest and finest display of stock
ever seen in the State. There were fifteen
herds of Jersey cattle, including those offs.
NJ. Shoemaker, John Gill, and Watts &Seth.
The last namad took the first premium
for the best COW, Value I'd, which has produced
more butter in given period than any other
COW in the country. Mr.. Shoemaker took
the first herd premium. There are also
herds of short horns, Guernsey, Holstein,
| Scotch Angus, Hereford, Devon, and grade
| cattle. In the sheep department is part Of
the Druid Hill Park flock of Southdowns, as
well as Cotswold, Shropshiredown, and
Arabian sheep. The swine department has
many beautiful specimens of Berkshire and
large and small Chester hogs and pigs. In
the equine quarter are many quick and heavy
draught and saddle horses, as well as thor
oughbreds. Among the latter are Yauxhall,
Narragansett, and Glenmore. The nipple
ment department is full.