Milford chronicle., 1901-05-24
MATTERS I'M MARYLAND,

Hagerstown, May 2O.-The grand
Jury of Washington county concluded
this evening. Among their
indictments were Is against saloon
keepers. mostly for selling without IL
cense. The law requires each saloon
keepers application to be Endorsed by
Il property owners. 1t is charged that
many indorsers were not property own
ers. Some witnesses went before the
grand jury and swore to the fact, and
saloon keepers who got licenses on
these applications have been indicted
for selling without license.
Oakland, May 1.-THE census emu
meration in Kitzmillerville district Of
Garrett county, lying along the West
Virginia Central railroad, in the vicin-
ity of Blaine, has been completed and
shows a gain of 81 over last years
enumeration. The increase is account
ed for from the new coal mines now OPP
Grating in that section on the Mary
land side of the river. It is believed |
that Garrett county will, without doubt, |
have over $4,000 population and be en-
titled to three representatives in the |
house of delegates. The federal census |
fell few hundred short of $4,000, the |
figure necessary to secure three dele
gates
Salisbury, May 16.-This morning
Mrs. Sarah Cox, wife of Capt. William
Cox, was found dead in her room in
Barren Creek district, Wicominico
county. She had committed suicide dur
4 ing the night by strangling herselfwith
an apron string She was IS years old,
and for some time had been acting
strangely. She was the third and last
sister in a family to commit suicide.
Her maiden name was Russell. Her
elder sister, Mrs. William Majors, ended
her life by taking poison several years
ago. Last year a younger sister, Mrs.
Tubman Majors, wandered away in the
woods and with blunt caseknife sew
cred the arteries in her arm and slowly
bled to death. Her body was found a
day and a half after she left home.
Annapolis, May 16.-A large brick
building on Maryland avenue, once
known as the Wesley Chapel Methodist
Episcopal church, but later used by the
local companies Of the Maryland Ma
, tional Guard as an armory, suddenly
collapsed this morning barely giving
some men working under it time to es-
cape from its ruins. A man working in
the cellar saw the earth under thewalls
falling in. He started out on a run
crying to his companies to run also
+ Nearly all did so in time to escape
r the mass of bricks, slate, ETC., which
tumbled down all around One of the
wOrkmen found he could not get out, Sc
he squatted down by the wall until tn,
roof and rafters fell. Then he slipped
out unhurt. A horse was also impris
c oned by the dehris, but was rescued
!. without a scratch.
- Chestertown, May 16.-Farmer Josial
f Massey is conducting an experiment il
: fish culture on his farm near here. H
e calls himself a fish farmer" and hi
!. Fish farm" covers about two acres O
q clear water. 1t is alive during thes
I warm spring days with black bass rang
ing in size from tiny FRY" to grea
:, gamey fellows II to Is inches loni
Farmer Massey received a hundre
y small fish last December a year agC
and from this stock comes his preser
e supply of fine table fish. He damned
InA I,
1t cured his lake of pure, sweet waite
II The fish are kept from passing out wit
er the flowing water by a large tubula
d boiler placed on the dam, throug
n which the water flows out. The large
a fish cannot pass through, and the Ell
n thusiastic fish farmer says that so ia
as he can see the smaller ones make n
; effort to follow the current. The ifs
~ are fed, like turkeys or chickens, on oil
fashioned eastern shore corn pone.
IL Easton, May 2O.-When the May ter
of the circuit court for Talbot count
p began today. Judge Martin charge
the grand jury. In three years Il
recognizance docket that goes to Il
grand jury has gone down from Il
" cases to SO, the number of this yea
d The grand inquest is composed of
III sworn grand jurors instead of %. tt
n fact was not discovered by the cou
OF until the grand jury came in bringil
a some presentments and asking to
n discharged for the day. Thomas
q. Smith, who had been drawn as a graz
juror did not answer to his name VIII,
it was called. The foreman said N
Smith had not answered to his nan
but Smith got up and said Il ha
m been right here all day. I was n
lis, called to be sworn as a grand jur
us and was not sworn. I did not knC
mi before that I had been drawn as
81, grand juror" After some consulate
No. Mr.. Smith was sworn and the % gra
es' jurors were sent back to their roo
M where they made new presentments
Nv: the cases. The incident is probal
ard unprecedented.