The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1884-07-19
Maryland Affairs.

The Western Maryland Railroad Compa ny
are putting up signal posts at number OF
stations, with lamps and other apparatus for
that service.
Ground was broken on Monday for the
foundation of an additional building at the Nc
Donogh School, Western Maryland Railroad.
The new building will be $50 by 40 feet, three
stories high, to be built of brick.
Mr.. Thos +. Nagel, who manages Mr.. S.
A. Williams farm, near Thomas Run, Har-
ford CO., has threshcd a field of acres of stalk
ground Fultz wheat, obtaining therelrom 22j
bushels, or over 80 bushels to the acre, by ma
chine measurement. From u acres of fallow
wheat of the same variety he expects TO get 600
bushels, two and a-half acres having produced
1885, bushels, or nearly So! bushels to the
acre.
A heavy rain-storm passed over Baltimore
on Friday afternoon of last week, flooding
streets and cellars. In some of the houses
on West Baltimore, Fayette and Stricken
streets the first floors were covered with water.
On Fremont street house was thrown down /,
and block of buildings in course of con-
structon on North Carey street were wrecked.
Howard L. Six, aged % months, was killed
bylightning, and St.Agnes Hospital was struck.
The freight business over the Western Ma
Iyland road by means of its Shenandoah Val
ley and other connections is increasing very
rapidly. On Monday nineteen carloads of
cattle, destined for Baltimore city, were for
warded from Hagerstown, and three car
loads of poultry from Tennessee and two of
water melons from Georgia were sent on to
New York over the Cumberland Valley road
and its connections North. Mr.. i. H. Girls
void, general passenger agent, stated Monday
that he had contracted for the delivery in Bal
tmore city shortly of 5000 bales of cotton.
The shipments Of melons, poultry and other
produce from the South are steadily increas-
ing.
The Centreville Observer, Queen Anne S
county, says Wheat threshiug was quite
general last week. Some crops are reported
quite heavy, especially from clover fallow, but
corn land wheat and stubble fallow are gener-
ally below the average. Mr.. John w. Rich
ardson got 20 bushels per acre as his average
from fallow and corn land. Mr. j. Hersey
Hall, on his home farm, got LOO bushels
from "A acres, being nearly SO bushels per
acre Mr. Harry B. Wilmer, on the Indian
town farm, got / 200 bushels from 40 acres,
being 80 bushels per acre. Mr.. Henry Null
.likin, on Mr.. McKenney's Walnut Grove
farm, got 80 bushels per acre from his fallow.
| Mr. w. D. Anthony, on Mr.. VIM. B. Thigh
mans farm, in Wye Neck, got 3lt bushels
/ per acre from his fallow, upon which not a
pound of fertilizer had been applied. Mr..
John B. Brown got on his Bryan farm 2l80
bushels from los seeded, being nearly 81 for
one Mr. VIM. j. Price got on his home farm
! q bushels per acre. Mr.. john Il. III. Embert
got TAG bushels from 40 acres. Mr.. Thomas
NJ Mullikin got 1860 bushels from 80 acres,
about half fallow and half corn ground. Mr..
W. l.. Lowe got 1888 bushels from 38 acres
of fallow land, and ia bushels from Al acres
of corn ground, the fallow yielding So bushels
to the acre, and the corn ground 10. Mr..
Nathan Flowers, near Hillsborough, got about
80 bushels per acre. Mr.. Walter j. Draper
got 1860 bushels from 65 acres. John Dodd
raised 4,53S bushels of wheat on III acres OF
/ land from 127 bushels seeding, averaging 409
bushels per acre on fallow and corn ground
fallow averaging 42l. Mr.. Jas. II. Dodd got
], $50 bushels from 30 acres, being 41s bush
els per acre. Mr.. Z. B. VanDyke got an av-
erage of 40 bushels per acre from his fallow.