The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1894-01-06
Maryland Affairs.

Boonsboro, Washington county, Is 10 nave
"A bank with "a capital of $50, 900.
On the 10Th ultimo the Western Maryland
Railroad paid all its interest due the LIST in
slant.
Incendiaries are ut work in Elkton. -Four
mysterious fires have occurred in the past
ten days.
Der Mo, a hinese merchant of Baltimore,
was the first one to register under the new law
in that city.
Anastasia Furong. aged nearly 95 years,
died on December % last, at Pimiico Balti-
more county.
Senator Gibson has closed his country resi-
dence near Easton, and moved to Washington
for the winter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph S. Terrell celebrated
the 54th anniversary of their marriage at their
residence, in Elkton, on Tuesday.
Rev. Ebenezer ID. Finney, pastor of the
First Presbyterian Church, Belair, ruptured
a blood vessel on the 18th ultimo, and Is Ill.
Charles A. Stewart, assessor of the new and
missed property in the 9th district of Baltimore
county, has returned additional assessments
amounting $2S4,707.
On the LIST instant, Thomas Wilson, of
near Cumberland, fell dead just after return
ing from fox hunt which he and some
friends had been enjoying
An alleged mad dog threw the citizens of
Ellicott City into panic Monday. Twenty
dogs were bitten before he escaped over the
hills into Baltimore county.
The public schools of Baltimore number
100, and cost. last year. 81 ,05S,4l3. The at
tendance was 57.0iS. There are l AGA teach
ers, 1873 males and 1881 females.
On Sunday night the residence OF Samuel
Vance. at Derwood, Montgomery county,
was burned, loss. $1,000, insurance on build
ing and contents $500. Cause defective hue.
In I4awson's district, Somerset county, on
Monday night the residence of Mrs. hissie
Stephenson was burned. In her efforts to
save some money and valuable papers she
came near being sutiocated.
The Bessemer and Rail-mill Departments
of the Maryland Steel Company, at Sparrows
Point. Baltimore. shut down on Saturday for
AN indefinite period, owing TO lack OF work.
The Construction and Marine Departments
Of the company will continue running ON full
time.
AT the morning service on Sunday in All
nut Memorial Methodist Protestant Church.
Lombard and Chester streets. Baltimore,
Rev. W. S. Hammond announced that he had
received S., 600 as Christmas gift for the
church. 1t was given by Miss Lizzie Allnut,
who. with her brother, has been large con
iributor to the church.
Thomas Parker Varley, aged GA years his
wife, Caroline E. Marley, aged 60 years ana
their grandson. Robert Parker Marley Myers.
aged IL years, were instantly killed Sat
urday by a train of the Philadelphia, Viii
mineton and Baltimore Railroad at Patuxent.
a station on tha Baltimore and Potomac Rail
road, in Anne Arundel county.
The dwelling house of eX sheriff Joseph
McCauley, near Simpsonville, Howard eoun-
ry, was burned at an early hour on Friday
morning of last week, together with all the
furniture contained in it. Mr.. McCauley
barely had time to escape. His wife was WIS.,
itins Washington with other members of the
family and they lost everything except their
clothing.
Caspar Eichelman, aged 81 years, died on
Saturday morning at his home on the Wash.
iueton road, in the thirteenth district OF Bal
timore county His wife, Margaret Eichel-
man, aged II years. died on Sunday after
noon. Mr. Eichelman was born in Germany
and has been in this country about 60 years.
He was a farmer and leaves two daughters
and one son.
All the cooper shops at Ellieott City are
crowded with orders for barrels, and the men
are kent at work overtime every night to meet
The demands upon them. Flour barrels are
the principal product of the shops, and are
used largely in the export trade from baltl'
more. In other branches of local industry
beside coopering there are nnmistakable evl-
dences of prosperity in Ellicot City in spite
of the cry of hard times, heard so frequently
elsewhere.
Catherine A. Shupp has filed a bill in equi-
ty through her solicitor, Mr.. +. +. MeComas,
r Cbnpr Thou
residents of Williamsport, Washington coun
ty. They lived together 10 years, but have
been separated % years. Years ago Mrs.
Shupp was employed on the Chesapeake and
Ohio canal, serving ut various times as driver,
steersman and cook Recently she was be
aueathed large tract of land at Glen Echo,
near Washington, ID. c., by relative. The
land has increased very much in value, and
Mrs Shupp is now estimated to be worth
nearly 5000. 900.
John Waters, who lives about two miles
west of Gainesville. on the Franklin road, is
90 years old, and is probably the Oldest man
in that part of the state, says the Ellicot City
Democrat Mr.. Waters is an expert shot,
and at his advanced age takes great pleasure
in cunning Recently he walked about II
miles in the informing in pursuit OF game. and
in the afternoon walked TO Gainesville and
returned, distance of l6 miles in one day.
This is a remarkable distance for u man to
travel at such an advanced age. In his
younger days he was fast walker, having
won a bet of 500 in II contest from Baltimore
to Frederick. Mr.. Walters mother died at
the age of 105 years.
Much anxiety is felt at Havre de Grace and
Port Deposit in regard to the ice harvest.
Frederick Carroll states that his experience
in The ice harvest covers period of "a years,
and that during this period he has no recol-
lection of having seen harvest when there
was not a freeze of at least four to SIX inches
BY Christmas He stated that the large
houses filled in January and February, 1886,
but that we had good ice in by Christmas.
Mr.. Carroll thinks The indications are that We
will not have a harvest, bat judges the small
houses will have ample opportunity to get
their supply this year. When We have a full
harvest il employees six or seven hundred men
for two or three weeks.
DR.. Robert Ward, state veterinarian, has
investigated the supposed cases of ganders
among horses in Washington county. He
says the disease is purpura hemorrhages, or
purple hemorrhage, the result Of eatarrh,
and is not contagious. Daring November
three wagon horses belonging to John Smith,
Of Fair View near Hagerstown. developed
running at the nose. Next the month and
nostrils became swollen and purple and studd
ed with small red spots, which became brown
or black sores. The flesh about the horses
heads and throats gradually swelled until the
animals could scarcely breathe. This grew
worse until last week, when the three died OF
suisocalion. The disease comes as sequel
10 had cases Of catarrh, and can be cured if
attended in time
The hard times have caused Isl9 saloons is
Cincinnatito close.