The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1886-12-11
Maryland Afairs.

Patrick McCawley died IN BALTIMORE las'
Friday in his 93d year.
DR.. E. f. Hamel died in Baltimore on
Wednesday, in his 91st year.
Robert Garrett was reelected President OF
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad at meeting
Of the directors on Wednesday.
Rev. David Shermer, a we'll known minis.
ter of the Methodist Protestant Church, died
on Saturday at Vienna, Dorchester county.
Judge Duffy, of the Baltimore bench, has
decided the bastardy law unconstitutional,
because it relates to white and not to colored
people,
George Boss, the Oldest member of the
Old Defenders Association of Baltimore, died
last Saturday in his 93d year. His wife, aged
81, survives him.
Andrew Spier, of Cumberland, president of
the Blaen Avon Coal Company, died sudden
" in Baltimore on Wednesday, while on a
visit to Maj. Alex. Shaw.
Judge Morris, of the United States Court,
Baltimore, fined ex-Postmaster Kilchenstein,
of Lavender Hill, Baltimore county, on
Thursday, $500 for defrauding the government
while he was postmaster.
Judge VIM A. Fisher on Tuesday announc-
ed his resignation from the Supreme Bench
of Baltimore city, to take effect January g.,
1887. The sedentary life was telling on his
health, hence the resignation.
Col Henry e. Bateman has donated lot
of two acres of ground on Railroad Avenue in
Easton, for the Episcopal residence, which
has been accepted by the committee of the
diocese appointed to locate the same.
John B. Parrott, well-known farmer of
Kent county, died suddenly Saturday from
paralysis of the brain, and Capt William
Scone, of Quaker Neck, same county, died
Sunday night from the same cause.
Manager Barnie, of the Baltimore Base
Ball Club, has accepted the challenge of Man
ager Mutrie, of the New York League Club,
to play series of games next spring, the
winning club to take all the receipts.
The Maryland State Grange will meet in
Baltimore, on Tuesday next, at 2.30 p. m.
Highly important matters will be settled at
this meeting, rendering it very desirable that
every Grange in the State be represented.
Mrs. COLLEEN, living near Kennedyville,
Kent county, weighs over 800 pounds. Last
week she wanted to go to Washington, and
had to be transported in a baggage car, being
too large to enter the door of a passenger
car.
The executive committee of the Maryland
State Temperance Alliance met on Tuesday
and issued a circular to all subordinate or
CARNATIONS asking their cooperation in having
a prohibition section introduced in the con-
stitution of the State.
Mr. Henry Meier, formerly of Kent county,
and son of Mr.. c. Meier, of Galena, but who
has been teaching school at Menoken, Oak. {,
since last spring, persisted in a snow storm
last Monday while returning from his school
to his boarding house.
On Monday last the Supreme Bench of
Baltimore ordered the name of |. Parker
Veazey stricken from the roll of attorneys
The charge against Mr.. Veazey was the misap-
preparation of SIS, 900 trust funds. He is now
in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
DIR. A. +. Erich, member of the faculty
of the College of Physicians and Surgeons
died suddenly Tuesday morning of apo
plexy at his residence, No. IS Park ave-
nue., Baltimore. He was native of Eiseben,
Prussia, and came to this country 80 years
ago. His age was 40.
VIM. johnson, colored boy about 10
years of age, residing with his uncle, Perry
Butler, near Fulton, Howard county, was
terribly burned by the explosion of coal oil
lamp few days ago, from the effects Of
which he died. The flesh of one side of his
entire body was almost burned to a crisp.
Miss Louisa Carroll, daughter of ex Gov.
John Lee Carroll, of Maryland, who is now
residing in Paris, and Count Jean de Kergor-
lay, young French army officer, were mar
ried in Paris on Saturday. Minister Robert
NJ. McLane and other Americans in the
French capital were at the wedding. The
bridal party will make a trip to Southern
Europe.
Another fire Of ineendiary origin ACQUIRED
an the western outskirts of Frederick on
Tuesday night, resulting in the destruction of
a stable belonging to Mr.. John S. Wilson.
The building was located within 25 yards Of a
large dwelling, and but for the prompt re-
sponse of the firemen it, too, would probably
have been destroyed.
Shortly before O. clock on Tuesday morn
rag fire was discovered in the basement of the
three~4tory frame dwelling house No. 924
North EasRw street, Baltimore, and before
the flames Observation-Disclosures e6her
dwellings had been injured, and Mrs. Ann
Peck, colored woman, aged rs years, had
been burned to death.
John E. Owens, the comedian, died at
his residence near Towsontown, Baltimore
county, on Tuesday, aged about GO years,
On Sunday he was going about the house,
but at night was taken i'll and vomited blood.
He had been a sufferer for three years. Mr..
Owens was born in Liverpool, England, but
came to this country when ten years old with
his father, shoemaker. He was the greatest
comedian of his time.
A large switzer barn on farm a short dis
lance east of Frederick, owned by DIR, Geo,
johnson and tenanted by Mr.. Neikirk, was
completely destroyed hyfre ofinceadiaryorigin
between IL and II o'clock Monday night
The building contained nearly / 200 bushels
of wheat and large quantity of feed, hay,
straw, &c. Two large ricks of corn fodder
were also consumed. The sparks ignited
numbers of corn-shocks in adjacent fields,
The tannery belonging to John Rouzey,
about half mile north of Meohanicstown, was
destroyed by fire, last Saturday night. The
tannery building was entirely consumed, but
a considerable quantity of hides and leather
was saved. None of the bark on hand was
burned. The loss will probably be about
$1,000 or $4,000 ON building and stock, In
surance on stock, $4,000; on building, 50, 900.
The origin of the fire is unknown, but was pos
sihly communicated from the furnace to the
farmhouse adjoining, whore the fire was first
discovered about II o'clock.
A very pretty wedding took place at II
o'clock Wednesday morning in st. Paurs
Lutheran Church, near Arcadia, FIVE miles
Miss Annie E. Houck and William Byerly
being married by Rev. g. q, Beekley, of
Trinity Church, Resterstown. Quite num-
Der of friends attended the ceremony, among
them being the principal of the Reisterstown
High School, other teachers and many of the
pupils of the school, of which the bride was
a teacher until recently, when she resigned.
On Tuesday snow was foot deep on lev
ell at Annapolis, with drifts four and FIVE feet
high. At Elkton, Cecil county, the snow
storm was the heaviest experienced for years.
Snow was Is inches on level, and drifts in
places covered fences. At Havre de Grace
travel was impeded by the heavy drifts, and
roads leading to town were eompletely block
ed. In Easten on Tuesday there was no
market and no meeting OF the Orphans
Court and county commissioners. All down
the eastern shore snow or rain fell from Satur-
day night until Tuesday noon, and snow
blocked county roads and almost suspended
business and mails.
A telegram from Chicago says that Henry
Schwartz, formerly of Philadelphia, but now
in the Cook county Jail is suspected of being
the man guilty of the robbery Of the Rock
Island express train last March, when Kel-
logg Nichols the express messenger lost his