The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1885-10-17
Maryland Affairs.

Mrs. Ann Jessop died on Sunday night at
Reisterstown, in her 90 year.
A pumpkin weighing Ill pounds was raised
this season by Jonathan Myers, of Baltimore
county, nine miles from Baltimore, on the
Frederick road.
G. E. Gray, agent for Lee & Scribner's
circus, shot himself with suicidal intent at
ElIicott City on Tuesday afternoon. His
condition is critical
The livery stable of Samuel Gale, with
number of horses and mules, and the stable
and carriage-house of Lloyd Lowndes, at
Easton, were burned on Friday of last week.
The Directors of the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad on Tuesday declared semi-annual
dividend of per cent. in cash on the stock
of the main stem, and also on that of the
Washington branch, for the six months which
ended September Both.
Everett j. Warning, colored, was on Satur-
day admitted as an attorney in the Supreme
Court of Baltimore. He is the first colored
lawyer in Maryland. Waring is native of
Ohio, 80 years of age, and was for three years
pension examiner in Washington.
Mrs. Maria Worthington, wife of DR.. Thos.
C. Worthington, died suddenly on Wednesday
morning at her home in the sixth district,
Howard county. Mrs. Worthington was the
sister of the late Benjamin II. Dorsey, who
was for a number of years register of wills for
Howard county.
At the poultry show held in connection
with the Pennsylvania State fair at Philadel
phia, last week, Thomas B. Dorsey, of Eli
colt City, was awarded fifty prizes out of a
possible III on his fancy stock-26 first, Is
second and third prizes. Mr.. Dorsey also
had in the dog department two imported
pointers, both Of which won premiums.
Henry Hubbard of James. or. as he was
more generally called erich Henry Hub
bard, died at his residence in Ross Neck,
Dorchester county, at an early hour Wednes-
day morning. Mr.. Hubbard had reached the
ripe age of eighty three years, and by frugal
ity and industry had accumulated property
estimated in valne at $685. He commenc-
ed life as cook on bay vessel, and afterwards
became a vessel-owner.
A few evenings ago a bold robbery was
committed at the residence of Mr.. Lewis
Rhinehart, near Chewsville. A party of six
men drove to the house early in the evening
with wagon, and keeping the members of
Mr. Rhinehart's family in the house with
pointed revolvers, loaded up everything OBJ
tainable in the shape of meat, bread, butter,
lard, preserves, chickens, &c. The family
was kept in the house two hours, the party
finally disappearing and making their escape.
At Loaconing, Allegany county, on Wed
nesday, the daughter of prominent citizen
was to have been married to young man,
and the guests and clergymen were present at
the house of the prospective BRIDES father.
The groom-elect failed to appear, and it was
escertained he had short time before the
hour appointed driven to Piedmont. At last
accounts he had not appeared, and no cause
is assigned for his conduct The young man
is from Homecoming, but does business in
Baltimore. He is supposed to have gone
East.
A number of citizens of Frostburg have
leased piece of land six miles above Cum
berland, near the National pike, and are en-
gagged in sinking a shaft in search for valua-
Bile minerals, particularly silver, of which it
is said traces have been found. 1t stated that
an assay of rock found near the surface has
shown a yield of twenty eight dollars to the
ton. The shaft has reached depth of 45
feet, and the parties engaged upon it, one of
whom has mined at Leadville, are confident
that the precious metal will turn up in paying
quantities.
"Corvus," the educated crow belonging to
VIM Z. Wyatt, near Reisterstown besides
having shown that he is opposed to novelread-
ing by tearing up all the novels he finds, and
that he recommends the use of the Bible,
which he opens on all occasions, has lately
shown an aversion to tobacco and smoking, as
he picks to peaces every cigar that he can get
hold of. He also seems to be very clearly,
and is strong advocate of cold-water baths,
which he takes very frequent in the basin in
his masters bedroom. A few days ago he
took tooth brush from one of the rooms and,
going to the pump, dipped the brush in a
bucket Of water and began polishing his bill
On Saturday night middle-aged woman,
with an infant in her arms, registered at Guy S
Hotel, under the name Mrs. Charles Wesley,
Reisterstown. She had arrived at Union
Station on the Harrisburg express, and was
conveyed to the hotel in hack. She did not
have any baggage and paid for her room in
advance. She had been in her room but a
short time when she left, telling the bell-boy
to look out for the baby, as she was going out
to buy something. She called hackman,
and was driven back to Union Station. The
hackman was the same one who brought her
to the hotel, and when he returned he re-
ported the circumstance to Mr.. Boylan, pre-
prietor of the hotel. Nearly everybody in the
house then seemed only too glad to help the
little stranger. The infant is girl, not over
two weeks old, and has been adopted by a
lady boarder at the hotel.
Forty-nine deaths from smallpox were re-
ported in Montreal on Tuesday, and ten in the
suburbs. OF the 124 cases of smallpox thus
far reported in the village of st. Henri, 12l
were unvaccinated persons.