The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1883-06-23
Maryland Affairs.

week.
The civil service commission has rccely-
ed but one application for examination.
Denton proposes to add sixty acres OF
territory to its limits, making the total
area of the town 135 acres.
St. Roses Catholic church, at Gathers
burg, Montgomery county, recently burn
ed, is to be rebuilt at once.
The county tax rate in Garrett Is 81
cents. The amount of the levy is S33 ,804-
%. The county tax in St. Marys is 10l
cents.
VIM NJ Singerly, proprietor of the
Philadelphia Record, is about to build
fine summer residence at Elkton, Cecil
county.
Charles Williams, IL German, fell from
boat into the canal eight miles below Old I
town. AIleeany county, on Saturday night
His body was recovered on Monday
Mr.. VIM. +. Weller, of Granite, near
Woodstock, Hartford county, has been
awarded contract to furnish Baltimore
city 100000 Belgian blocks, at SIT per
thousand.
Mrs. Nancy Miller, of Cumberland, who
can remember when Gen Washington
was entertained at the Mcmahon House
in 1874, celebrated her 103d birthday
last Sunday.
Roy Warren, aged seven years, son OF
NJ tho
missoners for Caroline county, fell from
Denton bridge into the river Monday
afternoon and was drowned
The farmers about East New Market,
Dorchester county, are cutting their wheat.
The crop will not be heavy. The strawber-
! ry crop has been moderate, being cut short
| by drouth Peaches are promising
Business is good, and all mechanics are
busy.
A Mr.. Higgins, of Charles county, saw
something black in his cherry tree recently.
He thought it was ii cow and sent load
of buckshot at it. With howl the object
fell to the grouud and proved to be a col
ored farm hand The man is in il critical
condition.
Mr. John Flaharty, of the fourth district
of Hartford county, celebrated his 9th
birthday ON the I'd inst. He has lived
under the administration of every PreSl-
dent, from Washington to Arthur. He
has thirteen grandchildren and nine great
grandchildren living.
Mrs. Charles Reinhart, who, when the
beautiful young wife Of Il wealthy resident
of Port Deposit ran away with Norman
Witlock, Of the same place, has been mar
ried to Witlock her husband having OBJ
tanned Il divorce, and it is said the couple
will live at Port Deposit.
Mr.. Frank Macatee, Of Clermont Mills,
Hartford county, who was extensively en-
gagged in canning last year, has discontinued
that business, and planted fifteen acres Of
tobacco. Mr.. Macatec regards tobacco as
more profitable than canning, the weed
having heretofore melted him 500 to the
acre.
The Frederick Daily Times says that
Harrison Wagner, the noted litigant, has
employed Messrs. Hay and GriswOld, of
Washington city, to enter suits against the
Adams Express Company to recover
$1,000 on the old judgments rendered
by Ephraim Stoner, a justice Of the peace
of Frederick county, in 1877.
Mr. David W. Sloan, states attorney for
Allegany county, has at his office i'll Cum
berland Il large photograph Of the Prince
ton graduating class of 1873 1t contains
seventy-six portraits, and among the
number is that of n l.. Dukes, who re-
Gently was killed at Uniontown by the son
of the man whom he had murdered.
The case of Lloyds' the commissioner
of Frederick county, was tried at Hagers-
town last week and resulted i'll verdict
for the defendant Lloyd claimed to have
been injured by falling from bridge on a
county road, which, from neglect of the
authorities to keep in proper condition, has
been rendered dangerous for the purpose Of
travel.
The State central committee for Mont
gomery county and the county committee
held joint meeting on Monday, adopted
the Crawford county system and fixed the
first Saturday in September as the time for
holding the primary The members of
the central committee subsequently revok-
ed these proceedings and adjourned to
July 10.
There were three cases in which men
were charged with wife-beating in the
Criminal Court of Baltimore on Saturday
Their names were Anthony Hughes
Henry Blaney and Bernard Kelley. In
each case the wife seemed anxious to have
her husband released, and all were dis
charged with strong words of warning
from the court.
There was thunder storm in Baltimore
between and 3 Il. NJ. on Tuesday, and
during it the lightning was very vivid and
the rain fell in torrents. One flash Of
lightning was binding, and the crash that
followed it so terrific that many sleepers
were reused In some portions Of Balti-
more county the storm was unusually
severe. Near Woodensburgh, in the
Fourth election district, the lightning
struck several trees and u small house oc-
cupied by a man named William Brown
and his family AS the lightning descend
ed through the walls the plastering was
torn away, and shotgun standing against
the wall was demolished. None of the
family were injured. but all were much
frightened.
For the Democratic 1dc0cate.
MEssRs. EDIToRs Have you heard from
tho Vast End ately2 tell YOU it would
have done that bachelor friend of ours (you
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