The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1886-08-14
MARYLAND Affairs.

Thomas Z. Williams died near Jockeys
vile, Baltimore county, on Wednesday, IN
his nth year.
Last Friday night burglars made a raid on
the carriage factory of S. N. Marriott d Co.,
at Reisterstown.
Mr.. A. S. Abel, the veteran journalist and
proprietor of the Baltimore Sun, was 80 years
old on the 10th inst.
George Edelman, of Baltimore, went crab
bling last Saturday night, and fell off wharf
at Canton and was drowned.
About $50 employees of the Mccullough
Iron Works at Northeast, Cecil county, are
on strike for higher wages.
The lead pipe works of James Robertson
& Co., Baltimore, were burned Thursday
morning, involving loss of 100000.
Prof. Leonce Rabillon, of Johns Hopkins
University, died at Cape May on Wednes.
day. He had been sick some time.
Bernard Grady shot himself in Druid Hill
Park, Baltimore, on Tuesday, and died on
Wednesday. 1t was case of suicide.
Prof Herman Mohr, the great German
composer, is travelling in this country. He
spent two days in Baltimore this week.
C. F. Adolphus Fox, aged IA years, died
in Frederick last Friday, of apoplexy. lie
was a matchmaker, and mechanical genius.
Edwin J.. Martin died in Baltimore last
Sunday, aged 80 years. Peter Perlee Lowe
died in the same city the same day, aged Sc
years.
A postoffice has been established at Days
vile, Frederick county, with Oliver ID. Lease
postmaster 1t is between Walkersville and
Liberty.
Daniel Hagerty, of Baltimore, was on
Wednesday appointed assistant superintend-,
ent of railway mail service, at salary OF
81, GOO per annum.
Queen Anne's county Democrats have in
structed their delegates for the denomination
of Gibson for Congress. Gibson will have no
opposition in his district.
John Day, one of the oldest and most high:
ly respected citizens of Howard county, died
at his home in Ellicott City on Sunday night,
of paralysis, in the 18th year of his age.
Speaker Carlisle. Representative Willis, of
Kentucky, Jos. Mcdonald and wife. of
Indiana, are at Deer Park Hotel. Hon.
Barnes Compton is at Warm Springs, Va.
The county commissioners have awarded
the contract for the building of four bridges
on the public road between Orange Grove
and Avalon, in Howard county, to Messrs.
Thomas O'Neil and Charles Bathgate.
About % miners came near being suffocat-
ed in the Hoffman mine, Allegany county, by
foul air Orc of the men managed to get to
the mouth of the slope and give the ALARM
when a rcscuing party went in and saved
them.
Charles Outten, of Vernon, Delaware, is
in Jail at Denton. charged with a felonious
assault on Mrs. Emma Pepper, of Burrsville,
in Caroline county. He came over into
Maryland to attend camp, and was seized by
officers.
Robert Drakely, 81 years of age, formerly
of Baltimore, shot and killed his wife in the
sitting room at their home, in Woodbury.,
Connecticut about midnight Tuesday, and
then shot himself twice, the balls entering one
of his hands and one of his feet.
Preparations for the unwilling of the De-
Kalb Statue at Annapolis, next Monday, are
about complete, and large and imposing
parade is to be a feature of the program. All
the military of the state will be in line,
together with many civic organizations.
Sister Mary Margaret Mckee, formerly OF
Baltimore, who has been a recluse at the
Convent of the Visitation, frederick, for
many years. died at that institution at an
early hour Wednesday morning, after brief
illness. She was about sixty years of age.
William P. Powell, of Miles river neck,
Talbot county, raised this year 81 bushels of
wheat to the acre on stubble ground, on old
field fallow 39l, and on corn ground 179. r.
G. Foreman, of Queen Anne's county, from
SO acres obtained an average of 339 bushels
to the acre.
Robert Anderson was found dead in his
room near Quantico, Wicomico county, on
Monday afternoon. He lived with his
mother, who went to visit a neighbor on
Sunday, and found her son dead lying on his
bed on her return Monday. Heart disease
was the cause.
Thomas E. Beach, a sign painter, fell
backwards from a wagon at Highlandtown,
Baltimore county, on Monday. His skull was
fractured, and he died almost instantly. The
horses got frightened at the rattling of some
paint kettles, and ran off, throwing the unfor-
tunate man out.
Over 5000 people attended Asbury Grove
colored camp, on Sunday, about half of whom
were whites. Western Maryland Railroad
carried 200 from Baltimore, and 400 from
Hagerstown, Westminster, and other points
west. The five cents admission fee at the
gate amounted to $3.50.
The peach trees in Cecil and Kent coun-
ties are affected by the 'syelows." The
leaves are turning yellow and prematurely
falling The early varieties of fruit are pre-
maturing,
cessve wet weather. Another opinion is
that it is an evidence of decay.
Mrs. Margaret Sakers, an estimable old
LADY,, of the fifth district of Howard county,
and widow of the late William Sakers, died
at her home, near Fulton, on Monday night
last, of dropsy, in her 18th year. She leaves
three sons and two daughters, all married,
and number of grand children and great
grandchildren.
Every Eastern Club of the American AS
ISOLATION was ''knocked OUT on Thursday.
St. Louis defeated Baltimore by a score of 13
to |, St. Louis making Is base hits off Kilroy;
Pittsburs downed Athletics to 4; Louisville
hayed Brooklyn 81 to IL in seven innings,
making "a hits with a total of 40 bases, and
Cincinnati did up the Metropoitans by a score
of 10 to 8.
Prof. John McGraw and Jake Refrain, two
boxing instructors of Baltimore are to have
five round boxing match for points, Marquis
of Queensberry rules, in about two weeks.
McGraw will train down to 100 pounds and
Refrain to IT'S. Refrain has been in num-
Der of battles and never been whipped Nc
Graw proposes to take some of the style off
him.
The only Maryland appointment not acted
on by the Senate prior to the adjournment of
Congress was that of James Curran, supervis-
ing inspector of steam vessels for this district.
Mr.. Curran was appointed in May, 1885, and
entered on his duties June l. At the begin
ming of the session just ended the nomination
of Mr. Curran was sent to the Senate and re-
ferred, but neverreported on. The President
reappointed Curran on Thursday.
On Tuesday afternoon there was a fight in
the Elkton Jail. William Freeman, alias
Monkey" colored, who is in jail awaiting
the action of the grand jury on the charge of
cutting George Shippers with razor, and
John Smith, alias John Earle, also colored,
who is in the same institution, charged with
wife beating, got into an alteration. After
some swearing Freeman threw a stone at
Smith, making a severe wound on the top of
his head. The two then clinched, and Smith
bit off piece of Freemans lower lip about
an inch in length.
VIM. Waters, ST., near Chaneyville, Calvert
county, who attempted to commit suicide by
cutting his throat a few weeks ago, succeeded
in accomplishing his purpose on Saturday by
hanging himself with a rope in his sons barn.
He had been living with his son since the
cutting and would walk ont and spend an
hour or two during the day under the shade
in the yard. On Saturday his son noticed
that he stayed unusually long. Not appre-
hendinp any DANGER he did not 90 in search