The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1892-12-24
Maryland Affairs.

| Capt. Ebenezer F. Lewis, aged 50 years,
died at Bayview, Cecil county, on Saturday
Hagerstown is To have an electric railroad,
and it is expected to he running by next
spring.
Rev. Samuel Logan, II well.knowm local
methodist preacher of Cecil county. died at
Charlestown, on Tuesday, in his Goth year.
c.. ~ Drawer has purchased the Mansion
House property, corner Fayette and ST
Paul streets, Baltimore, and will erect II fine
hotel at once.
David Cochran, of Washington county,
owns COW that gave birth to six calves in
two years. She gave birth TO twins once and
triplets once, and at another time one.
The surplus earnings of the penitentiary
inmates for the past year amounts to over
81, 600, and yet some of the labor unions
want all work in that institution abolished.
Governor Brown has appointed Clayton J.
Purnell, of Worcester county, one of the
trustees of the Maryland Agricultural Col
lege, vice F. Carroll Goldsborough, resigned.
A little colored girl, daughter of Mrs. Jos.
Matthews, of Petersville, Frederick county,
on Thursday attempted to make fire in the
stove when her clothing ignited, and she was
burned to death.
Henry j. Spencer, who was sentenced to
the penitentiary for life for the murder of W.
Scott Dawson, of Allegany county, has been
pardoned on condition that he leave the
State and never return.
Miss Florence Dugent, of Centreville, has
in bloom, after six weeks possession, plant
known as the Japanese sacred lily. Several
attempts have previously been made to Gull
tivate it successfully.
Mrs. Barron, of Hyattsville left the light
burning in her apartment Monday and had a
narrow escape from suffocation owing to a
arrangement of the burner of the lamp,
which caused it to smoke profusely.
Abraham Meyers, q well-known farmer
living near townsville, Frederick county, on
Wednesday while working on top of stack
was stricken with paralysis and fell to the
ground dead. He was fifty years old, and
leaves wife and two children.
Ex-Gov Carrolls sheepfold was entered
by dogs on Tuesday night and killed 20 of
his superior Southdown sheep and so LAGER
ated nine others that they had to be killed.
Other focks in the same neighborhoOd have
been attacked by dogs.
Archie Steptoe, colored, who said he was
"a years old, asked the Baltimore county
commissioners for transportation to Lynch
burg, Va, on Tuesday, where his children
live. Steptoe said he had been married six
times and was the father of fifty children.
Michael Bach, Rudolph Stein and Martin
He'll have been committed for court by JUS
tice Brunier, of Gainesville, charged with
conspiracy and with shooting into the coun-
try house of Mr. John Mari, on the Freder
lex road, on the night of October 9th last.
David Kolb, wel-known farmer, living
on the Linganore, Frederick county, was in
iured by his runaway team on the 10Th in
slant and died shortly afterward. He was
about so years of age and was brother of
the late DR.. Daniel Kolb, Washington, ID {.
In the Circuit Court for Frederick county,
on the 10th instant, the Judgment rendered
by magistrate Hewes in favor of f. X. Fra
zier against the corporation for damages TO
the amount of 500 for being bitten by an
unmuzzled dog on the street during the past
summer was affirmed, with costs.
On Tuesday the residence and store of Ja-
cob Fernman, near Hyattsville, Prince
Georges county, was destroyed by fire. Two
hundred and fifty dollars in money, and
about 81 900 worth of machinery was CON
sumed. There was no insurance. The fire
was of incendiary origin.
Jacob Walker, well-known resident OF
Frederick county and for many years far
mer, died at the home Of VIM. j. Woman,
near Frederick, on Tuesday, from the effects
Of recent fall. He was in his eightieth
year, and it is said of him that during his
long life he was never beyond the county
limits.
Several cows in herd belonging to MIR.
John S. Agnew, near Emmitsburg, were re-
Gently found TO be suffering from tuberculosis.
One of the animals died and another was
killed few days ago, upon the advice OF
State Veterinarian Ward and DR.. Reigle, in
order to prevent furthur spreading Of the dis
ease. The rest of the herd are being closely
watched.
S. C. H. Vance, of Chicago, has bought
the large tract of land south of Mount Winans
and lying between the B. and o. Railroad
and the Holland Ferry road. The aggregate
cost was nearly 5000, 900. The tract com
prises upward Of $50 acres. 1t is stated that
the purchaser will lay out an industrial town,
with factories along the railroad and homes
on the higher land.
Police Justice Eckst elm, of Frederick, has
instructed the police officers to arrest all
tramps seen begging on the streets and bring
them before him for commitment to the
House of Correction. He does not propose,
as heretofore, to provide them with comfort
able quarters at the county Jail and at the ex
pense of the county. At the county aims.
house a rule has been adopted requiring all
tramps who apply for food to work at least
one hour at breaking stone for use on the
road before each and every meal furnished
them.
The two gold medals offered by John h. A.
Cunningham, of Baltimore, and Secretary
Rogers, of the county school board, were
both won by pupils of the Reisterstown
School No. 5, Fourth district, Z. G. Ebaugh,
principal. This school has won the prizes
for the last four years. Gilbert Whitetord
secured the Cunningham medal, for the
highest average of seventh grade graduates,
and Glenn Brown won the Rogers medal,
for the highest average grade Of post-gradu-
ates. These are in addition to certificates of
scholarships.
A number of men came to Riser Hall
Park, in Prince Georges county, on Sunday
from Washington, D. c., for the purpose of
witnessing prize fight. They were met at
the station and ordered to return by a dozen
citizens of the park. This they refused to
do, and pistol shots were exchanged, besides
several large pieces of flint rock which lay
on the bed of the railroad. The Washingto-
mans finally gave up the idea of having the
fight and returned to that city. No one was
seriously injured, though one of the visitors
had toe shot off.
Judge Waters decided an interesting point
at Belair, on Monday, in a habeas corpus
case. Last summer Nettie o. Gordon, :our-
teen years of age, was sent to the House of
Correction upon complaint of her mother,
who declared she was ineorrigible. She was
released on writ of habeas corpus and mar
ried VIM. Yokel. About two weeks ago she
was arrested on another warrant sworn out
by her mother and committed to Jail again
on the charge of being incorrigible. The
writ of habeas corpus was once more resorted
to by her counsel, VIM. II. Harlan and VIM. l..
Cooley. Judge Waters ordered her release
on the ground that the law relating to incor-
rigible children does not apply TO married te
males, who by reason of marriage pass be-
You'd the control Of their parents or guar
dams, and therefore as to them cannot be
said to he incorrigible.
The Maryland World Fair commissioners
have received nine large photographs of his
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