The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1897-03-27
Maryland Affairs.

Maryland Affairs.
Robert Clagett, aged y years, died on the 18th
instant in Prince Georges county.
Harry Moore and Ed. Moore. of McKeesville, Pa,
are in Jail in Montgomery county, for robbing rail-
road stations &c.
James T. Hynson, president of the board of cleo
ton supervisors of Queen Anne's county, died last
week, aged So years
Charles Busteed's barn, in Queen Anne's county,
was burned last week. also the greater part of
the machinery and feed
Under a local law of Allegany county Daniel
O'Hanley has been declared dehulter, he having
retained taxes over 60 days after collecting
George Baer was found dead in bed at the home
of his son-in-law, Charles Strailman in Frederick
on Monday. Death was the result of heart disease.
He IS years old.
John Nicodemus has cleared out 1000 peach trees
on the Potter farm, in the Blue Mountain peach
regions by cutting down every other row, and will
plant $500 apple trees in their stead.
On Saturday the barn of Joseph Henrique's farm
near Darlington, Hartford county, was burned TO
the ground. A large quality of grain was also
destroyed The cause of the fire is unknown
the close of business on March g. the % national
banks of Baltimore had on deposit S23, 4S9, ALT;
loans and discounts $50 1896 1885; capital stock 3d.,
24S 26O; surplus fund s4,97S,0O0 undivided profits
$3.50, 1864.
passenger train on the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad was derailed near Oakland, Garrett coun-
ty on Saturday Gen. ]. s. Fullerton. of st. Louis,
was killed and ten others were injured Mrs. NJ. D.
Phelps, of Barre, Vermont probably fatally.
The Merchants and Manufacturers Association
of Hagerstown has been incorporated. The charter
runs 40 years and the incorporators are Wilred
H McCardell, A R. Van Mater, George C. Snyder,
Harry E. Slower, D. C. Gilbert John G. Ernst, NJ. H.
Fellheimer, Edward NJ. Upiegraf and Victor NJ.
Cushwa.
Loodman E. Bull, died on Friday of last week
ut his home, at Warren. Baltimore county, was
buried Sunday from Warren Methodist Episcopal
Church Mr. Bull SO years old, and his death
was caused by pneumonia, followed by paralysis
He had lived in or near Warren for 81 years and
left six children.
At the municipal election in Hagerstown, on
Monday, the Democrats elected two out of three
councilmen. 1t was hard fight. In ward five,
overwhelmingly Republican. Dunn, Republican re-
cived BIG votes to 14s for Schindel, Democrat The
negroes largely refused to vote, as Nelson one of
their men was beaten by Dunn for the nomination.
The statement of the condition of the national
blnks of Maryland, exclusive of the city of Bati-
sAAS NN@N~--0S
the close of business ON March g. shows the aver
age reserve to have been 2745 per cent as against
455 per cent at the close of business on December
H. Loans and discounts decreased from SO $685. 1877
to 594 Stocks securities, ETC., increased from
81 73O625 to 81 ,8O3,S76. Gold coin increased from
s34O99i to 1857 .225 Total specie increased from
SOIL O55 to S6I 2l1 The lawful money reserve rose
from S97O266 to 1892 10, and the individual de-
posts increased from SO, 1864 1853 to SO ,49i04
Frank E. Thompson, general manager of the
Blackwater Lumber Company, at Davis w. Va,
who was fatally shot on Thursday evening OF last
week on an excursion train on the West Virginia
Central and Pittsburg Railroad at Parsons by Col.
Robert Eastman, and who died at the Western
Maryland Hospital in Cumberland, at an early
hour Saturday morning, was 80 years of age and
unmarried. and was the only son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Albert Thompson, of Philadelphia. When young
Thomson left College, he refused aid from his
father to start in business, but went to the Penn
sylvania lumber regions. where he soon worked
his way from clerkship TO one of firm engaged
in rafting, shooting dams, running logging trains
&C. He afterwards went to the lumber region OF
West Virginia, and took an interest in the Black
water Lumber Company, of Davis, and succeeded
in making fortune. He left an estate of 100000
Mr. Thompson's remains were inferred at Nor
way Maine the old home of the deceased. Colonel
Robert Eastman who received three flesh wounds
in the duel is improved. He is under arrest for the
shooting of Mr. Thompson.
The grand jury of Howard county on Monday
presented the sheriff ]. Frank oldheld, in two
cases for alleged malfeasance in Office, and in the
same connection presented also justice of the
peace JAS T Melvi for malfeasance. The charges
against the sheriffa for allowing two prisoners
voluntarily to escape from the county Jail and for
extortion in charging the county with their board
| for 26 days whereas he should have charged for
| twelve days only. The charge against the justice
is for antedating a release of the two prisoners.
The cases are said to have grown out of the regis
| tration for the election last year of Dick kimmel
| and John Dorsey, both colored, who had been com
mitted to the county Jail in default of fine and costs
for disturbance of the public peace. Bench war
rants for the arrests in all the cases were issued TO
the sheriff himself, and the accused gave bail ana
requested prompt trials. The justice of the peace
states that he gave the releases on the day named
and so far from doing any illegal act, he did not
know then that they registered as voters that
day and not apprised of the registration until
day or two afterward when Il number of Demo
cratic leaders and workers came TO look the matter
up from the Justices docket. VIM. L. Koontz was
also presented for falsely swearing before the Of
fee of registration of Ellicott City that he was en-
titled to registration for municipal election to be
held in that town in April next