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The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1900-01-19

Constable Arthur B. Suit brought to
jail yesterday morning two negroes named
Smith and Hutchins, who are wanted by
Sheriff Nicholson, of Charles county, for
robbing the store of Postmaster Price, at
Welcome p. O., Charles county, on Christ
mas night.
Mrs. Thomas Nelson Conrad, wife of
Mr.. Thomas Nelson Conrad, formerly
professor of agriculture and president of
the Maryland Agricultural College, was
stricken with paralysis at o'clock
Thursday night and died suddenly Fri
day morning.
The second annual meeting of the
Laurel Poultry Association will be held
in the Academy of Music Laurel, January
cath. and will continue for three days.
This will make it possible for the eXhibi-
tors at the Boston show to show in Laurel
before taking their fowls to New York
for exhibition in that city.
Mr. Joseph S. Wilson and Mr.. T. Van
Clagett have formed a partnership for the
practice of law under the firm name of
Wilson & Clagett and will have offices at
Upper Marlboro and at the Fendall Build.
ing, Corner 4! and D SITS, N. W, Washing
ton, D. c. Both offices will be open every
day except Tuesdays when both of the
firm will be in Upper Marlboro.
| the recent number of the Sun Almanc,
which was sent to the regular subscribers
of the great Baltimore Daily, is fully up
to the former numbers in the usefulness
| and Importance of its contents. In fact
it is so valuable a compendium that it
should be found in every Maryland home.
| Those who are fortunate enough to
possess complete set of tie Almanacs
| are to be congratulated for it contains a
fund of information that can be obtained
only with difficulty from other sources.
"A Farmers Institute was held at
Dunkirk, Calvert county Tuesday morn
ing, conducted by the State Director, w.
l.. Amoss. Interesting and practical adj
dresses were made by Mr.. Amoss, Capt.
Sylvester, president Of the Maryland Agri-
cultural COllege; MT. +. SnOWQen Hlll ol
this county and Mr.. James E. Rice, of
Yorktown. n Y. There was a large at
tendance of representative farmers. Be-
fore the opening of the institute the visi-
tors inspected the dairy and silo Of Mr..
F. o. Smith Mr. Smith has the largest
herd of jersey cows and the only silo in
the county.
AT a recent meeting of the stock
holders of the Citizens National Bank the
folio wing were elected directors: Messrs.
Charles H. Stanley Laurel: Alban G.
Thomas, Ashton; George W. Waters,
Laurel: William H. German, Gainesville;
Lloyd f. Dorsey, Annapolis Junction;
Dr. Francis Thomas, Ednor; Philip P.
Castle, Laurel. Robert II. Miller, Spencer
vile; l.. F. DERRICK. Baltimore: Benz a
min n. Hardesty, Collington and Charles
Adler Baltimore. Officers were elected
as follows: Messrs. G. H. Stanley, presi-
dent: A. G. Thomas, vice president; G.
w. Waters, Jr., cashier; Thomas Cron-
miller, assistant cashier; Woodville T.
Ashby, teller.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1900-01-19
EIOW'S This.

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward
for any case of Catarrh that cannot IL
cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
F. CHENEY & co, Props, Toledo
o.
We the undersigned, have known F. J
Cheney for the last - years, and believe
him perfectly honorable in all business
transactions and financially able to carry
out any obligations made by their firm.
WEST x TRCAX, Wholesale Druggists
Toledo, o.
WALDING, kINNAN K MARVIN, Whole
sale Druggists, Toled, 0.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally
acting directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system. Price, 15c pei
bottle. Sold by all Druggists. Tcstimon
ials free.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1900-01-19
BREVITIES.

