The Democratic advocate., 1892-07-23
Maryland Affairs.

J. w. Lee has been appointed postmaster
at Towson, Baltimore county.
Joseph Rosenstock, aged 10 years, one of
the best known business men OF Frederick,
died on Tuesday.
In Kent county wheat is fully one-fourth
short of an average crop, while corn promises
an excellent yield.
Frederick national banks had on deposit
on July Il, at the last call by the comptroller,
81, ,955, 997.72
On Sunday train on the B. 4 o. Railroad
ran from Philadelphia to Washington. ID.
c., 1S7 miles in 145 minutes.
Norman B. Snyder, of Hagerstown, prick
ed his hand recently with hedge fence torn;
died on Thursday from lock-jaw.
Joseph S. Birely, of Mechanicstown, has
been declared insane and trustee has been
placed in charge of his property.
In Dorchester county corn stalk ground
averaged Is bushels of wheat per acre, and
fallow land 80 bushels per acre.
The new Methodist Episcopal church at
| Glyndon, on the Western Maryland Railroad,
is 10 be dedicated Sunday, July 81.
| Several criminal assaults by colored men
upon white women were reported during the
past week; also one by a white man.
| The Episcopal chapel which has been re-
Gently completed at Blue Ridge Summit was
formally opened with services on Sunday last.
! The Baltimore county commissioners have
refused to pay bill for sending to the House
of Correction prisoners arrested by Pennsyl-
yania Railroad officers.
Indications show that there will be a large
| peach crop in Washington county this season.
| Mr. Nicodemus, of Edgemont, will have for
shipment 25, 900 bushels.
| A burglar who broke into farmers house
| in Washington county carried off pile of
| Confederate money and left large sum of
good money behind untouched.
| Col. George W. Manypenny, Commissioner
of Indian Affairs under President Pierce,
! died at Bowie, Prince Georges county on
/ Friday night of last week, aged "a years.
Mrs. Kate wife, of John A. Hambelton, the
| Baltimore banker, died on Wednesday from
paralysis. She was daughter of Gustavus
0ber, and was Mr.. Hambleton's second wife.
| On Monday the residence of Rev. Mr.. Mum
ford, rector of St. Peters Episcopal church,
at Salisbury, was burned; loss 81, 500, insured.
The library and furniture were saved but in
a damaged condition.
Albert Mitchell, wagon driver for the
United States Express Company, at Havre
de-Grace, Hartford county, disappeared on
Saturday with horse, wagon and $1,000 in cur
rency belonging TO the First National Bank
of that city.
James l.. Hicks, a prominent citizen and
successful farmer, died at his residence, near
Waldorf, Charles county, on Sunday, aged so.
The deceased was a Republican in politics,
and was one of the thirteen men in that coun-
ty who voted for Lincoln for president.
large tree growing in the graveyard at
Chestertown, Kent county, was recently dug
ont opl ,vhap fha fraal Cd -
discovered that the brick arch of child's
grave was solidy imbedded in the roots and
trunk of the tree, and was completely pulled |
off when the tree fell.
j. Best Miller, of the Seventh district of
Baltimore county, while driving with daugh- |
ter of VIM. 4. Miller on Sunday afternoon
was seriously injured by his horse running
away and colliding with another buggy Both |
occupants Of the buggy were thrown out, and |
Miss Miller is said to be fatally injured
On Monday night the residence of Mrs. C. !
A. Pindle, near Leicester Howard county,
was entered by burglars. One of her daugh. |
ters was awakened and gave the alarm An
investigation showed that all the jewelry and |
silver had been removed to one of the lower |,
rooms and carefully packed, some of which |
was left in their hasty retreat.
Four sons of Christopher C. Bail near,
Princess Anne, Somerset county were drown |
ed on Saturday, while bathing in a small
creek nearby. Their ages were from to 16 |
years. The current was running unusually |
strong and the boys were carried out beyond |
their depth and were drowned before assistance
could reach them. Their funeral took place
on Monday and over 1900 persons were pre-
sent. All business was suspended during the |
afternoon.
The funeral of Mrs. Annie Riddle Gorsuch, |
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Baltimore county, took place Saturday after.
noon at Fork Methodist Episcopal Church. |
1t vas the largest ever seen in that portion |
Of the State, nearly 1000 persons being in at.
tendance. Mrs. Gorsuch was 81 years old |
and left three young children. She was a
daughter of Mr.. Charles Riddle, of Baltimore |
county. and a granddaughter of the late |
Ishmael Day.
William ljams, aged so years, died Tues |
day in Baltimore. He was next to the Oldest |
of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad employees |
and had been selected to be one of the party |
to represent the company at the Worlds Fair. |
He was present at the laying of the corner
stone of the road in 1923 and was but two |
years Younger than Samuel Doubleday, of |
the same city, the Oldest man now living who |
was connected with the early management of |
the B. Il o.
During the late fire at Pocomoke City |
thieves carried away a large quantity of goods |
of every description, and the owners thereof |
have been on the lookout for some clue ever |
since. Last week one of the merchants who |
had been robbed discovered that colored |
man named George Kitchen had a quantity of |
his goods, and sent posse to recover them.
When the posse arrived at the house Kitchens |
wife was so badly frightened that she fell to the
floor in fit, from which she never recover
al and Aaturdau Iia1 havipO haap
tually frightened to death.
The large valuable property known as the |
Cedar Point estate, situated at the mouth of |
of the Patuxent river, st, Mary's county, |
was sold on Tuesday at mortgagee's sale. 1t |
contains |, 100 acres, and was purchased by |
Samuel X. George, of Baltimore, except a |
small tract of l10 acres bought by Dean Daw- |
son. The amount of the sale was $40, $40 |
less, than $40 per acre. On account of the un.
surpassed advantage of its location and the |
fertility and diversity of the soil, this is con.
sdered one of the finest estates in Southern |
Maryland.
The dead body of Arthur Shriver, promi- |
nent business man of Cumberland, vas found |
Monday afternoon lying on bed ip the front |
room of his house. The remains were discov-
cred by three young men, who had been at
tracted to the house by a disagreeable odor |
emanating from it. The body was greatly |
decomposed, and had evidently been lying |
there for fifty hours or more. Mr.. Shriver |
vas last seen at halfpast eleven o'clock Fri |
day night by friend. He did not go to his
place of business on Saturday, and all day |
Sunday was not seen by any one. His wife !
and children were visiting in Winchester, Va, |
and he slept in the house alone. He suffered |
from neuralgia, and it is thought that was the |
cause of his death.
Frederick Lubba, tenant on Col R. S. |
Dodsons Martingham farm, near St. Michael's |
Talbot county, was seriously hurt by William |
j. Price, who is said to have struck him On |
the head just above the right ear with stick |
o. ~Oou a6f eHds of @Ia,ri a ON iueSd1S me
class leader in the Methodist Episcopal |
Church and Lubha is a member of his class,
Price was engineer of the steam lhresher that