The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1894-05-26

John Hockensmith, vel. known retired
farmer of Emmitsburg, is dead. He was 81
years old and leaves one son, }. j. Hocken-
smith.
At meeting of the miners at Homecoming
on Wednesday it was decided to ask for an
advance of ten cents on each ton Of coal
mined.
Miss Kate Kimmell, of Hartford Furnance,
Hartford county, has sold her farm OF ia
acres to Thomas Cassidy, of Cincinnati, for
Sc, 400.
Owing to failure to pay the hands on the
10th a strike on the Chesapeake Beach Kali.
road is now on. Smallpox has broken out
among them.
Nehemiah Bergman, about rs years old,
farmer, who lives near Reisterstown, was
viclimized last week by "him fam" game to
the extent of 81 900.
A motherly cat at Thurmont, Frederick
county, having lost her kittens, has adopted
n nest of young rabbits, which she found IN a
field, having driven the mother rabbit away.
Two tramps applied at Bayview Asylum,
Baltimore, on Wednesday, saying they were
sick Upon being examined it was found
they were suffering from smallpox. Get vac
cinated.
In order to put its finances on cash basis
Queen Anne's county has sold $25, 900 per
cent. bonds at 103 to W. Il. Bosley, of Balti-
more, his bid being the highest for the lot;
par 800.
The Frederick canning factories will have
an unusually large pack of corn and tomatoes
this season, and are making extensive ar
rangements for it. The fruit pack will be
smaller than usual.
On Thursday oflast week Nicholas Sehlage,
of Washington, d. c., shipped IL horses in n
box car from Hagerstown. Upon opening
the car at Brunswick six horses were found
dead from suffocation and two died after be-
ing taken from the car.
DR.. John DeButts died Saturday, at his
residence, in Queen Anne's county, aged Sc
years. He had been suffering for several
weeks from an obstruction of the bowels, but
had improved until few days previous when
a relapse occurred, resulting in death.
Edward Jean, married man with several
children, and Miss Martha Tryfogle, both of
Randallstown, Baltimore county, left on
April &c and neither have been heard from
since. Miss Tryfogle carried several thou
sand dollars of her savings with her; Jean
had very little cash.
In Baltimore a strong association has been
organized by leading capitalists, bankers and
railroad officers, under the name of Southern
Immigration, Land and Title Company" the
purpose of which is to colonize and develop
Southern lands, and in general to direct i'm
migration and investment to the South. The
President is Hon. Chauncey f. Black, of
Pennsylvania.
Trinity Protestant Episcopal Cathedral,
Easton, Talbot county, was consecrated on
Wednesday. The service began at 1890
O'Clock in the morning, with procession of
bishops, priests and choristers, which formed
in front Of the chapel and marched around
the church to Goldsborough street, entering
the cathedral by the front door. The con-
gregation was so large that there was not even
standing room in the church.
Marlboro and vicinity were visited by a
cloudburst on Friday afternoon of last week,
causing great loss of property. The fair
grounds being damaged over $500. Barns
granaries, fences and orchards were blown
down, roads and bridges washed away, etc.
In Frederick, Montgomery, Hartford, Howard,
Caroline and Cecil counties great damage is
reported from lightning, hail. rain and wind
and the overlooking of streams.
HopewelI Hebb, Republican, the present
mayor of Cumberland, was defeated Monday
by j. B. Humbird, Democrat, by S64 majority.
Horace Resley, Independent, was elected
city clerk, leading Walter B. Clarke, Repub-
lican, by As. Two Republican and three
Democratic councilmen were elected. Four
Republican and two Democratic councnmen
hold over, so the council will be composed of
six Republicans and FIVE Democrats.
A COW belonging to Cyrus Fout, Of Brad
dock, Frederick county, was bitten by rabid
dog few days ago, and on Saturday went
mad. She attempted to horn the horses and
cattle ON the place, and when fastened in the
barnyard, tore her horns of in attempting to
get out. She was finally shot and killed.
The rabid dog bit large number of other
dogs in the neighborhood, and it is feared
that more OF Mr.. Fout's stock was bitten.
The result of the election in Cambridge on
Tuesday on the liquor question was victory
for the temperance people, $50 votes being
cast, of which number, 343 were against high
license and 2l3 for Cambridge has been
local option town for 20 years, but under the
old law drug stores were allowed TO sell under
a doctors prescription. The result of the
vote on Tuesday will be 10 carry prohibition
further, and prevent even drug stores from
selling.
Charles Ridgely Goodwin, who was ap-
pointed Surveyor of the port Of Baltimore,
died on Saturday last. He went from his
residence TO the customhouse on the Monday
previous, in carriage, was sworn in, and re-
turned home, which he never left. Mr..
Goodwin was born in Savannah, Georgia, in
1912, his parents, however, being natives of
this State. His father was an officer under
Gen. jackson, at New Orleans, in 1872. Mr..
Goodwin was actively engaged in all things
for the advancement of morality and the city
of Baltimore.
On Thursday of last week E. F. Klein, a
farmer near Woodville, Frederick county,
met with what might have been very serious
accident. He was blowing during the after
noon, and about shutdown rode home on one
Of the horses, which became frightened as he
rode up to the barn and jumped, throwing him
off, His foot became entangled in one of the
traces. The horse ran, dragging him about
eighty yards over pile of logs and through
a stream twice, when hook broke, letting
him loose. He was carried to the house un-
conscious, and DR.. Sappington, of Unionville,
summoned. He was very much bruised and
cut, but no bones were broken.
Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Browne died Tuesday,
in Baltimore aged 81 years. She was the
widow of Charles Cockrane Browne, former
ly Of Queen Anne's county, and was the
daughter Of DR.. Thomas Wilson, of Trump
ington, Kent county, She was the grand
daughter of Thomas Smythe, of Kent county,
who took an active part in public affairs dur
ing the revolutionary war. He was a signer
Of the Association Of Freemen of Maryland
in 1875, member of the Maryland Council of
Safety, 1855, and member of the Maryland
Convention of 1T74-5-6. She was lineal
descendant of Gen. Richard Bennett, who was
one of the commissioners appointed in 1861
by the Council of State in England to reduce
all the plantations on the Chesapeake to
their due obedience TO the Parliament OF
England.
Advices from Venezuela say that from 49,.
900 to $4,000 people lost their lives by the
recent earthquakes. On the San Carlos rail
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