The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1884-04-12
MARYLAND Affairs.


boats on the Chesapeake bay were driven
ashore and wrecked.
The public schools of Frederick county will
close on Tuesday next, the 10Th inst, until
September or October.
Hagerstown is improving rapidly. Twenty
houses are now under contract, and two more
manufacturers are about TO be established.
A large addition is to be made to the build
ings of st. Joseph's, diminishing, head
: quarters of Sisters of Charity in the United
States.
The Baltimore and Ohio directors have
declared their usual five per cent. semian-
nual dividend and carried 100000 to the
surplus fund.
The suspension Oft Robert Jenkins q
Sons, of Baltimore, dealers in provisions, was
announced on Tuesday. Speculation in pork
is said to have caused their embarrassment.
At the Cooper sale of Jersey cattle in New
York city last week. Mr.. Samuel M. Shoe
maker, of Baltimore city, bought the cow
"Westphalia,'i for 81 900, and the cow "Gold
Mine, !" for S1,1O0.
F. A. Remly, states attorney of Washington
county, was stricken with paralysis on Thurs
day morning and died Thursday night. On
the same day Police Justice G. G. Brezeler
of Hagerstowe was stricken with apoplcXy
and died.
The Maryland State Temperance Alliance
will hold its eleventh annual meeting IN Bal
timore on the 18th, 10th and 18th of April.
A number of the most distinguished advocates
of temperance in this and other States will be
among the speakers.
The Shenandoah Valley Railroad Company
has begun to lay steel rails along the line of
its road. All of the iron rails between
Hagerstown and Bentonvile will be taken
Al bCtit cd of
Bentonvile the rails are of steel.
The old store house in Waterford, a small
village known as the "Bull Frog" three
miles below Elkton, Cecil county. was
burned down Sunday night A young child,
a daughter of John Earle, colored, persisted
in the flames. The coroner visited the
ruins, but deemed an inquest unnecessary,
the fire being the result of accident.
The Legislature at its recent session passed
quite number of local option laws for coun
ties and election districts of counties. Prince
Georges county, which voted for prohibition
in 1880, will again vote on the question on
November 4, general election day. Bills
were passed empowering the voters of ST.
Mary's, Charles, and Carrot counties to vote
on local option.
VIM. Daniel, president of the State tenn
perance alliance, says the recent Legislature
granted more to the cause of temperance
than any previous legislature, notwithstanding
the local optionists endeavored to defeat
Democratic candidates everywhere. In 1888,
says Mr. Daniel, the alliance will be in the
field with local option ticket in Baltimore.
Colonel George Gale, who through his
long life was a prominent democrat, died
April 3rd at his residence, in Still Pond,
Kent county, aged about 10 years. He
was descendant of the Gale family which
emigrated from Kent county, England, in
colonial times. Col. Gale was a democrat of
the old school, and was Familiarity known in
every State convention and party conference
for nearly half a century. He held several
public positions, federal, State and county.
Joseph B. Loose, Esq, one of the wealth
lest residents of Washington county, died at
his home in Hagerstown on Sunday, aged "A
years. His wealth is estimated at 100000,
a great portion of which is in valuable Wes-
tern lands. To him the Presbyterian congre-
CATION of Hagerstown are indebted in great
measure for their beautiful church edifice
and parsonage He was identified with many
of the industries of Hagerstown, at the time
of his death being one of the directors OF the
steam engine and machine works, also of the
Hagerstown Gas Works and ofthe Mutual Fire
Association.
In n hailstorm which recently extended
over great part of Southern Maryland, doing
much damage to window panes, the rain
loosened the foundations of an old house in
Upper Marlboro, owned by C. c. Magruder,
Esq, and portion of the building, the entire
gable end facing the street, fell outward with
IL destructive crash. Although occupied, no
one was hurt. The building is one of the
oldest in town, and by mary is claimed to
be the birthplace of Archbishop Carroll, the
first Catholic Archbishop of Maryland.
The steamship Hohenzollern brought over
1920 immigrants to Baltimore on Wednes
day, and the Luther statue which is to be
erected in front of DR.. Buffers Memorial
Church, Washington, D. c. The statue was
cast at Lauchhammer, SaXony, where the
original was also cast. The statue cost ex-
elusive of the pedestal, $500. The figure
is colossal bronze, about IL! feet in height
Luther is clad in the ministerial robes of his
time, bearing upon his left arm copy of God S
Word, upon which his closed right hand rests
whilst with upturned, earnest face he appeals
to God for the triumph of the Gospel
The death of Rev. Samuel S. Maitland,
rector of St. Marys Protestant Episcopal
Church. Hampden, Baltimore county. at 10
O'Clock Tuesday night, was followed by the
death of his father, Mr.. Benjamin Maitland,
who was 81 years old at $50 Il. M, Wednes-
dav, five and a half hours after. Mr.. Maitland
senior was in his usual health at Il. M, when,
Mr. Fluharty, one of the vestry of St. Mary s.,
who had been called to the house by the rec
tors Illness left for his home, in the vicinity.
His death was caused, according to medical
opinion, by the shock of his sons death, to
whom he had been deeply attached.
Hon. Joshua Vansant, for many years
prominent citizen ofBalhmore, died at his res
idence there on Tuesday in the Slst year of
his age. He was native of Kent county,
Maryland, but went to Baltimore in his child
hood. He was a halter by trade. In every
improvement in Baltimore he was always fore
most, under his supervision the City Hall was
built for over Sl24 900 less than the estimates
He filled many offices being Mayor of the
city several times, member Of the Senate and
House of Maryland, II member of Congress,
and was Comptroller of Baltimore when he
died. Few men have enjoyed public conf
dence to the extent Mr. Vansant did, and there
is not blot on his character.
Vachel Bergman, aged about "A, died at )
P. NJ. last Friday afternoon at Reisterstown,
Baltimore county, and at 10 p. NJ, five hours
later, his brother, Mr. Henry &. Bergman,
aged Ga, died after less than three days sick
ness. They were members of an old and we'll
known family. Messrs. William and Nehe-
miah Bergman, two other brothers, are also
| i'll. Considering the TACT that they all i've
in different sections of the town, and their
disease not of a contagious character, the CO.
incidence is a remarkable one. The remains
of the first named deceased were inferred
Saturday afternoon, the funeral service taking
place at the residence. The funeral of the
latter took place Sunday.
A $4,000 fire occurred at Church Hill,
Queen Anne's county, on Sunday evening
last. The fire started in the carriage
shop of VIM. w. Bowen and is supposed to
be of incendiary origin. The older inhabi-
tants of the town were at church at the time.
and the alarm was given by some little chill
dren, who were the first to discover the fire.
Six establishments were destroyed. At 6
/ O. clock Monday morning fire broke out at
Port Deposit, Cecil county, and several build
/ ings were destroyed, causing loss of about
| $1,000. On Sunday night a large frame