The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1895-06-29
MARYLAND Affairs.

Rosebugs are damaging grapes. peaches
and apples in Kent county.
Baltimore postofice shows an increase of
$50, Ala over the preceding year.
Talbot county tax rate this year is "a cents
on the 500: cents less than last year.
Harry c. Watson. aged % years, paying
teller of the Old Town Bank, Baltimore, died
on Sunday from kidney trouble.
At the Kaoin works at Northeast, Cecil
county, hands are working day and night ow-
ing to the increased demand for the clay.
Western farmers are visiting the lower part
of the Eastern Shore looking for farms.
TWENTY-FIVE of them are now in Worcester
county.
DIR. Daniel c. Gilman, President of Johns
Hopkins University has accepted the post of
Chief of the Bureau of Awards AT the Atlanta
Exposition
McKendree NJ. f. Church at Arlington.
Baltimore county. was dedicated ON Sunday.
Rev DR.. John +. Goucher, of Baltimore, de
livered the sermon.
While at church on Sunday night the resi-
dence of c. g. jackson, near ParSonsburg,
Wicomico county, together with all the furni
ture. was burned Partially insured.
Nora Williams. colOred, aged 10 years. fell
from q cherry tree on the farm of the late
Hon Oden Bowie, in Prince George county.
on Saturday and was instantly killed.
John G. Gosman, of Baltimore, fell down
flight of steps on Saturday afternoon and
fractured his skull death enSued. He was
b wears old and was in the coal business.
Philip J. Endich. aged % years, committed
suicide in Baltimore, by inhahng gas. Dom
este trouble was the cause. He leaves wife
and four children Endlich was native Of
Germany.
Horace u. Waters has purchased the Rush
White Farm near White Ferry. Montgomery
county. for 81. sSs.I24 II contains pa
acres, aud belonged to the estate Of RemuS
G. Dorsey.
J. T. r. Crabbe. formerly member of the
wholesale dry goods firm Of johnson, Sutton
4 Co. Of Baltimore. died Of heart failure on
Saturday Al his home in Westmoreland conn
" Va, aged 60 years.
Robert Poole, of the firm of Poole 4 Hunt.
Woodberry, Baltimore. has presented ~.
Mary'S church at Hampdeu, with $40. TO
clear the debt on the property. Mr.. Poole
is not a member Of the congregation.
VIM. Notes. colored. of Oakland. Garrett
county. was murdered Saturday night. aud
his body placed by the railroad track IN order
10 create the impression that be was killed
! by the cars. Physicians stated that the wounds
could not have been caused by carS.
Charles Fridinger died on FRIDAY Of last
week. in HagerStoWn, aged = yrarS, at heart
trouble. He was the oldest member oi
Christ Reformed Church aud of the Aniie-
tam Fire Company. lie vas a native ni
Germany. A wife aud Eve children survive.
While it j. but little known {, Is fact ,ha,
Francis Scott KEY. the anfhor II the anthem,
The Star.Spaugled Banner. once lived va
Cecil county and clerk Of the CIrcHG
Court He owned considerable property iH
the county IN and around Charleston aud also
owned Carpenter Point fishing shore.
4 day laiorer Who works oa a farm near
Ridgely. named Richards. had ms band caught
in the binder uf harvesting machine on Sal
urday. the needle piercing through his hand
and iving knot with the binder swsnr inS5d"
nf the flesh and breaking the bone ia tWn
places The arm may have "a b. araputa1rd.
The body of X. Stuart i.ittlepase. travelling
salesman for she McShane Company ut Ralt-
more Was found in the East River, \. l..
on Monday. He LEFT Baltimore for the New
England States in February, and thu iirm
heart nothing from him after leaving >tou-
ingtou. Coma, on February p Tie wa- lden
tihed by a printed card ia one ei hls pockets
Walter Morris. of Kent county. has had
eight arr,s Of corn completely destroyed by
an entirely usW enemy to the crop in that seC-
ton The insect ) a aearly black bug. ai'out
= quarter Of an inch in length. Which work
below the surface. destroying the lower part
If the plant. Scarcely bill ia the c'ghi-
acre 6e}d hAs escaped. - far a. known
there is NO remedy.
A severe rain and hail storm visited pr.
lions 81 central aad northern Hartford county.
SUNDAY aifsTuoon. The storm Was ceatra.
over priesthood. whcre ig,ss wcrv hlown 3aua,
several outhuildiugS wrecked and grewinE
crops injured A peculiar tesiuFs atsoni the
storm j. that distance 81 leo feet ivum the
line II devastation not plant was hurt, and
The roads were dusty. Considerable lightning
and thunder accompanied The storm.
An ariginAl deed executed by James Sev,ll,
trllstee. on the a5sh day 81 February iSs3,
4as used in business iTanact'on IN Elkiou,
Cecsi county. lat week \ remarkable
ihing about e was thar the dred Wss aeknaui
edged before John A. Rankin and Jane
Morrow. tgu Jnsiires q the I-scs 81 ihe
county, our OF Ehom Rankin. ]. stili living,
though the document aas Acknowledged BE-
fore hia more than - YEAR ago. Mr., Ran
Kin Is over - year 81 age and j. soil active
The FIRST nsw wheat. Il bnshcls, arrived ia
Baltimore on Saturday. I'D Instant, from the
farm 81 A. Morris River View. Virginia. and
Was sold to the Pennsylvania Fiour Milling
Canpanv Of Hanover. Penna- at Sl.Jo pr
hushcl Another lot. =, bashels, from ". +.
Burgers. Northumberland coaRiy. Virginia.
Wa bought hy the {. A. Gamhrill Manufac
tnring Company Of Baltimore. Al - cents,
aud 30 hasheis from ]. A. Bean pf FishiuE
Point. 81 Mary's county. sold ~ ~ ceuis-
The wls-ai vas in excellent condition.
William Baldwin died ., Upper Cros Isl
Roads. Hartford county, on Saturday. ia the
10Th year Of his age. Daring his eniire life
he had been = resident q Hartford aud bis
family for generations before him, lie twice
represented his native e0unIy VA the NARY land
House Of Delegates; vas for Eve years pFy-si-
dent II the Hartford Agricultural Association,
aud director 10 the Hartford Mutual Fir'
Insurance Company His wife Was = daughter
81 The late David Powell, Of baltimore county.
DR. Silas Baldwin. onr 1t the c0rnners 1T kal.