The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1900-08-31

have been spending several weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs Joseph A. Specht have
been spending this week at "Gunston
Hail. the home of Mr.. Specht's father on
the Potomac river in Virginia. Mr.. Specht
will return for services next Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Gambrill of
LAUREL Gen. Wilmer and Mrs. Wilmer,
of Charles county, and Miss Stonestreet,
also of Charles county, were guests of DR..
and Mrs Richard S. Hill during the Fair.
Invitations are out for the marriage
of Miss Mary Elizabeth Darnall, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank H. Darnall, to Mr..
George Brent Merrick, which will take
place at Owensville, Anne Arundel county,
on September 18th.
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The second Quarterly Meeting OF
Forest Grove Circuit will be held at Forest
Grove September 18th and 10th. Rev. l.
". Canter, P. E, of Baltimore, will preach
on Saturday at , O'Clock P m, after which
Board of Stewards will meet Prcachn 9
by the Elder also on Sunday at 1910 Il. m.
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week. He has recently been establishing
rural mail routes in Tennessee. The Times
journal, of GAINESVILLE, Tenn, says, Mr.
Plummer is genial gentleman and enters
into his work with enthusiasm. He evil
IDENTIFY thoroughly understands the needs
of the system he is establishing
The many friends Of Mr.. and Mrs
.. o. Van der Berg, of Savannah, Ga, will
regret to hear of the death of their little
daughter, who only lived few days
Mrs. Van der Berg was Miss Geddes of
Washington, granddaug hter of the late
VIM. w. Hill of this county. She hopes
soon to pay Il visit to relatives and
friends in Washington and Maryland.
When the addition is completed, Mr.
J. L. Edlavitch will have on Main stree,
one CT the largest storehouses in South
ern Maryland. There will be $500 square
feet of floor room. The building will be
heated by furnace, and fitted up with
all modern conveniencies for conducting
a large wholesale and retail business Mr.
Edlavitch is a progressive merchant anG
is to be commended for his enterprise and
thrift.
THE oyster crop this year will be one
of the biggest in the history OF trade il
the bivalve," said Mr. c. d. Redding, O
Baltimore, recently. Especial care ha.
been taken at the oyster beds to preven
the destruction of young oysters, ant
those of more maturer growth have beer
well fed, and the warm weather has helped
them to attain an unusual size. The har
| vest will begin next Saturday Ito morrow
and assure you there will be some choic,
morsels for the table of the epcure'
Samuel Brooke, Jr., of Annapolis. ha
been appointed receiving and shipping
clerk in the General Storekeeper's De
partment at the Naval Academy, vice J
Henry Hooper, deceased. Mr.. Brooke
| took the oath Of office Tuesday mornin g
Before his appointment Mr. Brooke helC
the position of general typewriter ant
assistant clerk in the Storekecper's De
| partment at the Naval Academy. Mr.
Hooper, whom Mr.. Brooke succeeds, dice
suddenly while on visit to Cambridge
| August 9TH.
During the severe electrical storm
| which passed over Laurel on Monday
| afternoon lightning entered the large dry
goods store of the Phelps & Shaffer Com
pany on the telephone wires, the shocl
| from which threw several boys to tn
| floor. William Penn was the most serious
| ly hurt being burned on the arm an,
| shoulder The other boys, though stunn
ed, were hot seriously injured. Littl,
| damage was done to tie store, with tn
exception of burning out the circuit, n
| the Ii -htning came in and went out OF
the wires. All the telephone communi
cations il the town We're burned out
There j. more Catarrh in this section o.
the country than all other diseases pu
together, and until the last few years wa
| supposed To be incurahle For a grea
many years doctors pronounced ii a loca
disease and prescribed local remedies
and by constantly failing to cure wit
| local treatment, pronounced it incurabt
Science has proven catarrh to be consti
utioual disease, and. therefore, require
constitutional treatment. Halls Catarr
Cure, manufactured by +. J. Cheney 4 Co
Toledo, Ohio, is the only constitutions
cure on the market. 1t is taken intcrnall
in doses from 10 drops to a teaspoonfu
1t acts directly on the blood and mucou
surfaces of the system. They offer on
hundred dollars for any case it fails t.
cure. Send for circular and testimonials
Address. F. J. Cheney & Co, Toledo, @
Sold by Druggists, ,5c.