The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1899-02-25
Maryland Affairs.

Over $500 was expended by the An
napolis council in cleaning the main streets
Of snow last week.
Eleven fremen were injured by the
burning Of a barrel factory on McElderry 5
wharf. Baltimore, on the 10th.
Rev. L. Henry Merger, former pastor
of Zion German Reformed Church, Balti
more, died in New York city, on Sunday,
from nervous prostration.
Synepuxent Bay. in Worcester county,
! last week, was frozen so that all naviga-
ton is closed At Ocean City the surf
was frozen ten feet thick
Baltimore was greatly damaged by the
heavy rain of Thursday The cutters and
sewer holes were filed with snow aud Ice
and water could not pass of.
After long deadlock the city council
Of Annapolis has elected hewitt Steele,
Democrat. mayor. 1t Is said to be a NEST
admirable selection by al! parties.
Stranded fisherman and oy>termen are
arriving at the various ports on the Chesa
peakc BAY aud it, tributaries, and frozen
/ bodies and wreeka.e are coming ashore.
Tn the second district of Anne Arundel
/ county ssme Of the farmers are using
fencing for FIRE wood and melting snow 50
as to have water Is their pumps are frozen.
Three negro families in Pocsmoke City,
Worcester county. have smallpox. There
j. much restitution owing to the roads
being blocked with snow, aud fuel i scarce,
Mn. J. Nelchoir Fowble, near Butler.
Baltimore county. On Saturday. fell and
disloc;lted her hip. Her husband aud
daughter have been very sick during the
winter
From an parts Of the State come ac-
counts Of great suffering from the o,ld and
snow Of last week Several persons. white
and black. were frozen TO death OF severely
fros,bitten
George Anderson. colored, has been ar
rested 10 Cecil county, charged with in
lictin. serious wounds by razor on Frank
II Thompson. hotel keeper in North East.
who refused to sell him drink.
Upon the petition Of VIM. II. Pearre,
Of l'nionyille. anal ether relatives, the
Frederick court has declared Or Van
Buren, Dixon insane and appointed trus
tees to care for hi, estate, Sl6. coo in
money
4 shipyard costing So. zoe, oO0 and
employing l.. 600 men Is TO be- built in Bal
,imorcr II viii be the equal Of any in
the world. Capitalists Of that city only
subscribed $3.50, 600 for the work. but
can raise millions for trust company
Several large coveys Of par;ridg= have
been found frozen to death, on the Eastern
Shore Many farmers lost all their lambs
and many sheep 'com the extreme cold Of
last week Wild geese and ducks took
refuge in several towns TO protect them
selves from the blizzard, and poultry died
in their houses
\ syndicate has purchased the stock Of
the Farmers and Planters National Bank,
Baltimore. The par value Of the stock Is
/ s25 and the syndicate paid $50 per share.
The hanking house Is including IN the deal
Il is understood that the purchase was
made for the Mechanics Bank The
amount paid was 81 700, 400.
In Baltimore, on Monday, al the assets.
plant and franchises Of the Hou'e Telephone
Company Of Baltimore we're sold at auc-
ton lor s115 600, subject to mortgage
debt amountin. with interest to $50. 600,
making the total price S265, GOO. Mr.
Edwin 6 Baeger, the purchaser, repre-
sents syndicate which is being organized
bv Middendor:, Oliver Il Co, aud which
will reorgauize the property.
\ novel and ingeniously contrived clock
is being constructed BY Uly>e Jeanneret.
ieweler Of EIlicott City, to indicate the
difference in time at the principal cities of
the world On brass plate about eigh
teen inches square are twelve sets Of hour
ard minute hands aud as many separate
diaIs. All the hands are moved with pre-
cision by the machinery that operates the
central or Washington time dial
At Homecoming. Allegany county, on
Saturday, Matthew II Jones killed John
Muir. Both men were miners and quar-
relied about missing So note. There were
several men on noodle, Jones went
to sleep, and upon waking missed the mon
ey. He accused the crowd of taking the
money, which they denied Jones went
home, procured his rife, came back to the
place where his companions were, called
for Muir and shot him dead Jones is in
jail
The recent order of the Baltimore 4
Ohio Railroad for 5000 steel coal cars. TO
be built By the Pressed Steel Company
and the Carnegie Company brings the total
purchases of the receivers of the Baltimore
& Ohio up to 80 1874 cars since March l
1896. The locomotive purchases during
that time have been PIG, of which about
20 are still to be delivered The company
has also purchased FIVE postal cars, ten
express cars, ten combination cars and six
dining cars.
The Merchants and Miners steamship
William Lawrence, plying between Balti
more and Savannah, was wrecked off Port
Royal, S. c. The crew abandoned the |
steamer in four boats, only one of which
has been heard from Seven more sur
vivors of the wrecked steamer William
Lawrence have reached Savannah in a ter
rible condition Three Of them are so |
badly frozen that their legs may have to
be amputated Another steamer owned |
by the same company was wrecked on Sat
urday night the It'll. Disabled and leak |
ing by her battle with the ice in the Ches-
apeake Bay, the steamer State of Texas,
Captain Foster, was run ashore on Gwinn's
Island, in the Chesapeake Bay, near the
mouth of the Rappahannock River. A
tug took off the passengers and crew and
landed them in Norfolk Tuesday night last.
The State Of Texas sailed from Baltimore
last Friday. Her destination was Savan
nah An effort viii be made to raise and /
float the vessel