The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1883-03-10
Maryland Affairs.

Annapolis is to have q carnival on Faster
Monday.
A barn on the farm of Dennis Mullen, near
Elkton, was burned Monday
A building association has been organized
at Woodstock, Howard county.
Bv the exemption of manufactures Balti-
more City will lose S45 200 per year in taxes.
Ann Young. coIored, died recently at
Waterbury. Anne Arundel county, aged lO8'
years. ~ q
1t is said that there are ten places in Cal
vert county where liquor is sold to one before
local option was adopted.
Baltimore is building up rapidly. In one
dav last week permits were granted Tor the
building Of eighty houses.
The garden farm, forty acres, of Mrs. Mary
A. Hedges, near Frederick, has been sold to
Nicholas o. Kline for 81 800.
A new military company, called the East
End Guards, has been organized IN Hagers-
town, with VIM. Ruby, Jr., as captain.
The Belt farm, near GAINESVILLE, Howard
county. containing $50 acres, has been pur-
chased by Upton D. Clark for $1,000.
Smallpox is still on the decrease in Balti-
more. Last week there were twenty deaths
from the disease, being five less than the week
previous.
William Clockcr, an old citizen of St.
Marv's county, committed suicide on Sunday
by hanging He had made two previous at
tcmpts at self-destruction.
Col. Harry Gilmore died at his residence in
Baltimore on Sunday night, i'll his 10th year.
He served in the Confederate army during the
late war, and distinguished himself for dash,
daring and bravery.
Jacob Stauch, who was convicted second
time of selling liquor on Sunday, was last
week sentenced by Judge Phelps OF the
Baltimore city court, to 30 days imprison
ment and the payment of $3.50 fine.
Two men were killed in Baltimore on
Saturday by being run over by cars, Il colored
man who was getting coke near the round house
of the Baltimore & Ohio road. and the con
ductor of regulating train at Locust Point.
Jacob F. Gerwig, residing at Pine Orchard,
near Ellcott City, celebrated his goth birth
day on Wednesday Of last week. Mr.. Ger
wig came to this country from Wurtemburg
about 50 years ago, and first settled at Cations
vile, Baltimore county.
The Wilmington NJ. +. Conference began
its annual sessions at Cambridge ON Nednes-
day. The Conference embraces the Eastern
Shore and Delaware. The Baltimore Con
ference of the same church began its sessions
the same day at Winchester, Va.
The country residence of Mr.. John Gill, of
Gill g. Fisher, grain merchants, Baltimore,
on the Frederick road, opposite the Paradise
Hotel, was burned Saturday morning. The
building was one of the handsomest on the
turnpike, and had a frontage of eighty feet,
with twenty rooms.
Richard Cant, of Cumberland, pleaded
guilty in the United States District Court,
Baltimore, on Wednesday, of obtaining pos
session, with intent to detraud, of a postal
money order for So which had been sent to
his sister, and was sentenced to the Erie
county penitentiary, at Buffalo, n. Y, for two
years.
The Order of the Oriole met Wednesday
night to make preliminary arrangements for
the annual fall festival of the organization.
1t was decided to postpone until the next
meeting the consideration of the time when
the celebration will be held. The order in
tends to make the festival a grand affair this
year.
The annual report of the trustees of the
poor of Anne Arundel county for the year
ended March l, 1883, shows that 20 inmates
were received at the institution during the
year and - were there March /, 1882, making
the total 35. Of these, died during the
year and 13 were discharged, leaving the
present number l6.
On Thursday of last week several lads,
among them the sons of Mr.. John A. Troup,
who lives on the Montpelier estate, in Wash
ngton county. were shooting mt a dog with
an old pistol. In carelessly handling it one
of the barrels was discharged while the
weapon was in the hands of Scott Iroup, the
ball striking his brother Charles, II years of
age, causing instant death.
DIR. D. Lemay State veterinary sutkeon,
who was detailed to visit Frederick and eX
anime cattle in that locality supposed to be
affected with pleurO-pneumonia, reports to
the Governor that the malady existing among
cattle there is not pleuro-pneumonla, but from
a post -mortem examination he finds that death
has resulted in many instances from pericar-
ditis, or Inflammation OF the membrane OF the
heart.
An unknown German was found dead near
Wavcrlv, Baltimore county, on Monday,
having committed suicide John G.. kon-
mann, of Garrison Lane, Baltimore county,
was found dead in the woods four miles from
Annapolis on Tuesday morning. He was
visiting in the neighborhood and when found
had several wounds on his head. 1t is not
known whether he was attacked or whether
he was drunk and got hurt in falling against a
stump.
The Hagerstown News says "Mr. Israel
Rife, who a few days since made IL large sale
of fat hogs to Mr.. David Seibert, is the owner
of over 400 acres of choice land from which
he yearly harvests from three to four thous
and bushels of wheat. He has now ready for
market thirty one head of fat cattle, uasur
passed perhaps by any lot of similar numbers
in the county. 1t is not only cattle and hogs
Il: l., L. hut M, 10
laws claim to the premium boy of the county.
He is but twenty months old, measures three
feet in height, and weighs ~ pounds.
The residence of Simon Cronise, near New
market, Frederick county, was destroyed by
fire early Thursday morning, and his wife
and one of his children persisted in the flames.
Henry Plummer, deaf mute, who had been
living with the family some time, who was
supposed at first to be lost also, was after
wards found lying i'll the barn, badly burned
and nearly frozen to death. The bodies of
the victims were so charred as to be almost
wholly unacceptable. The fire originated,
it is supposed, from IL heap of wood lying
against heated stove in the kitchen.
The steamship Ontario, which arrived at
Locust Point last Sunday, brought one OF the
finest lots of thoroughbred cattle ever import
ed into this country, selected from the En-
gllSh herds. Inc consignment eIlpTdceu lo1
Herefords, bulls and heifers, IA poled Angus,
and 80 Shropshire Down sheep. The sheep,
IA Heretords, and the polled Angus are con,
signed to Thomas Lawson of Missouri Land
Company, at Neosho, Mo-, and the balance
to Boulter & Morgan and Henry +. 1eomanS
of Cheyenne. Among the Cheyenne stock is
the celebrated bull ''Rudolph,' purchased
for 700 guineas, said to be the highest price
paid for Hereford in England or America:
James Trainor was on Sunday placed in
jail at Upper Marlboro for shooting George
Recarr, near the Agricultural College, in
Prince Georges county, on Saturday last 1t
appears that the two men had dispute the
previous day, and Recarr had said that he
intended to kill Trainor the first time he met
him. On Saturday they met Trainor had
shotgun and Recarr an axe. Recarr started
toward Trainor, when the latter warned him
to come no nearer, but as he still advanced
with the axe in hand Trainor shot him in the
face, inhicting terrible wound, destroying
both eyes. Trainor at once surrendered him