The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1898-01-29

Samuel Reed. near Damascus Montgomery
county.
State Entomologist W. q. johnson, who
has made personal inspection, says thou
sands of peach trees in the southern part OF
Washington county are infested with San
| Jose scale.
Miss Mary w. Douthat, of Wyanoke.
who was studying to be trained nurse at
the Johns Hopkins Hospital, was dismissed
because she declined to nurse Mary San
some, the leper patient.
Charles Nichola, Greek was arrested
in Baltimore on Monday for passing coun
terfeit silver quarter dollars. Over s2O'
worth of them have been circulated i'll the
central police district within the pas
month.
At Cumberland. on Monday. ex-county
commissioner David Kifer was acquitted
of bribery. On the same day Benjamin
+. Davis. an ex-tax collector was found
guilty of being "A defauter to the amount
of S916.
During the recent rabbit hunting sea-
son fully 1000 were captured in sight OF
Sabillasville. Frederick county. One boy
alone shot and caught over $50. Carlton
Harbaugh shot and killed a wildcat last
week on the mountain east of Sabillasvillc.
Whilst looking over the old land records
Of Prince George :, which are now stored
away in the galrets over the Courthouse.
it was found that the night bats and Swal-
lows have taken entire possession of the
premises. and that they have left the place
in Il filthy condition, which must have en-
danrered the health of the officers of the
court. 1t was noticeable. especially durin"
the heated term of the summer. that the
air of the room was sitting, and often jury
men kept over night would be unwell the
following day. The commissioners ordered
the same to be cleaned and it is certain
that at least one hundred bags of "uano
will be taken from the locality.
Thomas J. Husband. the originator Of
widely known brand of magnesia. died
suddenly ON the Dist instant, in Philadel-
phia. Pa. Mr. Husband had been in very
good health. and was active to the last
having been out the day before. despite
the bad weather His death was due to
heart disease. He was born in Hartford
county. in 1913. and went to Philadelphia
while vet boy, and entered the drug store
of Thomas McClintock well known Phil
adelphia pharmacist. at Fifth and Callow-
hill streets He graduated from the Phil
adelphia College of Pharmacy in 1892
For about half Il century he carried nn IL
retail Clru" store at Third and Spruce
streets. He retired from the retail trade
many years ago. but until his death con-
tinued the preparation of calcined ma@neSia
having his laboratory at Bybery Mr.
Husband was Il lifelong member of the
Society of Friends. attending the meeting
at Ninth and Spruce streets. He was Il
man of quiet disposition and not given to
the College Of Pharmacy. He leaves three
daughters and one son. The latter was
associated with him in business.
For sometime past the b. 4 o. and
Pennsylvania Railroads have been sySte-
matically robbed. and on Monday Sergeant
Riley. of the Southern Station. arrested
Joseph Furman at his place of business
3l5 Sharp street. on the charge of receiv-
inc stolen goods, and James Wynn and
Arthur Walls, both colOred charged with
breaking into freight cars and stealing the
goods and selling them to Furman. 4
quantity Of the goods. including eight bolts
of dress goods, three gross of ladies' hose
fifteen sweaters and several lambreuuinS.
were recovered from Furman store lie
acknowledged having purchased the goods
from Wynn and Walls. Other goods are
missing. and the sergeant thoroughly
searched Furman store and the house adj
joining, in which Frman lives. but he
failed to find any more stolen goods The
sergeant is positive, however, that other
stolen goods have been secreted elsewhere
and sold. The police say that Wynn and
Walls were in the habit of boarding freight
trains in Baltimore, riding as far as water
station in Hartford county. and while IA
stop was made there to take on water the
men would break open the cars tumble the
goods out and hide them until convenient
to bring them to Baltimore and sell them.
Large boxes of shoes and boxes of dress
goods for which the railroad companies can
not account have disappeared recently, and
the theft is charged against Wynn and
Walls.
Much opposition is manifested against
the new public school law, which has been
prepared by ex Senator James J. Lindsay
of Baltimore county. The opposition is
mainly directed to the proposed doing away
with the local boards of school trustees,
with view of having the appointments Of
all teachers placed in the hands of the
school commissioners AS it is now the
trustees appoint the principals and the
school commissioners the assistants. Ever
if authority is given to the school board t.
appoint the teachers, it is argued, there
should be trustees or advisory committee.
for each school to look after and care fol
school property and other matters concern
ing the general welfare of the schools
The law as framed provides that all educa
tional matters affecting the public schools
of Baltimore county shall be under tn,
control, supervision and direction of thu
board of county school commissioners
The commissioners are to employ all tn,
teachers from among those persons VIII
hold certificates of proficiency, The com
missioners are to divide the county into 81,
sections. and each commissioner shall hav,
supervisory powers over the section allotted
to him and shall visit the schools in hi
particular section at least twice year, anC
shall report the result of his visits to tn,
board of county school commissioners
Each member of the board shall receive S;
per day for each day he is engaged in Wis
iting schools, provided. however, that hi
visitations shall not exceed sixty days il
any one wear This sum is to he exclusiy,