The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1884-10-04
Maryland Affairs.

The Potomac river is said to be lower than
it hes been since the summer of 1857.
Jacob Tome, Esq, the millionaire of Port
Deposit, was married on Wednesday to Miss
Eva s. Nesbitt, of the same place. The
groom is in his 10Th year and the bride is 20
years old.
! The cholera is prevailing among hogs in
the sixth district Of Howard county. Many
have died in the village of Savage and imme-
date neighborhood. Capt. John r. King
lost nine hogs from the disease.
The hog cholera has swept off fully one
half of the hogs in Montgomery county. In
some sections of the county whole neighbor-
hoods have been entirely cleaned ont. l.. L.;
Watkins, of Clarksburg, lost one hundred
and fifty. The disease still continues to
spread.
A large barn, on farm near Middletown,
owned by Mr.. John Stone, but tenanted by
James Champion, with contents, consisting OF
nearly 1900 bushels of wheat, lot of hay, a
thrashing machine, and other things, was de-
stroyed by fire of supposed incendiary orig,
in, last Saturday morning. A corn crib and
wagon shed were also consumed. The whole
loss was about $500, which was partly COW
cred by an insurance of 81 200 in the Mutual
Company of Montgomery county, and 81 200
in Granger Company of Middletown.
The ninth academic session of the Johns
Hopkins University, in Baltimore, was for
mally inaugurated Tuesday night. Among
those present were Sir William Thomson, the
eminent English physicist, and j. Beran
Braithwaite, who. made addresses; Professor
Linderman, of the University of Kenigsburg,
Germany; Mr.. Kakishi, of Japan, and num-
Der of other physicists, who have come to the
University to attend Sir William Thomson S
lectures on molecular dynamics. The num-
Der of students enrolled is larger than in any
previous year. There are $50 post graduates
and students.
James Smith, George W. Speaks, Granison
johnson and Moses Lyles, four young colored
men, left Frederick Monday morning for Mid
dletown Valley, where they had engaged to
cut corn. Before leaving the city they i'm
bibed freely of liquor, and in short time be-
came quite drunk and began quarreling among
themselves. When about one mile from town
Moses Lyles was struck by one of his com
panions, and from the effects of the blow fell
to the ground and instantly died. Speaks,
johnson and Smith were soon afterwards ar
rested and committed to jail A coroners
jury was summoned, and at the court house
that night evidence was adduced from a num-
Der of witnesses to the effect that Speaks was
seen to hit Lyles number of times and Il hat
out of time to make him behave himself.
One hundred and sixty-two deaths occurred
in Baltimore during the week ended Saturday
evening, twelve more than in the correspond
ing week of 1888. Births reported, "a.
Among those who died were 81 children I'M
der five years of age, A of them under one
year, two living to be between 80 and 80
years, and two between 80 and 100. Con-
sumption caused the death of a. diphtheria
10, pneumonia 10, diarrhea Z, marasmus I,
old age 5, Brights disease 3, cholera intan-
tum 6, commissions 5, disease of the heart 3,
dropsy 3, typhoid fever 6, typhoid malarial 4,
inanition 8, meningitis 3, paralysis 8, wounds
4, whooping cough =. Among the old peo-
pie who died were Carlo Callaghan, 90; VIM.
A. Harrison, 81, Mrs. Sarah Smith, 81; Mrs.
Mary Vonhoff, 49, Mrs. Elizabeth Reale, rs;
Jacob II. Smith, colored, "a.
On the Western Maryland Railroad, near
Fulton Station, last Saturday, the second sec
ton of freight train ran into the first section,
setting fire to the wreck. On Saturday
through passenger trains were run by the
Green Spring Branch of the Northern Central
Railroad to its junction with the Western Ma
ryland, but passengers for accommodation
trains were transferred by omnibus. Ac-
cording to the statement of the railroad COM
pany the crew of the second section had lost
COllIOl vi tut tldlu WHICH pttooCu thC
man, who had been sent back from Fulton
Station to signal it. The engine was reversed
when taken from the wreck, and the. brakes
were set upon seven of the cars, as was claim
ed by the conductor aud hrakemen. The
company's officers say that the engineman was
at faultfor exceeding the maximum speed al
lowed for the entire distance from EmoryGrove
to Fulton, and the trainmen for not keeping him
in check by proper use of brakes. The con-
ductor and brakemen have been dismissed.
The train was descending a grade of 50 feet
permile, and was running at probably 80 miles
an hour when the accident occurred The
estimated loss upon locomotive, cars, stock
and freight destroyed, SIG, 400; insurance and
grain saved, Sl0,67O; loss to railroad com
pany, So, 100. The engineer, VIM. E. Quig-
ley, who jumped from the locomotive cab and
was taken to the City Hospital, is better.
The fireman, Henry Capar, who also made
the jump, was not hurt much.