Middletown transcript., 1899-03-04
MY MARYLAND.

MY MARYLAND.
The engagement Of II. Ell. Brady,
Jr., Of Trenton, formerly Of Chesapeake
City, to Mss Clara B. Simpson, Of
Scranton, Pa, is announced.
Tit i fht trpUrts fIUm al pa IS 0f Cecil
county show that rabbits have come
through the storms all right and are
plentiful. This will be welcome news
to spoItsmen.
Miss Emma Tapman, Of Worcester
County, Mo-, has entered suit against
Hiram j. LeWes, we'll known brick
manufacturer Of Snuw Hill, for $10,-
600 damages for breach of promise Of
Marriage.
The contract for building the ex-
tension Of the Queen Anne's Railroad
from Lewes 10 RehOboth has been
awarded to Wade Burns & Co., of
Bal imore, aud work will begin as soon
as weather will permit.
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Harry M. Clabaugh. of Baltimore,
has been nominated by the President
to be associate justice Of the Supreme
Court Of the District Of Columbia, sue
ceeding Judge Louis E. McComas,
who has resigned to succeed Senator
Gorman.
Montgomery Kidd died in Cecil
county Tuesday from pneumonia, aged
seventy years. The deceased was a
N Of The late Gerge Kidd, who at
one time was the owner of about 200
acres Of land in Cecil county known as
stKidd'5 Purchase.o
Thomas r. Browne, who was ar
rested iii Philadelphia AZ the instance
of Miss Margaret CUppage, daughter
Of MIR. J. Frank Coppage Of Kent
county, Was convicted in quarter ses-
sions Thursday last of carrying con-
cealed deadly weapon. Brown dis
claimed any purpose to harmtthe young
lady, but Judge ArL CID, from the testi-
mony before him thought differently.
Denton has been swept by a fire
Starting from R. NJ. Collins notion
store, opposite the Denton National
Bank, Thursday morning at 2 O'Clock,
a fire which spread very rapidly, de-
stroyed nine dwellings and two stores
| in the healt Of the town, the losses and
Insurance. on which we're as follows:
J. Dukes Downs, two storehouses and
three dwellings, $500, fully insured;
Joseph Il. Spence, household goods
and stock Of groceries, $500 no insur-
auce; Il. NJ, Collins, store and goods,
$4,000, insurance $1,000; r. G. Stewart,
dwelling and furniture $500, insur-
ance $500; john w. Clark, ST., two
dwelling, $500, no insurance; M. H.
Smith, furniture aud money, no in
surance; Mrs. I. Writ Fountain.
dwelling, $4O0 insurance $4O0; Beniah
Kinnaman, dwelling, $1,000, no insur-
ance; W. Frank Towers, dwelling and
furniture, $500, insurance $1,000
Most of the houses will be rebuilt at
once and some of them will be Of brick,
The following are the jurors for the
March session Of the Cecil county
court: First district, VIM. Z. Ether
ington, James P. Mccoy, Charles Grif-
fifth, r. Delbert Aiken, James A.
Pearce, Robert Anderson, James 7.
Watts; second district Waitman Smith
ers, Frank B. Howard, Irwin G. Grit
fifth, Jr., Henry G. Hager, John w.
Hudson, John j. Williams, John A.
Mears, A. Lindel Beasten, VIM. n.
Pearce, Jr., Ross WATSON; third dis
trict, Victor N. Torbert, Dennis Null
len, VIM. D. Bratton. James T. Cole.
Robert G. Levis, Hugh B. McCauley,
Alfred Davis; Robert Anderson, Isaac
s. Stranorn, Thomas A. Wright, Chas.
Covington; fifth district, Samuel j.
Reeder, W. Scott Jackson, Charles r.
Very, ]. N. Black, Of W.; sixth dis
trict, Elan Il. Krauss, VIM. B. Gill
lespie, Joseph D. Summers, Edwin c.
Gather, William j. Nesbitt, Thomas g.
Riley, Slater B. rosh, j. Harvey Gray;
seventh district, Alorzp Z. Barry, Jas.
3. Murray, Enoch Mccullough, John
J. Bevan, Chas. E. Mohrlein; eighth
I. Fl. Cummins; ninth district, Joseph
B. Yerkes, VIM. r. Gamble.