The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1892-08-27
Maryland Affairs.

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Whooping cough is proving fatal in many
instances on the Eastern Shore.
No rain had fallen in ST. Marys county for |
three weeks until Wednesday. Pasture and |
crops are ruined.
Pears and tomatoes are being shipped to |
northern towns from Kent county Both |
crops are unusually fine this year.
Two stores and eight dwellings were burn
ed at Curtis Bay, Anne Arundel county, on
the night of the 18th instant Loss $685. 900.
Green Hill Parish in Wicomico county,
celebrated its 2O0th anniversary on Wednes.
day. The first church was built in 1893, and
a new one in 1913.
Messrs. E. C. Peter, VIM. Yiers Bouie, H.
NJ. Talbot aud B. Waters addressed the
Democrats of Gaithersburg, Montgomery
county, on Saturday night.
Edgar d. Carlisle, aged thirty years, was
accidentally killed in Cecil county while
driving a team of four horses He fell under
the team and his back was broken.
A violent storm was experienced at Ocean
| City and Berlin Sunday Hail fell as large as
wanuts; window lights were broken out, corn
was torn down and orchards ruined.
John Mulan, aged 65 years, a stock drover
of Middletown, Frederick county, died on
Wednesday from drinking largely of cold
water while overheated few weeks ago.
Joseph 7. Warfeld, aged 40 years, cut his
throat at the residence of his father, near
Cooksville, Howard county, on Wednesday
morning. No cause assigned for the deed.
The sugar-corn crop in Frederick county
this year, owing to the effects of the prevail
ing drought, will not, it is believed, amount
to more than about half of an average yield.
Rev. Robert H. Powell died at his home,
in Snow Hill, on Sunday night, aged ~
years. He was prominent in the Methodist
Protestant Church, and was known through
out the State.
Hail and wind did considerable damage to
the corn and tobacco crops in portions OF
West and South river regions of Anne Arun-
I del county Sunday afternoon. An unknown
sloop was capsized during the storm.
The wholesale clothing manufacturers Of
Baltimore on Tuesday undertook 10 arbitrate
| the differences between the contracting tailors
and the coatmakers. Pending a settlement
the coatmakers agreed to resume work.
F.. y. Thompsons, of St. Mary's county, is
not eligible to the Sherifalty, he not being %
years old at the time of his election and has
not yet attained the legal age. Several com
plicated cases are liable to grow out of 1t.
Organization of the newly appointed board
of health of friedrich city was effected Satur-
day by the election of DIR. Edward C. McSher-
ry as president, DR.. Franklin B. Smith, sec
rotary, and Mr.. Alex. Brengle, treasurer.
Two Cumberland boys, aged IS aad 10
years respectively, with two girls, each about
Is years, started off for the purposes Of get
ting married. The fathers of the girls started
after them, took them home and the boys
skedaddled.
W. 7. Manning, Acting Chief Engineer of
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, was appoin-
ted on Monday Chief Engineer of the Belt
Line Tunnel, in Baltimore, vice Major Rich
ard Randolph who has been appointed Con-
sulting Engineer.
The drought has been really distressing in
most parts of Talbot county. Pasturage is
gone, the corn is about done for, vegetabl es
are failing and following wheat lands is i'm
possible. Prayers for rain were us ed in all
the churches Of Easton on Sunday.
A farm containing l4S acres, located be-
tween Liberty and Walkersville, has been
sold by Jacob W. Cramer to John D. Craum
for $40, $50 A farm in Mt. Pleasant district,
containing 1876 acres, has also been sold by
C. NJ. Lewis to Eph. |. Zimmerman for Sl2,
600.
Mrs CARING, residing on the Cavetown
pike in Washington county, while eating
peach was stung in the mouth by a bee. She
was found shortly afterward in an insensible
condition from the effects of the bee sting.
trouble.
Judge Levin T. II. Irving, of the Court of
Appeals of Maryland, died on Wednesday
at his home in Princess Anne, where he had
been confined to his bed for some time. He
suffered a sunstroke while on his way to Cam
bridge few weeks ago to attend to his iuci
cial duties.
E. Louis Lowe, ex- Governor of Maryland,
died on Tuesday at his home in Brooklyn, n.
Y, aged 20 years He was elected Governor
of Maryland in 1850. When the war broke
out he went South and entered the Confed
crate army. Twenty-six years ago he took
! up his residence in Brooklyn.
Capt. R. H Marshall died at his home near
Piscataway, in Prince Georges county, of
bilious dysentery aged about sixty five years.
| He was the former owner of the Marshall
, Hall property and other landed estates.
During the late war he raised and equipped
q company for the Confederate service, but
was arrested and imprisoned. He was made
to suffer greatly on account of his Southern
sympathies.
j. Alfred Ritter, prominent citizen OF
Frederick, died at his home in that city on
Tuesday after a long illness. He was about
seventy-o one years of age. He was engaged
in the grocery business for many years, and
was for long time active in the manage
ment Of local Democratic politics. He was
| twice a member of the city council and once
a member of the Legislature. He filled pO-
sitions also of responsibility and trust.
1t is said the new schooner being built by
James Clark & Co., of Baltimore, for the
Maryland oyster navy will be ready to be
launched in ten days. The Baltimore boat
will probably be christened by Governor
Browns little daughter May, whose name it
will bear Two other schooners for the fish
cry force are nearing completion by Dor
chester county firm. They will take their
names after the daughters of Comptroller
Smith and Treasurer Jones.
A meeting was held in Marlboro on Mon
day to take steps to incorporate the Prince
| George Agricultural Fair Association. Judge
John B. Brooke presided, with |. s. Wilson,
secretary. The stock in the company was
limited to S., 900, in shares of $50 each. At
the close of the meeting % shares were taken
by the citizens present and 1t is thought the
entire amount will be taken. A committee
of five was appointed to select suitable site
near Marlboro for holding the annual meet
ings of the association.
The new elevator building which has been
in the course of erection for the last four
months by the Frederick City Elevator Com
pany was completed last week. The building
is a handsome five-story structure, made
almost entirely of Georgia pine and hemlock.
Sixteen large bins capable of holding $4,000
bushels of grain run from the second to the
fifth floors After the work is under way
the company will have no difficulty whatever
in handing 8 800 bushels of grain per hour.
The passenger coach of train on the Balti
fore and Annapolis Short Line was deraled
our miles from Baltimore on Saturday after
noon. A colored woman, picking coal by
the track, was killed, and her husband knock
ed senseless. Sixteen passengers were injur-
ed, one of whom, Mrs. Cots, of Baltimore, was
not expected to recover, and another was
School Examiner Bannon, of Anne Arundel
county. The disaster was caused by the
sliding door of a fruit car dropping from its