The Democratic advocate., 1896-03-21
Maryland Afai1.s.

-is- AeCho .. udFp. Ot fFeueflck, uleu at
the home of her parents at Annville, Pa, on
Sunday last, aged % years.
The March term of the circuit court for
Howard county is in session. Benjamin c.
Sunderland was chosen foreman of the grand
jury.
Diphtheria has broken out near Zion, in
Cecil county. The disease at Woodlawn,
which resulted in FIVE deaths, is fast disap-
pearing.
Myer, Reinhard u Co., manufacturers of
clothing, Baltimore, have failed. The La
bllities are placed at S240,0 600 and the assets
at Sl75,000.
A fire in Salisbury on Tuesday morning,
which started in the saloon of W. I. Godfrey,
destroyed three wooden buildings This is
Salisbury's third fire recently.
Baltimore city has Reorganization Com
mittee to take charge of the affairs of the Bal
timore and Ohio railroad company, in op-
position to the committee in New York.
Next Monday evening the ex-Federal and
ex-Confederate soldiers of Montgomery eoun-
ty will have a reunion at Travilah. There
will be speeches, "reminiscences and war songs.
DIR. George W. Crum, well-known and
prominent physician of Jefferson, Frederick
county, died at his home ON Sunday morning
of general debility, in the sSrd year of his
age.
Hagerstown $ municipal election takes place
next Monday. The contest is a straight one
between the Democrats aud Republicans.
The Republicans now have control of the city
government.
Mrs. Sarah L. Hawes, aged S8 years, COM
mitted suicide in Baltimore last week, by tax
ing Rough on Rats" Her husband died
children and in destitute circumstances.
The colored Republicans of Chestertown
demand recognition, and have nominated
one of their number for janitor of the Court
house. The place had been promised to a
white man. Go it, white man; go it, black
man.
Samuel Cacy, a wel-known farmer and
politician of Kent County, died at his home,
at Massey, last Saturday night, aged 81 years.
He was a member of the Legislature in 1882
and prior to that had been state grain weigher
at Baltimore.
Casper Skunk. teller of the Washington
County National Bank, of Williamsport, died
on Monday in his 68th year. He was native
of Pennsylvania and was son of Gov. Francis
Skunk and n grandson of Gov. William Find
ley of that state.
A deposit of btuminous coal has been dis
covered, it is reported, on a Howard county
farm, near Pine Orchard. Experts in the coal
business are to be called upon TO investigate
the find, which hes created no little interest
in the neighborhood.
There has been large catch of soft-shell
CLANS, or maninoses, along the saltwater
shores of Talbot this year. A few years ago
this most delicious of the clam tribe had al
most entirely disappeared; now they are more
plentiful than ever before known.
Navigation on the Chesapeake and Ohio
Canal has received a serious blow bya freeze
up on the upper levels. Thirty-three boats
are blocked in the ice, which is six inches
thick between the Four Locks and Dam No.
G, about ten miles above Williamsport.
The Baltimore Methodist Conference on
Saturday adopted a resolution in favor of lay
representation in the General Conference,
but rejected resolutions for the election of
Presiding Elders and making Presiding Ed
ers the constitutional advisers of the Bishops.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. Harry C. Watts and family,
Of Belair, expect to sail for Leipsic, Ger
many, by the North German Lloyd line of
steamers April %. They expect 10 be gone
some years, and while there will have their
children thoroughly educated in the languages
and in music.
Several marines attached to the Naval
Academy barracks, Annapolis, have been
sentenced by court-marshal for drunkenness.
A sergeant had his rank taken away, being
reduced TO corporal, three privates received
as punishment for the oiiense curtailment of
rations and loss of pay.
The Board of Public Works, composed of
Gov Lowndes, State Treasurer Shryock and
Comptroller Graham, have elected F. Albert
Kurtz of Baltimore Insurance Commissioner.
There we're other well-endorsed applicants,
but Boss Wellington was on Kurtz's appliea-
ton aud that settled it.
Great revival services are being held in the
Methodist Episcopal churches of Caroline
county. At Greensboro there have been 112
conversions, and many conversions are re-
ported from Goldsborolgh and Henderson.
Some of the converts have abandoned the
use of tobacco. holding its use sin.
A dwelling occupied by Russian named
Shultz, near Waterbury, Anne Arundel eoun-
ty, was destroyed by fire On Friday of last
week. Two children were burned to death.
Shultz and his wife went out to work and lock-
ed the children in the house. They got to
playing with matches and set the house on
fire.
Councilman J. Marcus Cargill colored, of
the eleventh ward of Baltimore, has appointed
a colored boy as student at the Maryland In
stitute. The trustees have declined to receive
him. and Carrill expects to make a test case,
as the city appropriates SO 900 wear to the
Tnstitpte and each councilman has the RIGHT
20 ar,Io;nt ono student
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acre. ieW moh'hs ago Mr. helauVer sou
about sky acres OF ms iarci, sad wlonou' I'm
provemehts, 10 u. u Aecher' ior Soo per acre
The recent cold snap has frozen many
neach bnds in the valleys and mountain
slopes of the Keedysville belt. Pry Brothers,
the largest growers in Washington county,
went into their orchards and gathered armiulls
OF twigs. Aiter examining tnem unuer tue
miscroseope they found all OF the Duds IN
jured. They believe that all the other or
chards in that locality are also affected.
four-year,old orphan boy, who was being
cared for in the family Of Charles Wenchof,
near Diminishing. was recently seriously
burned about the body. While playing alone
IN the house his clothes ignited from the stove,
and running out INTO the yard, he tell IN
agony, being terrlDiy injured, before ASSIST