The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1899-01-27
BREVIT[ES.


lar meeting next Tuesday.
The County Commissioners will be
in session on Tuesday next.
A long list of delinquent taxpayers
is being published in the Laurel Lea'er.
Mrs. A. T. Brooke spent last week
with Mrs Ida b. Waring, in Washing
ton.
The editor has been confined to his
home this week with an attack of the
grip.
The Misses Martin gave a very pleas
ant dance on Monday night at their home
near this town.
Miss Mamie Harris is visiting her
cousin, Mrs. Cora Mattingly at her home
in Washington.
-Messrs J. L. D. Clagett and Oden
Bowie were among the visitors to OR
town last Friday.
Mrs. John W. Belt and her cousin,
Miss Hansborough, have gone to Washing
ton to spend month.
Miss Agnes Barton, of Pkesvile,
Baltimore county, is visiting at 'Ellerslie"
the home of Judge r. B. b. Chew.
Rev. DR.. Falls, of Washington, viii
officiate at Trinity Church next Sunday
The Holy Communion will be celebrated
at the II O'Clock service.
The next meeting of the PatuXert
Planters Club will be held at the home of
Mr.. Frederick Sasscer on Tuesday, JAN
uary 31st 1899 at ~ o'clock
Rev. 7. S. Childs, the Archdeacon of
the Diocese of Washington, otficiated 1T
Trinity Church last Sunday and preached
two impressive discourses
We return thanks for copy of the
Washington Post Almanac for 1899 1t is
a compendium of useful information and
valuable acquisition to the library of
our sanctum.
The old Hickey estate, near Hyatts-
vile, was the scene of ii shooting affray
Tuesday afternoon, in which Davis Car
roll a colored man, is allegsd to have been
wounded by Wilhelm r. Noebe.
Miss Mary Ellen Gibbons, daughter
of J. Herbert Gibbons, Of Oxon Hill dis
trict, this county, was married Wednes-
day evening at St. Ignatius Church, Oxon
Hill, to Mr. John W. Fowler, Jr., also of
Prince Georges county, by Rev. Father
Sullivan.
The Ladies Association of Trinity
Church will hold an apron sale at the Rec
tory tomorrow Saturday at , o'clock p.
m, to raise funds for insurance on Church
property. Refreshments will be offered
for sale. Admission free. Everybody
welcome.
A poultry association is being formed
in Laurel The officers of the temporary
organization are E. s. Gray president,
and Charles Stockman, secretary. 1t is
proposed to hold poultry show annually,
in January, at Laurel. A great deal of
interest is taken in Laurel and vicinity in
the raising of poultry.
and decided the question raised on de-
m1rrer to the declaration in the case of
Mallory ct al VS.. the Bond of Henry W
Clagett, which was argued on Monday
The demurrer was oyerruled. Mr. John
b. Contee for Mallery ct al and F. Snow
dc1 Hill, Esq, for Clagett ct al
The Prince Georges County Game
and Fish Protection Association has
elected the following officers: President
W. ID. Porter; secretary and treasurer, II.
W. Dorsey; attorney, f. \. Fuller. The
society voted to join the State Game Asso-
| citation, and is arranging to iibcrate an adj
ditional lot of cartridges, for which pro-
lection is asked of the State game wardens.
-MrssrS. Ralston and SiddonS, the Wcl!-
known Washington Attorneys, have been
employed by the mmsSinncrs of the
Philippine Islands and have prepared a
forclhlc memorandum, relative to the Phil
irpinc Republics claim to rcco ynition ac-
companying Il letter To the Secretary of
State from Filipc Agoncilln Our thanks
are due for copy of the memorandum.
The initial steps towards the instala-
ton of a water supply in IIvattsyile was
taken Tuesday, when the work of intro
ducing water into the HYATT mansion CON-
mencrd. The water for the supply of this
house will be Obtained from the water
! plant, now practically c"mplcte located
in the Perkins sub div isinn. This improve
| mcnt is only the beginning of the work
which was for many years the home of
the venerable Christopher Clark Hyatt,
| after whom the village was named