The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1892-04-09
Maryland Affairs.


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prisoners in the House of Correction.
Ex-collector Washington Booth, of BALI.
more, died on Monday, in his 18th year.
A street railway is to be extended from
Baltimore to North Point. This will be a
great convenience.
Middletown, Frederick county, is to have
water works, the ordinance being favored
by large majority.
A tin plate mill, with II capacity of 1900
boxes per week, was started on Saturday by
Goats & Co., at Locust Point, Baltimore.
A class of six was graduated at the first
commencement of the Sout hern Homeopathic
Medical College in Baltimore on Thursday.
The trustees of j. J. Nicholson & Sons,
bankers, Baltimore, have fled their report;
creditors will receive about five cents on the
dollar.
Garrett Luteman, on trial at Oakland,
Garrett county, for the murder of VIM. Foley,
was declared to be insane and will be sent to
an yum.
Rev. DIR. p. Bergstresser, pastor of the
Lutheran Church at Middletown, has tender,
ed his resignation as pastor, to taken effect
October l, next.
Several persons have contracted to deliver
stone on number of Baltimore county roads,
crushed and uncrushed, at from 40 cents to
$l.25 per perch.
Burglars are operating on the Eastern
Shore. In Salisbury there were three places
robbed on Saturday night last and also in
Port Deposit in Cecil county.
An incendiary set FIRE to the residence
barn and other outbuildings of Amos Tally,
near Elkton, Cecil county, en- Saturday nignt
last. Loss $4,000 above insurance.
Nine workmen at the Bessemer works OF
the Maryland Steele Company, at Sparrow /
Point, were painfully injured by being splash
ed with molten iron from cupola on Monday.
The Baltimore Sugar Refinery, which has
been closed fer some time, Is to be enlarged
TO a capacity of 1900 barrels of refined sugar
per day, aud be put in operation, again by
July LIST.
Mrs Mary G. Sauerwein's residence Al
Mt. Washington, Baltimore county, was burn
ed Monday, by chimney taking lire. Dnr-
ing the winter the house is occupied by Parks
Fisher. Loss over $4,000
Clarence Bier, timer of Baltimore, while
at work on roof, on Monday, made mis-
step and fell distance Of % feet, landing Oh
MS Nedu. w ueu plChtu up wac uStANi his
neck being broken and his skull crushed.
Within the next two years 500, 100000
will be expended in Baltimore city and
suburban towns. Many new industries are
being planned and large number of houses
will be built to accommodate the rapidly IN
creasng populat'au.
Gen. James W. Singleton, ex-congressman
from the state of Illinois, died on Monday
afternoon, at the residence Of his son-in- law.
Frank W. Thomas, in Baltimore, in the SD
year of his age. He was native of Virginia,
and was Democrat in politics.
Mrs. Kate Meyer, aged 50 years, widow,
committed suicide in Baltimore on Tuesday
by shooting herself with pistol On the
same day, Joseph Drimal, aged 45, suicided
by taking rough on rats and Paris green. dc
leaves wife and three children.
Jacob Minowitz and Samuel Brandt, con
vieted in the Criminal Court of harboring q
minor for immoral purposes, were sentenced
to seven years each in the penitentlary by
Judge Wright of Baltimore, on Thursday.
Nelson Thomas, of Frederick, an ageC
colored man, tied handkerchief around his
neck Saturday morning and hanged himself Il
bed post. Life was extinct when his body
was found by members of his family. he
had been suffering with the grip, and WA
respondent,
William Bond, colored, was convicted on
Thursday in the Circuit Court Of Montgom-
cry county, of the murder of Margaret
Cephas, colored, on 23d of November, 1891.
This is the first time for over forty years thai
there has been a conviction for murder II
Montgomery county. motion for new
trial was made.
At an early hour Tuesday morning bolt
of lightning struck a large cherry tree at the
back of the residence of DIR. L. h. Hardy, at
Burkittsyille, Frederick county, ands hatterec
it to pieces. DIR. Hardy and all the members
of his family who were in the house at the
time were severely stunned, and were severa
hours is recovering from the shock.
Edward Freeburger, yard brakeman o
the Western Maryland Railroad, was acciden
tally killed at 6 o'clock on Tuesday evening
in Baltimore. The car on which he wa
working had been cut loose from the engine
for the purpose of being run into the yard
He accidentally slipped off the car and was rur
over. and died very soon thereafter. do
was IS years of age, and leaves four children
Henry j. Dashiell for many years pro
minent citizen of Wicomico county, died
Sunday night Of heart failure, in his 80th year
and at various times in his life had been 3
large real estate owner. He owned anc
resided on the old homestead in the seventh
district once owned by Samuel Chase, one o.
the signers ofthe Declaration oflndependence
He leaves three children.
Rev. ]. ]. G. Webster, presiding elder o
the East Baltimore District of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, disappeared from his
home on Monday night. He was married a
second time about twelve days previous to a
Miss Birdie Skinner. His body was fount
at Charleston, West Virginia, in the yard oil
a hotel on Wednesday, where he had reg lister
ed the night previous. DIR. Webster wa:
suffering from nervous prostraton, brought OF
by over-work.
Rev. L. +. Zinkham, of the German Re
formed Church, Baltimore, baptised and
confirmed - prisoners in the penitentiary OIL
Sunday, In the afternoon Cardinal Gibbons
confirmed AZ persons. The Baltimore Amer
can saws: "This is probably the first tim'
| in the history of the institution that such 4
service was held there, but it came at the
earnest request of the prisoners themselves
who have been attending the religious service
from Sunday 10 Sunday
Mrs. Julia Boswell died at her home, nea
RosaryviIle, Prince George county, on Tues
day, aged AZ years. She was well known as
the wife of John Boswell, the blind man, an(
tbe mother of seven children, four boys anC
three girls, born within the space of eighteen
months. In August, 1889, Mrs. Boswell gave
birth to triplets, two boys and a girl. all o
whom died shortly after their birth. In less
than nine months after this twin boys made
| their appearance in the house, ami exactly
nine months again the home was blessed
with two girls. None of these are living
Although sufferer from dropsy shortly be
! fore her death, the entire swelling left he
body and conferred in her right hand.
In 1871 Maryland produced 1881 900 Blu
shells of corn, OF which 1914 900 were on hanc
| on the LIST of March. Some 13.2l6,00O bu
shells were consumed at home, and 1864 ,O0t
were sold. Seventy per cent of Maryland
corn crop is required for home consumption
and 80 per cent for commercial purposes.
Corn sold during the year at 40 cents per bai
shell, and the portion of the crop disposed oil
brought the farmers 81, 875, 800. The whea
crop for 1891 was 8, l07, 900 of which 1866, )