The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1886-04-24
Maryland Affairs.

Corn planting has begun ON the Eastern
Shore.
Shad sold last week at Easton, twelve fora
dollar.
The peach crop in Talbot, says one of the
local journals, will be Indifferent.
The prospect of good peach crop and an
abundant wheat crop cheers the farmers of
Kent county.
The grand jury of Somerset county found
thirty indictments last week, fifteen of which
were for violations of the local option law.
At Baltimore, on Monday, George Coleman,
coored Democratic ticket holder, convicted
of having voted illegally at the election last
November, was sentenced to six years IN the
penitentiary.
Mrs Anna Regina Weber, of Baltimore,
the mother of the late Mr.. j. Henry Weber,
died suddenly Sunday afternoon, while on the
way to visit The grave of her son, in Loudon
Park Cemetery. Mrs. Weber was IN the 10Th
year of her age.
The damage by the recent floods to the
Chesapeake & Ohio canal is immense. Sew
eral hundred men are at work repairing the
breaks, and will have it in navigable condition
in about two weeks. The canal is in bad
condition and is getting worse every year.
1t is understood that the civil-service ex-
animation for Baltimore custom house places
will occur about May 20. Some 300 applica-
ton blanks have been furnished to persons
who applied for them, and of these $50 up to
this time have signiied their intention to take
| the examination.
The most exciting and hotly- confessed cleo.
ton ever held in Oakland came off last Tues
day, the contest being between the regular,
straightout Democrats and fusion OF prohi-
bitionists and others. The Democrats elected
| Owen Hart mayor, and two out of three of
| the councilmen.
After the performance of Robbins circus
at Berlin, Somerset county, Saturday night,
the 18th a row occurred between some
roughs following the circus and some citizens.
Fists and clubs were freely used, and finally
pistols were brought into requisition by the
roughs, and James E. Birmingham was badly
wounded. A. Frank Parsons, merchant OF
Salisbury, was knocked down and seriously
injured, and robbed of a valuable gold watch
and chain and all the money he had on his
person; John Coffin was knocked down and
robbed of his watch and $50, and James
johnson was badly beaten; others were slight
Iy injured The citizens finally made de-
termined rally and drove the roughs into the
cars, and the train left.
William C. Turnbull, of Baltimore, has fin
ished a series of experiments to test his in
vention of long distance telephoning. He
finds that the distance at which telephoning
can be practiced with his transmitter Is only
limited by the length of wire, under favorable
conditions. He expects to get permission
very soon to conduct series OF experiments
in telephoning over one of the Atlantic cables.
London and New York will probably be the
points between which conversations will be
attempted. Mr.. Turnbull says if the compa-
nv will allow him to use battery of sufficient
strength, he has no doubt but that he can
from New York converse in his ordinary tone
of voice with friend stationed in London.
More than this, he says this telephone is SO
pure in tone that any one in New York could
recognize friends voice talking to him in
4 London Through the same transmitter par
ties in New York have recognized the voices
of friends talking to them in Chicago. A
charter for a company to use the long distance
transmitter and receiver is now being taken
out in New Jersey. He has applied for pat
Austria, Italy, Canada, Spain, Russia. APP
plications will be made in other countries
also.
On Sunday afternoon Mr.. Louis Praegel
was thrown from a trestle- bridge by train Of
the Western Maryland Railroad, about mile
and a-half from Fulton Station, and was IA
tally injured His young daughter, Matilda,
who was with him, had her right foot so badly
crushed that it was amputated Sunday night
He left his home, No. ol3 west Baltlmore
street, for an afternoon walk with his daugh-
ter, who is u years of age. He went into the
country adjacent to the Western Maryland
track, and about half past four clock in the
afternoon was returning home. The trestle-
work, 200 feet long, spans a gulch about
80 feet deep and is crossed by single
track, the ties projecting about eighteen inches
on either side As Mr. Praeger approached
the trestle train from the city came over it,
and when it had passed him he stepped on the
trestle and, with his daughter, commenced
crossing. He had gone only short distance
when the ringing Of an engine bell and whist
ling warned him that t. ain was coming be-
hind him. The trestle was too narrow fol
him to stand on one side, so he laid the CIR
on the ties beyond the track and then lay
down himself ahead of her. The engine
passed them safely, but the step of the pas
senger coach struck him, dragged him some
distance, and hurled him off the trestle dowr
to the rocks, eighty feet below. His daugh,
ter, seeing her fathers fate, half rose, ano
she, too, was caught, but the wheels of the
car only passed over her right foot.