Milford chronicle., 1901-07-19
MATTERS IN MARYLAND.

Hyatsville, July 14.-At a special !
Of the Town Council last night |
the contract for installing the water
works was awarded to Rosser & Cos !
toe, of Bellaire, Ohio. The work will !
be commenced next week.
Hagerstown, July 15.-Mrs. Amy
Sadtler Albrecht, Lutheran missionary !
to India, who is now with her sister,
Mrs W. H. Bixler, of Hagerstown, sails
from New York on July IS for Ger
many to join her husband, Rev. DR..
Albrecht, prior to their return to India.
Frederick, July 15.-Dr. Edward
Hewes, aged "A, a member of the Fred
erick bar, died this morning, after a
lingering illness. of consumption. He
was son of the lata James E. Hewes,
Of Baltimore. He has six brothers, all
of whom reside in Baltimore. He mar
ried Miss Fannie SChley, who survives
him. He was a member of a distin-
guished family. Among his ancestors
was Joseph Hewes, signer of the
Declaration of Indepndnce.
Denton, July ia dispatch re-
cived here announces the death in
Brooklyn, N. Y, of T. Writ Fountain,
who for many years had been engaged
in the commission business in New
York The remains will be brought
to Denton for interment. Mr.. Fountain
was a son of the late James H. Foun-
| tain, who was once clerk of the circuit
court of Caroline county. He married
the daughter of the late Charles Mich
olson, of Caroline county, and she, with
four children. survives.
Greensboro, July 15.-In consequence
of the heavy rains which fell through
out this section Saturday the ChoptanI
rivr has overlooked it's banks. All tn,
streams leading thereto in the uppel
part of the county are very high, anC
many bridges have been washed out
which makes travel over the public
roads difficult In places in this tow
water stood at a depth of Is inches 70
several hours. The growing crops il
the lowlands east of here have beel
greatly damaged. Acres of land ar
still inundated.
Cumberland, July 15-As Father Do
Luigi Sartori, pastor of St. Joseph
, Catholic Church Midland. Alleghen
county. was proceeding from the SO
cristy to the altar yesterday he wa
confronted by a copperhead snake thre
t feet long The priest, clad in his robe
t for mass. rushed for a rod used as
q candle lighter to kill the snake. but
! had disappeared. The congregation b,
came much excited Father Sarto
. sang mass. displaying no nervousness
whatever. After service the sextC
. found the snake as it was mounting Il
i steps of the convent of the Sisters
Il Notre Dame and killed it.
Denton, July 15-Democrats of Car
line county will hold primaries on Sa
urday, July p, and county conve
tion on Tuesday, July 80, to choO
delegates to the state convention. T.
n primaries for the county ticket W
= be held later A senator will be chOs
10 to succeed Mr.. Robert M. Messick a
4 Democrats often speak of Col Able
ty w. Sisk, of Preston. and Messrs, Jon
ry than w. Kerr and George T, ReddC
ry of Denton, in this connection. In
ll' probability the nomination will be te
'a- dered to one of these gentlemen.
ISIS Rockville, July 15.-But two wee
,p- remain Of the Democratic prims
its campaign in this county. The can
he dates to be nominated are one for
ne state senate, four for the house
- delegates, one for the sheriffalty, tn
~ for county commissioners and one
an. county surveyor Up to this time
ted aspirants are in the field for the st
The senate, ten for the house of delegat
SER five for sheriff and nine for cou
for commissioners. The nominations cl
next Tuesday and the list of car
dates is now believed to be compl
Ter, Ellicott City, July 15.-On the HI
ard county farm of Chief Judge
out Thomas Jones have been found
mense qualities of granite of a qua
L that is said by experts to rival
mont granite Judge Jones has
"N lot of the stone. A geologist fl
Johns Hopkins located the stone
20 solid mass under 60 acres of the ia
RE Yesterday evening a four horse t.
en- hauled through EllicOtt city bl
iual of the product of the quarries on
iu,' farm weighing more than six tons
g. be used for the base of 8 monun
boI in Loudon Park. The specimen clio
ON resembles marble IN us Whltehess'
t to it is granite in hardness.
e 1t Cumberland. July 1.-two years
s'nU 81 young men from the mining reg
largely from Homecoming, enlisted
the United States army for servic
the Philippines. They were all ass
ed to Company R, Forty-third infaI
49,, and every man without exception
mo-, returned in good health after
suc- months hard service. One becan
llent sergeant and five were made corpo
ther Last week the last batch arrived
'mer went to their homes at LonacoI
They were Sergeant R. NJ. Glenn,
eeA, poral Thomas Dice, Hugh Stat
' George B. Mcclellan, cook; Tho
,ulti- McHugh, James MCGEE, Thomas
and non, James Robinson, George HI
heat Hugh Brown, private Flanagan,
arm, liam Gears and James Lyons.
''ou' Westminster, July 15.-The CT
rrot court for Carroll county has const
ding the residuary clause of the will of
north garet Ferguson, of UniontOwn, in
reeks of the trustees of the Presibyt
Pen Board of Publication and Sal
s. On School Work" located in Philadel
d 4OO Miss Ferguson, after making a nu
ls ,N"a Of requests in her will, left the re
ma Of her estate, amounting to 1914
TO the Board of Presbyterian CT
have Rooms, located in 1892 at 1884 c
owns nut street, Philadelphia" The
) and was a misnOmer and the organic
above mentioned claimed to be
object of the bequest, DR.. J. ]. Y
er, Jr., executor, referred the n
o. to the Circuit court for a eonstru
'''-''' Of the will, which decision was in
Of the claimant.
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