The Democratic advocate., 1888-06-09
Maryland Affairs.

Washington county's tax rate is IS cents on
the 500.
Ice formed at Oakland, Garrett county, on
Sunday night.
Mrs. Catharine, wife of Levi Curtis. of Bal
iimore county, aged 81, died on Monday.
Mrs. Gibson, mother of Congressman Glib.
son, died suddenly in Baltimore on Monday.
Many Somerset county farmers have clear
ed $1,000 and over on strawberries this season.
Richard j. Bladin, colored, has been sr-
rested for burning the house of Mrs. Sarah j.
James, near Port Deposit.
In the six days walking match, in Balti-
more, which closed on Saturday night, Hughes,
the winner, made 506 miles.
I. Harrison Garrett was drowned yester-
day. His yacht was run into off Seven Foot
Knoll by steamer and capsized.
Edward F. Trail was shot and killed by
Edgar NJ. Watkins near Middlebrook, Mont
gomery county, on Tuesday.
John Humbird, ex-mayor of Cumberland
and one of the most prominent citizens of that
place, died suddenly on Tuesday, in his 18th
year.
A check for $50 was received at Frederick
on Tuesday from Gen. Jas. c. Clarke, form
erly of Frederick for the benefit of the suf-
ferers by the late explosion.
The brick residence on the farm of John
MeCauley, near Hagerstown, was set on fire
on Sunday, during the absence of the family,
and burned. Loss $1,000, insured for So, 500.
C. NJ. Dashiell, of Princess Anne, is pack
ing 20, 900 quarts of strawberries daily. E..
Augustes Reid, of the same town, on Saturday
picked so! flour barrels of peas from one
acre.
jackson Grove Camp, embracing over one
hundred acres, will be offered for sale. No
camp will be held there this year. 1t is under
the control of the Methodist Protestant
Church.
The barn On the farm of Walter Hall, in
eighth district of Anne Arundel county, was
burned on Tuesday, together with its con-
tents, consisting of tobacco and farm imple-
ments belonging to the tenant.
Talbot J. Gorsuch, aged about thirty. seven
years, was killed on the Northern Central
Railway Monday morning by train, while
attempting to cross the track at Ashland. He
was returning from visit to the grave OF his
only child, which died three weeks ago.
DIR. C. X. Dyer, United States inspector of
the bureau of animal industry, Washington,
paid an official visit to Middletown Valley,
Frederick county, Monday. He found all the
stock looking well with the exception of two
cases near Burkittsvile, which he found af-
| fected with consumption, and had them killed.
Heinrich Bible, aged SO years, died in Bal
timore, of heart disease, on June l. Mr..
Bible was a native of Zurich, Switzerland, but
had been in this country since 1912. He went
first to Richmond, Va, then to Wheeling, and
came in 1876 to Baltimore, where he has lived
ever since. He was quite a noted portrait
painter thirty years ago.
| At Ellicott City Monday night officer Jas.
E. Vansant arrested Adolphus King, colored,
| for disordery conduct. When near the Jail
! the prisoner turned upon the officer and
knocked him down several times, but was
| finally arrested. He was tried before Justice
| Cooke for the assault and sentenced to the
| House of Correction for one year.
Jacob Hemmick, ST., died on Monday
night, in Baltimore. aged 9S. He served in
the war of 1872, under Gen. Scott, and par
ticipated in the battle of Lundy's Lane, where
he was captured by the British, and was sub.
sequently confined in Dartmoor prison.
| There he suffered great hardships, but sur
vived them and returned to Baltimore, where
he engaged in the shoe business.
Ex-Sheriff Samuel F. Butler, of Baltimore
county, died at his residence, in Towsontown,
/ on Sunday, of Bright's disease, after an illness
| of a week. He was 81 years Of age and was
|
was elected sheriff of the county on the Demo-
cratic ticket. For three years prior to his
election as sheriff he served as register of
wills. A widow and several children survive
him. One son, Mr.. Samuel p. Butler, is now
the clerk to the sheriff of the county.
The rear car of passenger train on the
Annapolis and Baltimore Short Line left the
| rails when near Marley's Station, on Satur-
day, and dragged the two other coaches and
the locomotive down an emhankment, There
were only about dozen passengers on the
train. Those injured were Thomas Tydings,
one rib broken and internally injured; Horace
Tydings knee cap dislocated H. FL. Frost,
rib broken and cut on the face and leg; VIM.
Baker, news agent, cut on head and face.
John Hemelhaven, Charles Webb and VIM.
P. Lively were slightly injured.
Peter Rasmussen, of Baltimore, sailed with
his family for Norway Saturday in obedience
to a vow he made 25 years ago, when he came
to this country. Shortly after his arrival in
| this country he was converted alta revival then
being held at the First German Church in
Baltimore He says he then made promise
that if God would bless him in business and
give him enough of this worlds goods to en-
able him to preach the Gospel to his country
men in Norway without receiving any salary,
he would do so. He has so prospered in
business that he can now afford to devote his
life TO preaching without pay.
VIM. Baumeister, who won the third place
in the walking match in Baltimore city last
week, died Tuesday morning, from pneumo-
MIA and the strain produced by his persistence
in remaining in the walking contest after being
advised to abandon it. He completed $50
miles before leaving the track, for which he
received $l45. The deceased was 81 years
old, and native of Germany. A wife sur
wives him. He had been confined to his bed
since the walking match closed. Baumeister
was quite lively on the sawdust track for the
first days of the week, and passed jokes con-
tinuously with the onlookers. Towards the
last remarkable change came over him, and
he looked as though he could not finish. On
Friday night he was livid, and could only
keep upon his feet by running, as at every
| attempt to go slower he would stagger as
though about to fall. He retired from the
track after midnight with 800 miles to his
credit. Hughes assisted him around for a
number of laps. On Saturday night he COM
pleted his 450th mile, and after o'clock he
went upon the track again. At this time his
appearance was ghastly. Hughes and others
again assisted him, but he fought away from
them after making four laps, and left the track
to remain away for good.