The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1891-04-25
MARYLAND Affairs.

Grin & r-1yfcz rur,.1lsIly z-szi u Howard eoz1tT
* o.e family II ten bst Thst i sasEiag fso11 4
Thrss s,adea.s have ben szzpeadei from q
Ioh1's CoEezs, Annapolis. sSr iadaigfng il a -ikrS
lat week
Lsss=l i baIldiuz = shin lses5zT s0T B@lan0Fs
firm. rst free. "a e9a8iiloa hat so hands VII b
ezzps9ged.
Tbe hay .hed AID eou.eau q C. y. HHnsEieE-
hoG.e's farm near gillizlspo-I E2s hsFaed sttUr-
day night
4 roeE zsh 1elzhiaz q p5gsas va ez7ghi mar
Aunzpo.zs IN The SCREEN riEer On TGes1zy- y inok
p zaiHutes 70 land IL
Hu5szr'fs fr7it sad vegetable e4nnery. At E-s-o7-
sas 59rDsd "a Taarsiay night % last Sesk- Loss
sssDJ0, insurance 5000.
Vt. olive. Cenete-y Company, Of Freie-iek. has
purchased % arez q lad E8Iosainz The eeze.ery,
b5s Ehiea they paid syn
Na-y Leafs. ello.sd, d BzI6zore, while suffering
fr9z grippe, Ez.ked out of = EindoE oa Tuesisy
and sustained iztzI iBI7riez-
Isesb Frzaee. q Frzsee 4 soaise0zab, har;ers- Of
Baltimore, ztezaptsd s1ieiie On TUESDAY night b
taklaz la1dza11a and cutting hts throat
Psizpseo Institute prgpe-ty, Elieott Clsg has bez
sid . Jane Z TysJa, Of Baltimore. EAo=e hznd-
s1as County home l. I0ezied near Eiie7ii City. ~
sstJg.
Dr.. vaieatiae Reiehari, aged - yezn. vel
known phyziczEa Of Fairpl2y. Washington eo1niE
died. Lzst week. H va Al elder in ths German
Baptist ChGrgi-
col. IL Ky4 Douzlza has zccepssi the appointment
A. judge Of the forth circuit aud has entered rI0a
The discharge Of his dGties- The appointment /
until tie next election
A meeting Of 0y-.esraea sFas held In Anne Arua-
de-. o. Monday ia opposition y leasing the oyster
bzlIz- An Alliance needing in CznbTidze- Tor the
same Object. vas he'd the saiae day.
Frederick zsltrazu. of nehes.er. Howard county,
Wa serioszly injured % Nozdzy " his borse rlH-
ming Of in EIlieoil Csty ursei1ing The wagon aud
thTnEioy hin violently 2gainst soEne rocks.
Magic sIo.risey. aged Is years who was employed
il the household q Richard IS. Preece On the Bal
trn0fe aud Potomac RzHroad near Baltimore, seci-
sleutaIIy killed hersIf with rsTolyer On Tuesiay
t-hariz 7. GaInor. freight claim agent Of The Bal
tlla01e aud Ohio Railroad Company died a. his
home "a Baltimore On Moadzy, aged g year. KDtsEt
Moore 9stle firm Of Robert Moore K Co. cIoih raeF-
cEarts. ia Baltimore. died the same day, s2ei =
year
william Baney. Convicted Of the murder d his
grandmother and amt in Baltimore, and sentenced
U be hanged on the lzih Of Juac next escaped from
jail in that city On Friday night d last week He
was rccapt1fed On saturday Ha5rniHZ. On Monday
HE death EarrzU. wa read n him aud death
watch placed al his cell.
Ralph Hughes. q Elk,ou died ffya consumption
on Monday, IN his 18Th yezr. lie vas granted
STATE scholarship in =. Johns College, Annapolis,
10 the fall fIsss come Of his schooImates put vet
HeEspeperz under the seets in his bed. and be laid
there ali night Pneumonia resulted, sbieh weak
; nd
EdHart Arnold, aged 70 year, q juror in the case
Of Hl,toa IS H2ttJn, which Wa On trial At Upper
Marlborough. died suddenly On Friday Of last week
a. he was preparing % go 70 The courthouse The
case Wa given u the other eleven. by consent Of
counsel and the jury failed to agree standing 70 to
J. Il wss suit a. 70 the disposition $500 leit by
will.
l. Gonzaza Gardiner. Of waldorf, Charles county.
died suddenly at the residence OF George Il Card
ner where he was visiting last week aged o. years
Mr Gardiner and his brother Henry, from Balti-
more. we're engaged In conversation with him
when. suddenly. be fell forward and died IN a few
MINUTES without speaking. Heart failure wa the
cause ofdeatb.
