The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1884-07-05
Maryland Afairs.

The county levy in Montgomery county Tor
this year is SCI cents on the Sl0e.
During the month Of April mortgages to the
amount of $137 1913 were recorded in the
clerk S Office of Washington county.
John Hart, colored, aged 45 years, assault.
ed and outraged Mary K. Walter, white, aged
II years, in Montgomery county, and was
arrested and lodged in jail.
Mr. Alex Rhinehart, an aged gentleman OF
Chambersburg Pa, was struck by the Blue
Mountain Express at Pen Mar, on Friday,
4th instant, and had his arm badly mangled-
Harry Strobel, in the twentieth year of his
age, and Maurice b. Jamison,a in his selgh-
teenth year, both of Baltimore, were drowned
in Back river, Baltimore county, Saturday
Edward Bopp, 20 years of age, was drown
ed Monday while fishing in the Potomac river,
at Cumberland. He was subject to epileptic
fits, and is supposed to have been seized with
one when drowned.
Commencing on Monday last, the Western
Maryland Railroad put on two extra trains
between Baltimore and Glyndon, to better ac-
commodate Baltimoreans who are spending
the summer along its line.
The Rev. A. L. Mullan, of the faculty of
Mt. st. Mary's Theological Seminary, EN-
mittsburg, died at 10 o'clock Tuesday night
at St. Agnes Hospital, Frederick road. He
had been i'll for some time.
At Five Forks, B. & C.. V. r. R., another
washout occurred at same place as the one
short time ago, and train of about 500 ex-
cursionists had to remain in cars all night, not
reaching destination until morning.
The storm which passed north of Hagers-
town on Friday, 4th inst, besides doing con-
siderable damage to the corn crop, caused q
severe loss to farmers residing in its course,
carrying away cut grain, hay. fences, &c.
The cornerstone of the "Home for Aged
Germans" was laid on Sunday in Baltimore.
There was a procession, including the Ger
man Cavalry, Knights of Pythias, Grand
Army of the Republic and the Butchers As
ISOLATION.
The house of L. P. d. Newman on the
Reisterstown road, four miles from Baltimore,
was burned last Friday afternoon. A negro
woman, employed in the family, set fire to the
house because of some s'sass'' by Mrs. New
mans daughter. f-t-A -h-i
1t has been settled that the State agricul-
tural fair will be held in Hagerstown. The
dates are four days beginning October 81.
The interests of the exhibition will embrace
Franklin county, Pa, Jefferson county, West
Va, Carroll and Washington counties, Nd,
in addition to the general interest ofthis State.
Henry Nichols, colored, was arrested near
Norrisville, Hartford county, Monday morn
ing, ON a requisition from the Governor of
Pennsylvania, charging assault with intent to
kill. The alleged offense is said to have been
committed in York county, several years ago.
Other indictments are also pending against
Nichols. The prisoner was turned over to
the custody of Constable Murphy, of York.
The work of rebuilding the bridges and re-
pairing the roadbed on the Frederick Division
of the Pennsylvania Railroad between fancy
town and York was completed Tuesday even
ing, and freight and passenger traffic was
resumed Wednesday. The suspension of
traffic in consequence of the damage done by
the flood of the 18th ult. covered period of
twelve days.
Work on the New York, Philadelphia and
Norfolk Railroad down the lower peninsula is
progressing rapidly. The track has been
laid to Temperanceville, Accomac county,
Va, 16 miles below Pocomoke City, and it is
thought that the 1,044 men engaged in the
work will be able to complete the road to the
proposed terminus ut Cherrystone by the first
of October.
The 469th anniversary of the death of John
Huss, the Bohemian reformer, was celebrated
Monday by the Bohemian residents of Balt-
more. The societies formed in procession
and marched to park in the northeastern
suburb, where they spent the rest of the day.
Several addresses were made. Representa-
tives were present from Washington, Philadel-
phia and New York.
About o'clock Tuesday morning, two pis-
tol shots were heard on Fayette street, in
Baltimore. Hurrying to the spot, the police
found William 7. J. McGowan lying in the
street, with two bullet wounds in his neck,
just below the right ear. Near by stood Au-
gustus Slater, young man we'll known in
the city. who, as the policemen approached,
threw pistol across the street into an area
way, where it was afterwards picked up.
Slater and MCGOWAN were taken to the Cen
trail Police Station, where the latter soon after
wards died. MCGOWAN was tried for the
murder of a saloon-keeper named Gorter,
about IA year ago, but acquitted. At the Cor
oner's inquest on Tuesday it was testified that
MCGOWAN had waited in front of saloon for
Slater, threatening to give it to him when he
came out. The jury rendered verdict that
deceased came to his death from a bullet
wound caused by pistol supposed to have
been fired by Slater. The latter was sent to
jail The police records show that McGowan
was arrested sixteen times in the last eighteen
months.