The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1889-10-05
Maryland Affairs.

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The Cumberland Times has a $4,000 libe
suit on hand.
John I. Quynn, aged 10, well-knowl
citizen of Frederick, died on Saturday.
Cerebro-spinal meningitis is killing horse
and mules in the upper part OF Cecil county.
Frank Hare, of Baltimore, has been sent tt
the penitentiary for is months for bigamy.
Henry H. Toomey, of Elk Ridge, Howard
county, aged rs years, died on Wednesday.
Rev. Henry Joyce, of the NJ. E. Church
died in Anne Arundel county on Sunday II
his seth year.
Thomas Harris, well-known citizen O
Liberty, Frederick county, died on Friday Of
last week in his 10th year.
Baltimore is becoming great cattle ship
ping point. Ten vessels will shortly sail with
!. 48S head in addition to their other cargo.
MARYLAND Commandery, Knights Templar,
claims to be the oldest organization OF the
order in the United States, being organized
in 1870.
Jacques Cayot, of Bohemia Manor, Cecil
county. died on Tuesday, in his S4th year:
He came from France in 1923 and had resided
at Cayot's Corner ever since.
By the fortunate changing of the wind the
village Of Dunkirk, Calvert county, escaped
destruction by fire on Thursday. Several
buildings were burned and the loss is light.
St Anne's Protestant Episcopal Church,
at Annapolis, is 1913 years old, and service
has been held in it regularly since its esta5-
lishment 1t has had Il rectors during that
time.
The barn, carriage house and sheds on the
farm of the heirs of I. J. c. Cooley, in Queen
Anne's county. were burned on Wednesday,
with their contents. Loss above insurance
$500
Miss Georgia v Stone, of Woodberry,
Baltimore county, was shot three times on
Sunday afternoon by John Friese, discarded
lover Her wounds proved fatal on Wednes
day night.
AT the insurrection on the Island of Ma
vassa on September IA, among the negroes,
Thomas n. Foster. Joseph Fales, JAS +.
Mahon and VIM 7. Shea. all of Baltimore,
were murdered.
VIM. Claggett. ofnear Hagerstown. a brake
man on the Shenandoah Valley Railroad,
was instantly killed on Saturday. He was on
top of a car and was thrown to the ground
with such force as to kill him.
Geo. W. Redden, one of the leading peach
growers of Caroline county, died at his resi-
deuce, near Denton, on Monday, in the sixty
ninth year of his age. Mr.. Redden leaves
large family. two Of whom are prominent
business men.
John Eisenberger. cooper, 81 years old.
was found guilty in the Criminal Court of
Baltimore. on Thursday, of brutal assault
on his wife on July s. Judge Phelps sen
fenced him to receive thirteen lashes by the
sheriff and TO be imprisoned thirty days IN
Jail.
The steamship Earnmoor, from Baltimore
TO Rio de Janerio, Brazil, with grain, found
cred on September during the cyclone and
70 men were lost After great suffering a
boat containing seven of the crew landed at
Santiago. Cuba, on the 18th. The cargo was
valued at $4,000.
John McCleary, prominent farmer of the
fourth election district Of Cecil county, eele-
braied with his wife. Tuesday evening, the
fiftieih anniversary of their wedding. The
golden wedding was attended by eight Of their
children and twenty.one grandchildren, as
well as by many friends.
Daniel NJ. Henry, Jraone ofthe Democratic
candidates for the Legislature in Dorchester
county, "a seriously Ill at his home in Cam
bridge with acute Bright's disease, eompli-
Gated with symptoms Of malarial fever. Mr..
Henry is one of the leading members of the
Cambridge bar, and widely known IN the state.
A Frederick paper says there is talk among
northern capitalists Of building a railroad
from Edsemont down Middletown Valley, to
& connection with the Washington Branch of
the b. and o.; to make Black Rock sarpass
Pen. Mar as a summer resort, and secure
better market for the peach growers of the
EdEemout section.
Large deposits Of valuable iron ore have
jus; been discovered on a number Of farms in
the famous Middletown Valley. Frederick
county. the varieties 50 far found are known
as specular iron A large portion Of the land
has already been leased 10 a Baltimore syndi-
cate, and the Cambria Iron Company Of Penn
sylyania Is also negotiating.
Rev Richard Templeman Brown died at his
residence at Silver Spring, Montgomery c0un-
tv, on September y, from q complication OF
diseases. Rev. Mr.. Brown was one Of the
oldest and most widely known ministers of
the Episcopal Church in she South. As
pulpit orator be ranked among the leading
preachers Of the church. He was born in
Charlestown. W. Va, February >, 1917. In
early lie be married Miss Wiimot, a sister Of
Bishop Wilmot, who survives him.
William. sou OF John P. Combs, editor of
the Mo,fatsia Desioerai, Of Oakland, Garrett
county, was shot, and perhaps fatally wounded
Saturday afternoon by Robert Bolden. a
youth Of about fourteen years. The two boys
were squirrel hunting on Shaher's hill, about
a mile from Oakland Bolden's statement is
that be had the rifle in his hands, aud Combs,
Who was some distance below him on the
mountain side. called to Bolden TO come
down aud shoot a squirrel, which he bad dis
covered. Bolden started towards Combs,
with bis finger on the trigger Of the gun,
which was discharged, the bali striking
Combs just above the right eye.
The Waynesboro' Pa Gazette says
Mr.. Sam'l Shockey proprietor Of the widely
known Shockey Peach Farm, has marketed
from II acres, 400 boxes Of peaches The
weld was the largest in the life Of the orchard
aud the peaches the finest Of any yet gathered.
The prices ranged from $500 upwards. For
the Heath Cling and many other varieties he
gos as high as $500 per box. By next year
he will have bearing large planting of late
wears, which will increase his acreage to 81
acres. This will be ample for one manage
,nent aud will be a mine of wealth. Mr.
Sh0ckey's family viii remove to Hagerstown
Nov LIST where they have purchased a com
Portable residence. They will occupy it this
winter aad spend the summer at their com
try place .'Shockey's Station"