The times., 1898-02-03
MARYLAND STATE NEWS.

Mr.. Thomas Kelly died on Monday in
/ Rockville.
! Cambridge oystermen are profting
by the cold spell.
An anti-liquOr license crusade has
! been begun in Easton.
The Hyattsville public Improvement
! bill has been sent TO Annapolis.
Cumberland people have won their
/ tight for 5-cent street car fare.
The Frederick City Lime Company
will increase the number OF its kilns
The Deer Park school house, In Car
roll county, was burned on Tuesday.
! Nicholas Lauman. of Ellicott City,
was struck by a train and badly hurt.
! There was good sleighing in Annapo-
/ lis yesterday for the first time this sea-
/ son.
Mrs. Wesley Sturgis. an aged woman
/ of POcomoke City, was fatally burned
on Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Ham. of West
minister, celebrated their golden we'd
ding on Monday.
Senater-elect McComas will be given
! reception by Gov. and Mrs. Lowndes
tonight at Annapolis.
A large brass manufactory in the
North is negotiating for the removal Of
James Jones. OF Belair,3 was thrown
from his horse and hurt badly while
participating in Il fox chase.
DR.. George Hammond. OF Brownsville,
Anne Arundel county, died on Monday.
He was brave Confederate soldier
Rev. j. w ii. Beale. of the Williams
port United Brethren Church, and Miss
Life kurfmam We're married on Tues
day.
Easton finances show a healthy con-
dition. and the value of taxable prop
erty is reported to be continually in
creasing.
Three aged Washington county resi-
dents-Mrs. Amy Cost. Mrs. Elizabeth
Shay, and Franklin Myers-died on
Monday.
Bristol, who died a few days ago, had
been in office fifty-fiv years and was
the oldest postmaster in Maryland.
There is to be big fight for the COM
membership of the State fishery police
boat Eliza Hayward. Capt. John II.
Jones, the present commander, is
Democrat, and half hundred Repub-
licans want his place.
A wild goose. in flying over Annapo-
lis Monday during the snowstorm,
struck the dome of the State house
with such force as to be stunned. 1t
fell into the dock, where it was cap
tured by James Craig.
The authorities of Williamsport be-
lieve that they have discovered the
names of the vandals who operated in
Riverview cemetery. They are said to
belong to a gang known as the ''Hooley
Gooleys." 1t is claimed that John
Harsch has made a confession. Sew
eral arrests have been made. The pris-
oners were held for the grand jury
Rev Mr.. WinSor, rector of the Deer
Creek parish had Il narrow escape
from serious accident a few days
since He was driving along the tow
path leading to the Susquehanna Paper
Nils. near Darlington, when his horse
became frightened and backed over the
edge of the bank of the canal. Mr..
Winsor escaped injury by jumping up
on nearby barge, while his horse was
killed almost instantly.
The issuing of oyster licenses for
tongers and dredgers has practically
ended In the county of Anne Arun-
del there were issued up to this date
last year ] 1913 licenses to tongers; to
this date, 1898 1.233 We're issued. an in
crease for the present year of 40. The
dredging licenses to this date were IA.
against T99 up to the same date 1897.
This affects the revenues of the oyster
fund about eight. or nine. hundred dol
lars. The total number of licenses last
year was a considerable increase over
1885, and several preceding years.