The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1895-03-22
LOCAL BREIITIES

llt \ 'uiii commissioners " III nv
on Monday next the 18th.
| The Directors of the Fair Association
will meet on Tuesday next at noon.
Miss Edith Houtz. of Washin gton Ia:
| been on Il visit to her sister, Mrs Chas. +
Sontag
The Baltimore market for corn i
steady and firm at 80 to 80! cents pc
| bushel.
The last report of the Laurel Banl
shows it to be in an excellent financial con
dition.
Ayers Pills are purely vegetable
perfectly safe. do not grippe. and are
splendid tonic.
james c. Curlcy, Esq. has been ap
pointed by the Governor a Justice of the
Peace for Laurel district
The regular quarterly meeting of tn,
Teachers Association of this county, will
be held on Friday of next week in Wash
ington
Miss Annie L. TreadwelI has return
ed to her home in Portsmouth n H., after
visit of five months to Mr. and Mrs. |
s. Wilson.
Rev. W. s Orem has been assigned
to the NJ. f. Church at ForeStville, and
Rev T. c. Love to the colorcd Methodist
Church in this town
Under the last distribution of the
State School tax, payable on March 18th.
this county will receive 50 ,S93.29 for white
and 81 .52OS for colored schools.
The Maltby House is most conveniently
located Hotel in Baltimore for our mer-
chants and Others to stop at. Cars pass
the doors for all parts of the city.
The stock books of the W;>hngto
and Upper Marlboro Electric Road will
be opened at once. 1t is said that the work
of construction will be begun in the
summer
The Brotherhood of st. Andrew met
on Wednesday night at the Rectory. At
ter the routine business, Mr.. Charles |.
Wilson read an interesting and we'll
written paper on st. Philip.
AT meeting of the Laurel Building
Association Tuesday night "A Sem-annual
dividend of 3! per cent was declared
and $1,000 was carried to the sinking fund.
This makes clear dividend of . per cent
for the year
Mr. F. Sasscer, Secretary of the
Maryland Democratic Editors Associa-
ton. has received from the authorities OF
the Atlanta Exposition an invitation fol
the Association to visit the Exposition
during October next.
-''Success is the reward of merit not
of assumption. Popular appreciation is
what tells in the long run. For fifty years
people have been using Ayers Sarsaparilla
and to day it is.the blood purifier most in
favor with the public Ayers Sarsaparilla
cures
Mr. William VI. DorSctt son the late
Col VIM. Dosctt of this county, died Il
few days ago at his home in Columbia, Mo-,
aged 60 wears. The deceased was brother
of J Hawkins Dorset ESQ., and has Il
number of relatives in this section OF
Maryland.
An eighteen months old child of Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Addison, of Glendale
was so dreadfully burned last Thursday
that it died in few hours. Its clothes
caught fire from an open CRATE. The
mothers hands and arms were badly
burned while tearing off the burning gar
ments. Much sympathy in feet for the
distressed family.
-Messrs. John NJ Roberts. James 7.
Grimes and S. S. Adams, Road Examiners
will meet on the premises on Thursday
April 1lth to examine and report upon
the ACCESSIBILITY of opening public road
running from Broad Creek landing to
Piscataway to Alexandria Ferry, through
the land of Jacob Seldnor, as petioned for
by VIM T. Thorn and others.
State Organizer Geo H. Noch of the
MARYLAND S S Union, delivered an ad-
dress on Sunday School work in the Pres
byteriar Church, at Hyattsville, on Sun
dav night last Mr.. Noch expects to visit
"A number of points in our county in April
or May He makes no charge and takes
up no collections He would be pleased
to communicate with pastors and others
about meetings. Address him at PIG n.
Charles street, Baltimore
The driven well on the Court House
ground has now reached a depth of 80
feet. Water was found at 10 feet and
again at 1873 when stratum of dark clay
and mari was struck which has not yet
been penetrated. Good water cannot be
expected until this is passed, and the com
mittee will NEE t. day to decided what
shall be done The funds are about eX-
hausted and unless some generously
disposed citizen will make a donation,
efforts should be made to raise more
money by public entertainment of some
kind.