The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1885-02-14
MARYLAND Affairs.

IN agricultural machinery anu llhplcinShso,
at Frederick, has made an assignment
Thomas Brashears, probably the oldest
colored man in Anne Arundel county, died
at Obligation, in the first district, few days
ago, aged SO years.
A farm belonging to F. G. and J. E. Thomas,
containing 1851 acres, near Buckeystown,
Frederick county, has been sold to Lewis b.
Thomas for $4,000.
The Cecil County Agricultural Society, at
their meeting on Tuesday, decided to hold a
fair June 2, 3, and 5. The fall meeting
will be held October 5, s, and S.
Easton is to be lighted by electricity.
Prof. Thos. A. Edison has promised to be
present at the opening of the works, and to
turn on the electricity himself about May lst
Lewis Sharizer, a young married man, was
sentenced at Cumberland on Wednesday to
20 years in the penitentiary for felonious as
sault on young girl. The same court sem
fenced wife beater to one year in the House
of Correction.
Last week one Of Washington county aged
and respected farmers of the Funkstown dis
triet was swindled out of ST 900 by three card
monte men. He drew the cash from bank
and staked it upon the game, which was con-
Quoted in stable in Hagerstown.
In the criminal Court at Baltimore on
Wednesday Edward Smith, q years of age,
mixed with the crowd outside the bar, and
robbed several of the spectators of their
watches, which he passed to confederate
He was finally caught and held for the action
of the Grand Jury.
A number of naval cadets, deficient in
studies, have been allowed to resign. Out of
the thirty-seven members of the graduating
class of the Academy this year, twenty are
from the South, including Delaware, seven
are from Virginia and none from Maryland.
Two of those dropped for deficiency are from
this state.
Rachel, a seven-year- old daughter of Viii
liam Evans, residing near Smithville, Caro-
line county, was fatally injured while playing
at school last Friday. She was jumping rope
and was suddenly tripped and thrown violent
ly on her head. She lived three days and
died with symptoms of meningitis, probably
induced by the fall.
Mr.. VIM G. Swift, living at Waverly, the
farm of Mrs E. Law Rodgers, few miles
from Easton, has COW, or rather had COW
a few days ago, which had seven calves within
a year. On the 23d of January. 1884, she
had four calves, and on the 10th of January,
1885, she had three calves, but all died. The
cow was doing well up to a few days ago, when
she was injured by mule and has since died
of her injuries.
OF the 269 births reported at the Baltimore
city health department last week physician
returned certificate of the birth of triplets,
two girls and a boy, the mother being the
wife of a merchant on Paca street, IN the
southwest section of the city. Mother and
babies were announced as doing we'll. An
other physician reported the birth of the
twenty fourth child to mother who is the
wife of q member of the Baltimore bar.
On Monday morning five workmenwent on
a scaffold at the Philadelphia, Wilmington
and Baltimore Railroad bridge at Havre de
Grace to make some repairs. The scaifold
broke in the centre, and John Barnes, John
Schultz, Samuel Fleming and Peter Patterson
fell on the six-inch ice thirty feet below and
broke through it into the river. All were
rescued The only one dangerously injured
was Barnes, who was severely hurt in the
back and legs and sustained internal injuries.
There was a ST., 900 FIRE in Baltimore last
Sunday which burned for seven hours, re-
CURED the united efforts of eleven engines
and over hundred men to suppress it, and
was the cause of six men being injured. The
roofs and interiors Of four buildings were de-
stroyed, and large quantity of stock was
damaged or ruined. These warehouses are
on the south side If Baltimore street, between
Paca and Greene streets, and extend back to
German street.
John 7. Walsh, whom Representative Nc
Comas is endeayoring to have placed on the
nension list. is a resident of Homecoming and
a school teacher. His claim mas peculiar
history. In May, 1864, when detachment
of McNeirs Confederate forces burned the
Baltimore and Ohio shops at Piedmont, a
portion of Muligan's Irish brigade attempted
to drive them off by Smelling the woods near
Westernport. One of these shells struck q
log buildiAg, in which were Walsh, then eigh-
teen months old, and other children. His
right arm was shattered and his three ear-old
sister killed He claims pension for the
loss of his arm.
Mr. Delaplaine Mcdaniel, the millionaire
iron manufacturer of Cecil county, who lately
died in Philadelphia left will, in which he
gave SI0,0 600 to the Drew Theological Semi
nary, $4,000 to Dickinson College, $4,000
to his orphan grandson, So 900 per annum to
his son, and all the remainder of his property,
both real and personal, to his wife and two
daughters, for further distribution at their
death. Mr.. Mcdaniel served an apprentice
ship from 1G to q years of age as black
smith in his native state of Delaware. In
1851 he was the first to galvanize sheet-iron
in the United States as a member of the Nc
Cullough Iron Company, in Cecil county.
a dispatch from Port Deposit on Thursday
saws: Soon after Philadelphia and Baltimore
Central train No. had left Canal Station
this morning Engineer Jas. Ingraham saw q
man step from the ditch on to the track di-
rectly in front of the rapidly moving locomo-
tive The engineer instantly reversed his
engine and blew for brakes, but too late, as
the man was struck heavily and knocked sew
eral feet away from the track. The train was
stopped, and the unfortunate man was placed
in the baggage car and brought to Port De
post. Dr.. j. Harries Mccullough was called
to attend him, and found that the back of his
head was crushed in and his right knee cap
broken, and that from the nature of his in
iuries death must have been almost instanta-
neous. The deceased proved to be William
First young man about q years of age, son
of the late Abraham First, of Port Deposit.
DR.. Alexander Duke died last Friday on
Battle creek, Calvert county, aged SO years.
The house in which the deceased breathed his
last was the birth place of the late Chief JUS
tice Taney. 1t is owned by Mr.. Benjamin
Hance. DIR. Duke was the oldest white man
in Calvert county and was remarkably vigor-
GUS up to within short time of his death.
He leaves children. grand children and great
grandchildren. DR.. Duke went to Kentucky
in early life and remained there until ten years
ago, when he returned to Calvert county. He
was brother of Mr. Nathaniel Duke, who
was has filled the Office of county clerk IN
Calvert; represented that county in the State
Senate, and been member ofthe State board
of public works. The deceased was an uncle
of Mr.. John I. Bond, inspector of No. to-
bacco warehouse, and was also connected by
ties of blood with many prominent families in
Southern Maryland.
The Baltimore Sun of Tuesday says: Smith,
West 4 Lyons, independent detectives, yes
terday arrested young man named Frank Il.
Rowe at Union Station, as he was about to
take train for Philadel phia on the charge Of
stealing S125 from his cousin, Miss Ann G.
Elder. of Emmittsburg. Miss Elder was
keeping the money for friend, and the ac-
cused who had admission to her fathers and
his uncle's house, saw it in bureau and
appropriated it. Sunday night he was found
intoxicated on the street and was locked up
all night in the central police station A large
revolver was found in his pocket, and for
carrying this and getting drunk Justice Cash
myer fined him SAB He had SIG yester-
day morning. After paying his fine he went
out and bought himself a suit of clothes and
whole new outfit. and was ready to leave for
Philadelphia when the detectives caught him.
When questioned at the central police station
before his discharge in the morning he said
he came to buy a horse. When arrested he
had $50 of the money left He confessed the
theft, and was held for the action of the