The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1894-04-07
Maryland Affairs.

The San Jose scale, destructive insect,
has been found in orchards in Southern Mary
land
Miss Susan Resi-, aged 90 years, died in
Hagerstown, on Saturday.
Henry E. Wootton, the well known How
ard county lawyer, is recovering from his pro-
tracted illness.
VIM. E. Stockslager, of Jacob c. Daybof
& Co., lumber dealers, Hagerstown, has APP
pointed a receiver:
walker on the canal near Hancock, on
Tuesday discovered break, which, by timely
aid. saved at least $500.
Miss Mollie Litlow was arrested in Hagers-
town, on Tuesday for stealing ring from
ray of Harry Reisner. 1t was valued at $50.
Destructive forest fires at Bacon Hill, Cecil
county, have destroyed valuable timber. On
Monday several hundred acres were burned.
Michael Miesnest was killed at Canton,
Baltimore county, on Sunday night last, by
man named Jones. The men quarreled about
the stepdaughter of Miesnest.
Owing to the expected short crop of fruit
many farmers on the Eastern Shore are max
ing preparations to plant largely of peas,
corn and tomatoes for the canneries.
At Cumberland, on Wednesday, a foot race
for $1,000 was run by VIM. Farrell of Harper's
Ferry, and John Peasance of Pittsburg.
Distance 100 yards; Pleasanee won in ten
seconds.
Daniel c. Miller, of Middletown, Frederick
county, was murderously assaulted on Satur-
day night by George Crone. Crone was ar
rested and it was with difficulty he was rescued
from lynching.
The Messrs. Pry, of Keedysvile, Washing.
ton county, say their peach orchard of 500
acres was almost ruined by the late freeze,
and that the crop in that section will be short
about so, 900 bushels.
The German Baptist Brethren Church OF
Hagerstown has been Incorporated by Messrs.
Charles W. Reiehard, Daniel A. Thomas, A.
b. Barnhart, Abner w. Barnhart, ID. Elmer
Wolf and Levi Baer
On Saturday, at Centrevile, $50, 600 in
stock was taken in the Queen Anne Railroad.
Engineers are making surveys to determine
the most eligible route. The courses from
Queenstown to Centreville and from Centre.
vile to Church Hill have been completed,
and the line from Church Hill to Chester
town is now being surveyed.
Frederick Thomas, colored, while working
Saturday in the saw-miI of Brigden & Day,
at Ridgeville, Caroline county, dropped a
| piece Of lumber, which came in contact with
| saw that was running rapidly The saw
! sent the wood with great force against Thomas
crushing his skull DR.. Conoway dressed the
wound and the man was removed to his home.
| The large warehouse of d. C. Wharton
Smith, rented by Charles A. Andrew, at Glen
| Cove, Hartford county, on the Susquehanna
canal, was burned, with its contents, on Fri
| day night of last week. In it were LOCO
cases canned corn, lumber worth So, 900 store
goods valued al $500. There is $1,000 in
surance on building aud $1,000 on contents
in the Hartford Mutual Company.
The FIVE, months old child of James Morris
was burned TO death in Salisbury, Wicomico
I county, on Wednesday morning. The acct
I dent happened by the mother placing the
child in its cradle too near the stove. The
door being open, created draught down the
chimney. The flames caught to the child S
| clothes and consumed the infant and cradle
before help arrived. The house came near
being burned
James Gladhill was seriously stabbed at
Germantown, near Blue Ridge Summit, on
Saturday night. Gladhill was attending a
| dance given at the residence of Melvin Brown,
and in honor of Browns birthday. A quar-
rel arose about the invitation of Gladhil, and
it is said that Brown followed his guest who
left for home. In a lonely field knife was
run into Gladhill's breast a little below the
heart. Gladhill was carried to the home of
David Benchoff, where he lies critically ill.,
Brown has made his escape.
A driving horse, valued at 1925, and owned
| by DIR. L. A. Wareham, of Hagerstown, was
affected with a strange malady Sunday night
and grew wildly frantic. 1t attacked Dir.
| Wareham and A. Fl. Gunnel while the gen
tlemen were in the stable, and succeeded in
| penning Mr.. Gunnel up in tight stall, where
it wounded him slightly. Mr.. Gunnel escaped
by leaping through window. Four bullets
were fired into the animals brain, but they
did not kill him. Veterinary Surgeon H. j.
Cozens beat in the horse's skull with sledge
| hammer.
The large tool and implement house on the
Mottu farm, near St. James, in Howard coun-
ty, was destroyed by fire on Tuesday after.
noon, together with its contents. Walter
Shipley, brother of Milford D. Shipley, who
tenants the farm, met with what may
prove a fatal accident while endeavoring to
remove some of the machinery. His clothes
ignited by the falling in of portion of the
blazing roof, and when extricated he was in
an almost insensible condition. His injuries
about the head are especially severe. The
fire originated from engine sparks, and the
loss is estimated at $1,000.
Bidders for the Baltimore and Cumberland
Railway have been busy at Hancock, Wash
ington county, for several days. Chas. Nc
Fadden, millionaire, of Philadelphia, who
spent his early life in Indian Spring district
and worked on the canal. was there on Satur-
day. 1t is stated automatically that Mr.. Nc
Fadden offered to take half of the company
bonds at 80 per cent, if he would be given
the construction of the whole road. No bids
were entertained for less than section of FIVE
miles, and it is believed that about ten men
will secure the work. One contractor stated
that the men in his business were so hungry
for work that if the whole line was let to one
man he could easily sub-let it in week. The
recent surveys have made the estimated cost
of building the road So, 900, 900, which is 81,
100000 less than the estimate from the Cor
yell survey, made several years ago.