Service will be resumed on Sunday
21st at Church of Atonement at II a. m.
Mr. Edward Owens, of the Forest"
is spending the winter at the Marlboro
House.
A commission as postmaster has
been issued to Virgil NJ. Lawrence at
Aquasco.
Mrs Nettie Gather has has returned
to her home at Mr.. B. F. Duvalls after a
long visit in Baltimore.
j. E. Crapster has been appointed
postmaster at Brentwood, this county, in
place of J. S. Potts, deceased.
Representative Mudd has recommend
ed Mrs. Eleanor Forbes to be postmistress
at Rryantown, Charles county.
Mrs NJ c. Stryker of Waycross, Geor-
gia, is visiting Miss Cornielia Turner,
of Healthy Green, near Braudywine.
The regular quarterly meeting of
Montgomery County Grange, No :, will
be held at Olney, Thursday, January 18th;
| at 10 a. m.
Mr. Warren Cochran and Mr.. Huger-
| ly, of William. c. Newton & Co., of
| Washington, d. c., spent Sunday with
| Mr. w. S. Hill
| Remember the Cake Walk and SUP
under the auspices of the Ladies Asso-
citation of Trinity Church.
Miss Adelaide Specht, of Washing
ton, who has been spending few days
with her brother Rev. Joseph A. Specht
returned to her home on Monday.
| Mr. Latrobe Owens, of Charles county
his accepted a posti IN as bookkee ,er in
the Bank of Southern Mtryland He
entered u.on his duties yesterday.
The days are already growing percerti
bly, longer and spring will be here almost
before we think of it. The vernal season
begins this year, according to the almanac
on the Goth of March.
Mr.. and Mrs. William r. Smith,
very pleasantly entertained their
friends at their home near Mitchellville,
this county, on Friday evening, January
12th from s TO II, who are indebted to
them for very pleasant evening.
Congressman Denny introduceda bill
| W ednesday to pension Mrs. Martha \
| Horn, widow of Gen John W Horn, of
| Baltimore, at rate of $50 per month
General Horn was formerly warden e
the House Of Reformation, Cheltenham.
Speaker Wilkinson of the House of
Delegates paced the delegation from this
county on the following committees
Contee on Corporations, Insolvency, EN-
piring Laws, and Railroads and Canals
Merrck on Temperance and Library
Perkins on Agriculture, Civil Service Re.
form, and Chesapeake Bay and Its Tribu.
taries President Hnbner of the Senate
placed Senator Clagett on the following
committees Retrenchment of Expenses
of the State Government, Pensions, Con.
'tingent Expenses of Senate, and Library
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1900-01-19
County commissioners.

There was regular meeting of the
County Commissioners Tuesday with ;
full Board in attendance The following
orders were passed:
Ordered, That the Landover and Tuxedo
road committee be paid balance due out
of license fund.
Ordered, That an appropriation of s2j
be made for road leading from Addison
Chapel to Lusby's Store, Kent district.
Ordered, That the tax bill of J. A. Glib.
bons, of Aquasco district, be returned as
insulvent.
Ordered, That John T. Fisher draw
warrant on P. P. Castle, treasurer, fol
Sl,91355, amount of order from Samuel G
Townshend to County Comm. in
settlement of account.
Ordered, That the bond of Norman Por-
ter, constable for Bowie district. be APP
proved and sent To Clerk office.
Ordered, That the bond of Matthew L.
Hurd, constable for Marlboro district, be
approved and sent to Clerks office.
Ordered, That Mrs. NJ. P. Quinn be al
lowed IA rebate on tax return in 1898, OF
$26.46, on property in Queen Anne and
Marlboro districts.
Adjourned until February 9th, 1900
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1900-01-19
Maryland Agricultural College.

A shnr. Winter Course in Agriculture
is uL,rcd at the Maryland Agricultural
College, which began on Wednesday, the
18th instant
This Course is intended to meet the
necessities of practical farmers and dairy
men, and of young men who intend to
follow the profession Of agriculture for a
livelihood, who have not the means or
time to take two years or il four years
course in agriculture
1t occupies but six weeks in time and
consists of lectures and practical work
embracing the following types: Cultiva-
ton of the Soil and Plant Feeding, Drain
age, Breeds of Stock and the Principles OF
Stock Breeding, Stock Feeding, Dairy
Husbandry and Dairy Chemistry, Diseases
of Stock and other treatment, A gricultura
Che nistry, Manures, Horticulture, Tobac
co Growing and Curing, Plant Physiology
Economic Entomology, Carpentry ant
Blacksmithing, Farm Accounts and the
Principles of Citizenship.
1t is IA concise yet comprehensive course
of practical instruction for practical farm
es and those who have taken it have il
every case acknowledged the great benefit
far exceeding the cost, which they hav,
derived from it. Every school district il
the State of Maryland ought to have on,
or more students in this course. Will yot
not endeavor to aid the agricultural vel
fare of your State by interesting som,
young man in this course, or, at least
send US the names of some in your neigh
borhood to whom we may send pamph
let giving full information. By SO don:
you will confer Il benefit upon the youn:
men, upon this college and upon you
State.
The expense of taking the short cours
will be "a laboratory fee of five dollars an,
three dollars week for board The stu
dent will bring with him his own bed
clothing and table linen
The necessity for more exact and wide
spread information along agriculture
lines and the benefits derived from thes
short winter courses are so general,
recognized that we appeal with confidence
for your assistance in this matter
Success comes to those who persevere
II you take Hoods Sarsaparilla faithful,
and persistently, according to directions
you may depend upon cure when cur
is possible.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1900-01-19
Eoeal ano pcrsJnal.
Orphans Court.

