The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1898-05-06
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and Sl31 in Chicago on Wednesday.
Mr.. George W. Wilson, Jr., spent
Sunday with friends in Washington City.
Cant. f. s. Randall, of WaShin gton.
was among the visitors to our town last
Tuesday.
Mr.. ]. Lee D. Clagctt and wife, of
Washington. were here on Wednesday of
this week.
Mrs w. c. Burgess, of Washington
is on Il visit to her mother, Mrs. John r.
Coalc, of this town.
Telephone connection from here to
Washington is mnch needed and would
be paying investment.
Several young men in the vicinity of
Silver Hill, this county, have enlisted in
the United States Army.
Mr. Martin Schneider the entcrpris-
ing and popular proprietor of Suitfand
Park, was here on Tuesday.
Mrs S. G. Townshend, of Chetenham,
and friend Mrs. Agnes Blast, are visiting
friends at Governors Island, n. Y.
MIR. Frank W. Hill, who has been
clerk under the State Treasurer since
January 1897, has resigned his position.
| Our esteemed contemporary, the
Laurel 'Democrat,' has recently begun its
10th wear We wish it continued success.
| Why dosen't some property owner
| Il fGa
| growing demand for houses for rent in
Marlboro:
The meeting of the Directors of the
Fair Association called for on Tuesday,
May 10th has been postponed until Tues
dav, May 18th.
| DR.. l.. A. Griffith, of this town, attend
ed the annual meeting of the Medical and
Chirurgical Faculty of Baltimore, of which
| he is a member.
The Clerk Of the Court has received
the commission Of Milton Whitney, IS
Secretary and Treasurer of the State
Weather Service.
The Iron Bridge for the Chesapeake
|
in crossing the track of the & p. r. r.,
has arrived at the Station here.
Whit Sunday will occur this year on
the Goth of Mav-one week earlier than
it did last year. The day following is
observed by many as a holiday.
| The following town commissioners
|
j. Harris Rogers, Francis Gasch, John
Lepper, John Rohrbach and Marie
| Duckctt
Mr. Matthias f. Pagan, of Bowie, who
| holds position in the Pension Office at
Washington, has rented the residence of
| the late G.. c. Magrudcr, Esq, in this
| town, and has moved in with his family.
The wet weather of last week proved
a setback to outdoor work, but farmers
generally are well up with their spring
| operations and corn planting will be
pushed rs soon as the weather viii per-
nit
| The country now presents Il beautiful
appearance, many of the trees being
already in full leaf and the ground cover
ed with rich vendure. The blossoms Of
the fruit trees, which are abundant, lend
additional charm to the scene.
lion Richard II. Edelen, who has been
among the most prominent lawyers at the
Southern Maryland bar, died at the home
of his sistcr-in-iaw, Miss Lizzie Hamilton
| Prospect HILL near La Plata, Charles
county, at three O'Clock last Monday,
after long and painful illness, of dis
case Of the stomach. He was in the sixty
seventh year of his age.
| The last Legislature passed a law
making it a misdemeanor punishable by
fine, or imprisonment in Jail, or both, for
anyone to obtain board and lodging, or
food or stablng for a horse, from any
hotel keeper in this State, by means of
false presentations, or by any false
show of baggage, goods, or chattels
which are calculated to deceive.
The dwelling of Mrs Eliza Magruder
near Camp Springs, was entirely dc
stroyed by fire on Saturday night last Tie
fire was first discovered at 1890 a. II,
Origin unknown. Almost all the con
tents of the building were burned We
learn there was a very small insurance on
the dwelling but none on the furniture
A policy was held in the Mutual Fire IL.
surance Company, of Montgomery county
1,rAf I,nr J,o
late Dr. George ". Berry, died Friday
after lingering illness aged sevcnty-one
years He leaves Il wife and three grown
children. Mr.. Berry was of an old Mary
land family He has relatives in Washing
ton. His funeral was held Sunday after
noon from Addison's p. f. Chapel. The
rector, Rev. Mr.. Craighill, otliciated
The interment was made at Addison:
cemetery
DR. w. W. Duvall, president of the
School Board, delivered farewell ad
: dress at the meeting of the Prince George
Teachers Association at the Georgetown
Law School Building in Washington re
, Gently Dr. Duvalrs term of office eX
, pres in June and his successor, DR.. Ryol
has been appointed. The address will h
printed and a copy sent to each teacher il
the county. School Examiner Thomas
; Stone also made Il speech touching uIol
his probable retirement from oil,
The voters of i1yattsyillc dc!c ttcd til
proposed issue of So 900 bonds for waite
works and sewers by Il vote of 105 to IS
Howard hardwood and Charles A. Acke
anti water candidates, were elected, W
H. Richardson was re elected tow
treasurer by a practically unanimou
; vote. The contest over the water ques
ton caused the manifestation of niue
lr ling at the polls. The board Of tow
COM nissioncrs now consists of Charles
: Acler Howard Markwood, ClareEc
: Wilson, Henri r. Miller AMI Andre,
= Amal.
DR. Richard 5. Hill, of this town, ha
n | recently had surveyed and Divided int