The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1898-08-13
MARYLAND Affairs.


as prisoners than there lave been since the
building was erected.
An attempt was made by tramp to as
sault nine-y ear-old daughter of Irving
Grimm. in Hagerstown, on Monday. The
child was very much bruised.
For the three months ended June 30,
the street railways in Baltimore carried
over -, 900, 900 passengers, and paid over
SCI. 900 as a tax for the care Of the city
parks.
Joseph H. Brummel, florist, is max
inc collection of medicinal plants native
to the vicinity of Baltimore to be shown at
the convention of the American Pharma-
ceutical Association.
There was heavy transform at an early
hour on Wednesday morning Of last week
in the fifth, sixth and seventh districts Of
Baltimore county, which resulted in badly
washing the roads in many places.
John Jones was killed on Sunday, on
the farm of Archibald johnson, in Anne
Arundel county, near Baltimore, by John
Reese Both are negroes and the shooting
seems to have been without provocatiOn.
Richard Vanscourt escaped from the
Baltimore city jail on Monday. He was
awaiting trial for burglary Though only
q years old he has served three years in
an Ohio penitentiary, and is said to be Il
thorough tough.
Armor D. Bell, of Frederick city, while
visiting friend at Petersburg, on Satur
day, was thrown from Il horse, and had
his leg broken and cash cut in his face
that required six stitches to draw it to-
gether He was taken to his home on
Monday
Harry Lorshbaugh, aged about 30 years,
was killed by Western Maryland freight
train near Ashton, Washington county,
Sunday afternoon. He attempted to step
from one car to another and fell down ON
the track under the train. y widow and
two small children survive.
Fire on Saturday destroyed Il large barn
on the farm of Jean c. Hover, near
Jessups, in Howard county, together with
a stable and the contents of both buildings
The barn contained large quantity Of oats
and straw and in the stable were few
pieces of farm machinery and harness.
Partly insured.
The farmers in Montgomery county are
very much agitated over a disease which
has lately broken out among their stock,
particularly among the horses. Every day
Orso healthy horse is taken with Il severe
cough with liberation Of throat, which is
so severe that in the course Of week the
animals dwindle away to nothing and die.
A. T. Spawn, of Tacoma, Washington,
employed by the government for several
years, for the purpose Of introducing our
vegetables into foreign markets, has been
in Queen Anne county i'll consultation
with the Business Mems Association. He
contemplates erecting in Centreville an
evaporating plant. There is only one Of
the kind in this country, and it is located
in the state of Washington.
Comptroller Of the Currency Dawes has
given out an abstract Of reports of the con-
dition on July # of the IS national banks
in MARYLAND, exclusive Of Baltimore. 1t
shows total resources of $40, 191 ,60l, the
loans and discounts amounting to So
928, 951 and the reserve to So, III, 245,
of which SHOP, 676 was gold. The de
posts aggregated 81, Cpl $50, and the
average reserve held was 27.50 per cent
In the rear of the Ellicott City residence
of Mathew Powers, on Main street, work
men have been drilling and blasting solid
rock for the purpose Of sinking well.
On Saturday they set off a blast, which
caused 4 connection. Directly over the
well is the family kitchen. This portion
of the house was very nearly wrecked.
The kitchen stove was upset with fire in
it, and blaze was started in the building
but quickly extinguished
On Thursday of last week Oscar Gurley,
aged twelve, while assisting in hauling
oats on a steep hillside, near Cumberland,
was astride the boom pole, the wagon be-
gan to slide the pole broke loose, and he
was tossed high in the air, and hurled 40
feet down the mountain, blowing furrow
with his head. He was blinded by dirt,
his arm broken, and face and body were
badly hurt His condition is serious.
His father, Lycurgus Gurley, was swept
down with the wagon and badly injured.
The funeral of Frederick Fowble of
Fowblesburg, Baltimore county, took place
on Saturday, and was largely attended.
He was 81 years old and retained his
faculties to the last. He was highly re-
spected and prosperous farmer, and for
nearly 80 years was member of the Ger
man Lutheran Church The town OF
Fowblesburg, on the Hanover Branch of
the Western Maryland railroad, was named
after him. Mr. Fowble left number of
children, grandchildren and great grand
children.
An interesting operation was performed
last week by DIR. H. H. Biedler at the
Baltimore University Hospital, Bond street,
near Baltimore, as result of which Au-
gusta, eight years of age, daughter of John
Handel, of ! North Bradford street, will
obtain the use of her left hand 1t was
what is called a webbed hand. The three
first fingers of the left hand were knitted
together with flesh and tissue, and the tops
of the fingers were drawn in towards the
palm. The hand was a shapeless little
mass, and the thumb was large ball of
flesh. When the operation was over the
hand was of the normal size and shape.
The Johnston Line steamer Indore
which cleared from Baltimore for Liverpool
last week had a cargo valued at s465, $50.
In consisted of 100, 900 bushels of wheat,
l27, 900 feet of lumber, 1,772, 10 pounds
of bacon, 22O cases of candy, ? bolts of
cotton ducks, 1872 bales of hay, 1,50O
cases of canned tomatoes, 1873 logs of wood,
10000 slaves, 395 tierces of lard, $500
sacks of -four, 399 hogsheads of tobacco,
1897 bales of cotton, 625 cattle, 974
bundles of shocks, 112 steel beams, 7,304
hillnts Of steel Z hoyns of steel hars 9