The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1896-05-08
LOCAL. BREEtTiES.


Monday.
Miss Edith Houtz and Miss Bliss o
! Washington, are on Il visit AT the Rec
tory.
Mr. VIM. L. Tippitt has resigned a
Justice of the Peace for Surratts dis
trict
Mr.. VIM II. Harrison. of Laurel, wa
here on Tuesday and took out his commits
sion as Notary Public.
DR. James Cobb and wife, of Clayton
Del, are visiting their parents, Mr.. ant
Mrs Benz. II. Brown.
Right Rev Bishop Sattcrlcc VIII al
minister the Holy Rite of Confirmation il
this town next "Wednesday. Services a
II O'Clock.
Summer Clothin@ Straw Hats an,
cool Dress Patterns will be found in @rrar
variety at the stores Of J. l.. Edlavitch il
this Town.
The editor of THE EN4rtEEH reached
home on Thursday cvcnin" of last wech
after an absence of nearly seven weeks
on the Pacific coast.
Mr. James b. Belt, son of John ".
Belt Esq, has been appointed Clerk in the
State Trcasurcr's Office in Annapolis, and
will enter upon his duties on June 1T.
The annual meeting of the Maryland
State Teachers Association, which viii be
held July II, II and Is at Deer Park has
been arranged with a view of making il
of exceptional interest to educators.
To-day the French contract for Mary
land tobacco, embracing 3,3oo,0o0 kii"-
grams equal to about 1880 hhdS) will be
awarded. the amount to conform to three
types, A, 3 and G. divided into .h.cc lots
of leo, one kilos each.
The Free QrH, the Laurel D'mocrd
and TIE ENQrIHER have been dcsigna-
ted by President Bruce, OF the Senate and
Speaker Mudd, Of the House, to publish
the Public General Laws passed at the
last session Of the Legislature
The store of Mr. W. w Dulcy, nj
Groom station was robbed Friday night.
The poStotiice is located in this store, and
postage stamps to the amount of $50 were
taken. The thieves secured about 81 in
small change, some tobacco and cakes.
At Il meeting of the Ncstrv of Trinity
Il delegate to the first annual convention
of the Diocese of Washington, which viii
lie held in Trinity Church. in that city.
the eth instant: Mr.. Fred. Sassccr was
elected alternate.
Mrs Elizabeth Whclan DuEal, wife of
Mr.. Gabriel DuNal, died Tuesday morning
at Marietta, this county. Mrs. DuNal was
about forty years old and leaves two
children by her former husband and four
by her last husband. she was before her
marriage Miss Whclan Of Philadelphia
The Ladies' Association will hold Il
special meeting next Monday Mt the home
of the President at $50 p. m, to make
arran gcmentS for holding a Straw berry
Festival. The mcmocrs are requested to
come promptly at that hour and bring
their thimbics in orlcrto put together the
quilt now being made by the ASsociatIon
years old, WAS murdered Monday evening
in a ravinc near the National geological
Park Washington. The body was found
in small creek about one hundred yards
a. -. e. l,,I,
heard by the krcglo family, and Il sister
and Il colOred boy rushed to the scene
whence the cries proceeded. They found
Elsie standing in Il creek of shallow water
overcome by loss of blood and exhaustion
fell back dead into the water before help
arrived The girls throat had been @ashed
six times with a knife. No arrests have
been made. The circumstances of the
murder are such as to make it one of pc
culiar atrocitv The family formerly lived
in this county.
Our thanks are due Captain r. VI.
Sylvester Principal of Maryland Agri-
cultural College, for Il copy of the pro
ceedings of the Farmers Institute held at
Annapolis, January l4th, 1895. The
pamphlet comprises 81 pages, is literally
illustrated with cuts made from photo
graphs showing the interiors of the college
departments, live stock and growing crops,
Among the many practical! essays were
"Possibilitics of Fruit Culture in Mary
land" bv Prof &. r. Galloway, United
States Agricultural Department; "WaSh-
ing of Soils and How to Remedy and
Prevent It," by Prof ". II. Wiley
'Dairyn~ as Adapted to the Different
Sections of Maryland, Sc" by Prof. H. j
Patterson Some of the Ne%lccici OPP
portunitics for Profit in Our Trucking In
dustricS." by Prof. James H. Robinson,
horticrturist Of Maryland Agricultural
College The discussion that followed
the articles brought oat plenty Of practi-
cal information. Farmers institutes fol
lowing out such practical lines should
prove very benetic al TO the farmers of the
state, as they are the means that inculcatc
and encourage better farming.
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