Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-12-12
NEWS FROM LAUREL.
The Town to BE Soon Lighted by Elec-
tricity-Other Interesting Items.


tricity-Other Interesting Items.
Correspondence Of The Evening Star
LAUREL, Nd, Dec. IL, 1892.
The Electric Light, Power and Heat Com
pany OF Laurel, which has been in a state of
embryoec uncertainty for the past month, has
completed its organization and accepted the
proposal Of the Hies Electric Specially Com
pany of Baltimore to put in their system of
incandescent electric lighting The officers
who will conduct the affairs of the organization
for the first year are: President. William E.
Gilbert; vice president, J. ii. $. Compton; sec
rotary and treasurer, J. Spalding Flannery;
manager. l.. A. Ellis. The board of directors
is composed of Senator \. p. German, ". E.
Gilbert, Charles F. Shaffer. G.. NJ. Hsrsch. j.
Spaldirg Flannery. ]. Ii. s. Compton, Z. J.
Griffith and l.. A. Ellis.
Frid v evening the house of Mr.. r. W. Kerr,
situate on Railroad avenue, was discovered TO
be or fire. and 1t saved from total destruc-
ton only by the prompt efforts of the citizens
living in the immediate vicinity. The cause OF
the fire was defect in the heating apparatus.
Mr.. samuel /. Gray. who recently removed
from this place TO Chicago. is here on n visit to
his fathers family. Mr.. Gray is son of DIR.
Samuel Gray and married the eldest daughter
Of Mr.. John Il. Clark of Missouri.
HOWARD COUNTY NEWS.
The result of interviews with large number
o, the officials. leading farmers and business
men of Howard county shows that the seati-
ment against Gov. Browns proposition to have
n new assessment bill prepared by convention
of leading citizens Of the state instead of by the
committees of the next legislatures overwhelm-
ing.
number of the horses of this county are
becoming affected with lung disease and the
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may prove particularly fatal.
Dr. William Lee. secretary of the state lunacy
commission. inspected the Maryland house of
correction and found fifteen insane prisoners
confined there contrary 20 law. He recon-
meEded that they be returned to the various
counties from which they were committed
GOV. Brown has issued his instructions to all
the justices Of this state not to commit lunatics
to this penal institution in the future.
ROAD MATTERS.
The county commissioners will build new
Savage. and open a new road in the third dis
trict from the Triadelphia pike to the West
Friendship road. Mr.. Henry limbaugh, the
contractor. has completed the new bridge over
Davis branch. and the commissioners have ap-
pointed a day for its inspection. Messrs. Il. 5.
Maxwell. J. ". Gather and Asbury p. Hobbs,
who were appointed commissioners to report
Iriadelphia pike to the Shipley Mill road. made
their report. which was accepted. and the road
ordered opened. Delegates from most of the
districts in this county will be sent TO the con-
yentIon to be held in Baltimore next month,
and it il expected much good will result from
hemeeting. IN effort will be made at the con-
vention to perfect plan by which the next
legislature NAV be induced to grant the road
legislation needed and demanded by the people
OF the whole state.
From all parts of Howard county come re-
ports of the promising condition of the wheat
crop. The continued warm weather after the
fall rains has been favorable for roofing and
mating. The fly. which at one time threat
med the early seeding. has disappeared and but
little damage was done BY it.
An entertainment: will be given by the scholars
% public school No. 6. near Waterloo on the
I'D instsr: for the benefit OF the school library.
John Jones' who was arrested in Washington
on the requisition of the governor Of Maryland
and subsequently discharged on a writ of
habeas corpus. afterward arrested on a
bail piece by his bOndsmen and brought here
and lodged in the Jail OF Howard county He
Is charged with the larceny of gold watch and
chain and his trial will take place at the 3Iay
term of the circuit court. E. z. b.