The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1901-11-02
Maryland Ana1rs.

Gen. Joseph Macdonald died in Cnmber-
land last Saturday, aged 81 years.
At Cumberland the plant of the Crucible
Steel Company is being dismantled.
The cornerstone of the new Reformed
Church, at Thurmont, was laid last Saturday.
Miss Florence Mackubin has completed her
copy of the Van Dyck portrait of Henrietta
Maria for the State of Maryland.
Louis Niles was found murdered in his
house at Grantsville, Garrett county, last
Saturday, and is supposed to have been killed
for his money.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sigmund Rosenthal, of 1877
Druid Hill avenue, Baltimore, celebrated Sun
day the golden anniversary of their marriage,
surrounded by many children, grandchildren
and other relatives.
During row among negro railroad laborers,
last Sunday, on the Baltimore Ohio cutoff
at Riverside, Allegany county, William Price,
colored, was killed by being shot in the head
by two other negroes, who escaped.
The largest yield of tomatoes ever known in
Talbot county was obtained this year by Thos.
Askins, of Trappe district. He raised 683
tons from three and half acres. He got So
ton for them, showing gross receipts of $41O,
or over 500 an acre.
The old Governors mansion, at Annapolis,
which was built prior to 1850, has been taken
down. 1t was the home of Governors Sharp
and Eden, of Colonial times, and Thomas
johnson, William Paca, William Smallwood,
and of all the Governors of Maryland up to
1867.
Last Saturday afternoon the town of Del
mar, on the dividing line of Delaware and
Maryland, had disastrous fire. All that por
| ton in Delaware, with the exception OF few
small houses was destroyed. 1t included the
stores and provision houses. Forty-nine build
ings we're burned; loss $l75, 900, insurance
1000. Many persons lost their all and are
bankrupt.
| A case of interest TO parents and teachers
| of public schools throughout the State was
tried at the present session of court in Kent
county, involving the right of teacher TO
| punish by whipping child who disobeys rules
of the public school as laid down by the
teacher. Miss Nettie Dean was fined for
whipping a pupil and took an appeal from the
Justice of the peace who imposed fine. The
case was submitted to the court and the mags-
/ trate's decision was reversed
Prof. A. L. Quaintance, of the Maryland
| Agricultural College, says that the San Jose
scale is becoming so abundant throughout
| MARYLAND that the determination of it entirely
| is absolutely out of the question, and that the
| only thing for fruit-growers to do is to spray
their trees every spring in order to keep it
down. 1t is, he says, carried long distances
by birds, by people on their clothing, by ami
mails and in other ways. The majority of the
fruit trees in the vicinity of College Park are
now thoroughly infested.
In the Circuit Court of Anne Arundel coun-
ty on Monday Is cases were disposed of, all
on appeals from decisions of justice of the
peace. One was civil case and the other II
were criminal cases. In these latter each and
every Judgment was reversed and the parties
released. Judge Revel several times remark
ed severely about the practice of the justices
taking up trivial cases aud making numerous
| and large bills of costs for themselves and the
constables, which the county has to pay.
Scarcely week passes that such a case is not
brought to the notice of the public, and it is
the opinion of many persons that some of the
justices are Systematically engaged in the bus
| mess.
In the Baltimore county circuit court, last
| Monday, the jury in the case of the Penn
| National Bank, of Philadelphia, against Peter
F. Wilhelm brought in verdict for the plain
| tiff for $84.74, being the full amount of the
claim. The suit was brought to recover on a
promissory note given by Mr.. Wilhelm to the
| United Milk Producers Association of BATH
more and which was discounted by the Penn
National Bank along with a large number of
others. The suit is regarded as test case
| and will most likely be carried to the Court of
| Appeals on exceptions taken during the trial.
Many other suits have been instituted on sim
liar grounds, and, if the judgment in this case
| is affirmed by the Court of Appeals they will
| in all probability be settled by the makers of
the notes without further litigation,