The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1884-08-23
Maryland Affairs.

| AdrylduQ And1fS.
| The Maryland Sunday-School Union will
hold convention in Frederick city on the 10th
and 18th of September.
Joseph Brattan, chief judge of the orphans
court of Wicomico county, died at an early
hour Sunday morning, in the 68th year of his
age.
VIM. Nickel, Charles Copenage, Robert
Brown and Mary Johns were drowned at diff
erent times and places in Baltimore ON Satur-
day and Sunday.
The Frederick Rihemen have decided to
attend the reunion and encampment of the
army of Virginia, to be held at Cumberland
GU the LIST, I'd and Sd proximo.
David Oswald, of the Cavetown district
Washington county, has harvested from II
acres 81 bushels to the acre, the largest yield
of wheat yet heard from in that county.
Thomas Fl. O'Neal, Secretary of State un-
der Gov. Enoch Louis Lowe, died in Balti-
more, on Tuesday, in the T2nd year of his age.
He was u native of Middletown, Frederick
county.
Samuel Howard, resident Of Baltimore
and brakeman on the Western Maryland
Railroad, while coupling cars at Williamsport
on Tuesday caught between the bumpers
of two cars and frightfully crushed about the
hips. He is lying in critical condition.
On Tuesday afternoon fire. the origin of
which is unknown, destroyed the barn and a
portion of the dwelling house on the farm of
Mr.. Henery Bear, three miles north of Hagers-
town. Several stacks of grain were also de-
stroyed. The contents of the barn included
large quantity of machinery, 500 bushels
of wheat and eighteen head of hogs, which
were burned. The loss is estimated at S., 600,
with no insurance.
The steamer Governor McLane, for the
Maryland oyster police navy, was launched on
Monday at the works of Neaffie & Levy, PhiA
adelphia, the contractors, and the vessel will
be ready for service about September Is.
The Governor Thomas, the other steamer
to be built for the same service, will be put
under way at the same yards, and the materi-
| ais for her construction are on hand. The
| Gov. Thomas will be ready for service in 0c-
tober These steamers are of the yacht model
lis feet in length, q feet breadth of beam,
9 feet depth of hold, and are to have the speed
of IA miles an hour.
At the sale of town lots, held by order of
Dr. Chas. A. Leas, the owner, on Saturday
last, at Glyndon, on the Western Maryland
Railroad, quite large number of persons
were present from Baltimore and the surround
ing country. A humble of lots were sold at
prices ranging from about $3.50 to $500 the acre.
The conditions attached to the sale were quite
numerous, looking to the prevention of nu-
sances detrimental to health. the planting of
trees and the making of sidewalks, also the
forbidding forever of the making or selling of
liquor except for medical uses.
The vote of the people of st. Mary's county
was taken Saturday last, August IL, on the
question of prohibition of the sale of liquor,
and decided for liquor by 1879 majority.
Though the question was submitted to the
county as a whole, every one of the districts
gave large majority against prohibition. 1t
is the second defeat which prohibition has
sustained by local option voting under author
iZation of acts of the last session of the Legis-
lature. The first was in Chapel district, of
Talbot county, July 8. The next submission
of the question will be in November in Wash
ington, Prince Georges, Somerset, Garrett
and Dorchester counties, in whole or in part.
The total vote in st. Mary Aug. 16, was 2, 5l5,
of.which 2,017 were for the sale ofliquor, and
498 against it.
Quite an excitement was produced on an
excursion train returning from Gaithersburg
to Frederick Sunday evening near the Point
of Rocks, by an attempt on the part of num-
Der of white men to do violence to colored
man named Clarence Nelson, who became
involved in some difficulty near Adamstown,
several months ago, and was forbidden, under
pain of severe punishment, to put in an ap-
| pearance in that section of the country again.
Nelson, it is understood, while engaged as a
laborer on the premises of well known far
mer in the vicinity of Adamstown during the
past spring was heard to utter vile threat
against one of the daughters of his employer.
For this he was warned by number of per-
sons to leave the neighborhood, but refused
| 70 Shortly offaruar1c HuaE ra no
longing to the farmer referred to were found
dead on the railroad track. Suspicion pointed
to Nelson as the perpetrator of the act. He
was seen to borrow an axe from another col
ored man the evening before the occurrence,
and the next morning panel of the fencing
surrounding the field in which the cattle were
pasturing was found chopped down. This
time he was waited on by band of men and
ordered to leave the vicinity, which he did
Subsequently he visited the States attorney
and asked for protection; but inasmuch he
was unable to give the names of any particular
person who had threatened him, nothing could
| be done. When advised not to return. he re-
piled. ''Yes will: have right to go there
and will 60" He remained away, however,
until Sunday, when he visited colored camp
meeting at Gainesville. His presence became
known, and i'll the evening number of men
/ caught him on the train in which he was re-
turning. To escape them he hid himself, and
when closely pressed jumped from window.
Some one Immediately rang the bell and the
train was stopped and pursuit made, Nelson
ran through field but was soon oyertaAon
near the river, where he claims he was beaten
and shot and left for dead. On Monday
morning at an early hour he went to Freder-
lex and appeared before States Attorney Nor
wood, and asked that warrants be issued for
the arrest Of seven we'll known residents of
| Adamstown district. The warrants were ac-
eordingly issued by Justice Besant. Nelson's
appearance indicated pretty rough treatment.
He was hatiess and his clothing was torn. On
the back of his head was small hole where
a bullet had struck and glanced. He had
bullet also in his left arm. His wounds,
which were not considered serious, were dress.
ed by DIR, Franklin B. Smith. He is about
So years Of age, medium size and very dark
| color.