Middletown transcript., 1901-06-08
MY MARYLAND


been elected vice president Of the Mary
land Sunday School Union.
Rev. Carpenter Of Deals Island, ha
returned from the Holy Land, and j
lecturing the islands on the Ruins o
Palestine.
A Marylander has sued his old sweet
heart, since married to another, 70
$27.O2 that he spent on her while the
were engaged.
The Democratic State Central Commit
tee in Baltimore on Wednesday decided
to hold the State Convention in that cit,
on August, 1st.
Judge Frederick Stump, Of the Second
Judicial district, who has been very i'll a
his home at Perry Point, Cecil county, il
somewhat improved.
Mrs. Maria Turner died very suddenly
at the residence of her son, Mr.. Clarerce
L. Turner, near Millington, last Saturday
evening. aged about so years.
Senator McComas will endeavor to have
the Government construct piece of roaC
in Kent county to serve as an object les
son on the advantage of good country
roadways.
1t is rumored that some of the leading
Democrats in Baltimore and throughout
the state are considering the advisability
Of placing independent tickets in the
field next fall.
The Mccullough Iron Works, at Row
landville, has been sold by H. H. Haines
to Logan Brothers & West, who will
improve the property for manufacturing
purposes on other lines.
The commencement exercises of the
Western Maryland College, Westmin-
lister, will be held June u. Miss Marion
Clark and Miss Covington May, Of Elk
ton, are among the graduates.
The Centreville Shirt Factory which
has been shut down for the past two
months was put in operation again Mon
day morning. Mr.. Charles H. Burgess
has full charge of the factory.
The annual commencement exercises
OF the Jacob Tome Institute at Port De-
post will be held in Tome Memorial
Church on June 25th. There are twenty
four students in the graduating class.
The operations of the United States
Fish Commission at Battery Station, near
Havre de Grace, were very limited this
season because shad was exceptio nally
scarce on the flats at spawning time.
Henry NJ. Mccullough. Esq, has pur-
chased for $1,000 the farm of John S.
Writ, ESD, in Elk Neck. The farm ad-
joins the "Oldfelds Point" farm of Mr..
McCo llough and is a very desirable pro
perty.
When completed the new Naval Aca-
denny at Annapolis will have cost So, ,0O0,- :
900 and will be finer than any Govern
ment structure outside of Washington.
It will have accommodations for 500
cadets.
A meeting of the directors Of the Elk
ton and Chesapeake City Electric Rail
way Company will be held in Elkton on
the 18th, when it is said steps will be
taken for the immediate construction Of
the road.
Chesapeake City NJ. E. Church has ad-
vanced the salary Of its pastor, Rev. L.
E. Poole, to 500. The salary Of Dr.
DeVenish, at Cherry Hill, was advanced
to the same figure at the last quarterly
conference
On Wednesday night fire destroyed
the dwelling and meat house on the farm
owned by the Mitchell heirs, and tenan-
ted by Mr.. George Slaughter near Cen
treville. Loss about $500, partly covered
by insurance.
The census enumerators have completed
their work of taking the census of Havre
de Grace. By the return it shows the
town to have a population of 8, ,450, or an
increase of twenty-six over the recent
Federal census.
Ex-Governor Jackson is said to be one
of the projectors of new 100000 hotel
for Annapolis. The hotel is to be called
the Hotel Admiral and will be situated
about midway between the Naval Aca-
deny gate and the State House.
Rev. Alpheus s. Mowbray, pastor Of
the Tome Memorial NJ E. Church at
Port Deposit, Cecil county, has accepted
an invitation to preach the baccalaureate
germon at the Wilmington Conference
Academy at Dover tomorrow, June 8.
The officers Of the Fourth Regiment
have decided to employ caterer and a
mess of their own at the Queenstown en-
in July. Each company has
been instructed to enlist cook, who will
receive the pay of a corporal while in
clmp. Each company in the brigade
will be required to do its own cooking.
Herring are swarming in Purnells
creek, branch of the Pocomoke river,
just above Snow Hill. The like has not
been seen for many years, Charles Tim
mons, Is years old, Monday morning
caught 1000 and many others were al
most as successful. All that has to be
done is to get any kind Of net with a
pole to it and scoop them up. Apparently
there are millions Of them.
WARWICK HAPPENINGS