The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1894-02-10
Maryland Affairs.

jacob MIX, aSeu OF years. uieu III Iaiioiu
county, last week.
John Wayson, aged IS years, died on Tues
day iu Anne Arundel county.
Mrs. Ann Jones, of Frederick died on the
| I'd instant, of dropsy, aged 81 years.
Alexander Campbell, aged about 95 years,
died on Monday near Elkton, Cecil county.
Samuel Stephens, one ofthe oldest residents
| of Liberty, died from the effects of the grip,
aged IS years.
Andrew Houser, of Washington county,
died last week, aged SIS years. He was
native of Germany.
On Saturday last the Union Foundry and
Stove Works at Frederick were burned. Loss
$40, 900; partly insured.
| Dogs are killing sheep and hogs in Wash
/ inglon county, and an effort at exterminatlng
all unlicensed dogs is to be made.
Miss Jane Partridge, died Tuesday of heart
| disease at her residence, i'll Eikton. She was
| "A years old Miss Partridge was Il descendant
of the Hollingsworth family, of colonial note.
in Cecil county.
| At Easton the council have passed an or
dinance prohibiting chickens, etc, from
to running at large. Those who raise poultry
must provide closed yards so as not annoy
/ their neighbOrs.
I Harry lnOnlaSy sLSeu ~ WAS tuoHpiuS "OcN
1 at his home, in Washington county. when his
| four. year. old brother ran under the nplltted
axe and received frightful cash on the head.
resulting in instant death.
The Green Spring Valley Game Protective
! Association has secured 300 partridges and
Texas quail. which are housed at the place
| of Mr.. George Brown, president of the aSso.
c;otion. in Green Spring Valley. They will
be turned on game preserves in the valley
Rev. John P. White pastor of St. Jerome's
/ Catholic Church, Baltimore, has been made
/ pastor of St. Peters Catholic Church at
\ Liberty. Frederick county, in place OF the
| Rev. Thomas Monteverde, who has been ap-
| pointed assistant pastor ofSt.Joseph sChureh,
| Baltimore.
4 Abraham Stout, colored, was burned to
death at Schleys lime kiln, near Frederick,
! on Tuesday night. One arm had been burnt
/ off and the body was otherwise dis6gured.
| Stout was so years old. 1t is supposed that
he lay down by the kiln to get warm and that
| he was suffocated by escaping, gas.
DIR. J. j. Henshaw died suddenly of neu-
raqia at his home in Mechanicstown, Fred
erick county, on the I'd instant the disease
| having affected his heart. He was one OF the
most highly esteemed citizens of the county
In 1888 he was elected to the House OF Dele
gates. and for a number of years he was post
master of Mechanicstown.
Major James o. Moore died in Hancock,
Washington county, on the I'd instant, Friday,
where he has been living the past couple
wears. He was on General Hill staff during
the late war, being North Carolinian He
has been in the employ of the Baltimore and
Ohio and other railroads as civil engineer.
He leaves seven grown children.
The desk, letter rack and fixtures Of the
uostoffice at Pikesvile, in the house of Henry
| A. Davis, postmaster, were destroyed by fire
! Saturday evening large lamp which was
suspended from the ceiling fell and caused the
blaze. Most of the mail in the office was
burned. Miss Birdie Davis, sister of the
postmaster, was burned on the hands while
trying to extingush the flames.
The eighteenth annual session of the De
partment of Maryland. Grand Army OF the
Republic, will be held in the Junior Hall,
Hagestown, on Wednesday and Thursday,
nrises Ga posts and 400 delegates will be pre-
sent. A camp. FIRE will be held on Wednes.
day and prominent Grand Army men will
deliver addresses. A parade of visiting posts
and delegates will be held on Washington s
Birthday.
On Tuesday Farmers convention was
held at Sandy Spring, Montgomery county.
Several interesting papers were read and prac-
teal discussions ON farming, etc., were gwen.
| One of the topics discussed was: What is the
cause of the present low prices in our farming
lands? Among the causes assigned were
LEGISLATION in the interest of capital and
against agriculture; cheap labor in the West;
/ farmers everlastingly complaining; mortgage
| debts: protective laws do not protect the farm
err; machinery improvements; being too far
| from railroads; the East cannot compete with
the cheap lands of the West, which also have
! better communication with markets; irrigation
| in the West a factor, ''as the government is
taxing us to give them WATER; cheapening
! nrocesses have zone ahead of demands; home
markets affected by foreign markets, and
'.behind this question is the money question
Steamers arriving from Europe on Saturday
and Sunday report that the trip was one oil
the most tempestuous in duration they ever
experienced. In fact the decks were swept
from stem to stern of every movable thing,
steel cables, robes and matches we're snapped
and twisted off like ordinary Irvine, and the
water poured into the cabins in such quanti-
ties rs to almost swamp the ships. Fortu-
nately no lives were lost, but many were
bruised and battered and several had either a
| leg or an arm broken.
A very disastrous eonfiagration occurred
| near Nelsse, IN HruSSlan SlleSla, on Inc Isl
instant The fire burned over 81 farms. de-
stroying the woodland and all the dwellings,
outbuildings, barns, etc., upon them. The
people were forced to flee for their lives, the
flames spreading with great rapidity, and were
able to save but few of their possessions All
their provisions. hay, grain and other farm
products were consumed, and this loss has
entailed great misery. The damage is placed
at 1000, 900 marks.
A fire at Omaha, Nebraska, on Saturday
evening, destroyed the Boston dry goods
store, liquor store, St. Mary Magdalen TO
man Catholic Church and school house.
The losses are estimated at $500
OF 500 men who applied for relief at st.
! Paul recently, 448 refused to saw wood in
I payment therefor. A remarkable prevalence
Of rheumatism and other disabilities mani
tested itself as soon as the buck saw was men
toned.
/ Mrs Celia Livers has been convicted oil
bigamy by the Simpson county court al
Franklin, Ky. She is but is years old and
has been married to the fourth husband within
the past two years without having secured a
divorce from any Of them
George w. Childs. the well known editor
and philanthropist, Of Philadelphia. Pa. died
on Saturday in his Goth year. Mr. Childs
had given more to charity than any other man
in this country.