The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1897-09-11
Maryland Affairs.

During August y. z5O, 6SU bushels OF
grain were shipped from Baltimore.
Harriet Hilton, colored, died in Har-
ford county, last week. aged lO2 years.
Alexander Platter, colored, living near
Sunderland, Calvert county, died August
30, aged 1913 years.
Mrs. Robert Durbin, of Hagerstown,
has growing in her yard sunhower stalk
with 112 flowers on it.
Blind staggers is very fatal among the
horses in the lower part of Wicomico
county. Twenty seven horses have died
and Others are afflicted.
A negro Lutheran church was dedicated
in Baltimore on Sunday Rev. Nathaniel
Carter is pastor, and the church is located
on Eden street near Fayette.
According to the police census Baltimore
has l27, 054 voters, an increase of 4, 259
ever last year. The white voters number
107, 754, and the colored -, 300
A strange disease has broken out among
the hogs in Williamsport, Washington
county A number died last week, and
many more are sick from it. It resembles
cholera, but remedies used for that disease
fail to take effect in these cases.
The Blue Ridge Electric Railway and
Power Company was Incorporated last week
in the Circuit Court for Washington coun-
", the capitalization being fixed at 5000, :
900. The trolley line will extend from
Waynesboro, Pa, to Buena Vista, High
Rock, Blue Mountain House and Quirauk.
Washington county reports some large
yields of wheat. On Springfield farm,
owned by Mr. c. w Humrichouse, LOG
acres Welded 3,O36 bushels of the very
best wheat. George Downey raised | 200
bushels on thirty acres In Chewsville
district the average yield of wheat to the
acre is 30 bushels.
The greatest load of grain on record from
an American port left Baltimore on Satur-
day last for Antwerp on the British steamer
Knight Bachelor, Capt. Thomas. She
had aboard 81, 900 bushels of corn and
264 800 Of wheat. This is the biggest
cargo that ever left that port. Itamounts
to more thanh 1000 tons. Estimating a
freight car as carrying 500 bushels of
grain, see what an immense train it would
make
The barn on the farm Of Joseph Lei
bert, near Dry Run, Washington county,
was burned last week, together with 400
bushels of wheat, about so tons OF hay
and all the farm machinery The hay
shed was also destroyed. Loss, 81, 900.
The barn was insured for 81 500 Andrew
Forsythe tenant on the farm, lost consider
able by the destruction of farming imple-
ments, on which there was no insurance.
It is supposed that the barn was set on
fire
The Croft Park property on the Monte
vue road, near Frederick city, containing
20 acres, was sold at public sale Saturday
for So, 200. 1t was bought in for the
MORTGAGE, the Women College of Fred
erick, A three story brick dwelling, owned
by Capt Joseph Croft, corner of Market
and Seventh streets, was sold to Clinton
Zimmerman for So, 800 The Macgill
Belt farm, near Buckeystown, Frederick
county, containing POS acres, was sold at
$72 per acre to William Seemuller. of
Baltimore.
An unknown insect to this state is de
stroying trees and other foliage in Cumber
land. The insect has not an English
name, but the Latin appellation is Pseu-
docaccus Aceris 1t has been previously
known only in Massachusetts, New Jersey
and Illinois In those states it swept over
the foliage like an epidemic, cutting and
running everything in its path. The insect
spares no kind of foliage, leaf or plant
excepting tobacco, and that they will not
touch. In small, white, fluffy balls, moth
like, they settle on the trees and lay their
eggs. They breed and hatch rapidly, and
but short time is necessary for them to
cover an entire tree From one tree to
another they spread, and, like an epidemic
terror, encompass everything in sight.
The state entomologist is investigating the
inSact