The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1888-01-14
Maryland Affairs.

| The Strong Locomotive Works OF New
| York, are to be located at Steelton, near Bal
timore.
Mrs Catharine Lease died at Daysville,
! Frederick county, on December %, in her
seth year.
Geo. Harman's store at Appleton, Wash
ington county, was burned with contents on
Sunday night.
The Indebtedness of Cecil county is &c.,
Cos 95, caused by the flood of two years ago,
at which time bridges were carried away and
road beds washed out.
Sickel, HELEN & Co., wholesale dealers
in notions and white goods, Baltimore, made
| an assignment on Tuesday. The failure was
caused by difficulty in making collections.
Glenn Worthington, recent graduate of
the Maryland Law School, has been appointed
examiner, secretary and treasurer BY the
school commissioners of Frederick county. !
InceHdiarism and robbery prevails to large
extent in Wicomico county -Four stores
have been burned recently, and on Monday
night the store of George .. Insley was rob-
bed and burned. Loss about $4,000.
The charity ball, in Baltimore, on Monday
evening, was largely attended, the dresses of
the ladies superb, and the financial result
gratifying to the managers of the Hospital for
the Women of Maryland and the Home for
Incurables.
During the present session of the Legisla.
ture an effort will be made to have new
election district of Frederick county created
out of portions of Middletown, Jefferson and
Petersyille districts, with the polling place at
Burkettsyille,
Mrs Eliza A., wife Of Joshua Il. Cross, O
West Friendship, Howard county, died on
Monday night, after a long illness, in her.
9th year. She had been prominent member
of the NJ. E. Church for many years, and
was greatly esteemed.
John Benjamin Biscoe, colored, of St.
Mary's county, who has had two trials for the
murder of Capt. Dixon, and after being con-
victed the last time took his case to the Court
of Appeals IN a technioal,point, on Friday of
last week the conviction in the court below
was sustained, and the papers will be sent to
the Governor for action.
The annual report Of the Board of Com
mssioners of Charities Of Frederick county
shows the receipts for the use of Montevue
Hospital for the past year TO have been Sl7,-
577.26. and for the u ie of the Jail 81, 725. So
total $40, S03. IA. After meeting all expenses
the board returned $4,000 of the above
amount to the county reasurer.
! A fight between FIVE oyster dredgers and
the police boat Frolc, took place on Friday
night of last week, on Bodkin Point that
lasted for nearly an hour until the steamer
MeLane captured them and took them to st.
| Michaels, where they were each fined $50 and
costs. When the dredgers were turned loose
1 in the river, some tongmen on shore oheered,
when the dredgers fired into the crowd, Sc
riously wounding colored man.
DR.. Charles r. Whiteford, resident physi
clan Of the Baltimore county almshouse, at
Texas, eighth district, and member of the
Maryland House Of Delegates, died on Mon
day afternoon of malignant typhoid fever, in
the aeEb year of his age. He went to Annap
oils on Tuesday last, and was taken sick that
night. The next day, he had congestive
chill, and he returned home, where bis illness
quickly became dangerous. DIR. Whiteford
was born near Pleasantville, Hartford county,
but the family has been well known in Bal
timore county for many years. An election
will be held to fill the vacancy.
At the Methodist Preachers meeting in
| baltimore on Monday, Rev. Mr.. GLENN read
IA protest against the action of President
Cleveland in sending copy of the Constitu-
ton of the United States to Pope Leo XIII,
on the occasion of the recent jubilee of the
latter.n The protest excited considerable
discussion, the members being about equally
divided 1t was insisted by some f=those
who favored the protest that sit was an off,
cial recognition of the Pope's Office, when he
is only the head of a Church, which the Con-
sti.ution, by implication: prohibits" Finally
the matter was referred to committee which
is expected to report next week.
On Saturday morning Jahn Franklin Eisg,
formerly editor and proprietor of the St Mary
! Beacon, and one of the best known citizens
of Southern Maryland, died suddenly, of heart
disease. in l.eonardtown. Mr.. King had heen
in failing health for some months, but was
thought to be improving until Saturday, when
he was taken with the asthma, and shortly
after the attack had passed off dropped from
his chair dead Mr.. King was an ardent be-
lieverin the State rights doctrine, and during
the civil war the Federal government sup
pressed his paper, He ikeH crossed the 20.
tonae and entered the service of the confed
eraey. The deceased was in his Cad year,
! and leaVes family Of five children.