There was regular meeting of the Or
phans' Court Tuesday with full Bench
in attendance. The following order was
passed:
Ordered, That the will of James w
Rennie be admitted and the same was adj
mitted to probate, and letters be granted
Marion Duckett, the Executor in said will
named, that the penalty of his bond be in
the sum of $400, sureties to be approved
by the Register of Wills; that Frederick
Heller and James r. Summers, be APP
pointed appraisers and Notice to Creditors
ordered.
Adjourned until February 9th. 1929.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1900-01-19
Farmers Institute.

Director Amoss sends US the follow. n g
program of the Farmers Institute to be
held at EVANSVILLE January Both and 31st
JANUARY BOTH, P. NJ.
Food and Food Principles" by Miss
E. Grace Mccullough; "Plants for the
Home and Garden" by Hon. Edwin A
Seidewitz.
EVENING SESSION.
maryland and Opportunities, by Dr.
D. c. Gilman. President Johns Hopkins
University.
JA.,UARY 31sT, A. NJ
''Some Observations in Growing and
Handling the Tobacco Crop" by F. Snow
den Hill How to Select Horses for Spe-
cial Purposes" by Dr. ]. c. Curryer
AFTERNOON SESSION.
"Stock-breeding and Feeding as an Adj
junct to Tobacco Culture" by J. P. Ham
ilton; "Dairying in Southern Maryland, y
by Samuel Cox, Jr. Raising Chickens
Incubating, Brooding and Feeding" by
James E. Rice.
EVENING SESSION.
Our Roads :" illustrated by stcreopti
con, by Prof. Harry Fielding Reid, of the
johns Hopkins Univerty, Chief of High
way Division Maryland Geological Survey
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1900-01-19

EACH Department supplied with the
~ most modern and approved apparatus.
Practical work emphasized in all Depart
ments. Graduates in Mechanical Eng-
neering and Chemistry this year, all Sc
cured positions upon graduation. Board
ing department supplied with all modern
improvements Bath Rooms, Closets,
Steam Heat and Gas; Books, Room, Heat,
Light, Washing, Board, Medical Atten-
dance 8144 for scholastic year. Cat
alogue giving full particulars sent ON APP
plication. Daily sanitary inspection by
Physician to College. Attention is called
to the Short Course of ten weeks in Ari-
culture. Particulars sent on application.
Term commences September 25th Early
application necessary for admittance.
r. w. SYLVESTER,
President Maryland Agricultural College.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1900-01-19
The Latest and Best.


To ,rhOm II mdy Concern:
certify that l am selling DR.. Hamil-
tons Anti Malarial Tonic Bitters, Rheuma
tic Linment and Eye Wash and in every
case, as far as the result has come to my
knowledge, they have done all that is
claimed for them, and cheerfuliy recon-
mend them. By J. L. Edlavitch, the
Leading Merchant, Upper Marlboro Nd.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1900-01-19
w ANrED.

A TENANT for Lumber Coal and
n Wood Yard at the Marlboro Station
.of the Chesapeake Beach Railway. viii
) also build "A store house if needed.
Apply to
FRED. SASSCER,
UPPER MARLBORO.
Nav 10Th 1S99-tf
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1900-01-19

Departed this life after a brief illness,
on the evening Of January the 18th, Mrs.
Margaret E. Duvall, in her 6sth year
Deceased was relict of the late VIM. I
Duvall, and daughter of the late Benjamin
NJ. Duckett.
At Concord Stafford county, Va.
January 5, 1900, John Ridout MacGregor,
aged seventy wears and twenty days
formerly of Prince Georges county.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1900-01-19
No Cure-NO Pay

That is the way all druggists sell
GROVES TASTELESS CHILL TONIC
for Chills and Malaria. 1t is simply Iron
and Quinine in a tasteless form. Children
love it. Adults prefer it to bitter, nausea
ing Tonics. Price, soc. J. l.. Edlavitch
our agent for Marlboro
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1900-01-19
Rock HUI COLLEGE,

ELLICOTT CITY, HOWARD CO, MD
A select Boarding School for Young
n Men and Boys. A representative
Marvland School. Scientific, Classical
Commercial Courses and Preparatory
Course for Small Boys. Students are re-
ceived as Boarders or Day Scholars.
For particulars, address
BROTHER ABRAHAM,
August 1, lS99-tf. President.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1900-01-19
MONEY TO LOAN

0S nO0 IN SUMS TO SUIT, secured
Oc,VVV by first mortgag on improved
real estate in Prince Georges county, Md,
within 10 miles of Washington d. c.
Apply at once t.
VAN CLAGETT,
Attorney at Law,
UPPER MARLBORO, MD.
January Goth, 1S99-1m.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1900-01-19
Married..

