The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1893-03-04
Maryland Affairs.

Scarlet fever is prevailing at keedysville,
Washington county.
Herring were caught in the Severn rIyer at
Annapolis on Tuesday.
Chestertown, Kent county. has straw
board mill factory that cost 500, 900.
A large number OF burgIaries are being
committed in many towns and villages.
/ Incendiaries are at work on the EASTERN
Shore and in the lower part of Delaware.
Vim. S. Ridgely has sold his farm in Anne
I Arundel county, to DR.. Thomas W. Spranklin,
Of Baltimore, for $4,000
| The Baltimore Methodist Episcopal Church
Conference is in session at HagerstOwn.
Bishop Newman is presiding
Policy players are being arrested by the
score in Baltimore, and IT locks as if the
ALA dealers are TO be broken up.
At Snow Hill, Worcester county. County
/ Commissioner Samuel NJ CULLEN has lost two
sons from typhoid fever. Three others are i'll.
Mrs. Norris, widow of the late William
Norris, died at her home. New Market, Fred
erick county, February IL. aged 81 years and
II days.
| James B. Baker has sold his home place at
Aberdeen. Hartford county, containing 296
acres. and other property to. Charles B. Os
born for 81, 600.
Mrs. Matilda, wife of ex- Mayor James
Munroe, died at Annapolis on Monday night
/ Her death was very unexpected. The de
ceased had been unwell for some time, but not
seriously. Mrs. Mnnroe was Miss Walters,
of Gettysburg, Pa, and was 81 years old
At Port Deposit. Cecil county, resides the
Falls family. consisting of the father and
mother and three children whose combined
weight is $50 pounds. The father, John
| Falls, is one of 10 children and DIG pounds,
and the mother is one Of II children and
weighs BOG pounds.
Henry C. Babble of Carlisle Springs, Pa, has
an antique snare drum which evidently passed
through the war of 1872. Inside the drum a
| slip Of paper was pasted containing the follow
ing: "Drum made and sold by Peter Smith
No. 16 Market street, between Calvert street
and Saint Paul's lane, Baltimore, 1897
A deed was pat on record in the clerks
office Of Charles county on Tuesday from the
corporation OF Roman Catholic cIergymen of
/ Maryland to Charles C.. Lancaster of the pro-
perry known as Chapel Point, embracing all
the buildings and Improvements at that place
and A acres of contiguous land. The price
| paid was 1000. 1t has a hotel with accom-
modations for 200 guests.
| Victor H. Newcomer died in Jamestown
! VI q COuA pliNdAAOu VI hlscdSCS III
4 59th year. He was prominent and wealthy
citizen of Washington county, one ofthe board
! of election supervisors for the county and q
| director in the Orphans Home, at Hagers-
| town. He was born at Beaver Greek, and
was the son of Henry Newcomer. He mar,
ried Miss Annie Sherrick, of Sharpsburg.
! suit has been brought by the State of
! Maryland against the State of West Virginia
to recover the entire territory lying between
! the North and South branches of the Potomac
river. Six large counties, with population
| of nearly l00, 600, are involved and, in addi-
ton, if Maryland wins the suit, five other
| West Virginia counties will be cut off from
the rest Of the State. The matter is consid-
| sidered very grave by West Virginia lawyers
/ and politicians.
On Saturday night last, man named Hud-
son, of Hampden near Baltimore, was called
up after retiring, marched to the outskirts of
the town. stripped and painted green from
head to foot. After the decoration he was
rolled in the snow and then escorted home.
HGdson's crime was insulting school girls by
indecent remarks. He had been warned to
desist, but not taking heed the citizens took
the above means Of stopping him. If he
persists he will be drummed ont ofthe village.
Col. Frederick Raine died at his residence
in Baltimore, on Sunday last, in his I'D year.
Col. Raine was the editor and proprietor of
the German Correspondent which he founded
in 1871, and which was a success from the
start. He came to this country when quite
| boy with bis father and served an apprentice
ship with him at the printing business. Col.
Raine was prominent in Democratic circles,
having been several times elected to the city
council, connected with public school system
was presidential elector in 1872 and in 1876,
\ i IL d.
by President Cleveland, which Office he salts
factorily filled. Col. Raine leaves wife but
no children.
George Matthews, colored, suspected of
burning the valuable barn and stock of vii.
liam K. Lockwood, ofSassafras, Kent county.
and charged with being the auther of several
other fires, has been located in Wayne, Pa.
A reward was offered for his apprehension
and the country had been secured for miles
around. Several days ago letter addressed
to his wife was received at Massey postoffice,
and at the same time a postal card to the
postmaster, George A. Ireland, asking him
to see that the letter was promptly delivered.
This, of course, was the desired clue and
measures were at once taken to insure an
Immediate arrest.
A large barn belonging to George w.
Yellott, near Long Green Valley, was totally
destroyed By fire Tuesday night, together with
valuable contents. The fire was discovered
by Augustus A. Piper. who boards with Mr..
Yellott, at 1890 p. m. After notifying the
| owner Mr.. Piper fastened to the barn to save
what he could. In the structure were 10
horses, which were owned by Baltimoreans.
Mr. Piper rescued 10 Of the horses and was
about to lead out an animal valued at $500,
and owned by William Howard, of Baltimore,
when the horse took fright and ran back into
the flames to perish The nine other horses
| lost were all owned in Baltimore and were
valued at 81, 500 Mr.. Yellott estimates his
loss to be 5000. This inelades the barn,
farming implements, so barrels of corn, $50
bushels of wheat 90 tons of hay and several
\ tons of straw and corn shucks. The total
insurance on the barn and contents is 81, $50.
1t was suggested that rats knawing matches
caused the fire.
The old homestead of the late Col. John II.
| Waring. in Nottingham district, known as
''Bald Eagle was destroyed by fire on Sun
/ day morning. The tenants of the house, Mr..
Moran and family, were attending church
when neighbors discovered the fire, and
| though every effort vas made 70 control the
| flames nearly every vestige of this once hos.
| pitable mansion, together with its contents,
was destroyed. The property was owned by
Miss Priscilla Waring, who also lost by the
FIRE considerable valuable slverware and
mahogany furniture, relics of the old families
Of the Warnings. The house was situated near
the Patuxent river, in Prince Georges conn-
| ty. and figured conspcuously during the late
war, when a detachment of soldiers was sent
from Washington to arrest Colonel Waring
and his family, who were detained many
months in the old capitol prison. The troops
then took possession Of the premises and
passed the summer there. The house consist
ed of three buildings, containing upward of
20 rooms. and was the largest country resi-
the place is estimated at $500.
Business Locals.