The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1884-06-28
Maryland Affairs.


The city tax rate in Cumberland is 20 cents
on the 500.
Dennis School, died at his residence in
Frederick last Friday, aged Y years.
Mr.. Theodore Schultz, well known farmer
of Frederick county, died on Wednesday
Brusstar & Bro, of Baltimore, have bee n
awarded the contract for building two sloops
| for the state fishery force.
! The tax rate in Anne Arundel county, for
county purposes, is SO cents on the 500 for
1884, reduction of nine cents.
A lot of "a bushels of new wheat was re-
ceived in Baltimore las Friday from Middle
sex county, Va, and was sold at $l.55
William Schwartz, President of the Ger
man American Bank of Baltimore, died on
Sunday at the age of 81 years. He had been
President of the bank since its organization
in 1872.
Samuel Sword barn, in Washington coun.
ty, was struck by lightning and burned on
Saturday. Three other barns in the same
county were injured on the same day by
lightning.
Charles c. Hemmick, young clerk in the
Baltimore Post-office, was arrested Sunday
night for robbing the mails. On Monday he
waved an examination and went to Jail in de-
1aulL Oh Dali.
Gov. McLane has signed the death warrant
of bug Cephas, convicted in Dorchester
county of the murder of Mrs. Celia Bush
Murphy, fixing Friday, August /, as the date
! of the execution.
In Baltimore, on Wednesday, the Grand
Jury found true bills against John S. Rice,
Martin Jordan, Charles G. Medinger, Henry
G. Medinger, James Gamble and James
James for selling pools on horse races. y i
The hot weather of the week told in its ia :
tai effects upon the small children of Baltimore.
OF the $50 persons who died during the week
ended Saturday evening, Ill were under five
years of age and 90 were under one year.
At meeting of the Directors of the Chesa-
peake and Ohio Canal in Baltimore last Fri
day, it was resolved to reduce the pay of all
the officers and clerks twenty per cent, and
to dispense with all labor not absolutely me-
cessary to an efficient working of the canal.
The question of a reduction of tolls was not
disposed of.
Mss Augusta j. Rohrback, daughter of
NJ. B. f. Rohrback, residing in Sharpsburg,
Washington county, committed suicide at her
fathers residence, between l and 2 o'clock
Friday morning of last week, by hanging her.
self to the post of her bed with the aid of a
rope. The deceased was aged about twenty
five years. For some time past she has been
in melancholy mood.
The people in Oxen Hill district, Prince
Georges county, are very much excited over
the poisoning of several fine horses in their
neighborhood. James A. Gregory lost fine
colt, and Widow Pignot lost two valuable
horses last week. A large quantity of strych-
nine was found in the horses, and evidence
points strongly to physician in the neighbor-
hood. In fact, he has been arrested and held
under bond of 5000 for court.
Mr.. Rein Hammond Worthington, who
died at his residence, near Harrisonville, Sec
ond district, Baltimore county, on Sunday last,
lacked only six days of being 80 years of age.
He had been confined to bed ten days pre-
vious to his death. He died at what is known
as his 'sGranite Farm His daughter, Miss
Sally Worthington, and grandson, Vernon
Dorsey, lived with him at the time of his
death.
1t is estimated that more than 10000, 900
quarts of strawberries were shipped from the
Maryland and Delaware peninsula during the
season just closed, which netted the growers
over $500, 600 and 5000, 900 more to the labor
ers who picked the fruit. One part of the
peninsula, containing nearly 100000 inhabi-
tants, realized 500, 900 on single crop of
berries, which is at the rate of almost S. for
for each man, woman and child in the dis
trict.
The project to improve Annapolis is assum-
ing definite shape. A permanent organiza
ton has been formed, with +. b. Mayer,
president, J. Writ Randall, secretary, and
Julian Brewer, treasurer. Among the vice.
presidents are Professors Marshall, Oliver
and Chas. E. Monro, of the Naval Academy.
Other Naval Academy officers who own resi-.
dences in Annapolis are also members. The
association is to be called "Thc Local In
provement Organization of Annapolis.
At the Methodist Episcopal Church in
Frederick, last Sunday, special services were
held in commemoratlon of the centenary of
American Methodism. An eloquent address
was delivered by United States Senator A. H.
Colquitt, of Georgia, in the course of which
he referred to the fact that the first Methodist
chapel in this country was built by Robert
Strawbridge on SANS creek in Frederick
county. Senator Colquitt addressed the Lu
theran Sunday school in the afternoon.
A petition was filed in the United States
Circuit Court for the district of Maryland on
Tuesday by S. Teackle Wallis and &. Haw-
kins Williams, solicitors of w. w. Corcoran
and others, trustees in the mortgage under
the act of 1874 in the suit of Daniel X. Stew
art against the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal,
which was heard and partly decided in April,
1881, but left open for further proceedings.
The petition is now filed for the sale of the
canal and receivers for it by the trustees, who
at the first hearing opposed the application for
the same object.
The Centreville, Queen Anne's county,
Record, says :-''It is estimated by machine
men that there are at work in this county this
week FIVE hundred and fifty Self. binding Har-
vesters. They consist ofthe Osborne, Cham
pion, Deering, Buckeye, Wood, Mccormick,
Minneapolis, Marsh, and Plano and all are
doing good work and giving satisfaction.
Besides the binders there are number of
reapers without the binding attachment used
is saving the wheat crop. 1t is safe to say
that there are at least one thousand reapers
at work in the county and this in territory |
of422 square miles one third of which is taken |
up by water courses. The acres which these |
machines will harvest this season are about |
45, 900, and the crop will reach about 5000 |
hnshels some 200 Ol0 less than last year.