Evening star., 1897-03-12
flNATTSNILLE.

very neat building is being erected on Railroad
avenue fo- the of the Ticrncy Volunteer Fire
Company.
"wednesday afternoon yol,ng white man riding
a bicycle came 10 BIadrnsburg from the direction
of Washington and inquired # the bartender at
Coldenstrorh's If there bicycle man in town.
Constable Vincent, who standing Icy.
suspecting something wrong. told the younS
that lie was cyclist and asked him what he
wanted. Whercupon the stranger offered To sell
his wheel for 50. Vincent agreed TO give that
amount If the Young man would take the bicycle
TO his house. This the Young man did hu; when
he returned 10 get hi; money The constable
rested him and teiephoned 10 the police head
quarters in Washington for information. Later in
the day Detective tallager came from the city
and identified The Young man as an old offender
ftS WAS taken 10 Washington and lodged in Jail
Yesterday Patrick Casey. the blacksmith at
Bladensburs. noticed a colored boy riding land
know how lie had come in possession of the ma
chine. The boy tod confused story. which
stable appeared. Before the officer arrived. how
ever. the hoy managed to escape, leaving the
mands of the owrer. Constable Vincent in
pGrsIit of the fugitive and succeeded in capturing
him near AmIneG,lae.
The official returns of the new assessment, show
in' rease amounting si2.7 .749 in Prince
Georges county. TIE following figures show the
returns of the various districts: Evansville. Sga2.-
l5j, increase. S1S1.6 B!adenshurg s2.l5l All.
increase, S643 s'2 Nottingham, so4,33S. increase,
Spaldinss. sesS.sl2, increase. s3ol.!3e: Surratts.
S26S. III increase. S3o.5ij: Laurel Sll1SOgS.
crease. S2!S l46: Brandy vine S3Sl go Increase
S12,'oo; oN,n i'll. $5oo..54. increase. Slls.6I6:
Kent, S1eo5i0. increase. Sl;1 ..E,S: Bowi. S,a,g-
Cos. increase. SlS6.3i3: Marlboro. 81 .0la de-
crease. S62oS4 Queen Anne. $500. :s69 decrease
$ll5.3as: Aguasco, S3lt75 decrease, s5s,7sS:
The county commiss toner's met last TUESDAY and
Iassod the following orders: That unless th. re-
ceirers of the Baltimore and Catons,illr Railway
Company make the Crossings public roads as
Columbia and Maryland railway to cross. said oric.
Will b" rescimied by the commissioners the v,,ili-
tfons attached not having been coupled with.
That the following road and bridge accounts he
count, Sil30; Erasmus Warinr. district.
iuad and bridge account. S13-.o; John Brady. sixth
dis irct, road account. 50: Il. y. Hariisty ssvoth
district, for lumber. $500: X. H. Robinson, .l.,-
erth district. bridge account. Si2.10: James NJ.
Clarke. sixth district. road account. 81.
The funeral Of Miss Mamie Fowler. clucSt ,iau.n-
ter of Mr.. Joseph Il. Fowler of the third auditors
cffice, Treasury Department. tock place Wedaes-
WAS attended 10y Il large number of friends from
tLis county and Washr1ton The ces were
duo ted 10y Re, Mr.. Livingston, assisted 10y Rev.
Mr.. Mayo. The pallbearers Were Dr. Frank Bright
Well. Messrs. Charles Earl. Walter Benz A H.
Wells. George Markwocd and Robert Chez. The
intel ment at Glenword.
Mrs. NJ. J. Iferney gave an informal lun, tcen
Yesterday afternoon TO . few friends
The board of directors of the Prince Georges
Ccrnty Fair Association will Tuesday neat at
O'Clock for the purpose of fixing Il date upon
which the coming fair will be held.
Miss Siiblet of Petersburg, Va, is the guest
of Miss Leila Callahan
DIR. Patterson of Harrisonburg, Va, is visiting
his daughter. Mrs. Rbble
Mr.. John Kelly of Washington. who was aadly
injured several months ago in an accident, is rap
idly improving.
Miss Halliday of the eastern shore has been vis-
iting Mrs. L. ii. Campbell.