The evening times., 1900-06-11
MARYLAND NEWS NOTES.

The Masonic festival in Frederick City
realized 500 for the temple fund.
Kindergartens are being established in
the public school system Of TALBOT county.
The value OF the maple sugar shipped
from Grantsville. Garrett count. this sea-
son was $4,000
Miss George E. Iinsted. OF North Sew
ern. Anne Arundel county, died Friday.
aged sixtyfour years
George r. Ash has sold the Cecil County
Fair Grounds 10 the ElkIon improvement
Association for $4,000
Wsterworks, fire plugs stand pipe, en-
gine house. and other appliances for ex-
tinguishing fires are being introduced in
St Michaels-
The canalbOat F. o. Beckett, Capt James
MeKelvey. sunk in the Chesapeake and
Ohio Canal at Williamsport, loaded with
coal. The boat was raised.
In Hagerstown Saturday night Charles
ohier and his son. nine years old. were
struck by lightning while driving an ice
wagon and seriously injured
Rev. Don Luigi Sartori, pastor Of St
Joseph's Catholic Church, Midland, AlIe-
gany county. will celebrate his silver
anniversary on Thursday, June q.
On Friday afternoon lightning struck the
wires of the telegraph office at Lime Kiln,
Frederick county. and shocked the opera
tor, Martin Scarf. and eolored boy.
Bishop Michael Horst. OF the Mennonite
Church died suddenly June at Maugans-
vile, Washington county, from stomach
trouble and paralysis. aged seventy-Ave
years.
Former Gov A. Brooke Fleming Of wes;
Virginia has purchased Of the Baltimore
Building and Loan Association the ''Oak
Hail. property, on the road between Oak
land and Mountain Lake Park.
two-year-old daughter of Wilson Foil
was drowned in a watering trough al
Grantsville. Garrett county, Saturday
When found she was leaning over the
| trough with her head In the water
Miss Mary Cline. an aged lady OF Pitts
| burg, while visiting her sister. Mrs. Eher-
| sole, at WilliamsSort. was seriously in
tured by falling down stairs while walking
in her sleep. II Is thought she Is injured
internally.
John NJ Shadrach died suddenly in Ha
| gerstown Saturday of Bright's disease
| aged forty-seven years. He served av.
| years in the regular Army fighting In
| dians in the West. A widow and one son
Robert. survive.
The section of country between Middle
burg, Nd, and Greencastle, Pa, was swep
by a cyclone Friday afternoon. The rail-
4 fell in torrents. and was accompanied b.
| considerable hail Fruit was stripped from
the trees and crops destroyed
A new monthly paper is to be ;ssue'
! from Cambridge devoted TO the work o
| the Baptist Church on the Eastern Shore
| TO be called the Eastern Shore Baptist.
and edited by Rev. Howard s. Irvine. ras
| tor OF the Baptist Church at Cambridge.
During an electrical storm Saturday seT
eral buildings in Cambridge were strucl
by lightning. One bolt struck outbuilding
on the property of E. c. Hopkins. In tn
West End. Another bolt struck tenan
house belonging to A J. Dunn and rippe
| open the Misunderstanding from the cave
TO the ground.
fire occurred early Saturday mornin
at the bicycle agency OF Edward s. Smith
in the Arundel building, Annapolis.
was caused, it is said, by some one throw
ing a lighted cigarette in wooden boz
The damage to Mr.. Smiths stock is est
mated at $500. The Evening Capitals
pressroom is under the bicycle establish
ment, and considerable damage was don
there
A machine house on the farm OF Count
Commissioner Samuel S. Stouffer at Antie
tam, Washington county, was destroyed
fire Saturday. and with 1t an adjoinin
building. one threshing machine, two reaJ
ers. one binder, three wagons, a cor
crusher, a lot of canvas, 200 bushels
corn, 10000 feet of sawed poplar aud oa
lumber, so barrels of vinegar. two NJ
wagon beds, blacksmith shop. sawmil
J and a lot Of chopped feed.