The Democratic advocate., 1884-08-09
Maryland Affairs.

| lhES. MARY haIkcF uleu IN baltimore.
Wednesday, in her 102d year.
Miss Elizabeth Owings died in Annapolis
on Monday, in her Goth year.
AT Keedysville, Washington county, Jacol
f. Snively, aged 73 years, committed suicide
by hanging, last Saturday.
Henry Roberts, a policeman, committed
suicide in Baltimore, on Saturday evening
by taking arsenic.
: The cotton mills at Savage, Howard county,
are closed, and the 300 hands are idle, ex,
cept as they may get other work. They ex
pect to resume work in September.
The nine Todd brothers, of Talbot county
challenge any other nine brothers in the state
to play them match game of base ball or
the Easton grounds. The nine brothers are
sons of Mr.. John B. Todd, of Trappe district
The hog cholera, which broke out in Med
| leys district, Montgomery county is rapidly
spreading. In parts of Potomac and Darnes
town districts some of the farmers have los
all their hogs by it.
Maurice J. Hanrahan, member of the
Baltimore bar, was sent to Jail Wednesday by
Justice Wiener on the charge of obtaining q
brass watch under false pretenses from Moses
Watkins, colorcd.
Mr.. John W. Cowan. of Baltimore, wlic
built the Blue Mountain House, has beer
awarded the contract for the construction oi
the new Western Maryland Railroad depot al
Hagerstown. The structure is to be a large
one, 22O feet in length, with frontage oi
about 60 feet.
Mr.. Mayer, the President of the Consoli
dated Coal Company and of the Cumberland
and Pennsylvania Railroad, returned to Bal
timore on Saturday morning from the region
of Western Maryland damaged by the food Of
the 2Sth ult. He estimates the total losses to
the mines, the railroads and individuals at moi
more than $4,000.
The contract for erecting an open wooden
bridge at Hoffman's (Rockdale) paper mills,
sixth district, Baltimore county, over the Big
Gunpowder, was awarded by the county COM
missioners Tuesday to John H. Beckiey for
1887, and the contract for an open wooden
bridge over the Big Gunpowder, sixth dis
trict, at Hoffman's Clipper mill, was also
awarded to John III. Beckley for $780,.
The street roller, machine weighing 3 300
pounds, purchased lately by the Hagerstown
street commission, arrived in that place Mon
day. The stone crusher, turning out an aver
age of so tons per day, has been in operation
several days and the work of macadamizing
will be begun at once. The bedding which is
to be twelve inches deep will be ofthree differ
ent sizes of stones to be rolled and compress
ed by the street roller.
Several heavy showers of rain, accompanied
by thunder and lightning, fell in Frederick
and vicinity Monday afternoon and night.
During their prevalence Market street was
flooded, the water extending in places nearly
from house to house, and filling numerous
cellars. Carroll creek overfowed its banks,
but no special damage is as yet reported.
The recent rains have caused good deal OF
injury to wheat left standing in shocks in
fields
The repairs necessary to the roads and
bridges in Allegany county in consequence OF
the late freshet have entailed an outlay rang
ing from $4,000 to $4,000. For consider
able distance below Homecoming the county
road will have to be relocated, the topography
of the country having been so changed by the
freshet. In some places where the road for
merly ran the stream has taken possession,
and in places where there were formerly bridg-
es there is now no creek.
Eliza Baker, colored, charged with having
set fire to the barn, stable and corn crib, con-
tanning a lot of oats and hay, near Potomac,
Montgomery county, between and o clock
Wednesday morning. All of the property was
destroyed, the loss being estimated at 81, 500
No insurance. The owner. John Currier, re-
sides in Loudoun county, Va, the property
being in charge of tenant. The woman was
taken before Justice Walsh and committed
to Jail to await the action of the grand jury.
Jonas Houston, colored, was arrested by
County Constable Albaugh, at Lime Kiln
Switch, at late hour Tuesday night, on the
charge of shooting, with shotgun, Mahala
Smith, colored domestic in the family of
DR.. D. +. Mckinney, living near Buckeys-
town. Houston claims that the influence of
the woman over his wife caused their separa-
ton, and that he was thus provoked to the
shooting. He was committed to Jail for
further hearing The woud is said to be
serious.
Col George R. Howard, died at his resi-
dence in Elkton, Cecil county, on Monday
night, in his S4th year. He received stroke
of paralysis about four years ago, and has
since been confined to his house in an almost
helpless condition. He was born in LaEcas-
ter, Pa, in 1900. moved to Elkton about fifty
years ago, and was appointed register of wills
for Cecil county by Governor Pratt in 1915,
after having served in the State Senate in
1910. He was largely instrumental in organ
izing the Sixth Maryland Regiment, of which
he was colonel. In 1867 he was elected
member of the constitutional convention of
Maryland, and was afterwards appointed JUS
tice of the peace, which office he held up to
the time of his seizure with paralysis.
Col. James r. Herbert. one of the Police
Commissioners of Baltimore city, died at his
residence, near Woodstock, Howard county,
on Tuesday morning. Col. Herbert was born
at Woodstock, August Is. 1888. During the
war between the states he took sides with
the South, entering into service in 1861, and
was engaged in almost every battle of impor-
tance. In 1868 he was captured at the battle
of Gettysburg, and taken to ohnson's Island,
hut was exchanged in 1864. At the Gettys
burg battle minnie ball passed through his
stomach, and it is thought that this wound,
which never thoroughly healed, was the cause
of his death. During the railroad riots in
Baltimore, in 1877, he took charge of the
military and received the thanks of the entire
city for the manner in which he managed the
affair. He leaves wife, several daughters
and son. When his death was announced
in the city all the flags on the public buildings
were pnt at halfmast.
Judge Stewart, of the Circuit Court. Balti-
more, on Tuesday signed a decree in the case
of Emma j. Harrington VS.. Robert Fearing,
declaring null and void the marriage between
the parties, which took place in Castine, Me-,
in 1879. The parties lived together for some
years, when one day Fearing received letter
from some one of his relatives, from which,
while he was reading it, there dropped pho
tograph of young boy. Mrs. Fearing picked
up the picture and asked whose it was. Fear
ing replied it was a nephew of his. Mrs. Fear
ing remarked that the boy looked like mu-
latto, whereupon Fearing looked alarmed, and
protested that the color of the boy was simply
caused by his being born and raised in warm
climate. Mrs. Fearing, however, had her
suspicious aroused, and finally, after much
trouble, found she had married mulatto.
She applied for divorce in Baltimore on
December 18th, on the ground that the laws
of Maine did not allow the marriage of white
and colored persons, and it was on this ground
that Judge Stewart granted the decree. Fear
ing, the husband, who was connected with the
revenue service, made no opposition to the
plea for divorce.
A Child Roasted to Death.