The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1891-05-09
Maryland Affairs.

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Nearly S25, 900 was realized from tine fair
| for the benefit of Calvert Hall, Baltimore.
Hagerstown has 1907 buildings, including
residences, churches, public buildings, &c.
Fires in Elk Neck, Cecil county, have de-
| stroyed much valuable timber and cord wood.
Ice formed in Garrett county on Sunday
night, and it is thought that all the fruit was
killed.
Thomas McKelvey, of near Elkton, Cecil
county, was fatally gored by bull he was
leading on Tuesday.
Peach buds on the Eastern Shore were
injured by the frost last week. Unless fur
Their damage results the crop will be a paying
one.
Forest fires caused great damage in Garrett
county last week The fire extended into
West Virginia. Rain on Sunday extinguished
I the fire.
Chief Judge Anthony N. johnson, of the
! Howard County Orphans Court, died on
| Monday morning OF paralysis, AT his home
near Ellicott City.
! Fish packers on the Susquehanna and its
tributaries are packing more herring than
they have done for years. The demand keeps
up with the supply.
Mrs. Cassandra Henry, aged SO years, died
at her home near the Hannah More Academy,
| Resterstown, on Wednesday night. The de-
/ ceased leaves one son only.
/ Frederick Childs, aged IA years, of Rising
sun, Cecil county, was literally ground to
| pieces, on Thursday, by falling under a freight
train which he was attempting to get on.
Laurel, Prince Georges county, narrowly
I escaped serious fire on Friday afternoon of
( last week. The stables of Evans, Duvall &
! Co. were burned, together with three horses,
/ hay, &c.
Rev. DR.. George Morrison, of Baltimore,
(, has been invited to deliver the annual address
J at the National Cemetery, Gettysburg battle
( ground, on Decoration Day, May so, and has
I accepted.
/ In addition to a former contribution Miss
/ Mary L. Garrett, of Baltimore, has given
I 500, 900 toward the endowment of the Female
! Department of the Medical School of Johns
Hopkins University.
/ Mrs Taggart, wife of Samuel Taggart, a
| weil-known lawyer of Baltimore, died We'd
nesday from the grippe. Miss Eliza Billings
/ lea, aged So years, and Vim. Hanna, aged SIS,
| died also on the same day.
Thomas ". Treakle, formerly tax col
/ lector of Howard county, and a weil-known
citizen, is dangerously i'll at his home near
4 CidfhSFliie, Ol lauuulCt. Ut. FAlaH L. SUllln,
of Baltimore, has been in attendance.
/ Col. Walter W. W. Bowie aged 70 years,
died at the residence of his daughter, in
Philadelphia, Pa, on April 30. He was a
native of Prince Georges county, and was
/ prominent as q planter and writer on agri-
/ cultural topics.
Prompt action of the Belair fire company
/ Sunday morning saved the Burrill hotel, also
the lives of Mrs. Burrill and two children, as
] the bed on which they were sleeping was on
fire. Mrs. Burrill was severely burned in her
efforts to extinguish the fire.
Last week 100000 young shad were
( placed in the Elk, Northeast and Susquehan-
ma rivers, 900, 900 in the Bush river, and
400,0 600 in the Gunpowder river. Over 49,
100000 shad will be placed in the several
rivers by the Fish Commissioner this season.
Truck growers on the Eastern Shore think
that the late cold snap has seriously injured
all kinds Of fruit and vegetables In Allegany
and Garrett counties, on Wednesday. the
ground was covered with SNOW, and in Wash
ington county fruit and vegetation were dam
aged.
The Good Templars of Isaacville, compris,
ing residents Of the third, fourth and fifth
districts of Howard county, will shortly build
q commodious hall for general lodge purposes.
The order of Good TemplarS is estimated to
be 500 strong. with lodges in all parts of the
county.
In Baltimore, on Monday afternoon, Mary
Ventner, aged years, attempted to carry her
sister, aged Il months, across a street, when
she became confused, dropped her sister in
front of passing wagon and the wheel passed
over its head killing the child almost in
stantly.
The ''Rocks Of Deer Creek" Hartford
county, have been purchased by company
for quarrying purposes. After being subject
ed to a white heat water was thrown on and
they were found to have resisted the heat and
water and are declared to be fire and water
proof Great demand is anticipated for
building purposes.
Five colored children, ranging from to 10
years of age, were burned to death near
Horsehead Prince Georges county, on Sat.
urday night, during the absence of their par
ents. The children had gone to bed and the
house accidentally took fire and burned to the
ground, nothing but the charred remains
being left to tell the sad story.
The 7-yearsold daughter of Stephen Peters,
u colored man living in Salisbury, was horri-
bly, burned on Tuesday night. Her mother
was washing in the yard, and had quite a
large fire under the pots to heat water. Du
ring the temporary absence OF the mother the
child ventured too near the fire and her cloth
ing was soon in blaze. Before assistance
came her garments were entirely burned from
her body and the flesh roasted in many places.
The sight was a horrible one,
William Garner, a deck hand on a small
sloop, was killed by another deck hand named
Burke, on Friday of last week, at Rock Hall,
Kent county. About eight o clock the cap
tain and part of the crew went ashore, and
during their absence the two men named it is
said drank freely Of beer, and soon got into
fight. Garner was first kicked and beaten
aud then thrown overheard. He made an
effort to get back on the boat but was again
kicked and pushed away from the boat by
Burke The dead body of Garner has been
recovered, and Burke has been lodged in Jail.
Capt. William f. Adams, well known in
Baltimore and Howard counties and in Balti-
more city, died at an early hour ON Monday
morning at his late home, Harrisonville, Bal.
timore county, after a lingering illness, in
his S7th year. In early life he followed the
sea and entered nearly every port on the
globe. He afterwards engaged in mercantile
business at Woodstock, Howard county, and
for many years was postmaster there. Some
years ago he moved to his farm near Harri-
sonville. He leaves widow and two chill
dren, Mrs. Richard c. Kemp, of mount Wash
ngton, and Miss Fannie Adams.
Herring have been remarkably plentiful in
the Elk and North East rivers this spring.
Capt. VIM. j. Wilson, wealthy and reliable
fishing shore owner, relates that one day last
week the tide in the North East river was
lower than usual, leaving the Susquehanna flats
between the two rivers bare. So plentiful
were the herring that they were left in the flats
E :, -, Il gsaE dor, blinm
banks as the sun glistened upon them. They
died there, and the shores were soon after.
ward lined with the carcasses. Several fish
ermen have covered fields with herring for
fertilizing purposes.
| ..Iames Bolton and William Thomas, aged.
respectively Is and 10 years, were drowned
Sunday afternoon while sailing boat in Elk
river at Frenchtown, Cecil county. They
started early in the afternoon to sail down
the river. The wind was blowing very strong
at the time and the water was rough. They