In Washin gton, on Thursday, January
18th, 1900, by Rev. Charles F. Sontag
Hon. J Ohm Bowling Contee, of this county,
| and Miss Elizabeth T. Hardy, of Virginia
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1900-01-19
To Cure Il Cold in One Day.

Take LAXATIVE BRoMo QUININE
TABLETS. All druggists refund the money
| if it fails to cure Z. W. GROVES sig
nature is on each box. 22c
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1900-01-19
DR.. Humphreys

Specifies act directly upon the disease,
without exciting disorder in other parts
of the system. They Cure the Sick.
NO, CURES. PRICES.
1-Fevers, Congestioas, Innammations. .25
2-WOrms, Worm Fever. Worm Collie. .25
3-Teethins. Collie, Crying Wakefulness .25
4-Diarrhea, OF Children or Adults. .25
7-CouShs, Colds, Bronchitis. ............ .25
S-Neuralgia. Toothache, Faceache..... %
9-Heada che, Sick Headache, Vertigo. I'd
1O-Dyspepsia Indigestion, Weak Stomach J
11-Suppressed or Painful Periods. .2S
12-Whitcs. Too Profuse Periods. .2J
13-CrOup. LnrynGitis. Hoarseness. I'd
14-Salt Rheum, Erysipelas. Eruptions.. .25
15-Rheumatism. Rheumatic Palms.. rs
16-Malaria. Chills, Fever and Ague..... rs
19-Catarrh. Influenza. Cold in the Head .2j
Northumberland Observation-Disclosures. .2J
27-kidney Diseases Observation-Disclosures. I'd
2s-NervOus Debility. ...................1.OO
3O-Crinary Weakness, Wetting Bed. .25
77-Grip. Hay Fever. ........................ I'd
DR.. Humphreys Manual of all Diseases at your
Druggists or Mailed Free.
Sold by druggists, or sent on receipt or price.
Humphreys Med. Co., Cor William & John Sts.,
New York.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1900-01-19

Hoods pills are easy to take, easy to OPP
crate. Cure indigestion, sick headache.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1900-01-19

Service will be resumed ON Sunday
Mr.. Edward Owens, of the Forest"
is spending the winter at the Marlboro
House
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-05-25
AGAINST TAYLOR
Supreme Court Rules on Ken
lucky Contest.
IT SAYS Mr.. BfKnAN IS GOVERNOR
Cannot Take Case From Hands OF the
Legislature-Not n Unanimous De-
eision-Four Judges Dissent
From the chief Justice.

A Washington, May 81, special says:
The Kentucky g%overnorship case has
been decided by the United States
supreme court In favor of Beckham,
affirming the decision of the Kentucky
court of appeals.
The opinion was handed down by
Chief Justice Fuller and the case was
dismissed for want OF jurisdiction and
that the determination of cases of this
character, contests for state offices,
must necessarily be settled by the po.
litical branch of the government. That
branch had acted in the Kentucky case
when the general assembly took juris.
diction. There was no appeal from
the assembly's decision, which was
favorable to Goebel and Beckham X
cept TO the tribunal OF the people,
which tribunal the chief justice said
was always in session. lie also said
the case was purely a state case, that
Kentucky was in full possession Of its
faculties as a member of the union and
that there was no emergency at this
time calling for interference.
The opinion in the Kentucky case
was not unanimous. some Of the JUS
tices dissenting. Justices Brewer, Har-
Ian, Brown and Mckenna were the
dissenting justices.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-05-25
NOTING ON AT
situation at NJ. Louis Worse Than Be-
fore-One Killed.

