The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1901-02-22
BKEVlTIES.

MIR. Eds Smith, of Washington
spent Sunday here.
Miss Priscilla Warning is visiting
her niece, Mrs. Joseph X. Roberts.
The j. l.. Edlavitch Department
store will he re-opened on Monday
next
Miss Lucy F.. Sasscer, of the Ma
tional Cathedral School, is spending
February 22nd with her parents.
Miss Nora Trinkhaus, of Balti
more, is on a visit to her brother, Rev
Charles j. Trinkhaus of this town.
Miss Alice Ridgeway who has
been on a visit to relatives in Wash.
ington, returned home on Monday.
Mr.. AMI Mrs. George T. Jones, OF
Baltimore, spent Sunday with Mr.. and
Mrs. John T. Mullikin near woodward.
Misses Alice and Ellen Harper
attended the meeting Of the Teachers
Association in Washington last Fri
day.
The third annual banquet of the
Alumni Association of the Maryland
Agricultural College will be held at
the College on March End.
Mrs John Savillc and Miss Saville,
Of Washington, spent Monday at the
Marlboro House on visit to MIR. and
Mrs. r. Truxton Houston.
-Mr Bernard Boswell, who con-
'lncts blacksmith shop at Westwood
and who accidentally shot himself in
The hand about a month ago, is now
able to he at his shop again.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. B. Zantzing +
spent last Sunday at "EllersIie," the
home OF Judge Chew. They are about
to start on visit to Jamaica and ex-
pect to be absent about month.
The appeal in the Registration
case of r b b Chew, Jr., from the
decision ofthe Circuit Court Of this
county was submitted on brief 10y F.
Snowden Hill for the appellant, in the
Court of Appeals on Tuesday.
The young people Of the Metho-
dist Church at Cheltenham will hold
an entertainment at the church on the
evening of the 22nd (to-day) for the
benefit of said church. Admission 25
cents and Is cents for children. Doors
open at 80. A cordial invitation ex-
tended to all
Services at St. Mary's Church,
Friday at p. m, Stations of Cross
and Benediction Of the Most Blessed
Sacrament. Sunday, Mass at 8 O'Clock
/. M, at RosaryviIle; at IL o'clock a.
m., at st. Mary's Church, this town,
at o'clock p. m, Sermon and Bene-
diction of the Most Blessed Sacra-
ment
Judge Trueman c. Evarts died in
Hyattsville February l6, aged IS
years of pneumonia. He was a native
Of Vermont and all employee of the
Postoffice Department at Washington.
He leaves widow, who was Miss
Schooler, of Fauquier county, Vir-
ginia, and young son, Trueman, and
a daughter, Mrs. Fertile, of Chevy
Chase, 10y previous marriage.
The public examination at the
Academy last Tuesday was one of the
most interesting ever held there. The
boys in both the academic and phi
mary depal tnents were quick and
prompt in tt cir responses and showed
interest in their studies. The exami
nations were conducted 10y Mr.. F.
Sasscer, president of the Trustees, and
Mr.. Joseph V. Wyvill who spent
most of the day in the school
The executive committee of tie
Ctt'z"ns' League, OF this county met
on Thurs lay last, at the office of
Messrs. Duckett Il Dent, Washington.
Addresses were made by DR.. Il. S
Hill, William A. Meloy and Marion
Duckett upon county affair. The
result of these remarks was the pas
sage of resolution authorizing the
president to appoint an expert to assist
the assessment committee of the league
in investigating the financial stand
ing of the county. This expert will
be paid 500. Thirty new me nbel s
Of the league, representing both Of the
dominant political parties and many
sections OF the county, were elected
new members.
The house of James Stevens, a
restaurant keeper of Washington, d.
c., and a small summer kitchen about
10 yards distant from the min dwell
ing, together with a great deal Of
furniture, family relics and business
papers. We're destroyed 10y fire near
College Park, this county, Saturday
night. The fire commenced about
I O'Clock, and in less than three hours
the entire structure WAS burned to the
ground Mr. Stevens was remnvil g
some small pieces Of furniture from
the house in Il wagon and had driven
only about 20 yards on his way back
to Washington with them. when S
Young son looked back and discovered
the flames bursting forth from the si( e
OF the house. They both hurried back
in order to try to put the fire out, but
Mr.. Stevens tainted when about hall
way up the hill. Many neighbors
arrived on the scene, but on account
of the rapid progress which the fire
had made it was then too late to sa' e
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