The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1901-11-08
BREVITIES.

MIR. e. b. Sweeney has been appoint
ed postm aster at Groom.
Mrs. Emma Gilbert, of Washington,
is visiting her friend, Mrs. Gore.
MIR. Charles R. Grant, of Baltimore,
spent Tuesday with his parents here.
Mr. and Mrs s. Bernard Cr1nford, of
Annapolis, are visiting relatives in this
town.
Miss Eleanor Humes. of Baltimore
county, is visiting her uncle. Dr. NJ. D.
Humes.
-Messrs. William H. Harper and NJ. S.
Plummer, of Washington, were here on
Tuesday.
| Miss Annie S. Hill has gone on visit
to her sister, Mrs. Buchanan Beale, in
Washington.
Miss Venia Wilson has returned from
visit to her sister, Mrs. G. L. Gibbons,
Of New Glatz.
Mrs. G. A. Ryon, of Washington,
spent Tuesday and Wednesday with her
sister, Mrs. 5. E. R. Crandell.
| Miss Sarah Silverman, of New York,
is Oh a visit to her cousins. Mrs. Kate
Edlavitch and Messrs. NJ. H. and VIM. l.
| Wolf
| Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph K. Roberts have
issued invitations to reception in cele
bration of the fifth anniversary of their
wedding on Monday evening next, from s
to II o'clock.
Mr.. Benjamin Crawford, of this town,
has completed MIR. N. Duley's dwelling,
near Groom, and is now engaged build
ing public hall for the Ladies Guild OF
St. Thomas Church, Croom.
On Sunday next, the 10th inst, Bishop
Satterlee will visit Forestville at II a. III.
and Addison's Chapel at 3 p. m. Rectors
of city churches have promised to preach
at the Church last named on the 3rd and
4th Sundays in November. Friends in
Washington are reminded that Addison $
Chapel is only few minutes walk from
Chesapeake Junction.
On the 10th of November an annular
eclipse of the sun will occur, which, how
ever, will not be visible in our latitude.
The annulus will start at the center of the
Mediterranean Sea- move in a southeast
erly direction through Arabia and the
Indian Ocean, out through Ceylon, the
Malay Peninsula and Siam and terminate
at the eastern coast of Luzon in the
Philippine Islands.
Miss Laura J. Wilkerson, of Forest
vile, this county was married to MIR.
William J. Mitchell, of Anacostia, Tues
dav. The maid of honor was Miss Agnes
Fowler, of Forestville, and the best man
Mr. Ernest Murray, of Anacostia. Rev.
Garden Memorial Presbyterian Church,
of Anacostia, performed the ceremony
The couple will reside at Anacostia.
Mrs. Cora Lee Matthews, wife of Mr.
William NJ Matthews, of Georgia, and
eldest daughter of Mr.. 7. B. Middleton
of Camp Springs. this county, died or
October 2Sth, aged q years, after linger
ing illness, which was borne with the
SN6eIeSl one udu UGH HldlilC
only one year and ten months. The
funeral was held at St. Barnabas' Church
Oxon Hill The floral tributes were ex
quisitely beautiful and filled a carriage.
p. ofessor W. 7. l.. Tia liaferro of TIL
Maryland Agricultural College, accom-
PANIED by Director Harry ]. Patterson, o
the state experiment station, and tn
senior and junior classes in animal hus
V handry in the college, visited the Unite
J, States quarantine station at Halethorpc
: Friday, for the purpose of inspecting
II herd of 227 Hereford cattle, held in de
K tention there. Some of the animals il
$ this herd are descended, it is said, fror
stock owned by King Edward VII o
England One of these is bull, whic
weighs 5000 pounds, and is valued a
S $4,000 The herd is the property of tn
q Armour estate and is to be taken to tn
: west. 1t is said that this is the larges
, herd of cattle that has ever passe
n through the port of Baltimore, and that
, is the finest herd ever in the easter
portion of the United States