The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1888-10-06
Maryland Affairs.

The registered vote of Baltimore is now
"a, 2SS.
Mrs. Sarah Fields, aged 81, died in Balti-
more on Saturday last.
Mrs. Mary A., wife of Judge W. Veirs
Bouic, of Rockville, died on Monday, aged 6s,
A postofice has been established at Home.
land, Baltimore county, with Gabriel Duval
as postmaster
Milton Painter, aged 70, a we'll known cti.
zen of 0wings' Mills, Baltimore county, died
on Wednesday.
S. Taylor Suit, died in Washington, D. c.,
on Monday. He was native of Prince
Georges county.
Snow fell on Saturday last pretty gener-
| ally throughout Western Maryland. In Allie
ghany and Garrett counties the GROUND was
covered.
Eugene G. Mosely pleaded guilty to bigamy
| in the Criminal Court in Baltimore on Mon
day and was sentenced to Is months impris-
onment.
Rev. DR.. Newton Baer, pastor of the
| Fayette Street Methodist Episcopal Church.
| baltimore, died on Friday morning of last
week, aged As.
DR.. Benjamin T. Houston, aged 70, died
near Chestertown, Kent county, on Tuesday
of apoplexy. He had been in active practice
for over so years.
Gen. Andrew g. Chapman has been desig.
mated to fill temporarily the vacancy caused
| by the death of Joseph X. Roberts, collector
of internal revenue
VIM. B. McClain, aged 80, well known
farmer of Washington county, died on Tues,
day. He was prominent Democrat and had
held several offices.
Miss Gertie Hope, who was arrested at
Baltimore, has been released from the Fred
terick jail, the grand jury refusing to indict
/ her on the charge of infanticide.
4 On Tuesday as conductors were discharged
from the b. & o. r. r.; some had been 10
lsthe employ of the company for % years. No
reason was assigned for the discharges.
3. During the past season there was shipped
from the Delaware and Maryland Peninsula
aneaFly 100000 baskets of peaches by rail
and boat which realized S2,700,0o0 to the
/ growers.
Joseph X. Roberts, collector of internal
revenue, died at his residence in Prince
Georges county, on Monday, aged 40. he
i was q lawyer by profession and was well
know throughout the State.
On Thursday morning John Easton's barn
and contents, including hay, wheat, farming
I implements and four cows. near Rohrersville,
Washington county, were consumed by fire.
j Loss about So, 900; no insurance.
BENJAMIN Laughlin was arrested near Har-
risonville, Baltimore county, and committed
for court by justice Hamilton on Tuesday,
charged with stealing Jersey cow, valued at
$500, from Mr., Wallace King, Mt. Washing
ton.
The corners stone Of hospital, 10 be an
) annex to the present city hospital in Balti-
: more, under the control of the Sisters of
Mercy, was laid on Sunday by Cardinal Glib
4 bons. The various Catholic Knighthoods
and beneficial societies paraded in honor of
the event.
Arvid de Werner, of Los Angeles, Call,
died at the residence of Hon. John Fl. Keller.
in Frederick, on Thursday night of last week,
from pneumonia, in his S9th year. He and
his bride arrived in Frederick few weeks
ago, and while on q short visit to New York
he contracted a cold which resulted in his
death. He was a native of France and was
worth over 81 ,000, geo.
Mrs. Ann Rowland, aged II, was buried
t in the graveyard adjoining Long Meadows
| TINKER Church, near Hagerstown, Sunday
: last Early Tuesday morning il was discov-
cred that some one during the night had lamp
E cred with her grave. Her body was partly
/, out of the coffin, was covered with dirt and
E had been exposed to the rain which fell during
i the night Footprints of men were seer
around the grave, and the tracks Of wagon
q we're discovered at the church, showing thai
the robbers intended to carry off the body,
& but were scared, as is supposed, by persons
who passed along early in the morning.