The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1883-09-29
Maryland Affairs.

Diphtheria is said to be prevalent in some
portions of Anne Arundel county. A son OF
/ VIM Peake, of the first district, died from
the disease Saturday.
The Court of Appeals of Maryland will
meet for the October term on Tuesday, the
ninth day of the month, and proceed with the
call of the general docket.
The Eastern Shore farmers are busy in
making preparations for wheat seeding,
which will begin next week. The area seed
ed will be larger than that of last year.
There were two suicides in Baltimore on
Sunday VIM. Dengler took laudanum, and
Miss S. A. johnson hung herself. The latter
attended church twice before committing the
deed.
Dr. Robert Ward. State veterinary surgeon,
reports that there are no cases of pleuro pneu-
mOnia among cattle in Baltimore city, and
does not believe that the disease is prevalent
in any part of the State.
The German Protestant ministers have de-
termined to hold celebration of the four
hundredth anniversary of Martin Luther S
birth, Oh Sunday, November II, at ?. 80 p. M,
at the Academy of Music, Baltimore.
Judge Leonard H. Canter, for many years
a Judge of the Orphans Court of st. Mary S
county and delegate in the last House of
Delegates from that county, died suddenly
Sunday evening of heart disease at his resi-
dence, near Charlotte Hall.
A frame building five miles east of Freder-
lex City, owned by Isaac Burke, was com
pletely destroyed by fire Sunday night together
with a country stock of merchandise. Loss
about 81, 900 The fire is supposed to have
originated by mice nibbling matches
The largest and most valuable shipment of
imported cattle ever sent to the port OF Baltl-
more, arrived on Thursday on the steamship
Nesmore from Liverpool The herd com
prises 1913 calves, II bulls, and l23 heiters
and COWS, and is intended for breeding pur-
poses. They were shipped by James Nelson
4 Sons to W. H. and A. Leonard.
In hunting opossoms recently Mr.. Nutwell.
of the eighth district of Anne Arundel coun-
tv. put his hand in the hole of a large tree,
when he was severely bitten by copper
snake. The hand and arm were swollen to
three times their natural size. Medical aid
was promptly summoned, but the condition
of Mr.. Nutwell is said to be very precarious
Mrs. Edward Trail, mother of Col. Charles
E. Trail, of Frederick, celebrated her eighty
first birthday few days ago. This estimable
lady is in the enjoyment of excellent health,
and has lost none of those sterling qualities
which have always endeared her to her nu
merous friends, whose earnest wishes are that
she may enjoy many more birthdays.
Last Saturday night fire, of incendiary
origin, broke out in the stable owned by Hen
ry Classon, of Baltimore, and rented to }. }.
Cook, on the Reisterstown road, near Oak
land Station, on the Western Maryland Rail
road The stable, outbuildings, together with
a valuable horse and carriage, an Alderney
calf, quantity of hay, straw, &c, were all
, consumed.
Representatives of five Methodist bodies of
Baltimore met on Monday night at the Meth
odist Book Rooms and extended an invitation
to the general committee to arrange tor the
holding of the centennial conference Of the
church in Baltimore. It's expected the gen
eral committee will meet next month in New
York and take action upon the invitation.
David Green, aged 40, unmarried, met
death in a shocking form at Moscow, near
Barton, in Allegany county, last Saturday.
He was attending thrashing machine on a.
B. Shaw's farm, and attempted to remove
some straw entangled in the joint ofthe tumb
ling rod While doing this his sleeve caught
in the gearing he was pulled down against the
wheels, and the master wheel ground against
his head, MASKING it, and causing death in a
few minutes.
Mr.. Henry Houck, aged about 65 years,
residing at Rocky Ridge, near Frederick city,
was struck by the engine of the Winchester
accommodation train, on the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad, near Reels Mill, between s
and o clock Wednesday morning. His right
leg was terribly crushed, head cut and injured
internally. He was taken to Frederick, and
attended by Drs. Smith and johnson. Mr..
Houck suffered for about four hours, until he
died. He was well known throughout the
county and highly respected.
Some time during Saturday night last the
feed store of Mr.. H. j. Reitz, on the corner
of Third and Chestnut avenues, Hampden,
Baltimore county, was entered by thieves,
who broke open the money safe and took all
the money, about $50 in bank notes and sill
yer. Nothing else in the store was disturbed.
Mr.. Reitz kept large bulldog, which he al
WAYS locked up in the store. The thieves
seemed we'll acquainted with this fact, and to
get rid of the dog broke pane of glass in the
transom above the front door and threw a
piece of poisoned meat to the dog, which soon
killed it.
A farmer in Washington county has wagon
which he had built in 1884, when all market
able produce in that vicinity was conveyed to
Baltimore in wagons. Before he could make
use of the conveyance the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad was built to Frederick. The wagon,
which cost the farmer $40, was carefully
packed away, and for forty mine years it has
never been moved from the position it first
occupied. The marks of the hammer are on
the tire as they were when they came from
the forge, and, aside from the natural
evidences of age, the wagon is in every re-
spect as good as new. If the amount this
wagon cost had been put out at interest, the
whole by this time would amount to 81 ,420.-
Sc.
The general merchandise establishment of
Mr.. S. P. Townsend, of Glyndon, Baltimore
county, in which building also is the Adams
Express office, telegraph office and Glyndon
postofice, was entered by burglars at an early
hour Tuesday morning. The iron bars over
the transom of the door on the east side of
the building were forced out, and an entrance
thereby effected. The postofice was ran
sacked and every letter torn open. The
cash drawer was robbed of small amount of
change left therein, and several articles OF
merchandise are missed from the store, and
others may have been taken. This is the
third or fourth time this store has been rob-
bed A colored man, named Charles Will
liams was arrested in Baltimore on suspi-
a cion, and was held for the action of the
Baltimore county authorities. A few nights
previous the shoe shop of Mr.. David Wagner,
ofthe same place, was broken into and robbed
of several pairs of shoes and some tools.