A st. Louis, May 2lst dispatch says
ore boy way killed, and three men and
a girl were wounded as a result of the
strike. The dead:
Martin Zika, eighteen years OF age.
struck in the left breast by a bullet
fired from a street al
The wounded; Clarence +. Mullen,
motorman, home in Jacksonville, H.,
not serious. Minnie Kruger, eighteen
years of age, not serious. Two rioters,
carried away by friends, names not
learned.
Zika was shot late in the afternoon
while standing in the door of his home
at 1900 Grier avenue A mob of several
hundred men had surrounded n car and
were threatening conductor and mo
torman. A few stones had been thrown
when n shot was fired from the car,
the bullet striking Zika full in the
breast. lie died within a few minutes.
Conductor Farley and Motorman
Drake were arrested.
At the police station Conductor Far
ley admitted firing the shot which
killed Zika. lie fred, he said, at q
man who was preparing to throw a
stone at him, and the bullet hit Zika.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-05-25
Girl In Totally Depraved.

Laura Humber, twelve years of age,
of Chippewa Falls, Wis, is in court
charged with attempting to murder her
parents and three sisters. The girl
broke up glass into fine particles and
placed it in several articles Of food
about to be served, but the glass was
discovered by one of the sisters before
any of the food had been eaten. Ac-
cording to the fathers story the girl
is utterly %depraved. He stated that she
had tortured to death three domestic
animals and a dozen chickens, and de-
stroyed most all the family apparel.
Judge Condit committed the girl to
the industrial school at Milwaukee.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-05-25
TWO NEW BISHOPS
Methodist General Conference
Ends Long Deadlock
MfSSRS. MOORE AND HAMILTON WIN
Necessary Majority Comes on the Seven
teenth BaIlot-Both Long In the
Service OF the Church and Well
Known In Literary World.

A Chicago May 22d dispatch says be-
lief that today's balloting would end
the long-drawn-out episco pate contest
attracted a large audience to today's
meeting of the Methodist general con-
ference, nearly every seat in the Au-
ditorium being occupied when Bishop
II. II. Warren raped for order.
After devotional exercises conducted
by Rev. w. +. Oldham of Ohio and the
reading of the journal, the result of
the sixteenth ballot, taken yesterday,
was announced as follows: d. II.
Moore, 426; j. w. Hamilton, All; ]. r.
Day, 1913, II. Spellmeyer, 90; j. L. Der.
ry, rs; T. b. Nicely, As; necessary to a
choice, 42s.
At $3.50 o'clock the seventeenth ballot
was taken, with prospects favorable
for a result. After a little business
had been transacted q recess was
taken.
During recess rumors were current
that an election had been reached, and
at the conclusion of the recess the sew
enteenth ballot was read.
"Dr. ID. II. Moore received 534 votes
and is elected" announced Bishop
Warren, and great applause ensued.
"Dr. j. w. Hamilton received $40
votes and is elected" and again the
hall rang with applause.
Bishops-elect Hamilton and Moore
were escorted to the platform, and
amid applause and the waving of hand
kerchiefs were introduced to the gen
eral conference. The final ballot was
as follows: ID. II. Moore 534, j. w.
Hamilton 514, Day lO4, II. Spellmeyer
II, I. Ii. Nicely Al, =. j. Berry %.
Necessary to n choice 444.
Discussion of organic law was then
taken up.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-05-25
Il ExplOdes.

The store of William Peckmeyer at
Beulah, Neb., seven miles northeast of
Osceola, burned, together with nearly
all the contents. The loss will amount
to $4,000, with insurance of $1,000.
The fire was caused by "a lamp falling
to the floor. No one was present but
Mr.. Peckmeyer, and he did all he
could to save "A portion Of the goods.
In this he was handicapped on account
Of a keg Of powder catching fire and
blowing out the entire front of the
building.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-05-25
MUST PRACTICE SHOOTING
National Guardsmen Ordered to DO
Record Firing.

national Guardsmen ordered to DO
Record Firing.
Adjutant General Barry has issued
orders containing the details of the
target practice regulations and requir.
ing an examination Of non-commis.
stoned officers. The season for target
practice for the Nebraska national
guard opened May Is and will close
November Is. All practice for record
must take place between September
and the close Of the season. A contest
for competitive firing will take place
during the summer. range to be des.g-
mated hereafter. The best shot in each
company will receive a bronze medal,
the best shot in each regiment a silver
medal and the best shot in the brigade
will receive a gold medal to be awarded
by the governor. The failure of any
enlisted man to practice on the range
during the season will be sufficient
reason for his discharge for the good
of the service" Inefficicncy on the
part Of a company in target practice
shall be sufficient reason for its dis.
bandment. An efficient trophy" will
be given the company that has the
greatest number Of men making score
work on the range during the season.
This trophy carries with it the rifle
honors of the year.