The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1894-10-13
Maryland Affairs.

South Dakota and New Jersey farmers are
bnying land in Somerset county.
Eighty horses and mules have died from
some unknown disease, recently. in Somerset
county.
The Mccullough Iron Works, at Northeast,
Cecil county, were damaged S35. 600 by fire on
Tuesday.
The Maryland Synod of the Evangelical
Lutheran Church was in session ut Frostburg
this week.
The twentieth annual convention of the
National Bankers Association opened in Bal
timore on Wednesday.
Samuel Chase, colored, of Calvert county,
being jealous, cut his wife throat on Sunday.
The woman will recover.
John, aged 81 years, son of Gen. Vim. Nc
Kenney, of Queen Anne's county, died from
consumption on Monday.
On Monday night the hotel and amphithe-
atre at Bethesda Park, Montgomery county,
was burned; loss $4,000.
Ferdinand Laux, an employee of Stietf 5
piano factory, Baltimore, ON Tuesday fell down
the elevator and broke his neck.
Jeremiah Weatherby, aged 90 years. died
in Baltimore on Saturday last. He was for
merry of the stove firm of Weatherby Sons.
Otto f. Droege, a awyer. and DIR. George
c., Worthington, were arrested in Baltimore
on Sunday night, charged with criminal NAL
practice.
Peter Burgart shot and killed himself at his
home, near 0denton, Anne Arundel county,
on Tuesday. He was IS years of age and n
glassblower by trade, but out of employment.
After IN extended illness from consumption,
George. son of Aaron Callison, prominent
farmer of near Mount Zion Church, Baltimore
county, died on Saturday. Mr. Cullison was
- years of age.
Vim. W. Phillips went TO the Jail at Elk
ton, on Monday, stated that he was a fugitive
from New York, asked to be locked up and
the proper persons informed. The sheriff did
50 and Phillips is now in Jail in New York.
James R. Dunlop, of the Century Cycling
Club of Maryland, on Sunday covered 100
miles on bicycle in 6 hours and 43 minutes.
This is the fastest century yet made in Mary
land. and is said to be comparatively the best
time made in the United States.
On Monday night the barn and wagon she'd
of John Bell. near Diminishing, was entirely
DESTROYED BY fire, with all lis contents, stock
excepted The loss consists of hay, straw
and several SETS of new harness. Mr.. Bells
daughter had only left the barn about five
minutes, and was not aware of any fire until
the flames broke out. The origin is unknown.
Miss Emily Slaughter Stewart, daughter of
the late Judge VIM. A. Stewart, and Charles
F. Macklin, lieutenant United States marine
corps, were married al noon ON Tuesday, near
leicester Howard county. The ceremony
was performed by Rev. Dr. Grammef. Cap
tain Chester, United States Navy, gave the
bride away Miss Breckenridge, of Washing
ton. and Miss Josephine Poe were brides
maids Lieut.. Powers Symington, United
States Navy, was best man.
An appropriation was made at the last ses-
sion of Congress for the survey of canal
route from PocomOke river 10 Sinepuxent
bay On Tuesday Government Engineers A.
Sterile, Herman Schubert. NJ. W. Gullett and
J. r. Moreland arrived in Snow Hilland began
the preliminary work on Wednesday. The
starting point will be the river bridge in Snow
HILL From this point the surveyors will go
up the POcomoke river one mile TO Purnells
mill-race. From the mouth of this race TO
Sinepuxent bay is distance Of six miles.
When the canal is completed it will unite the
waters of Pocomoke river and SinepuXent
bay This, with the Covington canal, which
is now being constructed from Isle of Wight
bay to the Delaware bay, will form an interior
waterway from the Delaware to the Chesa-
peake.
Horace d. Baker, the notorious bank swim
dler and forger, who is better known in Har-
ford county by the alias of George p. Sage,
broke jail at Belair early Sunday morning and
escaped in company with two negro prisoners.
One of his comrades in flight is the colored
school teacher Kane, arrested for burglary
and robbing Leon Hoffman's clothing store in
Havre de Grace, on September y. The other
was Samuel Kelley, held for shooting Thomas
II. Haycock, at Darlington Station, on the
Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Rail
road, about September l. Kelley was in n
cell on the second floor with the negro }. NJ.
Hill arrested in Baltimore recently for trying
90 dispose of lot OF watches which he had
Occurred from colored people about Belair ON
tne prete,S1ss- 81 repairing them. Kelley cell
was locked with a spring ps;4llaek, which he
managed to unfasten, and then saweTi~ihe
hooks of the padlocks which confined Sage
Hill refused to escape