The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1896-07-04
Maryland Affairs.

at | 900, 900 baskets.
Queen Anne county tax rate this year
will be 81 on the 800
Frederick wants its supply of water in
creased, and is working 10 that end
Hagerstown is to have another organ
factory. Work on the new building is to
commence at once
Mrs. Luginia F. Harp, wife of Daniel
V. Harp, of Myersville, Frederick county,
died Saturday morning.
Frederick county tax rate is 60 cents on
the 500. same as last year. New assess
ments will pay all additional expenses.
c. L. Hammett, of Thurmont, Fred
erick county, has sailed for Europe, where
he will spend several months in making a
bicycle tour of England, France, Germany,
Holland and Switzerland.
Samuel Shank, a grave digger, near
Williamsport, Washington county, at
tempted recently to scare his son by play
ing ghost. The boy is only II years old,
but he dubbed the ghost so severely that
physician had to be called.
John Gilbert, of the firm of B. Gilbert
& Sons, carriage builders, of Frederick
city, died Sunday morning. He was a
prominent Republican and a member of
the present board Of aldermen, which
position he had held for several terms.
George, aged l6 years son of John w.
Grinder, of Creagerstown, Frederick coun-
ty, fell from the top of Il cherry tree Fri
day of last week. and it is thought sus
tanned severe internal injuries He fell a
distance of 40 feet and struck upon his
chest, breaking his breast bone
A strange disease is affecting the horses
in the upper portion of Washington county
and across the state line. which has caused
the death of several animals The first
symptoms are a high fever followed by
prostration and loss of appetite. Later on
diarrhoea sets in, and almost invariably
produces death.
4 negro lawn festival and cake walk
was held at Pocomoke City, on TUESDAY
night of last week. During the festivities
a fight ensued between two men which re-
suited in the shooting of Samuel Fitchett
by James Handy The injured man died
ON Sunday. Handy is in New York city.
Augustus j. Lyon, Il wealthy lumber
dealer of indianapolis, Indiana with a
branch house in Baltimore, has purchased
Prospect Hill, containing 40 acres for
$4,000. The farm is situated on the
Potomac River at the terminus of the
Pope's Creek line of the Baltimore and
Potomac Railroad in Charles county. 1t
was owned by the heirs of the late DR.
William r. Wilmer. Mr. Lyon intends
to remove, with his family, TO the farm at
the beginning of next year.
The new st. Alban's Protestant Episco-
pal Church, at Alberton, Howard county,
was opened on Sunday. The church, a
handsome granite edifce, was formally
turned over to Bishop Paret just before
the morning service, by Mr.. James A.
Gary, who built it at his own expense.
The Bishop accepted the church and said
he felt sure it would prove great blessing,
both to the generous donor and the people
who composed the congregation. After
reception of the church the Bishop con-
frmed 81 persons.
Mrs. Margaret Boyle, who was insane
was being taken to Baltimore, on Saturday,
from Cumberland, in charge of her hus-
band and physician. She asked to 90 to
the toilette ROOM and when on the inside
of it she broke out the window, leaped
from the train and was ground to death
by the car wheels. Her husband heard
the breaking of the glass, burst the door
open and attempted to save her A large
piece of ner dress remained in his hands.
The train was running very rapidly at the
time but was stopped and her remains
were taken back to Hancock
The Hartford county assessors have de-
cided upon the following schedule for
assessing certain property From So to
SIS per acre for land, according to loca-
ton and improvements; good horses from
$50 to $50; COWS $50 to $40; pigs 81. 80
to $40. Farm buildings will be assessed
according to value 1t was decided to
keep the taxable basis for land at as high
a rate as possible, notwithstanding the
depreciation of the times. The assessors
most emphatically stated that with the I, :
900 taxpayers in the county, it will take
them about 500 days to complete the work
Justice Nicholas Brewer, of Annapolis,
has decided a case of interest TO persons
taking cattle damage feasant. A farmer
tnal- .oktla ou1 ,,,ba,, Il lajL H. . ba
owner, asked damage of So a head
The owner declined to pay this and pro-
posed arbitration The farmer refused an
answer to the proposition, and told the
owner to send the sheriff. Replevin was
issued, and the justice decided that the
farmer had no right to set his own damage
but should have sent and obtained the SER
vices of two disinterested parties to lay
them. and gave the owner back his cattle
Mrs Eta Rice and Richard Dudrear
were arrested in Baltimore Saturday morn
ing and taken to Frederick city BY Sheriff
Mcbride. Dudrear, who is charged with
immortality, desertion and non-support of
his wife and family, is about 35 years of
age. He married the second daughter of
Capt Joseph Croft, Frederick, about ten
years, ago, and has family of three chill
dren He had been clerk at the Croft
House for number of years until he
picked up with Mrs. Rice, in January last
Since then they have been living together
in Alexandria, Washington and Baltimore
Mrs. Dudrear was at first disposed to be
Intent to her spouse. But he was deaf to
her entreat for their children, and she is now
determined to let the law take its course
She had the warrant for his arrest sworn
out on the LIST of June