The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1884-05-03
Maryland Affairs.

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! A glass factory is to be established near
Cambridge, sand of a very superior quality
for that purpose has been found in large
quantities.
Saturday ex-Gov. Hamilton sold for ship,
ment to the Baltimore market forty head Of
cattle of his own fattening, which weighed
| 5S, 2S0 pounds.
Samuel Kupperschmidt, from Cleveland,
Ohio, committed suicide by jumping into
Jones' Falls, Baltimore, last Friday. One
hundred dollars were found on him.
The contract for furnishing the Western
Maryland Railroad with coal for one year
from last Thursday has been awarded to Vic
tor Cushwa and Steffey Findley, of William
sport.
Geore W. Zouck, of Beckleysville, Balti-
more county, committed suicide on Wednes-
day last by drowning himself in the Gunpow-
der falls He leaves wife and several chill
dren.
Several crab packing establishments are
soon to be started in Cambridge, and the
price to be paid for hard crabs has been fixed
at from 25 to 40 cents per hundred, according
to quality.
Bishop Northrop, of North Carolina, will
make the annual visitation in the diocese of
Maryland in place of Archbishop Gibbons,
who is busy making arrangements for the
Plenary Council.
The population of Hagerstown, by census
Just completed, is given at S,67S, an increase
of 2,051 since 1880. A large part of the in,
crease is owing to taking in additional terri.
tory under an act of the last Legislature.
John Z. Brown, for II years crier of the
Cecil County Court, died Saturday, of pneu-
monia. He was the tyler and the Oldest member
| r. IL loJ- H.
master of Elkton under Pierce and Buchanan,
and was 81 years of age.
1 Mr.. Thomas B. Dorsey, of Howard county,
has sued Hon. George Cotton, in the Superior
Court of Baltimore, for $500 premium money,
which he alleges was awarded to him at the
recent exhibition of the Maryland Poultry
Association, of which Mr.. Cotton is president.
1t is generally conceded from all parts OF
the peninsula that the peach and berry crop
this year will be one of the most prolific ever
known. A good fruit crop means a great
deal of prosperity to thousands of people OF
Delaware and Maryland, and visible i'm
provement in the business of such cities as
Baltimore and Philadelphia.
The fishing floats about Havre de Grace
and below are taking all the herring that they
can possibly handle. John Coale, on Wat.
sons Island, took 100, 600 at single haul, and
the battery fishery zoe, 900 Monday morning.
Herring are offered in quantities at Havre dc
Grace and the floats as low as 80 cents pei
hundred. Shad are not so plentiful, and
command from SIS to SIT per hundred.
The will of ex- Minister James r. Partridge
was filed last Friday in Baltimore, the bono
of the executrix being fixed at $125,0O0. He
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80 - JoatLs and tba deotbs of oil tba;
aloel 'nei ue eLn pno.ostnrt En;SoonaI CbnroI
uon,a and Tnt;rmarv and To Emmanne
Chnrcb Home. to be- known as the Ami,
Mary Partridge Fund. in memory of his wife
and to be used for the support of INDECENT sew
;ng o;rls
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: W;Ssbnra SEVENTH district. baltimore county
uas das,sovsd by fire tocetber with the fnrni
nc NJ W;lIer herself who has LONG bee,
sn oimost beinIess invalid was saved witt
n,nah 5;ff;onIt1 he;ng rascned Int a few mo
: ,,ants hafora ;be roof of the building fell in
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corrunt;on and II conId not he ascertaine,
,vhatbar or not thare was anv fonI nIoy
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JOS u Johnson, OF BARRYMORE, cohtracto
ior the erectloh OF the western Maryiah'
railroad Company gram elevator IN hagers
town, began operations last week by staSlni
on the ground ana erectlng shanues Tor th
use OF the workmen. ms building is 70 IRON
90 ieet on baltlm0re street. running PACK
aePtn 9! % ieet, u Is 10 ne q IeeI ~ neig y
anu ou.le ~ woGI NE " h moII hn % 10 d
cuhpie'eu ny Iuiy Il ~ mas sis0 "ee" uo
eraot new NV nossenaer dan0t at WII;amsnort
the ta~m;nns Of The road President Hoo,
NOS ~ W;ii;o n,srnrt lost Er;dav and selocto,
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On Tuesday OF last week colored maj
calling himself the Rev: BenJamin Brow
iuduC appearances ia N0ShSyS'iiiS' boi1i
more county, and hunting up the stewards ant
prominent members of the church, introduced
himself, and told them he had just been ap
pointed minister there by the conference II
session at Frederick. They believed him
and he took full charge. He went to um
Der firm in the village and contracted for the
purchase of a lot of lumber, with which he in
tended to build stable for the accommoda
ton of two horses he had at his former charge
in Cambridge. He had Hat auite enaagi
money to pay for the lumber, lie said, ant
borrowed $40 from one member of the churcl
and SIS from another 1t is said he also Dor
rowed a watch from a female member of The
church. No money was paid on the lumber
and the Rev. Mr.. Brown suddenly left thu
place on Thursday when the former pastor o
the church made his appearance. A new
minister has been appointed for the church
but he did not take oharae until this week
and Rev. Mr.. Brown is pronounced an impos
tor
Wbe, tho court Of AnneaIs which has I'D
iourned oyer until next Tuesday, meets agaiv