The Democratic advocate., 1892-09-17
Maryland Affairs.


polls owing to the impurity of the well water
The turnpike from Washington, d. c.. TO
Upper Marlboro, Prince Georges county,
has been purchased by the county and made
IA free road.
Albert Ritche. of Baltimore, has been ap-
pointed to the Supreme Bench TO succeed
the late Judge Stewart. II is on excellent
appointment.
In the Howard county court on Tuesday.
Stephen II. Barnett, colored, was sentenced
TO the penitentiary for fourteen years for
horse stealing.
The home of the late Luther Welsh, of
Liberty, Frederick county, has been sold to
James Sappington, son OF DIR. Sidney Sap
pington, for $4,000.
New white and yellow corn was received
in Baltimore on Thursday from Kent and
Dorchester counties. The yellow sold at
s.. 90 per barrel and the white at 60 cents
per bushei.
George Waliek, young farmer, commit
ed suicide on Sunday, near Eunkstown,
Washington county, by shooting himself with
:. shotgun. He had just recovered from an
attack oftyphoid fever.
Safe burglars are operating in various parts
of the State, fortunatel safes now only con
tain books and papers. The secure vaults
and time-loeks of banks prevent burglars
from being successful in their work.
Mrs. Ann limerick, aged S2 years, died on
Monday, in Baltimore, from the effects of
fall received on Sunday while descending the
stairs at her home. Mrs. limerick leaves one
daughter, ten grandchildren and two great
grandchildren.
A clever young swindler is about S4OO
richer by working the time worn picture-en-
ba pap,,la of EralprIpk
| city and vicinity. He took orders for hun
dreds of pictures and frames, secured the
money and vanished.
! LII. Coulbourn, of Carolina county, shipp
ed the first new corn to Baltimore on Satur-
day. 1t was too soft to be used, and was
! withdrawn at $I.75 per barrel. The frstn
corn received last year was on September q
and was from the same county.
Charles A. Councilman, of the fourth dis
trict, Baltimore county, of the largest potato
| growers in the State, says there will not be
! half crop because of drought His 80 acres
turned out but 1900 bushels. The yield, he
says, should be 10000 bushels.
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
| is said to have in contemplation the establish
ment of large coal wharves at or near Bay
Ridge, Chesapeake Bay. To accomplish this
the corporation would either buy or lease the
Annapolis, Washington and Baltimore Rail
road.
Isaac H. Thompson, q prominent farmer OF
| Hartford county, died near Darlington, on
Sunday evening, in the 6lst year of his age.
He had only been sick short time. he
was Quaker and member of the Society
of Friends. A widow and eight children
survive him.
John w. Brilliant, near Wiliamsport,
] IL
August 25, and was almost Immediately seiz-
ed with vomiting. An examination was made
and paris green was discovered in the crock.
Mrs. Brilliant has been lodged in Jail on the
charge of trying to poison her husband.
w. ". Hamilton, of Jessups, Anne Arundel
county, young man apparently about nine
teen years old, committed suicide at the
Continental Hotel, corner of Charles anC
Pratt streets, late Monday afternoon by shoot
ing himself with revolver. The suicide was
not discovered, however, until between min,
and ten o'clock at night.
Governor Brown has made the following
appointments: School commission to repor
to the next legislature on the best method o
distributing the state public school tax, JohI
T. Morris president of the Baltimore Schoo
Board; Robert Shriver, of Allegany county
C. C. Magruder. of Prince Georges county
and George NJ. Upshur, of Wicomico county
W. j. Ward was struck by an express trair
on the Western Maryland Railroad, a
Owings' Mill, Saturday night and instantly
killed. Mr.. Ward had been to the postoffice
and was returning to his home in company
with friend, when he stepped on the track
in front of the locomotive. He was 81 years
old and was the oldest member of the Balti
more bar.
Joshua Evans, colored, about 20 years o.
age, was shot at Sandy Spring, Montgomery
county, or Sunday afternoon, by Perry Camp
bell, colo:ed. Campbell made his escape
but afterwards returned and gave himself az
to deputy sheriff Sullivan, who took him
to Rockville Jail. 1t was claimed by Camp
bell that Evans was advancing on him with &
knife when he shot.
On Tuesday night Frederick city and part:
OF the county was visited by a cloudburst.
In less than u hours 81 inches of rain fel
causing the several streams to overflow theiI
banks, washing roads, turnpikes, wheat anC
cornfelds, and destroying bridges and cul-
yerts. In the Mildletown Valley the storm
was unusually severe and great damage done
TO residences, barns, fences, orchards and
outbuildings
Mrs. Barbara Pritchett, an aged lady, liv.
ing near Denton, attempted suicide Sunday
morning, while alone. She cut her throat
with an ordinary table-knife, but the
wound inflicted was not fatal. She also cut
her wrists, and otherwise hacked and mutilat
ed her body. When her son, Charles, who
had been to church, returned, he found her
raving mad, and it was with difficulty he
could restrain her.
George, aged 26 years, a son of Lewis
Ernde, of Hagerstown, was killed on Monday
by falling sand bank. He was working in
the bank along the Antietam, when it caved
in on him. Clay Munson, who had been
working with Ernde, had gone down the
creek with boatload of sand, and upon his
return saw that the bank had fallen and be
gan to search. He soon found Ernde's life
less body was under the dirt.
Work OH the new paper mill at Della
Howard county, has commenced. The mar
building will be 100 by 80 feet, and there
will be an adjoining building 40 by so feet
Manila paper will be manufactured, and the
output. will be about two tons per day. The
Mentzel Paper Company of Howard county
will conduct the new enterprise. The capi
tai stock is $4,000, divided into 200 shares
The incorporators and directors are VIM. NJ
Albert w. aud Harry d. Mentzel, Benjamin
Frank, of Baltimore, and Senator John g
Rogers and William l.. Mott, of Howard
county. Inc olu mill OF MentZel u sons
across the river, and of about half the eapa
city of the new mill, will be discontinued.
A letter from ChrisGeld, Somerset county
says The wheat crop this year was abou
an average yield, but OF better quality thai
usual fruit crop of all kinds has been ia
below the average; grass crop; below the aver
age and the oat crop failure; corn will no
exceed half crop; vegetables of all descrip
ton not more than half a crop more especi
: ally late cabbage and potatoes, which will b,
almost total failure. Shortage in these
crops is attributed largely to the exceedin.
wet spring and almost unprecedented drautl
: through the entire summer, and ravages b,
various kinds of insects. Many wells have
long since gone dry, and this town is threat
ened with u water famine. Csterns havt
given out, and water is ferried from the ad
joining county, and the great requisitior
upon the adjoining wells have exhausted
many. Little or no fallow has been plowet