The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1892-06-25
MARYLAND Affairs.

insanity is on the increase
Indications point to the finest wheat haTv-
est ever had in Talbot county.
Elkton is to be lighted by electricity and
the works are to be built at once.
Wheat harvest began in Howard county on
Monday, at least a week earlier than usual.
More straw hats are made in Baltimore
than in any other city in the United States.
Benja min W. Herring, the first police
marshal of Baltimore, died on Friday of last
week in his SD year.
At the municipal election in Frederick, on
Wednesday, the Democrats elected the Mayor
and four out Of five Of the city council.
Frederick county's tax rate is 81 cents on
the 800 on taxable basis of S24, 500, 57S,
and increase of $5lS, $50 over last year.
On Friday of last week eight stores aud
dwellings, were burned at Sharptown, Wi
comico county; total insurance $4,000.
The first new wheat was received in Balti-
more on Saturday 1t came from Lancaster
county, Va, and sold for 81 per bushel.
Heavy storms prevailed in Middletown
Valley, Frederick county on Friday, Satur
day and Sunday. Much damage was done.
Elijah l.. RockhoId, keeper Of the Anne
Arundel county almshouse, has been request
ed to resign. He was charged with bad man
agement and cruelty to the inmates.
On Monday the residence of Joseph Lowe,
on Poplar Island, Talbot county, was burned.
Lowe was i'll in bed, and it was with great
difficulty he was removed from the building.
John Z. Turner, of Prince Georges coun-
ty, died at his home in Woodville last week,
aged 81 years. He was a native of Charles
county, and leaves an estate valued at $50, 900.
Carl Stohler, native of Switzerland, and
for several years foreman at the United Silk
Mills of Hagerstown, died unexpectedly
Wednesday night of rheumatism, aged 40
years.
Burglars are working in Garrett and Alleg-
any counties. Stores, warehouses and dwell
lings are being raided. In one instance a
farmer was robbed of $4,000 which he had i'll
his house.
General William Nc Kenny, of Centreville,
bought the the Hacker farm, oil acres, in
Talbot county, near Wye Mills, at trustees
sale for S28 10 an acre. Gen. McKenny
owns So farms in Queen Anne's.
Anton Molevski, Pole, has been arrested
for assaulting Lena Killigooski, near Mitchell
vile, Prince Georges county, on Tuesday.
A number of Poles are employed in the
Franklin Davis nursery, and when the assault
became known the employees wanted to hang
him.
Ex-County Commissioner Henry Hergett,
of Mt. Savage, Allegany county, while tear
ing down the high wall of an abandoned fur
mace in that town on Friday of last week, fell
a distance of so feet, breaking his back and
killing him almost instantly. He leaves n
widow and family.
Gen. Joseph B. Seth and Miss Mary Rhett
Walker, daughter of Rev. Albert K. Walker,
assistant at Trinity Cathedral, Easton Tai
bot county, were married in the Cathedral on
Wednesday. On the same day Miss Sally
NJ. daughter of Judge John M. Robinson, of
the Court of Appeals, and Anthony NJ. Hance.
were married in Philadelphia, Pa.
In Allegheny, Penna., Monday afternoon,
Emil Welsh entered the hair dressing place
of Miss Maggie Buttress, drew revolver and
shot her through the heart. He then com
mitted suicide, shooting himself in the breast.
It is said Welsh, who had a wife and family
in Baltimore, killed Miss Buttress because
she refused to listen to his advances.
W. H. Kimmell, residing near Braddock,
Frederick county, was arrested on Friday OF
last week, on a charge of bigamy. 1t appears
that Kimmell married in Philadelphia about
six wears ago, and his wife left him, claiming
that he maltreated her. In 1890 he remar-
ried in Frederick county. Kimmell waived
a hearing and was committed to Jail, in de
fault of bail, to await the action OF the grand
jury.
On Tuesday, at Centrevile, Queen Anne +
county, the Goldsborough property, known
as the White House, and containing l,63e
acres. was sold for S2O.5O an acre to Richard
Goldsborough, of Washington, ID. G. Mr..
Goldsborough is a son of the late owner, Mrs.
Ellen Goldsborough. walnut Ridge" the
home estate of the late Mr. PARROT, was
bought by Charles A. Busted for $l5,026.
another farm Of the same estate, consisting
of ll9 acres, was purchased by Mrs. W. b.
Simpson for $1,000 an acre. Frank Lieby
farm of l26 acres was bought by Mrs. Jam es
Brown for S2G.2 rs per acre.
John w. Gibbs, publisher of n sensational
Baltimore weekly paper, was convicted IN
the United States District Court Saturday OF
sending obscene matter through the mail.
Judge Morris refused to release Gibbs on bail
pending the hearing of motion for new
trial, and he was sent to Jail. The jury were
out all Friday night, and said it was impos-
sible for them to agree when they came into
court in the morning. Judge Morris refused
to discharge them and sent them back to
their room. They returned in an hour with
a verdict of guilty, but recommending Gibbs
to the extreme mercy of the court,
COL Hendrick Won Stamp, ex.minister OF
Denmarb3to the United States, was married
last week to Miss Mildred Hammond, OF
Baltimore, daughter Of the late Gen. Howard
Hammond. The brides father and mother
are buried in Greenmount Cemetery, Balti-
more, and thither the bridal party drove.
After strewing the graves with flowers the
couple were united in marriage by Rev. f.
A. Sterger, pastor of the Trinity Germa n
Lutheran Church: When the ceremony was
over the party drove to Rennert's Hotel,
where wedding breakfast was served. In
the afternoon the bride and groom left for
Washington. 1t was the wish of the bride
that the wedding should be performed over
the graves of her parents.
The crab industry is in full swing now at
Crisfeld. The yield of strawberries this year
in Somerset county was small, there being
only from one third to one half of a full crop.
But on this account the prices were better,
ranging from one to thirty-fve cents, the ave.
rage price being about eleven cents. Per-
haps $500, 600 quarts of berries would be a
fair estimate of the aggregate shipments from
Somerset county during the season. About
IS, 500 quarts were shipped from Princess
Anne on May 80, and about 100000 during
the season. Marion and MISSIONER were also
heavy shipping points. Boston almost rivals
New York as market, and seems to be
steadily gaining in shipments from Somerset
county.
George Norbnry Appold, for many years
secretary Of the Merchants and Miners
Transportation Company, died Saturday night.
Mr.. Appold was the only son of George j..
Appold, President of the Merchants and
Miners Transportation Company, and was a
member of the firm of George J. Appold 4
Son, leather merchants, Of which his father
was the senior The son was a member Of
the lriquois Club and of the Photographic
Club He was said TO be one of the best
amateur photographers in the city and took a
deep interest in the art. Up to three year
ago he was an active member of the Kennel
Club, aud had been its treasurer. He was
recognized as an authority on dogs, and con
tributed several articles to the Century on
celebrated dogs, which was widely read. He
once had a large kennel, and owned the
celebrated pointers Graphic" and Bravo. -
He had exhibited in bench shows in all the
prominent cities. He leaves a widow and