The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1891-09-19
Maryland Affairs.

A colored bicycle club has been organized
at Hagerstown.
During August Baltimore. shipped 1885,
797 bushels of wheat to Europe.
The State Normal School has $40 students,
of whom l54 are newly registered.
Baltimore county fair realized $1,000 above
all expenses, and the Easton fair about $500
The twenty fifth anniversary Of the German
Orphan Asylum of Baltimore was celebrated
Tuesday.
Typhoid fever, malaria and scarlet fever
prevail in that portion of Baltimore known-as
the Annex.
August Hoerine, aged three years, was ac-
cidentaily burned to death in Baltimore, on
Wednesday.
A negro man was arrested on Tuesday
night for stealing horse from John s. Yer
nay, near Ellicott City.
Mary E. Eppo, aged 8 years, Of Baltimore,
was strangled to death, on Saturday, by swat
lowing peach stone.
D. Martin Grove, of Franklin county, Pa,
was arrested in Frederick on Tuesday on the
charge of horse stealing.
Zach. Briggs, of Gaithersburg, Montgomery
county, on Tuesday, had his face badly LAGER
ated by a kick from a horse.
Tubular iron works are to be established at
Hagerstown. The stock has been subscribed
and work on the shops begun.
More natural gas has been found at Parson-
burg, WicOmico county, and it is being used
for cooking and heating purposes.
Mrs. Mary P, widow of the late Barron
CARROT, died in Frederick on Wednesday,
aged so years. She leaves twelve children.
H. Webster Crowl, formerly of Baltimore,
was arrested in Roanoke, Va, on Tuesday
for embezzlement; released after a hearing
Malignant diphtheria has made its appear
ance in Talbot county. Jere. Mcdonald has
lost one child and has three others i'll from it.
Robert Garrett has presented his valuable
collection of autographs, manuscripts, curious
and historic relics to the Johns Hopkins uni
yersity.
Andrew J. Smith, an engineer on a freight
train of the Northern Central Railroad, fell
from his engine on Sunday, at Partition, and
received fatal injuries.
Richard Seager, 81, James Everett, Go,
James l.. Wollyhand, 60, and James Curlett,
50, living within call of each other at Tenn
pleville, Caroline county, have Go children.
Harry Price, aged years, was accidentally
shot dead by his cousin, Percy Carr, aged lG,
at North East, Cecil county. on Sunday morn
ing. Percy was playing with a revolver in
their bedroom.
Mrs. Annie Bethards, aged "a years, died
near Parsonburg, Wlcomico county, on We'd
nesday She leaves twelve children, and a
host Of grand, great grand and great great
grandchildren.
Frederick Holland, colored, of Northeast,
Cecil county, has been arrested in Whining
ton, Del, for robbing stores in the former
place. Many ofthe stolen articles were found
in his possession.
Rev. Francis Ryan, S. j., who has been
connected with Loyola College and Church,
Baltimore, for the past six years, is TO take up
his residence in New York, where he will
manage monthly magazine.
William Baer, of near Bolivar, Frederick
county, who is II years old, boasts of a son
"a wears old and daughter but one week old.
He has a second wife, and is the father of IL
children, l of whom are living.
A number of trusted employees of the B.
& O. Railroad have been arrested for robbing
freight cars while side tracked at Brunswick,
Frederick county Other arrests will follow,
as two have made full confession.
About 5000 acres of fine land owned by
VIM. Vile, in and near st. Mary's City, st,
Mary's county, known as the DIR. Broome es
tate, was sold at mortgagee's sale last week
to Jacob Humbird, of Cumberland, for S32,
100.
Messrs. W. H. Biggs & Bro, have for sew
eral years owned the finest herd of Holstein
Friesian cattle in Frederick county. Several
weeks ago they started South with the herd,
visited several fairs and sold them at profit
able prices.
On Sunday afternoon, at Edwards Ferry
Montgomery county, John Smith, colored
was fatally shot by Robert Stevens. Smith
seized Stevens and choked him severely and
would not desist but renewed the assault wher
Stevens hot him.
While playing with gun, in Buckeystown,
Frederick county, on Tuesday, a negro boy
named Bowers accidentally shot child o.
Nathan Green, colored, sitting on the lap o.
lis sister The load entered its thigh and the
child died the same night.
A few nights ago some persons pulled down
an unfinished house which was being built by
David Mann near Indian Spring, Washington
county. All the tools around the building
were gathered up and thrown into fire which
they built for the purpose.
Mrs. Laura j. Davis, aged 81 years, who
was fatally burned while filling a gasoline
stove in Chestertown, on Monday morning,
died after intense agony Wednesday after
noon She was burned from the soles Of hel
feet to the crown of her head, and had inhaled
the flames.
On Monday some planks in granary cor
tanning a large quantity ofwheat belonging tC
Keller Saxton, of Funkstown, gave way, and
several hundred bushels of newly thrashed
wheat ran out into the barnyard, where the
horses Toasted upon the wheat, and two Of
them have died. One horse was valued al
$500. Eleven other horses are still in n crit
ical condition.
The harvesting of the peach crop in KEN
county, is finished. The crop was far above
the most sanguine expectations, fully $1,000
600 baskets having been grown in Kent this
year. The low prices would not permit OF
hacking and shipping, and fair crop has
been left on the trees TO rot. Many of the
large growers have started drying houses in
order to use their stock, but find strong
competition in the California dried fruit.
On Wednesday Mrs John Pyne, of Oxford,
Talbot county, was fondling II pet Scotch
terrier, when a large bee flew in the house
and buzzed around the dogs head. He
snapped at the bee and perhaps swallowed it,
as the bee disappeared and the dog at once
went mad He ran from the house frantic.
ally and bowling fiercely, rushed to the wharf,
where, in the presence of a number of specta-
tors, he jumped into the river and remained
under the water until he drowned.
John Ii. B. Latrobe, one of Baltimore s
most honored citizens, died in Baltimore on
September IL, in his S9th year. He had been
lawyer in active practice for over sc years,
and was the author of Latrobe' Justice. ale
was physically, mentally and morally an ex-
traordinary and widely developed man. He
was soldier, engineer, inventor, a business
and financial organizer, and actor in life, dis
tinguished for literary and artistic tastes and
capacities, delightful, instructive and enter
tanning conversationalist, possessed always of
cheerful life and spirits, and an active, emf
nent, distinguished and successful lawyer, a
useful and benevolent citizen
William r. Gather died suddenly on his
Farm, about three miles from Rockville, on
Saturday last He had harnessed his team
and was going to Rockville on business, but
went out TO give some salt to his sheep, and
his son, whom he told where he was going,
about an hour afterward, thinking there must
be something wrong by his not returning
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