The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1895-03-08
MARYLAND MATTERS.
John Himclhcbcr died in Annapolis.

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eyed ci"htv-two wears
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The Upper Potomac is free of ice and
all danger is now over.
| The democrats nominated candidates
for city council in Hager>town.
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There will be opposing tickets for mu-
nicipa officers in Ellicott city.
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The Annapolis school house case was
| argued i'll the Court of Appeals.
Augustus Winsing. farmer in Frcder
lex. committed suicide by hanging.
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At Havrc de Grace the river clear
of ice and strong current was running.
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Elijah c. Shockley lost his stables,
| barnes and seven horses by fire in Wor-
| ceSter county.
| Ii has been decided to lay the fonda
| ton of the Key monument at Frederick |
| in September next
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The republicans of Ha"crstown held |
| primaries Saturday and nominated candi-
| dates for the city council.
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Lucian Gilbert, convitcd of highway
| robbery in Frederick, has been sentenced
| to three years in penitentiarv.
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Speaker Crisp has been unanimously |
chosen as one ofthe delegates to the none
| tary conference by the House.
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Engineers are making surveys in Balti
| more and Howard counties for the new
| electrict railroad to Washington.
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Mr. l.. Y. Baughman. cN-comptrollcr of
MARYLAND, has been selected to index the
final records of the Fiftv-third Congress.
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Port Deposit is considered out of dam
and the damage to property was not so
great as at first estimated.
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After lengthy and at times spirited
debate the naval appropriation bill,
which passed the Senate carrying with it
the reductions advocated by Mr.. Cor
man.
The citizens of Rockville propose to
submit to increased taxes in order to in
sure protection from fire by the organiza
ton and equipment of an engine com
pany.
The Forest Mill Farmers Club, of Har
ford county. recommend that women be
appointed as trustees of schools. and
made number of other practical >uggcS-
tons.
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Sunday the State police steamer Cover
nor LcLane captured a fleet of 81 oyster
vessels illegally dredging in Eastern bay
The dred@erS were chiefly Baltimore
vessels.
Ht NpttlS III W tIctttt |
entirely new set of town officers on the
lower tax issue which brought out full
vote and occasioncd spirited contest at
at the polls
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The Potomac river rose Is feet about
normal at Williamsport. and the ice was
passing down stream rapidly. If the
weather continues open the water will be
canal this week
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Thomas a. Jones, who was in the secret
service of the Confederacv IN Southern
Maryland during the civil war, and who
provided Booth and Herold with the
means of escaping across the Potomac in
Virginia, died at La Plata, Charles county
aged seventy five Years.
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Port Deposit was partly inundated by a
sudden rise in the Susquellanna river and
movements of the ice The ice formed a
new barrier extending entirely across the
river from tho Cecil to the Hartford side
The situation continued critical throug-
out the night Some families had to
vacate their houses
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The Susquehanna ice gorge at Port De
post broke Monday afternoon and at
night it was believed the worst was over
The water rose as high in the tower as it
did in 1886 The single street of the place
left filled with broken ice five feet
deep. The track of the Columbia and
Port Deposit Railroad was covered with
ice and it will be several DAYS before this
obstruction to traffic is removed
The social pendulum in New York os-
cllates between weddings and divorces
with interesting regularity.
The President has a very effective meth
cd of slughtering ducks and the hopes of
CongressincE simultaneously.
The populiSts will holda position in the
next Senate which will tempt them very
strongly to do more voting and less talk
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There are Vague fears that the moncta-
~ conference will somewhat resemble the
familiar investigation pop" gun, whose en-
ergv is entirely expended when the report
iS made.
Through the efforts of Senator Faulkner
the resolution passed the Senate to refund
to West Virginia the amount due that
State under the direct tax act passed some
wears ago. The amount is about SlJ 900
President Cleveland and Secretary Car
Isle who have been for quite awhile two
of the hardest worked officials of the roy
eminent, will this week start on a hunting
and fishing trip along the Carolina coast