The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1884-09-13
Maryland Affairs.

Miss NJ. C. Newell, daughter of Prof. NJ.
| A. Newell, of the State Normal School, died
on Monday of chronic disease of the heart
aged IS years.
! Mr.. William Giason, a son of the late Gov
ernor Grason and brother of ex-Judge Rich
ard Grason, died at his home in Dorchester
county on Saturday.
The contract for furnishing apparatus for
heating the Frederick county courtroom and
all the offices in the courthouse by steam has
been awarded to Hutchinson Bros, of Balti-
more, at 81, 700.
Baltimore had S1OO, 900 fire Thursday af-
ternoon, the furniture factory of Wilson &
| Son, in South Baltimore, and several adjoin-
ing houses being destroyed.
The freight shipments over the Western
Maryland Railroad are very heavy just now.
At all the principal stations along the route
the yards are blocked, and on Saturday ten
freight trains were in motion to relieve the
blockade.
The. Western Maryland Railroad has ear
| ried from Baltimore 1900 cases of new crop
canned goods shipped by Baltimore city
packers to the South since September l. A
large part of the shipments went to New
| Orleans.
The Baltimore San of Tuesday says The
market for No. 2 red Western spot wheat
closed at the Baltimore Corn and Flour Elk
change yesterday at S5f cents, the lowest fig
| yet reached. Southern Fultz was 81 to 80,
and longberry SO to "a cents.
From July % to September 8, Charles F.
and Mary E. Harvey Sachse of Baltimore,
lost all of their six children. Four were boys
and two were girls, and they ranged in age
| from IL months to years. Dates of deaths
| fn11o1x-c. mi % Santan1.
Der 3, 5, I and 8.
According to reports from Prince George S,
Charles, Calvert and st. Mary's counties,
much damage has occurred to the late tobacco
crop on account of the long drouth prevailing
in those sections. Except in a few localities,
no rain has fallen since July. The corn
| crop also suffers to some extent.
The circuit court of Baltimore county
commenced last Monday. Suggestions were
made by members of the bar that owing to
! the extreme heat the trial of cases on the APP
peal docket be postponed until September 10
and the trial docket be postponed until Sep
TENDER %. The suggestion was approved by
| the court.
A fine Switzer barn located about three
miles from Frederick, owned by Mr.. Josiah
Zimmerman with its contents, consisting OF l :
| 800 bushels of wheat, quantity of oats, so
barrels of corn, so tons of hay, straw, machin-
cry, harness, a., was entirely consumed by a
fire supposed to be of incendiary origin, be-
tween u and l o'clock Sunday morning.
The loss estimated at about 5000. There is
an insurance of 81, 500 on the barn in the
new Mutual Company Frederick, and $500 on
the wheat.
The Association of Old Defenders of Balti-
more was formally disbanded on Saturday.
| The reason for the disarmament was that not
more than two or three of the seven members
known to be living would be able to attend the
annual reunion on the 18th inst. and the consti-
tuition of Association provided for its disband-
ment when the number of members able to
attend a reunion would be reduced to five.
| The ages of the seven survivors range from
| 80 to 80 wears. Last year nine attended the
reunion, and the number of known survivors
was thirteen.
A pastoral letter from Archbishop Gibbons
relative to the assembling of the Plenary
Council in November next, was read on
Sunday in all the Catholic Churches of the
Archdiocese of Baltimore. The Archbishop
says that the council will meet on the 9th of
November, and that every State and Diocese
in the Union will be represented by prelates
and priests The Council will meet, not for
any political purposes, but for ''the enactment
of salutary laws for the promotion of piety
and sound morals, the correction of abuses,
the establishment so far as is practicable of
greater uniformity in ecclesiastical discipline,
| the development of the Christian common
wealth, the quickening and Strengthening of
the bonds of charity which should bind us all
as members of the Christian family to our
God and to each other"
Mr.. Hugh Sisson will add to the Maryland
Al n.looos, Ca
simile in Baltimore county marble of the
Washington monument at Washington and
specimens of all the marbles in the Baltimore
county quarres. Burns, Russell Il Co. will
exhibit Baltimore bricks and tiles. Henry
McShane X Co. have given notice to the State
commissioner, Dr. Bishop, that they will
have display of bells and metal working.
A photographer is engaged in getting up views
of the public buildings, the larger institutions
and business houses of Baltimore. One of
the features of the Maryland exhibit will be
the specimens of Cumberland semi btu min
Gus Goals. Col. j. Thos. Scharf, secretary to
the commissioner, is arranging for committees
in the different counties to collect county eX-
hibits of native products.
Samuel T. Hahn, aged Is, residing at Me-
chanicstown, Frederick county, was run over
by a passenger train at Edgemont, on the
w eSIefn MarylaIu Ieallrodu, Oh oepteHpcr %,
and killed. Hahn was fireman the
freight train which left Hagerstown in the
evening for Baltimore. When the train
reached Edgemont orders were received for
the freight train to take the track of the Bal
timore and Cumberland Valley Railroad in
order to allow a West bound train to pass at
THAT point The train accordingly took the
side track, and Hahn was sent forward on the
Cumberland Valley Road to signal approach
ing trains. Meanwhile one of the cars of his
train jumped the track, and while it was being
replaced Hahn was forgotten. A signal was
given for his return, and it was thought that
he had returned until his train was ready to
proceed, when he was not to be found.
Search was instituted, and his mangled re-
mains were found on the track, north of the
station. Three trains two passenger and one
freight, had passed over his body.