The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1886-06-05
Maryland Affairs.

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fishing ''peach exchage'' at Chestertown.
At the present term of court at Easton,
Talbot county, six prisoners have been SEN
fenced to the Penitentiary and House of Cor
rection.
The tax rate in Washington county for
county purposes for this year is 81 cents on
the $780, With the state tax added the total
is $1.O5a.
Henry jackson, colored, of East New Mar
ket, Dorchester county. died of lockjaw on
Saturday, produced by wound in the foot
from stepping on nail.
Navigation on the Chesapeake & Ohio
canal is now open from Cumberland to
Georgetown, and there will be no further
delay in boats getting through.
J. D. Carl, of the agents office of the
Western Maryland Railroad at Hagerstown,
has been promoted to the position of General
Baggage Agent at Hillen Station.
Daniel Cavey, miner, aged 10, and resid-
ing at Franklin Mines, near Barton, Allegany
county, was run over by train of mine cars
on Tuesday afternoon and instantly killed.
The Sammists, Jones and Small left Balti-
more on Monday, and on June 9th will open
meetings at Indianapolis. They were given
$1,000 for their services when leaving Balti-
more.
i Baltimore City is about to issue 81, 900, 900
in bonds to improve the water supply of the
city. There will soon be less need of mixing
"a little something" with it to make it pala-
table.
Capt. VIM. ]. Walker, superintendent of
the Baltimore and Ohio Company's hotels,
died at Cumberland, on Monday evening of
obstruction of the intestines, after six days
illness.
! During the month of May 476 dogs were
/ drowned at the Baltimore dog pound. The
city pays 25 cents for every dog taken to the
pound, and anybody is at liberty to be dog
catcher.
Michael Maffett, an insane inmate of Bay
4 view Asylum, Baltimore committed suicide
\ on Sunday night by cutting his throat with a
razor He was only received into the Asylum
the day before.
DR.. Thomas J. McGill, well-known and
respected citizen of Frederick, died at his
residence, on Court street, on Wednesday,
after a long and painful illness. He was in
the 18th year of his age.
The New York Clothing House, Baltimore,
| is making uniforms for the Talbot Guards, of
Easton. The uniform will be a blue blouse,
gray pantaloons with black stripe, and gray
cap, similar to that of the Fifth Regiment
The grub worm is cutting the young corn
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/ In Oxford Neck some farmers are blowing up
the first planting of their corn fields and are
crossing the ground and planting second
time.
Senator Thomas G. Hayes assumed charge
of the United States District Attorneys Office
on Tuesday, succeeding Mr.. Archibald Stir
ling, Jr., and DR.. George 81. Cairnes
entered upon his duties as United States
Marshal in place of Mr.. John NJ. McClintock.
Hon. Robert NJ. McLane, United States
minister to France, arrived by the steamer
La Champagne, from Havre, at New York
early Monday morning, and left New York
for Washington in the afternoon. His name
has been mentioned as the successor of Mr..
Manning, Secretary of the Treasury.
Charles E. Baldwin, of the twelfth district
of Baltimore county, was arrested on Wed.
nesday by United States Deputy Marshal
Cole on the charge of smuggling "a cases of
whisky from the steamer Albano. He was
taken before Commissioner Rogers, who held
him in 81 500 bail for Harrington Monday
i next.
VIM H Reynolds, a Baltimorean, about As
years of age, was arrested near Chicago by
the Baltimore detective firm of Smith, West
& Lyons, at the instance of the Howard Bank,
of that city, charged with forgery. He was
on Tuesday committed to Baltimore city jail,
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dictment against him.
A curious sight is now to be seen on the
farm of NJ. W. Bailey, Wicomico county, near
/ Quantico-a huge turkey gobbler carrying
brood of twenty-five young chickens. Some
weeks ago the gobbler showed disposition to
Sit and twenty five eggs were placed under
him, from which he Matched twenty-five chicks,
and is now caring for them.
Quite number of Frederick mechanics,
| including carpenters, brickmasons, plasterers,
| &C., have recently gone to Washington, ID. C.,
| where they have found employment at very
! remunerative rates. On Monday Washing
ton building contractor was in Frederick for
( the purpose of securing brickmasons, to
whom he offered wages at the rate of $3.50
| per day.
Rev. Thomas S. Lee, rector of the Cathe-
dral, who is travelling through Europe, has
arrived in Rome, and will leave on Saturday,
| June II, for Baltimore, in company with the
two papal messengers who will bring to Bal
timore the lesser insignia of Archbishop Glib
| bons' new dignity. The ceremony of con-
! ferring the cardinalate upon the Archbishop
will take place at the Cathedral on Wednes-
day, June 80.
| The Board of Public Works met on Thurs
| day. The following directors of the Balti
more & Ohio railroad on the part of the State
were chosen: Messrs. Richard Hynson,
of Kent county; Jas. W. Henry, Jr., Balti
more city: George L. Van Bibber, Hartford;
Hattersly W. Talbot, Montgomery. All are
new appointments except Mr.. Hynson. The
other old directors were Patrick w. Walker,
Frank Brown and Charles 81. Stanley.
The following Board of Visitors to the
Naval Academy has been appointed: Senators
Blackburn and Cameron; Representatives
Harmer, of Pa; Lore, of Delaware, and Nor
wood, of Georgia; John Bigelow, of New
York; Ex-Governor Bedle. of New Jersey;
| ID. NJ. Dickerson, of Detroit; I. w. Dawson,
of South Carolina; Prof A. D. Wharton, of
Tennessee; J. c. Richardson, of Alabama,
| and Commodore Bancroft Gherardi.
Rev. DR.. Meyer Levin, D. D., rector of
| Trinity Church, Upper Marlboro, Prince
| Georges county, died suddenly on Friday
night of last week, in Washington, ID. e.,
where he had been attending the sessions OF
the Protestant Episcopal Convention of the
diocese of Maryland. He was member of the
standing committee, and its president. He
was native of Prussia, of Hebrew descent,
| and was scholar of fine attainments.
| The Baltimore postofice was on Monday
transferred from Mr.. /. Parkey Veazey to Mr..
Frank Brown The day being holiday and
the Office closed, very few were present in the
building except the ingoing and outgoing post
masters, the special agents, the heads of de-
partments. and those clerks and messengers
whose attendance was necessary for the re-
ceiving and dispatching of mails. The trans
fer was purely business affair, and the details
were not concluded until late in the night.
The United States fish commission contin-
ne to stock the Susquehanna freely with young
shad. In addition to the several large ship
ments made last week from the Battery Sta
ton near Havre de Grace, Frank L. Don
nelly has this week made the following dis
tribution of shad fry: 100000 at Peach Bot
tom. SOC, 900 at Conowingo and 100000 at
4 Fite's Eddy. Other lots will be placed at yari-
GUS points. and little later large quantity of
young rock fish, which are now being hatch
ed at the station, will be distributed.
Citizens of St. Mary's county are much
pleased over the prospect of the completion
of the Southern Maryland Railroad, which
now runs from Brandywinet to Mechanicstown.
Many of them say the road will be in running
order to Point Lookout in less than year,
and that large depot will be constructed on
the farm of DR.. Broom, near st. Mary's City.
DIR. Broom, it is said, has sold his farm to the
railroad company for large sum of money.