The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1899-06-16

last Wednesday at the National Theatre
1t attended by large crowd of friends
of the school and students. Among the
graduates was Miss Jessie Il. Edelen, OF
Piscataway district, who also received a
gold medal, for greatest improvement in
both shorthand and typewriting.
A meeting of the County Medical
Association was held at Hyattsville on
Tuesday, and was well attended. DIR.
Wells handsomely entertained the phvsi-
clans at luncheon. He also made an in
teresting address before the Association,
and DR.. Perkins read paper upon a
scientific subject which was much appre-
ciated. The next meeting will be held at
Bowie.
We have received box of fine cigars
made of tobacco grown on the Agrlcul-
tural Experiment Station farm at College
Park This tobacco was from cigar types
of varieties which were cultivated i'll con-
lection with experiments. Our. thanks
are due to Prof. Pattison, Director of the
Station, and we shall be pleased to have
friends call ut our sanctum and sample
the cigars.
C A. Snow & Co, one of the oldest
and most successful firms of patents law
yers, whose offices are opposite tie United
States Patent office in Washington, d. c.,
and who have procured patents for more
than 1900 inventors, say that, owing to
the improved conditions in the United
States Patent Office, patents may now be
more promptly procured than at any
previous time in their experience of
twenty-five years.
Governor Lowndes positively refused
to interfere with the death sentence of
John Berry, who will be hanged to-day
for the murder Of Miss Amanda Clark in
this county. The Governor received letters
from DR.. J. n. johnson, of Washington,
d. c., and Rev. Winston Dudley, an elder
of the Second Christian Church of Dis
ciples of Baltimore, asking for clemency
in the case of Berry. The Governor re-
piled that this case had already received
his careful consideration before fixing the
date of execution.
1t is expected that the meeting of the
Maryland Democratic Editors in Snow
Hill tomorrow will be the largest even
known in this State The citizens of that
town have provided in most liberal way
tor the entertainment of their guests. The
editor of THE ENQUIRER, who is Secretary
of the Association, has been quite busy
notifying members of the arrangements
and hopes to participate in the anticipated
pleasure Mr.. George ". Wilson, ST.,
and Mr. Charles l. Wilson, of the Gazette,
will also be of the party
Since the advent of the German carp
in the waters of the Patuxent river and
it tributaries the disappearance of the
white perch has been SO great that it is
now impossible almost to- catch any of
these delicious pan fish at all. Until the
last few years anyone desiring good fish
ing with the rod could in an afternoons
catch have thirty or forty large perch.
The carp, having now taken almost
absolute possession of these waters, an
nually destroy nearly all of the spawn of
the perch by roofing in the waters visited
by the perch.
DR. Samuel s. Buckley, veterinarian
at the Mary land Agricultural College,
was married on June 18th to Miss Clara
Thomas, sister of Lieut.. Chauncy Thomas
of the United States Navy, at the resi-
dece of the bride, in Chicago. DR.. Buck
ley graduated from Maryland A gricultural
College in 1898. and afterwards took his
degree as doctor of veterinary science
at the Columbia University in New York.
In 1896 he was elected to fill the chair at
the Agricultural College of Veterinary
Science, and. having completed his three
years practice, he was, on Friday, award
ed the degree of NJ S. and reelected for
the ensuing year by the trustees of the
same institution.
Mr.. Ernest Pendlcton Magruder son
of c. c. Magruder, Esq, CT this town, has
presented his application to President r.
W. Sylvester for the position of professor
of English and civics at the Maryland
College, which was made
vacant by Pro. Richard H. Alvey, resign
ed. Mr.. Magruder took the degree of B.
A. at the Johns Hopkins University, Balti
more. He is % years old and has taught
for several years. He is at present pur
suing the studies of the post graduate
course at Columbian University, Wash
ington, ID. G., for the degree of Pin. D.
He has made speciality Of the study of
English. The trustees of the college will
probably not act upon the matter until
their next regular meeting in the Fall