Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1901-07-26
MATTERS IN MARYLAND.

MATTERS IN MARYLAND.
Cumberland, Nd July 1S.-Fire yes
terday destroyed Fairfax Inn, built in Q
1895. and the only hotel at Berkeley t
Springs. w Va, causing a loss Of $780, t
600, insurance $4,000.
Cumberland. July 23.-The negro vot-
ers Of Cumberland have fitted out an :
election room in connection with their a
school for illiterates, which has been .
running for several months, and here J
all negroes will practice in voting. =
Hagerstown, July 17.-Since the
date for the Republican primaries has
been set numerous candidates for Of
flee have sprung up. For the house Of
delegates it is expected that Charles
G. Biggs and Joseph w. Wolinger will
be renominated for reclamation.
Denton. July 15.-Democrats of Caro-
line county will hold primaries on Sat
urday, July q. and a county conven-
ton on Tuesday. July 3d. to choose |
delegates to the state convention. The !
primaries for the county ticket will |
be held later A senator will be chosen |
9 SuEEGGu l..
Hagerstown, July 2S-David Young,
a married man. aged about q years,
a section hand on the Western Mary
land railroad living near Big Spring,
/ is lying in Williamsport at the point
! of death Richard Houpt, aged about
! 25 years, of Williamsport, is in Jail,
charged with murderously assaulting
Young
Ellicott City, July 23.-Chief Judge
Jones will hold court in Ellicott City
all week, something unusual in How
ard county when the court is sitting
neither in regular nor intermediate ses-
sion The first to come up will be the
/, hearing in the injunction case Of
George L. Mowen against Jacob Shew,
growing out of the recent electric light
transfer in Ellicott city. Other tele-
phone cases will follow, to take up two
or three days, and other matters will
consume the entire week.
Rockville. July IA convention of
: the Prohibitionists of Montgomery
1 county has been called to meet in
= Gaithersburg Saturday, July 20, to
= nominate a county ticket, to choose
= delegates to the state convention, to
+, elect a county chairman, secretary and
treasurer and to inquire into co-opera
i ton with the anti Saloon League
n Upon the adjournment of the conven
Y ton the body will go to Washington
II Grove and attend the exercises of the
y Woman's Christian Temperance Union
+ Elkton. July 17.-The Republicans
>, of Cecil county will hold their primar!
! meetings on Saturday and their count,
- convention on the following Tuesday
-e at which time a county ticket will b.
le named. It is conceded that Henry N
lg Mccullough, of EllIton, will receive tn
ne nomination for state senator. Samue
M NJ. Welsh and Arthur H. Owens ar
N slated for the legislature, with Georg
=, NJ Christie, of the Seventh district, fo
= county treasurer, and it is PRACTICAL
settled that Howard Terry will receiv
the nomination for sheriff.
re Rockville, July 15.-But two weel
n remain Of the Democratic primaI
nd campaign in this county. The cand
ny dates to be nominated are one for IL
m state senate, four for the house
o. delegates, one for the sheriffalty, thr,
i,o for county commissioners and one f
county surveyor Up to this time tv
aspirants are in the field for the sta
'0i senate ten for the house of delegate
ar five for sheriff and nine for coun
commissioners. The nominations clio
De- next Tuesday and the list of canC
lot dates is now believed to be compile
be- Cambridge, July 23.-The Cambria
ler- Public library was yesterday open
tod for examination. It contains seVe
hundred well selected volumes of
ton, reference and miscellaneC
CIV 60" works Among the contributions to
MS library were 100 volumes. presented
'al- Mr. John E. Hurst, of Baltimore. HI
on Phillips L. Goldsborough gave Thacl
the rays works and Mrs. Joseph H. Jol
ute son a complete set of Bulwer's wor
de- The library was founded through
hos efforts of the ladies of the Curr
mo Events club.
and Annapolis, July 21.-The Democrs
primaries in Anne Arundel county y
~, terday were holly contested by
o"i- friends of DR.. George Wells and jan
i've P Bannon on one side, and Sens
liar. Williams, General Bond and Mr.. n
be we'll on the other. The county c
c. vention will consist of 1O5 memb
OF these the Wells people seem to h
elected "a and the other side As.
the Fifth district the election Oft
ave refused to sign the returns. and Il
not will probably be contesting delegate
i of The Wells faction, however, seems
the have majority of the convention W
med out that district.
ents Crisfeld, July 23-Soft crabs /
the been scarce this summer and have I
Eco. bringing in the Crisfield market
had dozen for the past ten days.
-. scarcity of crabs does not seem t.
of much disadvantage to the crabl
because they are getting 1 cents az
u ~ for them this season. where they
ends onlv cent last season. Some of
hav- best crabbers are making from 50
hum $25 a week, and even boys are rec
year. ing exceptional wages. The den
for crabs is steadily increasing, an
supply this demand the packers of
he is meat continue operations winter
JEY 4 summer.
oleoo, Rockville. July 1.-THE an
: s q,m camp meeting of the Woman's C
otca, tian Temperance Union of Mary
nse Of and District of Columbia began
morning at Washington Grove and
icy. continue one week. The attendant
In my large A number Of prominent ten
A. d. ance workers were present. ar
M them being Mrs. Ella A. Boole, 7
.hiic dent of the New York state Won
Christian Temperance Union;
ly,and Martha /. Wells. of Tennessee;
us sur Mary R. Hasleep, of Baltimore, !
onials' dent of the Maryland Woman's
tian Temperance Union; Mrs. e
S. Shelton, of Washington; Mrs. S
T. Miller. of Montgomery county
Mrs Mary ]. Weaver, the union
Clark ,iOnal evangelist.
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