Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-12-27


tu1ent-A New Weekly Newspaper.
Correspondence OF The Evening Star.
UPPER MAALBoRo', Nd, Dec 26, 1892
W. ii. Harper, jr., Of the Maryland Steam
boat Company, Baltimore, is spending Xmas
with his parents of this town.
Miss Ellen Harper, who has been attending
college at Westminster, is home and will spend
the Xmas holidays with her parents
Richard T. Brandt, states attorney for this
county. left Saturday for the home of his pa
rents near Aquasco county.
John b Contee went to Woodville on Satur-
day, whore he will spend few days Of the holi-
days with his parents and friends.
Robert L. Hunter of the clerks office will
spend Xmas holidays with his parents near Sur
rsttsville. this county.
Charles B. Fritch formerly of this town, but
now a resident Of Cleveland, Ohio il home and
viii spend few days with his parents and
friends. His father il very i'll at the home Of
bis daughter in this town, and this may delay
his return.
Miss Mamie Wilson Of Baltimore returned to
her old home in Calvert county last week to
r. g. Wood Of Baltimore is spending the hol-
idays at the home of his parents in Calvert
county.
George Wilson of the Maryland Agricultural
return to the college about January 3. Mr..
Wilson formerly attended military school near
Alexandria Va
Miss Jennie Parran of Prince Frederick who
has been spending some time with friends In
Baltimore. returned home last week in time for
Xmas
James B. Lattimer is visiting friends of Solo
mons Island.
James B. Belt of Washington spent Xmas
with his parents at Woodstock" near this
town.
c. @. Magruder. jr, Of the Baltimore Erening
As,rs spent his Xmas holiday with his parents
of this town.
Susie Anderson. daughter Of the Rev. j. @.
Anderson, who has been in New York. will
spend Christmas with her parents at Prince
Frederick
Rozee Brooke, John " waring and J. L. D.
Clagett Of Washington are spending the holi-
days with their parents.
CHURCH NOTES
Rev. Joseph A. Cunnane conducted special
services yesterday al St Mary's Catholic
Church, this town Mass was celebrated at
and IL o'clock an
Services were held at the court house at IL
an, which were conducted by the Rev. N. N.
Hall Of Centrevile NJ E. Church.
Special and appropriate services were held at
Trinity Church yesterday, conducted by the
rector. C. f. Sontag The church was taste
fully decorated with eyergreens and flowers,
potted plants. &c. Services were conducted at
z, 9 and IL o'clock respectively.
Services were also conducted yesterday at Mt
Calvary VI, E. Church, Bristol, by the Rev. ].
r. Andrew.
Rev. +. r. Randall conducted Xmas services
at Laurel also yesterday.
The remains Of John Boswell, who died in
Baltimore last week from blowing out the gas,
were inferred in the Catholic cemetery at this
place Saturday.
Masonic lodge has been organized at Chel-
tenham, this county. A lodge room will be
built at Cheltenhsm station, on the Baltimore
and Potomac railroad as soon as possible The
land for the building site will be given by Sam
uel u. Townshend, a prominent Mason and the
treasurer of Prince Georges county.
This has been the coolest snap of the season.
Ice has formed to the thickness Of three inches,
good and solid, on the ponds around the town,
and many will commence filling their ice houses
today. There promises to be q good crop of
ice and the harvesters will lose no time in gath
ering il in. The Patuxent river is frozen over
about two inches thick at the present time.
Capt. H. ]. Poplar Of the yacht Carrie, hail
ing from Philadelphia, went to Havre de Grace
on "Wednesday to spend Christmas with his
family. He will return this week.
John G. Wot ough Of Philsdelphia, the owner
Of the yacht Carrie. is spending Christmas with
his family in Philadelphia. He is expected to
return to the Yacht. which is now lying at the
NOUN OF MarloOro brancn In the PatuXent
river, this week. He will, in all probability.
keep his yacht in this river all winter and make
frequent trips to Philadelphia to visit his
family.
Work has been suspended at the Weed Bros
silicate mines in Calvert county during Christ
mas week. After January 1. 1898, work will be
on the new plant recently erected
by the Atlas Iron and Construction Company
OF New York. and quite a number of changes
will be made. The new plant, which was put
up az o cost of $40. 900, has never come up to
the contract, and that is what will be worked
upon.
". H. Tunis and family OF Leon have gone
to Baltimore ard taken rooms at the St James
Hotel for the winter.
new democratic paper will be launched
upon the sea of journalism at La Plata, Charles
county, about January /. 1898. which will be
under the editorial control of John II. Mitchell
a leading lawyer of Port Tobacco The new
organ will be owned by q stock company. The
new plant has been purchased by j. b. Mat
tingly for the paper, and the first issue will
pI obsbly be started out on the LIST day of 1893
There Is not republican paper in the county,
while on the contrary there is at present four
Democratic Journals in the county without con-
sidering the Netrs at Hyattsville. and without
taking into consideration another new paper
that will soon be started at the latter place. A
good republican paper, it is thought by some
might be started here under good management
and should be prepared to circulate generally
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