The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1886-09-11
Maryland Affairs.

Maryland Affairs.
There were 15S deaths in Baltimore last
week.
John Ware, farmer of Jarrettsville, Har-
ford county, was drowned at Baltimore on
Sunday night.
William G. Granruth fatally shot William
Wilson, near Baltimore, on Sunday, in a row.
Wilson died on Monday.
Jonathan Parsons, aged IA, was run over
and killed at Sparks Station, Northern Cen
trail Railroad, Baltimore county, Saturday
morning.
Col. H. K Douglass, of Hagerstown, has
been invited to go to Portland, Me-, and assist
in the political campaign there by making
speeches in the interest of the Democrats.
1t is stated that the convention of the Prot
estant Episcopal Diocese of Easton will reas-
semble at Centreville during the last week in
September for the purpose of electing a
bishop.
Ralph G. Hoffman, of Baltimore, who had
been spending his vacation in Gettysburg,
Pa, was thrown from IL horse while riding
about the battlefield on Sunday, and sustained
a conclusion of the brain, from which he died
Cunuay nlSHt.
At a special meeting of the managers of the
Mutual Fire Insurance Company of Cecil
county, held at Elkton, on Tuesday, divi-
dend of 40 per cent. of the balance standing
to the credit of each policy which was in
force on August I, 1886, was declared.
Charles AK, aged 20 years, son of Christian
Ak, wealthy tobacco manufacturer of Bal
timore, was on Sunday morning found dead
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with which he had evidently committed sui
eide, was found clutched in his right hand.
No cause is assigned for the deed.
George Weisman, of Oakland, met with a
painful accident while out cunning last Friday.
In the act of raising the gun to his face with
the intention of firing at bird both barrels
were prematurely discharged, and the hammer
catching in his mouth tore his cheek almost
to his year.
Extensive preparations are being made for
the annual exhibition of the Frederick County
Agricultural Society, which will be held. ON
| the 18th, 18th, 14th and 18th of October.
Prospects are said to be very encouraging
The speed premiums offered will amount to
nearly $4,000.
James Boyce, fourteen years old, who lived
near Hughlett's wharf, Dorchester county, on
the Choptank river, committed suicide last
Monday morning by shooting himself through
the heart with a pistol. His mother had
died an hour before, and this fact is thought
to have induced the act. He died instantly
from his wound.
At the instance of the Mercantile Assoeia-
ton of Frederick, and at the request also of
many other persons, the board of aldermen of
Frederick City held a special meeting on
Wednesday, and adopted a resolution calling
-. Al Ctoto Loord of baaltb ~ Welt Eradnri ol
at once, and take such action as may be
found necessary in condemning and eradicat'
ing certain alleged nuisances.
Thomas Culley, six-year- old son of James
Culley, who resides in Quaker Neck, Kent
county, was seriously burned on Monday
evening by the ignition of coal oil, and died
from the effects of it few hours after. The
child was in the act of holding the can over a
hot stove, when the oil ignited. His mother,
in her efforts to smother the flames in a blanket
was severely though not seriously burned.
The barn on the place of DIR. W. Fl. H.
Campbell, on Pleasant Hill, one mile above
Owings' Mills, Baltimore county, was totally
destroyed by fire Monday evening. The
origin of the fire cannot be found. Some
carriages and other things were saved. A
small amount of hay and oats was destroyed.
The place is occupied by c. Chestnut, OF
Baltimore. The insurance in the Baltimore
County Fire Insurance Company will almost
cover the loss.
Pleuro- pneumonia is reported to be preva-
lent among Mr.. N. B. Dorsey's cattle, in the
fourth district of Howard county. Anumber
of his herd of thoroughbred cows have died
from the disease, and several infected cattle
have been killed by order of the state veteri'
nary surgeon. So far the disease, from quar-
antining and other timely precautions, has
been prevented from spreading to other sec
tions. Much anxiety is felt by stockraisers
and farmers in that vicinity.
The steamship Baltimore, of the Johnston
line, which arrived at Baltimore on Sunday,
brought another importation of Oxford down
sheep for Col. f. Carroll Goldsborough, of
Talbot county. They number thirty head,
twenty yearling ewes and ten rams, bred by
John Treadwell, of England: Among the
rams is the first prize winner at the Royal
Agricultural Society show at Norwich, and
the first prize winner at the Oxfordshire show
at Hurby. These fine rams weigh over 300
pounds and are one year old.
The trains on the Western Maryland Rail
road were delayed about two hours and a.
half on Monday night by an accident at Arl-
ington, Baltimore county. A double header
was steaming up Arlington hill in order
to make the siding and allow an excursion
train from Hagerstown to pass. The
double header made the siding, but did
not close the switch. When the excursion
train came along it jumped the track, and the
engine, breaking loose from the train, was
almost buried in the mud. Luckily no one
was hurt.
Gov. Lloyd has accepted an invitation to be
present in Philadelphia on September IL. to
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States, to arrange for the celebration of the
one hundredth anniversary of the adoption of
the constitution of the United States, Gov.
Lloyd will be quaFtered at the Colonnade
Hotel, with the Governor of South Carolina
The guests will meet in Independence Hall,
and arrange the details for the centennial
celebration the following year. There will
be banquet in the park and on Sunday they
will attend services at Christ Church, where
Gen. Washington attended during his lifetime.
On last Friday evening fatal accident oc-
Cured at Sandy Hook on the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad, in Washington county. Mrs.
Jenkins, resident at that place. with her
little daughter, whom she was leading by the
hand, attempted to cross the railroad track
Just at the moment that the limited express
was due at that place. A brakeman of a
freight train which had run into the siding to
let lHe cApItSS pass OboSiNihS MIC
and the c6ia's danger, ran to the woman and
drew her fron1 The traak Just ~ tine ia saFe
her life The little girl, however, was not so
fortunate, the engine striking her and throw
ing her high into the air. She fell upon the
platform lfeless and badly mangled. The
mother Is pFostrated from the shock and is in
a critical condition.
The paper mill at Union, Baltimore county,
conducted by Mentzel & Sons, took fire last
Friday about half past u O'Clock, and was,
together with its contents, entirely destroyed.
During the fire Isaac Bollison, an employe
of the mill, was struck on the head by piece
of falling scantling and badly hurt. The
building was four stories high, 90 feet leng By
40 feet in width, and was the original COTTON
factory at that place. 1t was disused for that
purpose after the erection of the present ex-
tensive mills, and was leased by the Messrs.
Mentzel &. Sons about four years ago, since
which time it has been used as paper mill
By the burning of the mill about twenty hands
will be thrown ont Of employment
The Liberty banner, Of Thursday, saysi In
clump of small locust trees on the farm of
Geo. Gather, about one mile from Union
vile and about 90 feet from the ridge road