The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1888-04-14
Maryland Afalrs.

Frederick on Tuesday.
Mrs. A. Howard died in Cecil county. ON
Monday, aged IS years.
I A wire picked fence factory has been estab-
lished in Frederick city.
| A company has been organized at Sails
bury to build hotel to cost 1900.
Miss Julia Ridgely Barron, aged 81. died
near Upper Falls, Baltimore county, on
April Z.
Marcellus Hall, colored, well known
undertaken, died in Annapolis on Tuesday, in
his seth year.
DR.. James w. Eichelberger and wife, of
Emmitsburg, celebrated the sixtieth anniver-
sary of their wedding on Wednesday evening
April A.
The village of Massey, Kent county, was
nearly destroyed by fire on Thursday. Thir-
teen dwellings and stores were burned besides
a number of small buildings.
! A severe thunder storm passed over Cal
vert county on April 6. Samuel Howe was
on the road with pair of horses and he and
the horses were killed by lightning.
Thos. e. Bruff, secretary, treasurer and
| school examiner of Baltimore county, left on
Tuesday of last week and nothing has been
heard of him since. His accounts are 81, 800
short.
Charles B. Rodgers has been appointed,
secretary, treasurer and examiner, of the
public schools of Baltimore county, in place
of Thos. G. Brutf, who has decamped. Mrs.
Bruff was made assiatant.
Garrettson Gerdy, of Pittsburg district,
Wicomico county, who died last week, aged
Sc years, cast his first vote in 1924 for Andrew
Jackson for President, and his last ballot for
Governor jackson in 1887.
Il
The trial of B. Howard Matthews, at Bal
timore, on the charge of stealing money
letter from the postofiice in that city, resulted
on Saturday in the disagreement of the jury,
who stood eight for conviction and four for
iacquittal.
Samuel Triee, a Caroline county farmer,
| has been presented for arson in burning the
son, his brother-inlaw, on November ID,
1887. They lived on adjoining farms, and
have had several law suits about ditch.
During heavy storm on Thursday night
of last week lightning struck the barn of Fred
erick Rigler, near Woodensburg, in the fourth
district of Baltimore county, and burned it to
the ground, together with nearly all the con-
tents, including one horse. The barn was
insured
Mrs Lucy Marker committed suicide on
Tuesday afternoon at the residence of her
brother in law, Col D. C. Winebrenner, in
Frederick, by hanging herself to bed post.
About 20 years ago she married Jos. Lester,
of Baltimore, but was shortly after divorced
from him.
The extensive paper mill known as Marble
Vale" belonging to VIM. FL. Hoffman d Sons,
located about one mile east of Ashland, Bal
timore county, on the Northern Central r.
R., was totally destroyed by fire at an early
h., ,,f
over $4,000.
Justice Ezra Minnick, of Middletown,
Frederick county, fined a young man living
in that vicinity 500 for kissing young lady
from the Middletown Valley on the streets of
Frederick during the fremen's parade on
Easter Monday. The suit was brought by
the young lady and was vigorously pressed.
In the U. S. District Court at Baltimore, on
Monday, John Statler and Ella, his wife, were
sent to Jail, Statler for eight months and the
woman for eighteen months, for sending OBJ
scene letters through the mails. The letters
were addressed to Geo. w. Burial, of Fred
erck city, who had obtained divorce from
the wife who afterwards married Statler.
On Monday night burglars broke into the
warehouse of Messrs. Adams & Rohrer, on
the line of the Western Maryland Railroad, in
Smithsburg, and blew open the safe with
powder and carried off about $500 in money
and about SlC0 worth of goods from their
hardware store, which is in the warehouse.
During the past five or six years three or four
safes have been blown open at that place.
John F. Pfeiffer, of Gainesville, was enter
tanned at his residence Monday evening by
three generations of the family, who assem-
bled in honor of his eighty seventh birthday.
Mr.. Pfeifer is hale and hearty. Among those
present were his nine children. The cradle
was exhibited in which all of them had been
rocked. Mr.. Pfeiffer has seventy-five grand
children and thirty great grandchildren.
Suit has been entered in the Circuit Court
of Baltimore county by James Howard Nc
/ Henry, through w. George Weld, counsel,
against the Chesapeake and Potomac Tele
phone Company Of Baltimore City to recover
81 900 damages for breaking into and enter
ing the plaintiff IS property, near Pikesville,
third district, and cutting, mutilating and
injuring number of growing trees, besides
doing other damages.
| The census of the voters of Baltimore was
completed by the police department on Tues
day. The results show a total of 93,267
voters, which is an increase of 5,S7s over last
years census. 0fthese 1899 are white and
! Il, 43S are colored men. Every ward showed
an increase except the tenth ward, where
| there was decrease of 10, and the sixteenth
! ward where the decrease was IS. The small
| est increase was in the fifth ward, in which it
was II, and the largest increase was 1855, in
! the twelfth ward The eleventh ward has the
smallest number of voters, 2,460, and the
seventh the largest, 5,270.
| A death occurred near Bristol, Anne Arun
del county, on April 5, under circumstances
that point a warning as to the indiscrimnate
use of medicine. George Steiner, of Balti-
more, moved there some time ago and obtained
employment on farm near Bristol. Be.
| coming slightly affected with what he supposed
was neuralgia, he was induced to use horse
liniment said to be good for both man and
! beast suffering from pain. In addition to its
external use he swallowed two doses of it to
effect a cure, and caused himself the most in
tense agony His teeth dropped out one by
| one, aud rapid emaciation of the entire body
gradually occurred. Medical aid was rendered,
but was unsuccessful to arrest the progress of
| the poison taken into the system.
|, A meeting of the stockholders of the Mary
land Agricultural College was held in Balti
more, on Wednesday, and elected the follow
ing trustees:-Col. j. Carroll Walsh, Hartford
county; Wilmot johnson, Baltimore county;
Allen Dodge, Washington county; Chas. B.
Calvert, Prince Georges county; Robert A.
/ Dobbin, Howard County. The Legislature
autnOrlZeu the reOrSaniHdtlou vi Tue coIeSS'
| and Gov Jackson will probably appoint the
directors under the new law this week. Be-
sides revenue from pupils the college now gets
every year $4,000 from the State. $1,000
under the fertilizer law and So, 500 from scrip.
The government appropriation for the exper-
mental station under the Hatch bill is 49,,
600 year. The experimental station is
valuable adjunct to the college. and is under
the direction of Prof Henry E. Alyord, who
is also president of the college. Mr.. Alvord
was present at the meeting of the stockhold.
ers. He says a great deal of work will have
to be done to place the college and the station
on good working basis, and warns the agri-
culturalistsyof the State who are looking to
him for very, much not TO put their expecta'
tions too high for the first season.
+ Tha .ras;danca of Col William Norris