The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1884-06-07
Maryland Affairs.

mn on the Eastern Shore.
The benefit performances given at Ford S
Opera House in Baltimore for the Confederate
Soldiers Home at Richmond will net $1,000.
Barley & Hasson, coffee and tea merchants
of Baltimore, made an assignment on Satur-
day. Their liabilities are estimated at 92Zo,-
900
William Elliott, aged 10 years, son of Geo.,
Elliott, of Greenfield Mills, Frederick county,
was drownedin the Monocacy river on Monday,
while out swimming.
Sarah jackson, aged 90, was Killed on the
Baltimore a OHIO railroad, near Cumberland,
on wednesday She was COOK IN Ureen
! Spring Camp, and freight tran ran into the
camp car.
Baltimore had two shooting affairs this
week; Samuel Palmer, colored, fatally shot
his wife, and. Joseph wallace, colored, shot
Casper Wagner, colored, twice, intiictng only
slight wounds.
The Grange tri-State Picnic. comprising
representatives from Maryland, Virginia and
Pennsylvania, will open this year at Williams
Grove, Cumberland county, Pa., on August
20. and Will last one week.
James Brown, an aged man, employed by
| the Ashland Iron Company at Green Spring
bank, went in bathing, on Thursday, and
getting into deep hole, and being unable
to swim, was drowned.
Augustus Hall, young farmer, living near
Salisbury, attempted to commit suicide on
Sunday night by cutting his throat with a
razor. 1t was his third effort at selt-destruc-
ton. His condition is said to be critical.
An auction sale of recent imported Jersey
| cattle. including 10 cows and 4 calves, in
Baltimore Saturday. brouoht S5543. The
HIGHEST price was $50 for HPrimrose Lady,
None of the cows were more than 2 wears
old.
Gov McIane has commissioned Jacob f.
| Z;mmerman and ROGER r. Naiobbors iustices
of Az ,,aocl on, Jas Mck;nsev register for
a. ~ 49, Srst J;str;otof Eradsr;cL county
ID tba racen+ oct Of the I,eo;sIatnre Great
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he Loo: was amnntated A few DAYS aoo he
| asI,ad b;s omnlnvor for S1a IN buy wooden
Leo and being refused resolved upon suicide.
uooou,, h,,;,d;ro AZ sortb Gov stroot
poIt; UUpsa ,nuhIad down Er;dav af,ernoon
"da. a. ,,no;aht 81 cotton storoJ n; Il E;gbt
narsnrs wore L;Ilad Inv tbe accident The
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The annual meeting OF the Stockhoiders OIL
the chesapeake ana Ohio canal company was
held on Monqay n one smeIu.s iva c LA ~
sa,nat hSt tho eiect;on of 9 nres;dent and
5 I ouT o 'ne ostnoned nnt;I nprt nenemhar
In tSa Rod pP nnbi,o works who cast the
Ny lle noat Gu. -. Pu L;nI trrl. IT, so,on',
vote OF the 9tate, Whlcn conlr9s. eo ne salal5
OF the rresiueht eo was reuueeu W "'ooo anu
the directors 10 9o"'
At about one O'Clock Saturday afternoon an
eastward bound fast stock train ran into the
rear end of pickup freight tram at kel-
ler's switch, on the Baltimore and Ohio Rail
road, near Buckeystown. The engine, ca
boose and number of the stock train cars
were almost completely demolished, and be-
tween IS and 90 hogs and some cattle were
killed The engineer, DAVID Drenner' ana
fireman, f. W. Boyer, escaped injury by
iOh wv oioii' ''A AAc P'S',-
up train, 1t seems, was engaged IN sWitching.
| The annual meeting of the stockholders of
the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad was held
in Baltimore on Wednesday. The gross earn
ings were Sl.l56,419.52, total increase of
| s59411.16 The total expenses were $685.,
| 27l as. The following directors we're elected:
George B. Roberts. Frank Thompson, Geo.
/. Small, VIM. T. Walters, b. F. Newcomer, E.
/ J. Henkle and Samuel Cox. Jr. Oden Bowie
was reelected President, Frank Thompson.
Vice President, John s. Leib; Treasurer, and
James 7. Kerr, Secretary and Auditor.
/ The grand jury of the May term of the Bal
timore CO., court adjourned finally on Wednes-
day and through their foreman, John S. Hays,
submitted their report to the court and were
| discharged. The report states that the Jury
has been in Session thirteen days, examined
2is witnesses in GA cases, found 3s present
mepts, found 80 true bills, dismissed 60 cases
and released 9 prisoners from jail. The
committee to visit the jail found % prisoners
there. The jury recommend that the Jail be
repaired. The committee TO examine the
license book found the same correct, and the
treasurer books were found IN good order.
The Protestant Episcopal Convention of
the diocese of Maryland on last Friday night
adjourned until October, having found It i'm
possible, after two days balloting, to elect
Disnop. Inc iast oaiioI' TAKEN oh rr,uay
the thirteenth of the session-resulted as
follows: DR.. Leeds, II votes; Bishop Elliott,
56 Or, Eccleston, lS; scattering, ID. A
resolution was Offered changing the canon of
the Church which requires twa-thirds, vote 70
elect bishop. After Q long debate ifs
further consideration was postponed until the
second Wednesday in October, when the Con-
yention will reassemble.
Samuel NJ. Shoemaker, one of the most
prominent business men of BALTIMORE, and
! director of the Adams Express Company,
died OF ola Point eaafqrt qa Saturday night,
native of Louisiana, bpt emigrated to Balti.
mere In saath, He was in early life agent of
the Ericsson line of steamers hetween Phila-
dolphin and Baltimore. He originated the
eypress business in the latter city, and was
one of the organizers of the Adams Express
Company, of which be was Viee President
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