Middletown transcript., 1899-08-12
MY Maryland.


Mr.. Larry ReeSp. near Millington
was critically gored by IN il.furiatet
COW wi.h calf-by hen side shich he wa
driving from the firh.
Mr.. George w. Cuvihgten. of Still
Pond, father Of Ms. J. @. AIslnn ant
Mrs. w. E. Barnard of this towr, wa'
nominated this week for the State Sen
ate by the ProIiibitionis.s
At fredericksburg be electric storm
Of last week caused $40, 900 fire. Tht
lightning struck and set fire TO Ed ward
Nuttle's store, the fire spreading to tht
Opera House, Posto6ice, and Two othel
stores and three dwellings.
Captain William Rolph died at hi
home at Reybold's Wharf. Friday, Au'
gust 4tb, of paralysis of the brain
Captain RoIph was well knowA and
will be greatly missed. A widow ant
eight children, four sons aud foul
daughters mourn his loss. Funeral
services were held at St. Pulls NJ. E
Church at Cecilton Sunday afternoon,
August 6 b; interment in The adj lining
cemetery.
The ad illustrators of the estate Of
the late William McKenney have re-
ceived the reports Of tae yield Of wheat
from the several farms of the estate
from the recent harvest. The total
amount thresbed was 49, 500 bushels
Last year the yield from the same prop
critics was 81, 900 bushels and in 1881
the yield was 90, 900 bushels. Thus II
will be seen that while this years. cror
exceeds that of 1898 by 1850 bushels,
ir falls short of that of 1897 by IA, SOC
bushels. The figures are interesting as
comparison Of yields during the three
years. .-Csntreville Observer.
Reports Of fins sport cone from Kent
Island Narrows. On Monday of last
week seventeen large rock fish were
landed, and Tuesday was equally as
satisfactory from fisherman's stand
point. The Queenstown News says
that DR.. Andrew Bryan, Of Kansas, a
first cousin of Hon. w. Jennings Bryan,
has been at the Rock Fish hotel this
week trying his luck fishing at the Mar
rows. He is a very pleasant gentle
man and iI speaking of his experience
in ashing at the Narrows said it re-
minded him of Jennings. he had the
bait but the other fellows got The prize.
-Chestertown Transcript.
The contest in the primaries in Tai,
bot last Saturday between the two
factions of the Republican party was
fought to a finish in all the precincts
of the county and was won by the
faction led by ex.Congressman DIR.
Isaac A. Bal ber. The Mullikin men
carried Trappe district and Tunis Mills
precinct OF Easton district, and the
Barber men all the rest of the county.
For the first time the negro vote was
depended upon to carry the primar ies,
and both sides bought votes with but
little attempt at coucealmsnt. It is
said that at least Dine-tenths of the
negroes who voted were paid. II has
never been done before, and it has
utterly demoraliz4d large voting eIe-
ment. A Republican leader of the
defeated faction says that it will take
$40, 900 to get the Republican vote out
next November. and it is freely ad.
mitted by Republicans that Saturdays IS
contest will help the Democratic coun-
ty ticket, some even going so far as TO
say it insures Democratic success.
Maryland's places in Statuary Hall
in the Capital at Washington are to be
filled by statues of Charles Carroll Of
Carrollton who, before his death in
1882, was the last surviving signer of
the Declaration of Independence, and
John Hanson, who was a distinguished
member Of the Continental Congress
and whose name is closely connected
with the early history of The State.
Gov. Lowndes recently appointed a
commission to select the statues, which
are to be Of heroic size in marble.
The commission has decided to select
names of some of The leading sculptors
and to ask them to submit designs and
estimates and to compete for the work.
1t is expected that the commission
will be able to award the contracts by
November 1st, and that the statues
will be in position year later. The
Legislature appropriated $24 900 for
the two statues. When completed
they are to be placed in Statuary Hall
between the statues placed there by
Maine and Massachusetts near the door
leading to The CLERKS office of the old
House of Representatives,.