The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1895-11-30
Maryland Affairs.

Firebugs are at work in Cambridge, Dor
chester county.
Pork is selling on the Eastern Shore at from
81 to s. per hundred pounds.
Potatoes are selling at - cents Il bushel in
Baltimore county, and apples at 81 per barrel.
Winebrenner Brothers, oyster and fruit
packers, Baltimore have assigned; liabilities
$500
Mai. VIM. Robertson, aged 60 years, died
in Baltimore on Monday. He had been as
siStant Register of Wills since 1879
Mrs Ruby. aged 81 years. mother of Mr.
VIM. II. Ruby, editor Of the Maryland Journal
Towson, Baltimore county, died in York, Pa,
on Saturday.
Typhoid fever has been unusually fatal in
parts Of Caroline county, without any seeming
cause. In one family five persons died and
several others are i'll.
Two sisters died at ST. ,Iosephs House.
Emmitsburg, Frederick county last week.
Sister Alicia McHugh. aged 81. and Sister
Candida Brennan. aged g.
James Bowens. the negro man who was
lynched in Frederick last week. was the chief
witness in a shooting case last summer be
tween number ofnegroes. The case was to
have been taken up last week.
Ioratio Whitridge Garrett. aged % years,
son of the late T. Harrison Garrett. had his
left leg amputated at the thigh on account of
Il cancerOus growth on Monday He was
married on October l6 to Miss Pierson. of
Summit, New Jersey
On Orchard street. Baltimore, there is Il
colored clubhouse, in which there are fire.
quent quarrels. On Sunday two Of the mem
beers had a discussion which resulted in Wm
hot inf bo
Smith is in hospital and Newman is in Jail
awaiting the result of the wounds
A colored hand engaged on the grading
work of the EdmondSon Avenue, Gainesville
Iaand Ellicott City Railroad was taken TO Eli
1t City on Monday, suffering from injuries
.ceived while blasting rock. He was struck
Ny piece Of flying stone, which passed en-
tireIy through one Of his legs below the knee
GOV. Brown was on Tuesday notified of the
death at the House of Correction of Eugene
! Bradley. Application had been made for
BradIey's pardon and clemency was recon-
mended by DIR. Poe on account of the pris-
| oner'S i'll health. The Governor had deter
mined to issue the pardon Wednesday. Brad
ley's sentence was for two years from March,
1894,
At Elk Landing Cecil county, on the 22d
instant, the barn and all the outbuildings on the
farm Of w. H. Mackall, together with l0Oto
of baled hay, pair of mules farm machinery,
&C., were burned by an incendiary fire. The
tenants loss is heavy, as only the mules were
insured. The farm is one of the best i'll the
county and the buildings were built especially
for storing hay, straw, etc. Insured.
Notice was received in Baltimore last week
from the Treasury Department to the effect
that systematic smuggling has been going on
at Baltimore and other Atlantic ports. The
offenders are said to be mainly steerage pas
sengers on the Transatlantic steamers, who.
it IS claimed, bring in Turkish rugs, Persian
Shawls and other articles Of value wrapped up
in their bedding
The Peninsula Horticultural Society will
hold its annual meeting in the town hall at
Denton, Caroline county, beginning in the
afternoon Of Wednesday, January 18th, next,
and continuing until Friday moan following
forenoon, afternoon and night sessions, This
meeting will be educational in the highest de-
gree, as the very best talent in 1he country
will be present to lecture upon the varied
phases to fruit-growing and kindred subjects.
\ large and nearly new barn a short dis
lance east Of BuckeystOwn, Frederick county,
on the Monocacy Mills road, and owned by
William G.. Baker, was burned to the ground
Sunday night, the flames being of unknown
origin. The barn was filled with hay and I'M
threshed grain, the entire loss being between
So, 500 and $1,000, insured in the Frederick
County Mutual Insurance Company. There
was no stock in the barn at the time of the
fire. In addition to the hay straw and grain
a number of farming implements were burned.
The wind carried sparks in showers distance
of half a mile, but the roofs they fell on were
wet. and did not ignite,