The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1899-03-10

Mr. !. II. Ralston, of llyattsvillc, this
county, had an interesting communication
in the Baltimore Sun yesterday on "Nnr
Eastern War" He predicts LONG and
deadly struggle in which we shall have to
fight the climate rs well as the natives,
with little rccompense in the end.
-Rcv. +. !. Lambert will preach at
Mt. Oak Church. next Sunday evening,
Mar. l2th., AT 30 o'clock, a special ser
mon to the youn%-Suhiect: Nv oman
hood" The choir will render some special
music, and the rector will ask for 4 silver
collection. Let each one come prepared.
Miss Gwynn, of Surrattsvii'e, is acting
as substitute for Miss Ellen Harper, the
| assistant teacher i'll the Female Public
| School here. Miss Harper will take a
much needed rest. She is 4 faithful and
conscientious teacher, greatly beloved by
| her pupils, and we trust, may soon re-
| cuperate.
Mr.. George l.. Harris, as auctioncer
| for Messrs Joseph S. Wilson and John Il.
1Ontcc, trustees, Solu III 'uoliC auttioii
on Monday the farm of the late Susannah
| Mudd near Cheltenham, containing 80
acres, to Daniel F. Lynch, of Washington
for s., Ol0. This property was advertised
in THE ENQUIRER.
Rev Clarence ID. Frankcl assistant
rector of st. Michael and All Angels
Church, Baltimore. officiated at Trinity
Church last Sunday, preaching both in
the morning and the evening. He con
Quoted the services in a beautiful and
impressive manner, and made most
favorable impression upon all present.
There was well attended meeting of
the Prince Georges County Teachers
Association in the Georg etown University
Law School Building on Friday last.
Resides the usual programme an eloquent
address was made by Captain Sylvester
of the Agricultural College. This address
is published in full on another page.
A new rule of the Postofiice Depart
mcnt requires the sendcrs of registered
letters to write their name across the back
of the letter, similar to the endorsement
on check This is to show if the pack
age has been tampcr Cd with, If a sigma
ture is not placed across the back, the
sender is required to seal the same with
sealing WAX
A number of beautiful new passenger
coaches have been received from the fac
tory in Missouri, by the Chesapeake
Beach Railway and stored on the side
track here awaiting the completion of the
road. We understand that forty of these
elegant cars and five more massive loco
motives are being constructed for this
line and will be ready by May lst.
Through the courtesy of Il friend we
have seen an unique publication of by
gone days. 1t is Il copy of the Ulster
County N. " Gt-et-. dated Jan 4th,
1900. Among its contents is Il full ac-
count of the funeral of General Washing
ton, which took place on the 10th of the
previous month. Other articles are an
account Of TIE proceedings of the Ameri
fish account" of the battle of Zurich.
There are also many curious and amusing
advertisements.
Edward NJ. Tile, Jr., aged five years.
was drowned on Tuesday the Sd inst, in
a spring thirty yards from the house, on
the place of his father, Mr.. Edward NJ.
Ulle, at Beltsville, in this county. He
went with small tin bucket for the water
to drink and fell hcadforcmost into the
spring. He was absent net more than
ten minutes, when his sister Unis, four
teen years of ge, went to look for him and
found him dead in the spring. She carried
his life less body in her arms to the house
and physician was summoned, but moth
ing could be done to revive the little fe,
low
Mr. Walter A Milstead, of Laurel,
who was appointed paymaster's clerk in
the Uuited States army at the outbreak of
the war with Spain, and was ordered to
the Philippines as clerk to Major William
G.. Gamhrill, also of Laurel has returned
home. 1t is likely that he will retire from
the service for family reasons. In speak
ing of the situation in the Philippines Mr.,
Milstead said that the islands were "a
white elephant" They are not controlled
by the Americans, and cannot be without
hard and steady fighting Aguinaldc,
says Mr.. Milstead, is a representative of the
educated and more civilized Filipinos, bit
Aguinaldo nor any one else can control
of Manila are savages whose implements
of war are bows and arrows. These hope
to loot Manila, as they looted Cavite after
the Americans had driven away the
Spanish.