The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1897-01-09
Maryland Anairs.

creased by the new assessment $ll7. $50.
In Dorchester county there are over 1000
mortgages on real estate and about 800 on per-
ssnal property.
Several attempted assaults by negroes are
recently reported as having taken place on
the Eastern Shore.
John W. Smith, near TowsOn, Baltimore,
comfy, has FIVE incubators and Is going into
chicken raising on a large scale.
A Philadelphia stocking and underwear
manufacturing firm intend moving to Hagers-
town. They will employ 800 hands.
Naval Cadet James NJ. Sloan, Jr., son of
State Senator Sloan, of Allegany county, has
resigned, owing to defective eyesight
Joseph Friedel, of Canton, Baltimore coun-
ty, has been placed in Jail for attempting to
assault his two daughters and daughter-in-
law.
DIR. S. Mcpherson Scott, Republican, has
been appointed health officer of Washington
county, to succeed DIR. T. w. Simmons, Demo
crat.
Charles A. Getzendanner, assistant yard
master of the B. & o. Railroad, at Cumber
land, was killed on Monday by shifting
engine.
j. Madison Case, formerly Chief Engineer
of the United States Revenue Marine Service,
died of paralysis in Baltimore on Tuesday,
aged 60 years.
Frederick county is going to put all tramps
to work hereafter. 1t was coed thing for
Carroll county, and not many tranps have
business there now.
Mrs Palmer, wife of Ex-State Senator
Luther A. Palmer, of Cleveland, Ohio, died
at her residence near Annapolis, on Monday
after several months illness.
Mrs Ed. G. Green, of Cambridge. was
knocked down by negro on Saturday and
robbed of her pocketbook. The negro was
arrested, recognized and sent to Jail.
Joseph and Mrs Terrell celebrated the
57th anniversary wedding day on December
3lst last, in Elkton. He is 81 and she 10
years old and both are in good health.
Lawrence Wilson, aged IL years, died of
| hydrophobia in Baltimore Tuesday Of eight
boys who were bitten by mad dog on De
cember ], Wilson is the fourth to die.
Jas. Alfred Pearce, of Chestertown, has
announced himself a candidate for chief judge
| Cecil, Kent, Queen Anne's and Talbot coun-
ties.
Josef Horwitz, alias Davis, who was arrest
ed with Adolph Hoon for horse-stealing, and
who is accused of several large robberies, es
capped from Jail at Bear. Hartford county, on
Sunday.
Wilbur F. Petherbridge, Republican,, Is
contesting the election of John H. Hopkins,
! Democrat, as County Commissioner in Anne
/ Arundel county. A recount of the ballots is
being made.
Mrs. Cecilia Wallace, widow Of the late
! John W. Mitchell, of Charles county, died on
| Monday from paralysis produced by the an
noumcement of the death u graDdchid, son
of DIR. John w. Mitchell. She was 10 years
old.
Mr. Lewis Selbert, farmer, near Cearfoss,
| Washington county, was kicked by colt and
| badly injured. He was struck in the face and
side, splitting the upper jawbone, MASKING the
nose, breaking three ribs and knocking out
lot of teeth.
| A Chicago despatch, referring to the falling
| off in east-bound freight shipments by rail,
says that "the increases in earnings made
| during the first half of the year have all been
wiped out by the losses suffered during the
! last few months.
/ The 46 National Banks, outside of Bati-
more, at the close of business December II.
| showed loans and discounts amounting to
| SO. 500, 397 20; capital stock 1881, 700; sur
plus fund 81 ,5S7 ,225; undivided profits $780,,
$40. e. and individual deposits SO, 1854, 1858. 10.
Thomas Bright, Baltimore, committed sui
| eide in his lot in the Baltimore Cemetery.
| A man who registered at the Hotel Rennert
| as V. w. Stiles, of Washington, killed himself
| in his room at the hotel, and three others at
tempted suicide.
The subscription of $239, 500, made by mer-
chants of Baltimore and Alumni of Johns
Hopkins University to tide the institution over
the financial difficulties occasioned by the fail
ure of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Com
pany to pay dividends on the stocks held by
! the University, has been formally accepted
| by the Trustees
On Tuesday, G. F. Clark, of Lynch
| Station, Kent county, was attacked by a boar
and severely wounded. Mr.. Clark was knock
ed down, seized and shaken like a dog would
rat Every effort TO beat him off seemed
to infuriate the beast more, and Mr.. Clark
was compelled to lie still until it was satisfied
and moved away.
Richard Cornelius, cashier of the National
Farmers and Planters Bank, Baltimore. of
which the late Enoch Pratt was for many
years president, committed suicide by drown
| ing in Druid Hill Park, on Monday. Officers
of the bank state that there is shortage OF
| about 100000 in Mr.. Cornelius accounts,
which is covered by his bond. He was promi-
nent in NJ. E. Church circles, being a hard
worker, and also in charities.
DR.. Samuel Boyle, aged So years of Balti-
more. died suddenly on Monday while sitting
in his chair He was volunteer physician
during a yellow fever epidemic in the South,
! for which service he received a vote of thanks
from Congress and extra compensation. The
Howard Association, of England, awarded
him diploma as a philanthropist. He had
been in service with the English army in
India
The Kew Monument Association of Fred
erick has received $1,000, appropriated to
the monument fund by the General Assembly
in 1896 This practically insures the cree
ton of the monument this year, and from ar
rangements so far made it is more than prob
able that it will be ready for unwilling next
September which will be attended with cere-
monies on an elaborate scale. Contributions
are being received from all parts of the Union
ranging from 10 cents to 81 in postage stamps.
General Howell and General Louis Wagner,
of PHILADELPHIA, have informed the association
that they have a scheme on foot whereby
they hope to raise $500 for the fund, and that
so far they have met with splendid success.
John Buck, aged 81 years, fell near his
residence in Baltimore, on Friday oflast week,
striking his head against the curbstone He
received deep cash on the top of his head
and died few minutes afterward. Mr..
Buck was born in Nottingham, England, but
came to this country when q years old. Soon
afterward he engaged in the dry goods bust
ness on Light street, near Hughes. A short
time before the war he retired from business
and purchased farm near Cooksvile, Howard
comfy, where he lived for 80 years. For the
past g years he had made his home with his
daughter, Mrs Elizabeth Miller, 221 South
Gilmor street. She and a grandson, Mr.
Herman W. Buck, are his only surviving rea-
tives. His wife, who was Miss Susan Wath
ing, of Virginia, died in 1888.
Rudolph W. Foraker, aged rs years, son
of James Foraker, of Northeast, Cecil coun-
ty. employed as extra block operator on the
P. w. and B. r. r. met horrible death
Sunday morning at Northeast. Foreaker
worked at Newark. Del, Saturday night and
Sunday boarded extra freight No. 107, south
bound which was to stop at his home. When
Northeast was reached the tram was going at
the rate of eight miles an hour, and, not wait
ing for the train to come to stop, he jumped
from the cabin of the engine, in which he
was riding, to the platform, which was in a
slipper condition. He fell backward under
the wheels of the moving train. After sew
eraI cars had passed over his body he was
thrown out on the platform, and by this time
the train had come to a standstill. His body
was horribly manged
The Republican members of the board of
county commissioners of Kent county, find