The store Of Barnes BrDs, near McCOHChie, Charles
county, wss broken into last week at night and
robbcd Of groceries and zone money. The burglars
effected an entry By boring holes with an augur
and making an opening large enough % iIlsert
hand and remove the heayy wooden bar b. which
the door vas secured. They took ali the groceries
they could carry away.
George A. Hoffman, brother Of Judge Henry W.
Hoffman. died In Cumberland Saturday morning.
aged Is year. He wasihe tint postmaster appointed
In Cumberland under the Lincoln administration
and afterward filed the position Of general coal
shipper for the Chcsapeake aud ohio Canal lie
leaves a widow, who was Miss Thomas Of Winche-
ter, Va two daughters aud a son DR.. Eugene Hon
man.
Charles II. Watts, one Of the trainmcn injured in
the disaste: on the Maryland Central Railroad On
Thursday Of last week, died the next day, making
tie fourth life lot. William Hawkins. the second
tralnman Injured Is expected to recover. Tie tres
tie through when the train broke was 20 feet long
and in some places 30 feet high. It testified at
the coroners inquest that the trcstle having been
built Of white pine more than 70 years ago, was
unsafe
Several barns and contents were destroyed by
lightniug on Saturday afternoon lat. Thomas
Green's. near shawsyille, and Cadwalladers barn
near EdgewoOd, Hartford county, and Howard Mil
lers, near wiseburg, In Baltimore county. In Kent
county two hOrses owned by George Hatcheson
were killed. two cOlored men were walking along
a road and dog between them was killed, while
the men escaped. Several houses were struck and
a number ofbauIs were burned. In Belar several
persons were stunned and a number Of trees were
struck.
Al oldtOwn, Allegany county, on Monday, Garrett
Luteman, who Il about twenty.three years Of age,
a clerk in the store Of John W. Carder, shot and
instantly killed VIM. Foley with a revolver, NOR
tally wounded ". ". Carder, son OF John w Carder.
and then placing the revolver to his own head,
fred two shots, both Of which took effect. not sue
oeeding in killing himself he caught up razor and
cut his throat, almost seyering the windpipe. All
the parties stand well In the community. and were
the best Of friends until a week ago
y. n. Gladhlll near Frederick, possesses a singular
phenomenon in the shape Of q COW. On the back Of
the animal from between the shoulders down to
the base Of the tall Is hard callOus substance half
an inch In width, having the appearance Of horn.
Branching from the growth on the back, atlnteryals
Of four or five inches a similar substance extends
about a foot down both sides, which can be cut
with knife without any apparent inconvenience
70 the animal Two years ago the animal was in
tested with COW flee, which were destroyed by
copious baths Of coal oil, but whether this caused
the phenomenon Is not known.
About 3o0OOo bushels Is the estimate given OF the
number Of oysters handled In and around AnnapO
lis during the season. decrease Of 10000 bushels
as compared with the number returned by the
oyster inspector last year. Owing to the scarcity
the packers were compelled 10 pay big prices, and
they say they are ont pocket. a representative
of OF the leading houses said this has been the
poorest season known for years and that all the
packing houses IN Annapolis have lost money in
consequence. The Anne Arundel oystermen are
unit IN opposition to leasing the oyster grounds.
The frst shipment of beef cattle TO Europe from
upton, the stock farm Of Mr. Elias Blackshere,
near Ellicoit City, in Howard county, was made on
Tuesday It consisted Of JOS steers, and they were
considered by number OF competent stock raiscrs
to be the finest specimens ever sent from that couR
ty. They were to join 300 more from Mr.. Black
sheres farm in Baltimore county. all OF which viii
be consigned to the Liverpool market. Upton" was
purchased by Mr.. Blackstone from John W. Dorsey
about a year ago for the purpose Of grazing and
fatiening stock especially for European markets.
Extensive sheds have been built and other arrange
ments made on the farm to carry on the business
a large scale.
The Johns Hopkins University has received from
Col J. Thomas scharf, the Maryland historian, one