The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1894-01-27
Maryland Affairs.


| At Salisbury, last season, over $50, 900
were received for freight ON watermelons.
Fresh herring and crabs from Denton and
| Crisfield were received at Baltimore this
1 week
/ Earthquake shocks were felt in Baltimore
and Annapolis on Wednesday night about 8
O'Clock.
Henry Brown, colored, fell from load of
hay, near Frederick, on Tuesday, and broke
| his neck.
The Boulevard electric railway between
Baltimore and Washington is now assured
! and work has commenced on it.
Miss Halle Rice, of Frederick, has been
elected matron of the Episcopal Orphan ASy-
lum to succeed Miss Willie Baer
! William Fogle, of near Woodsboro, Fred
erick county, has been held for the grand
| jury ON the charge of alleged forgery.
Grip and pneumonia have caused the death
of large number Of elderly personsin West
ern Maryland since the LIST of January.
great deal improvements is being made
at Odenton. All the roads leading to it have
been heavily graveled for one mile from the
place.
Capt. Elijah Rollins, of Oxford, Talbot
county, died after an illness of As hours from
| peritonitis with symptoms of hydrophobia on
! Tuesday.
| The Eastern Shore is making strenuous
efforts to have a railroad built so as to con-
meet with the Baltimore and Ohio at Childs'
Station in Cecil county.
Two children of William II. Boulden', of
! Perryville, Cecil county, were bitten by cat
which is supposed to have been mad. They
have been taken to the Pastenr Institute for
treatment.
! Considerable anxiety exists among fruit
| growers because of the mild weather of the
/ past few weeks, rs it is feared the peach
buds, now abnormally developed. will be
frozen by cold snap.
Evan Martina Proluka, a Polander, is sup
posed to have been murdered at Crisfed on
| Sunday night. His hat, with several cuts in
1t, has iloated ashore, also yalise. Several
\ negroes have been placed under arrest
John W. Judefnd, the Seventh Day AID.
| ventist of Kent county, who was arrested for
working ON Sunday, and who was convicted,
carried his case to the Court of Appeals were
the decision Of the court below was sustained.
| The company recently organized to build
an electric railroad from Myersville, Fred.
rick county, to Middletown, now contemplate
making Brunswick the terminus of the road
and will soon complete the sale of S25, 900 of
bonds, to guarantee the building of the road.
Hon. Jacob Tome has bought of the Abra.
hams estate the old bank building for 81 500
in Port Deposit. 1t is one of the oldest houses
| in the town and has heavy granite walls. 1t
is said Mr.. Tome will remodel it for resi-
dehce for one of the teachers of the Tome
Institute, which will be opened next fall.
Mrs. Sarah C. Maskell died Tuesday at
thntstonee, Allegany county, aged So years.
She was the widow Of Mr.. William II. Maskell.
| who died Sunday at the same place Mr..
and Mrs. Maskell went to Fintstone few
days before Christmas to visit their daughter.
who is the wife of Rev. George C. Harris,
pastor of the Methodist Protestant church mt
that place. They were seized with the grip,
which resulted in pneumonia and caused their
deaths.
Daniel L. Valentine died on Tuesday even.
ing in buggy while driving with his wife to
his home at Jamestown, Washington county.
from the house Of Martin l.. Stocksager,
with whose family he and his wife had spent
the day. His horse made plunge and this
frightened Mr.. Valentine, who gasped for
breath and expired Immediately, the imme.
date cause of the death being heart disease.
lie was about "a years of age.
John Page, deaf mute living in Oxford,
Talbot county, was cutting wood in yard
struck the line, rebounded and came down
with its edge on Pages head, inlictng a
severe wound Kennard Willis, near Oxford,
has lost two valuable horses and mule with
IN 3 week. a veterinary surgeon advised
Mr.. Willis that the death of the animals was
due to their drinking water from a barn yard
well.
Fire destroyed all the furniture of Alfred
Benders home, adjoining the Falls Hotel
in Port Deposit, on Saturday, and damaged
the house to the extent of $500. Ii spread to
the hotel and burned off the roof The hotel,
which was well fitted out, was flooded from
top to bottom. The loss, including that on
furniture. will reach $1,000; covered by in.
surance. Mr.. Bender's house was insured
1t is supposed the blaze was caused by child
rem playing with fire.
In Baltimore, on Friday of last week.
Rebecca Blumenthal, about 60 years old,
living at 42S South Central avenue, and Sarah
Fine, Mary Becker and Moses Becker, of2O4
South High street, were arrested and com
mitted to Jail for hearing by Commissioner
Rogers, on the charge of cbunterfeiting one
cent coins. The officers found small lathe
and press and other implements supposed to
have been used in counterfeitiug. Twenty.
! spurious one cent coins were also found.
Wencel Wiskocil died on the 10th, in Balti.
more, in his 9th year. His death was eaus
ed by grip. Mr.. Wskocil was born at Pra
que, Bohemia, and came to Baltimore with
his family in 1861. He engaged in the shoe
/ business, which he conducted until 20 wears
/ ago, when he retired. He celebrated his
golden wedding 10 years ago. His wife, who
is still living, is aged 80 years. Mr.. Wiskoci
leaves children, A grandchildren and 90
great grandchildren.
No. C,aoa,oL I....a..
j. Baughman, and daughter of the late Baker
Jamison, one of the most prominent citizens
of Western Maryland, died at the home Of
| her sister in Frederick on Tuesday afternoon.
! Miss Jamison came from one of the oldest
Catholic families of Maryland, and her entire
life was devoted to deeds of piety and char
| Ity. She leaves brother in West Virginia
and one sister, besides Mrs Banghman.
Death was caused by the grip. She was Il
years of age.
William Leonard, the condemned murder.
er, in Frederick jail, has succeeded in inter
esting his counsel and several citizens further
in his behalf, and letter has been sent to
| Sir Julian Pauncefote, the British Ambassa
dor at Washington, asking him to intercede
in behalf OF Lesnard, with the view to obtain
ing Communication Of his sentence to imprison.
ment for life, on the ground that although
Leonard has been a resident of this country
fourteen years, he has never become citizen
aud is still British subject. Leonard is to
be hanged on the 18th of February, unless his
sentence is committed.
The German Bapiists have built and con.
secrated new church in Chanel district.
Talbot county. This is the second church Of
that denomination in Talbot. Ten years ago
the Dunkards built neat little church al
Peach Blossom, near Easton, where there is
regular service twice each month They have
two churches also, and good CONGREGATIONS
in Caroline county, one at Ridgely and another
at Boonsborough. Their congregations are
composed mostly OF thrifty farmers of the
vicinity who came from Pennsylvania and
bought lands in Talbot aud Caroline. The
largest congregation is that al Ridgely, where
nately at Boonshorough and occasionally