Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-04-06
HYArrsYILLE
Matters u Intsrest In That Thriving Sub
urban Town.


Correspondence Of The Evenine Star
HYATTsvn1x. Nh, April 4, 1892
| Just before noon yesterday while Messra Lem
| hardt and Heismuller Of the 'sNeck" were driv-
| ing in q light buggy along Locust avenue to-
| ward Bladensburg the spirited colt belonging
! to the former, became frightened By an ex-
press train and dashing down the hill near the
Eastern branch ran into q cluster of trees in
the swamp by the bridge, overturning the
buggy and breaking the singletree. orossbar
and shafts. Both occupants were thrown out,
but fortunately escaped injury, and the horse
being liberated ran at full speed up Pike ave-
nue. until caught near the Presby terrain Church
The circle of Kings Daughters Of the Pink
| new Memorial Church will give an entertain
ment there soon after Easter.
Mr. Rathbone and family Of Washington have
| moved into the octagon house on Locust
avenue.
Nj. and Mrs. Gibbons and Mrs. Alexander Of
Washington are occupying the Minnix house
on johnson avenue.
Mrs. squires and family have removed 70
Washington.
VIM. foyeless and Clinton wheelock Of Bla-
day and shot two dozen good sized pike in the
Eastern branch near the Spa woods.
party of fsherme n from Bladensburg hauled
the seine in the Eastern branch last night and
caught over z0U nue. herring.
COUNTY AFTAIRa
The assessment bill that passed the legisla-
| ture last Friday meets With the general appro-
baton of the people of this county. 1t has
usually been the custom TO have new assess
ment of property in this state every ten years.
but for various reasons there has not been any
made since 1876 At that time tho fnrming
lands in the lower part of this county were
| much more valuable than those contiguous to
| the Baltimore and Ohio and Baltimore and Po-
tomac railroads and were assessed at much
higher figures. The contrary. however, is the
case now Tor property in Bowie. Kent, Bladens-
burg, Evansville and Laurel districts has greatly
increased in value, and new assessment, ii il
thought, will eqn,lize the taxation and place
the burden where is properly belongs. The
bill provides for the division of Prince
George county into three assessment districts
Each district will have three assessors, who will
lie paid SO. 80 per day and whuse work will be
completed WITHIN ninety days prior to the LIST
of september. There will be appointed a
board OF control and review for the county,
which will sit at Marlboro during the coming
fall to hear all complaints from taxpayers who
have felt themselvo atsrieved by the valuation
put upon their property by the assessors
The board will be allowed clerk, who will
with its members receive a compensation Of
IS. so per day.
At recent meeting of the county commits
sioners held at Marlboro it was ascertained
that the assessable basis of this county had In
creased over 500, 900 in the past year and
reached the sum of S9,13S, 1888. Tho expenses
OF the county for the current year. including
commissions to the treasurer for collecting
state and county taxes and supplies to be ac-
counted for. amounted to $50. 332.5 S. The fol-
lowing orders were among tho.e passed by the
board: That Isaac Payne be appointed con-
stable for Spauldings district; that John Cui-
lember be appointed constable for Surratt's
mr. rnrinf lin
be awarded to the Prince Georges Enquirer
for S59S 1t being the lowest bidder for the
same; that the clerk of the board draw upon
the county treasurer for 1891 for the sum Il
1880 l6. the balance due the corporation CT
Laurel for road tax for 1851; that the account
of James H. Thomas for changing public road
and building bridge in Nottingham district for
Sis be passed and the same be paid out of the
road appropriation for that district and that
the National Bank Of Washington be the place
by the clerk to the credit of the county COM
missioners. subject to their order.
Judge Brooke has excused Lemuel Dale and
X w. W. Bowie from serving on the pc tit Jury
and has drawn Richard Brown and Frank
Await to fill their places.
At a primary meeting held by the democratic
voters of Laurel at Fishers Hail last Friday
night, with Z. p. BALDWIN in the chair and
Spauding Flannery secretary. the following
municipal ticket was nominated: For mayor.
CHaries H. Stanley: LOT supervisor, john T..
Padgett for bailiff. Frank KoLey. There are
three members OF the city council, out of the
regular number of nine. to be elected to serve
for the term Of two years. and ut primary
meetings held i'll each OF the three wards last
Thursday night Messrs. Edward Phelps, Taylor
Luber and c. W. Bond we're chosen to repre-
sent these wards. The only contest at tomor-
rows election will be for the msyoralty, and
as Mr.. Juoson 7. Gull, the first mayor OF that
city, will oppose MIR. Stanley the citizens
candidate the fight between them will lie lively
and interesting
The Baptists Of Laurel have purchased Of
MIR. Charles F. Shaifer for $3.50 lot 73xl48
feet, situated at the corner of Washington
avenue and Montgomery street. and will COM
mence to build upon it this week handsome
brick church
Next Wednesday having been set apart by
the governor as Arbor day the public schools
of this county will be closed. and the teachers
and pupils will then turn out and plant trees.
H.