The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1898-07-08
BREVITIES.

Alfred Neal, are visiting relatives here.
There will be sale of ice cream and
cake at Groom, on Saturday. July 9th
from to T. m.
Mr. and Mrs Louis c. Roche and son,
of Baltimore, spent last Sunday with Mr.
and Mrs. Geo. w. Wilson.
The coIored people of St. Mary's
Church held festival on the 4th of July
and relied the sum of $215.
| Mrs Richard N. Ryon and children,
who have been visiting Mr. and Mrs
John Lowe, of Groom have returned home.
| The Ladies' Association of Trinity
| Church will hold an ice cream sale to-
morrow afternoon, beginning at o'clock
p. m.
| There will be no services in Trinity
| Church next Sunday, as Rev. MIR. Sontag
has gone to visit 4 sick brother in Dan
vile, Pa.
| Miss Lucy +. Sasscer is visiting her
friend, Miss Catherine Bilopp, at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Berry, near
| Iceland.
| Much tobacco has been planted in
this equity during the past few days but
not more than one-half of the usual crop
can be raised.
| Last Sunday was the hottest day ever
recorded by the Weather Bureau of
Baltimore At :: p. m, the thermometers
registered l040.
| We invite attention to the advertise
ment of Slingluff & Co. Their courteous
agent, Mr.. Edgar T. Slingluff, will be
| pleased to receive orders.
Mrs. Julia Hall Osborn gave a very
enjoyable entertainment last Saturday
evening in honor of her niece, Miss
Roberta Griffith, of Baltimore
MIR. Harry Sopcr, of Baltimore, son
of the Principal of the Baltimore City
College, who has been visiting Mr.. Allen
Griffith returned home on Sunday
DR.. Walter \. Wells, of Hyattsville,
has been elected member of the medical
staff of Garfield Hospital. Washington, in
charge of the throat and ear service
MIR. and Mrs. John 7. F'oust, of Mt.
Zion, Anne Arundel county, spent last
Sunday with their son in law, Mr. Thomas
J. Sweeney, at his home in this town.
About fifteen members of Concordia
Lodge, Baltimore, visited Centennial
Lodge last night, and assisted in confer
ing everal degrees. They stopped
at the Farmers Hotel
The weekly crop bulletin states that
reports concerning tobacco are favorable
except in Pennsylvania, Maryland and
North Carolina In Maryland only about
The Directors of the Fair Association
did not have quorum present yesterday,
but several matters were informally DIS
cussed, among them the painting of the
floor of the Grand Stand so as to make it
waterproof.
AT a meeting of the Ladies Committee
of the Agricultural Fair Association held
last week Mrs. c. V. \. Clagett was
chosen chairman Mrs. NJ. ID. Humes and
Mrs James T. Perkins, Jr, were selected
to fill the vacancies on the Committee
Mr.. Upton Beall Thomas, son of Capt
George Thomas, of St. Mary's county
and nephew of Mrs. \. r. Brooke was
recently ordained priest in the Episcopal
church at Staunton, Va. The young
minister has church in Blacksburg, Va
We clip the following The Pui>h
passenger of st. Paul's Church. Duluth
MINI: Mr.. Arthur n. Cha gctt, Il candi-
date for Holy Orders from this parish,
and now student at Seabury Divinity
School was examined lately for Deacon S
Orders and made Il brilliant record He
was ordained i'll st. Paul's Church on
May 29th.'
The Baltimore sam of "Wednesday
says: State Senator William b. Clagett,
of Prince Georges county, has been
appointed the Maryland member of the
democratic congressional campaign COM
mittee which is composed of Senators and
Representatives., but in cases where a
State has no democrat in the National
Legislatures representative man is chosen
from the State so situated. Senator Cor
man, the only democrat in either House
from Maryland, is a member of the lation-
al committee. He is supposed to have
suggested Senator Clagett, who is one of
the best known democrats in Southern
| Maryland, and was elected in 1897 to the
State Senate. He lives near Upper Mari
boro.'