The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1885-08-15

fefSvllle, Howard county, aged 10 years. lie
was prominent Democrat and some years
ago was twice member of the Legislature.
Geo. E. Mann raised the present season on
II acres of land, near Pikesville, Baltimore
county, 1856 bushels of white oats, weighing
80 pounds to the bushel. This is an average
of over 65 bushels to the acre.
Jas. Crawford, white man, of the fourth
district, was lodged in Annapolis jail Tuesday
afternoon, charged with wife beating. At
Odenton Station Crawford jumped off the
cars and ran half mile before he was cap
tured.
From 81 acres of land situate in Letters
burg district, Washington county, Mr.. VIM.
A. Lohr harvested 223 bushels of wheat this
season, being an average of over 33 bushels
per acre. His entire crop averged 25 bushels
per acre.
The Democrats of Frederick county will
hold primaries August 18th, to select dele
gates to the county nominating convention,
the date of which has not yet been fixed, and
on September 9TH convention will be held
to select delegates to the state convention.
The family of Capt. William Elzey, of
Sharpstown, Wicomico county, have been
very unfortunate. A few years ago he and
his son were lost at sea on a schooner; on the
25th of July last daughter died, and on the
29th of the same month son, 35 years of age,
was killed by the fall Of brick building in
Wilmington, Del.
On Friday of last week FIVE changes were
made in Fredel ok county postmasters, as
follows: Knoxville, Geo. w. Neiswanner,
vice Robert Porter, resigned; Catoctin Fur
mace, John Kunkle, vice John B. kunkle,
deceased; Middletown, Emory NJ. Bowlus,
vice Routzahan, removed; Point of Rocks,
Rich. Thomas, vice Mrs. Mary G. Chambers,
removed: Unionville, Clarence Lindsay, vice
Jas. Smith, removed
The tomb of Lieutenant Lockwood, the
Arctic explorer, at the Naval Academy, has
been completed, and bears the following in.
scription: ''In memory of James Booth
Lockwood, United States Army, born at An
napolis, Maryland, October 9, 1852, died at
Cape Sabine, Smiths Sound, April 8, 1884.
The sufferings of this present time are not
worthy to be compared with the glory which
shall be revealed in u.s.
The colored citizensof Frederick on Wednes-
day celebrated the signing of the Emancipa-
ton Proclamation. About 5000 visitors from
Baltimore, Washington, York, Harrisburg
and neighboring towns participated. There
was parade and public meeting, at which
addresses were made by Thomas Dent, Of
Georgia; Milton Urner and Louis E. Nee
as, of Maryland, and others.
Patrick Murray, the postmaster at Pixies
vile, Baltimore county, died there Thursday
afternoon, in the 69th year of his age. He
was native of Ireland, but had been resi-
dent of Maryland for upwards of forty five
years. In 1860 he opened a general mer-
chandising store at Pikesville, and was short
ly thereafter appointed postmaster, which po-
sition he held up to the time of his death.
The farm on Kent Island, owned by the late
Jacob C. Legg, has been in the family since
1918. This farm and the one owned by Col.
William Henry Legg, also, were taken up in
l747, when Governor Hart was provincial
governor of Maryland, and from that time to
the present has never been bought or sold,
but has descended from one generation to
another until the present. They have there
fore been in the family one hundred and fifty
eight years.
A ten-year- old son of Clay Pinder, residing
near Centreville, was burned to death Monday
night by the explosion of a coal-oil can. He
was making fire, and to hurry it along
poured oil on it from the can. The blaze
ignited with the oil, and in a moment the boy
was ablaze. He screamed and the neighbors
ran to his assistance, but arrived too late to
be of any service, as he was burned to crisp
when they reached him. He died in a few
hours in great agony.
There will be three tickets nominated in
Somerset county next fall. In addition to the
regular Democratic and Republican tickets
which contend against each other so closely
every year, the Prohibitionists, will meet in
Princess Anne next Tuesday and put ticket
in the field The Prohibition movement is
led by James Daniel, of Deals Island district,
brother of the late candidate for Vice-Presi
dent on the Prohibition ticket, and few
prominent citizens of Fairmount district.
Calvert county Democrats on Wednesday
nominated the following ticket: For county
clerk, Mr. E. Humphreys; for members of
the House of Delegates, Levin Somervell and
John Sellers; for county commissioners, w.
N. Birckhead, A. H. Bowen and c. II. Dor
sew; for register, Mr.. J. T. Phbbins; for sher-
if, D. H. Chambers; for surveyor, G. w.
Talbot; and as delegates to the State conven-
ton: First district, Mr.. L. C. Hook; second
district, Mr.. S. Sellers; third district, Mr. F..
Owens Resolutions asking for detection
of Hon. A. P. German were passed.
A strange story comes to US from the Point
of Rocks, says the Hagerstown Mail of last
Friday. As one of the fast trains stopped at
the station the engineer was found stunned
and lifeless, suffering apparently from blow
on the head. A dead chicken was found ly-
ing in the cab. The only explanation that
could be given was that the chicken attempt
ed to fly across the track while the train was
running at high speed and came in collision
with the drivers head. The latest news was
that the unfortunate man had recovered con-
seriousness, but that his recovery was by nc
means assured.
The Hagerstown Mail says The worst
failure in the late wheat crop that we have
heard of seems to have been in Middletown
Valley, Frederick county. In that rich Sec
ton of Frederick county many fine farms
produced crops but little in excess of the seed
sown. Captain SHREDDER, of Petersville, sowed
$50 bushels on eighty-fve acres, and used
nine tons of phosphates. He has recently
threshed his crop and the entire yield is but
$50 bushels. This is not an exceptional
case. From three to five bushels to the acre
is almost as high an average as will be reached
in the valley. We have seen the average
Weld in Frederick county estimated in the
Baltimore papers at IL bushels to the acre.
If this estimate is correct those portions OF
the county which we have not seen must have
yielded very large crop.
A suit for SANDER, damages laid at SIC, 900
has been instituted in the Circuit Court for
Frederick county by Capt. James McSherry
as counsel for Frederick A. Marley, ST., mex
friend of F. A. Markey, Jr., against Charles
w. Miller, postmaster of Frederick city
| Young Marley was recently discharged from
the postoffice, where he had been employed
for several months past in the stamp anC
postoffce money-order department. The
postmaster reports that there have been con
siderable sums of money missing lately, ag
gregating about eight hundred dollars, o
which some $3.50 was his own money and Tie
balance government funds, and it is reported
that he reflected upon young Marley in con
nection with these losses. Hence the suit
The subject has caused considerable talk il
the community. Young Marley is most re-
specially connected and has borne an excel
| lent character. The whole matter will pro.
badly be shortly investigated by specia
| agent of the Postoffice Department