The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1892-07-30
Maryland Affairs.

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dist Protestant Church.
In Baltimore, on Tuesday, 40 persons were
overcome by the heat, 10 of whom died.
Selby Parker died Wednesday, in Salisbury,
Wicomico county, aged SO years.
Numerous deaths have occurred in Balti-
more from the continuous heat, this week.
Owing to lack of rain the canteloup aud
watermelon crops promise to be short in Anne
Arundel.
Several hundred horses have died in Balti-
more during the past week owing to the in
tense heat.
Messrs. Roses and Sanford, of Baltimore,
purchased the Dismal Swamp Canal property
for 5000.
Mrs. Eliza A. Brewer, mother of James
r. Brewer, of Baltimore, died on Tuesday,
aged 80 years.
Talbot and Queen Anne counties are suf
fering from drought and great damage to
truck has resulted.
James T. Dennis has resigned the States
attorney ship for Somerset county. He is
going to leave the state.
On Monday night the residence of H. Pike
Lucas, in the Baltimore city annex, together
with the most of his furniture, was burned.
A receiver has been asked for the Catoctin
Paint Company. 1t was organized several
years ago for the development of ochre
mines, near Mechanicstown, Frederick coun-
ty.
Conrad N. Jordan, aged SO years, died in
Salisbury, on Monday. He was native of
Prussia but had been engaged in business in
Salisbury for over 40 years.
Frederick S. Biscoe, colored, has been
lodged in the Leonardtown JAIL charged upon
the oath of Margaret Ann Chase, also color
| ed, with criminal assault upon her.
Two barracks containing four hundred
bushels of unthreshed wheat on the farm of
]. Nj. Thornton, near Taylor, Hartford county,
were struck by lightning Friday night of last
week and entirely destroyed. No insurance.
A number of colored persons, weHts to
| Curtis Bay, near Baltimore, ON Monday, and
while in small boat, by the antics of one of
| the women, the boat was upset and five we're
| drowned.
Richard Browning, of New Market district,
Frederick county, recently threshed from a
lot of 2 acres 80 bushels Of wheat, and from
field of IL acres APO bushels. The secret
| of the fine turnout was thorough preparation
and cultivation of the land before sowing.
j. Roger McSherry and Dr. Lloyd 7. Nc
Gill, Jr., had an angry political discussion in
Frederick on Saturday, and resulted in Nc
Sherry being shocked down by McGill.
Both men are Democrats and the fracas is
greatly regretted by all.
The new Pimlico and Pikesville Electric
Railroad was formally opened for business on
Monday. The road begins at Retreat and
Francis streets, Clifton, near Druid Hill
Park, and runs out Pennsylvania avenue to
Pimlico and then on to Pikesville.
Miss Mamie Purnell, of Berlin, Worcester
county, recently gave the Protestant Episcopal
Church of that town a valuable building lot
adjoining her residence on which to build a
rectory. The lumber is now on the site
and the house, which is to be a handsome
structure, will soon be in course of erection.
Harmon K. George, on Locust Neck farm,
Broad Creek Neck, Talbot county, has a
eve whose lamb-producing record is this re-
markable one: January, 1891, she dropped
three lambs; August, 1891, two; February,
1892, two; July Is, 1892, one-making eight
lambs in eighteen months, and every lamb
was raised.
In Baltimore, on Monday, while at work
on a scaffold, Robert Winston, colored, a
hod carrier assaulted Peter Van De Kool
Wyk, bricklayer. The negro struck him
with mortar board knocking him senseless
and producing serious wound. The prompt
arrival of an officer prevented the negro from
being roughly handled by the men.
Miss Mamie Prospect, daughter of an
apothecary of the Naval Academy, was
drowned in pool in Spa Creek; Bessie Alb
bolt, aged II years, daughter of VIM. N. Alb
bolt, editor ofthe Evening Capitalize who could
swim, rushed from the bath. room, half dress
ed, and into the water and endeavored to as
sist the drowning girl, but was unable to rem
der any help.
Albert Davis, blacksmith, died Tuesday
morning near Alpha, third district of Howard
county, from injuries received week ago.
He was employed in the shop of Oliver P.
Phelps, on the farm of Richard Davis, and
while shoeing mule was kicked in the lower
abdomen. Mr.. Davis wasin his 29th year and
unmarried. He was most highly esteemed
in his neighborhood. He died in great agony
Miss Elizabeth B. Garrett and DR.. Edward
b. White, of Baltimore, were married at 8
o'clock on Wednesday morning at the resi-
dence of tie bride, II East Mount Vernon
place. The bride is a daughter of the late
Robert Garrett, founder of the banking house
of Robert Garrett & Sons, and sister of the
late John W. Garrett. The ceremony was
performed by Rev. Dr. Joseph 7. Smith, pas
tor of Central Presbyterian Church.
Rev. Michael A. Dausch, pastor and found
er of st. Andrews Catholic Church, Monu-
ment and Washington streets, Baltimore,
died suddenly of apoplexy Tuesday morning
at the home of his brotherin-law, DIR. George
W. Barkman, 839 North Eutaw street. Faith
er Dausch had been sick since last April with
nervous dyspepsia, and was under treatment
for it. He was doing nicely, and his death
was o surprise and shock to his relatives and
friends. He was born in Baltimore, was 56
years of age, and prominent member of the
clergy of this diocese.
The shipping of whortleberries from Wi
comico county has developed into a business
of considerable magnitude. Jonn w. Dashiell,
of Fruitland, and Laws Il Hamblin, of
Wango, are the heaviest shippers, each aver
aging from sixty to seVenty,five sixty-quart
crates daily. Last week Mr.. Dashiell shipped
in the six days 81, 800 quarts of whortleberries
for which he paid over 81 200. At 6 cents
per quart, the price paid for the berries, a
rapid picker can make 81 per day. Several
thousands of dollars are brought to Wicomico
by the sale of these berries.
On Friday of last week the barn of John
A. Nicodemus, at Edgemont, Washington
county. was burned together six horses, two
COWS, Ave hogs, 20 tons Of hay, 250 barrels oi
corn, 10000 peach baskets and crates, the
packing house and other outbuildings. Fortu.
nately the barn was covered with tin and pre-
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the residence was on fire from the great
heat. Owing to the fact that the dwelling is
we'll supplied with pipes on each floor il was
kept from burning by keeping the woodwork
wet A boy in the employ of Mr.. Nico-
demus lit a cigarette and threw the match
down in the barn. Loss above insurance
49, 500.
.tGld Liz,i the famous gray mare owned
by Mayor Latrohe, died Monday ON the Aer-
ryman farm, near Cockeysville, aged 26 years.
Liz was the faithful companion of the Mayor
in all of his political campaigns from 1878,
when he ran against the late ex-Mayor Van.
SAINT, until the Mayors last campaign, when
she was placed in honorable retirement, and
her place in the political arena was taken
by her nephew, "0ld John, "a sorrel horse.
The fame of the old mare was not confined
to Baltimore but extended into all parts Of the
State, and her manifold virtues have been
preserved in song. Liz was full thorough
bred and leaves fine three months old colt.