The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1891-12-05
Maryland Affairs.
Mrs. Barbara Dimmick, aged 90 years, died
Frederick ON Monday.

Mrs. Barbara Dimmick, aged 92years, died
in Frederick on Monday.
A disease has been prevailing among cattle
in Howard county which veterinary surgeon
pronounces foot and mouth" disease, which,
he says is not contagious
Jonas Friedenwald, of Baltimore, celebrat.
ed his Goth birthday en- Sunday. Special
ceremonies in honor of the event were held
in the Lloyd street synagogue.
Joseph Hackett was shot by Richard Tuna,
near Brookeville, Montgomery county, on
Friday Of last week The difficulty was about
Hackett's wife. All are colored.
Mrs. Sarah E. Oster, of Baltimore, while
walking to church with her husband, Jacob
Oster, on Sunday. was taken suddenly i'll and
died soon after reaching the church.
The residence of Fred. Baldt, near West
over. Somerset county, was burned on Tues
day. Fire had been made in it TO prevent
freezing of the pastering. Loss $4,000.
The new Episcopal Church at Mechanics
town has been completed. The first service
was held in it on Sunday. The building of
this church has been under the Rev. Richard
! Nottingham.
| The barn of Hezekiah Holtzman, two miles
above Smithburg, in Washington county,
together with its contents, was burned on
| Friday night of last week. One horse was
urned up. There was a small insurance.
| A fire in the furniture store of Cassard Il
/ Co.. at Baltimore, on Friday afternoon, of
| last week, resulted in the death of cambridge
| Kelly, porter, whose escape from the cellar
was cut off by the flames. The property loss
amounted to $4,000.
The Calvert County Circuit Court has dis
missed the bill of complaint of b. ID. Bond,
Republican candidate for county clerk, on
the ground that it had no jurisdiction, and
! Thomas B. Turner, the Democratic candidate,
qualified and took charge Of the Office.
In seven of the nine Eastern Shore coun-
ties-Cecil, Kent, Queen Anne's, Somerset,
Talbot, Wicomco and Worcester-there is
| but one Republican offceholder, the clerk in
Somerset, WI o holds over, a state of affairs
which has not existed since the negroes were
/ enlranchised.
Jacob Murray fired at his wife and then
attempted suicide, in Baltimore, on Saturday.
/ He missed the woman, but inflicted flesh
wound in his own breast. Murray had been
discharged from the Marine Hospital, and
returned home to find his wife living with
another man.
Snow fell at Salisbury, Wicomico county,
| on Saturday night and Sunday to the depth
of six inches Despite the weather Elder
/ Durand, of the Old Side Baptist Church,
/ baptized convert, Miss Morris, of Wicomico
| county, by immersion in Lake Humphreys at
/ 10 o'clock Sunday morning in the presence
| of goodly number of spectators. The same
snow storm extended to Dorchester county
and snow fell all day Sunday.
On Monday, for the first time in the history
| of the Washington County Court, the ques
ton of putting colored men on the jury was
raised. A. {. Strill the attorney for a
colored man indicted for bigamy, moved tC
quash the indictment on the grounds that nc
negroes had been drawn on the present jury
He cited as authority the leading case in New
Jersey in support his position. The motion
to quash the indictment was overruled.
The State treasury officials have issued ;
call for the redemption of the overdue pc
cent. bonds of the State, known rs the Mary
land State loan issued under chapter BOP
acts 1887. The balance outstanding and un
redeemed amount, in round numbers, to
Sl50,000. The bonds will be redeemed on o
after January l, 1892, and interest will cease
and not accrue after December 81, 1891
When this balance is called in it will max,
1857 ,429.59 which has been redeemed un
der the present administration, not includin;
the amount obtained by the sale of the pre-
ierred stock of the Baltimore and Ohio Rail
road. The State officers expect shortly {,
make an important purchase for the sinkin!
funds.