The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1897-05-22
Maryland Affairs.

Snow Hill Worcester county, has intro
duced waterworks and uses the standpipe sys-
tenn.
It is said that the peach orchards of Wash
ington county give evidence of a large yield
this season.
About 20 new private residences have been
erected on and near Blue Ridge Summit,
Western Maryland Railroad, and will be oc-
cupied this summer. Houses can been rented
at from 5000 to $500 for the season.
An incendiary fire at Rock Spring, Cecil
county, on Sunday, about l a. M, destroyed
the furniture store undertaking works, dwell
ing house and blacksmith shop of Mrs. Mullin
and Whitmore Bros. The residents escaped
in their night clothes. No insurance.
1t is announced in Baltimore that the con-
solidation of the Baltimore Traction and the
City and Suburban Street Railway Companies
is practically settled, that the agreement has
been sign ID, and that nothing remains to be
done save to ATTAIN the consent of the stock
holders. A meeting for that purpose will be
held on May 49,
john A. Caller, of Glencoe, Pa, jumped
through a window of train on the Baltimore
& Ohio Railroad, near Hanover Switch, on
Tuesday, while on his way to Baltimore to
serve term of fifteen years in the Maryland
penitentiary. He had been convicted in Cum
berland of forgery and perjury. His wounds
proved fatal on Wednesday.
Charles Smith. aged about years, colored,
was shot on the farm of Charles Wellington
Baker, near Monrovia, Frederick county,
Monday night From the effects of the
wound Smith died at noon Tuesday. Owen
Bowie, eolored, is charged with the crime and
officers of the law are after him. Both men
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DR.. Henry J. Cozens, veterinary inspector
for Washington county, has recently killed
five cattle affected with tuberculosis. lie says
many farmers when they find their cattle have
the disease quickly sell them off. DR.. Cozens
thinks little can be done to stamp out tuber-
culosis until the Legislature passes bill to
recompense the farmers whose cattle are killed
for being diseased.
VIM. L. Amoss, director of the department
of farmers institutes, Maryland Agricultural
College, has arranged for holding number of
such institutes throughout the State during
May and June. Twenty-three institutes were
held during the winter, one in each county.
The places and dates of these additional insti-
tutss are as follows Princess Anne, Somer-
set county, Monday, May "a; Berlin, Worces-
ter county, Tuesday, May 25 Mardela Springs,
Wicomico county, Wednesday, May &c; Hur
lock- Dorchester county, Thursday, May p;
Easton, Talbot county, Friday, May %; Den
ton, Caroline county, Saturday, May %; Cen
treville, Queen Anne's county, Monday, May
81; Still Pond, Kent county, Tuesday, June /;
Forest Hill, Hartford county, Thursday, June
3; Westminster, Carroll county, Friday, June
4; Frederick, Frederick county, Saturday,
June 5.
Fire broke out on the third floor of the
Rosenour Building, near the corner of Market
and Patrick streets, Frederick. at about
o clock Tuesday morning. The building adj
Joins the Citizens National Bank on East
Patrick, and the two upper stories are occu-
pied by c. l.. Difendal & Co., wholesale
grocers, as warehouse. The fremen sue
ceeded in combining the fire to the third floor,
and after half an hours hard work. with sew
eral strong streams, extinguished it. The
third floor of the building was stored with
buckets, tubs, brooms and light woodenware.
Quantities Of canned goods and other articles
are stored on the second floor. A quantity
Of matches were said to be on the third loor
and near these the FIRE is said to have broken
out The entire third floor IS a total wreck,
and what was no, demaged by fire was ruined
by water. The first floor is occupied by B.
Rosenour & Sons clothiers, and is one of the
largest retail stores IN the city. The damage
to the building is estimated at about 1000,
but no estimate of loss has been placed upon
the damage to the stocks of goods. The loss
on building and stock is covered by insurance.