Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1902-07-12
MARYLAND STATE new.
he Latest Happenings Gathered Firm
All Sources.

Maryland PENSIONS: Josiah F. Dix n
Baltimore. So; George F. Holm 5
greensboro. SIG: Charles Miller. BIZ il
nore. IS; Uriah CARRIER. Baltimore, q;
aura v Enochs. Baltimore, So; NJ r
| ha Snowden. PASSPORT s..
\ severe thunderstorm passed over
Washington county Sunday afternoon:
i tbou, an inch oil rain iell. The wnd
! ,lcw a gale Numerous trees were to-
| Dotted. thousands oi wheat shocks wee
catered over the fields and all tie
| treams were swollen. ST. Johns ln-
heran Church. in Hagerstown. vas
truck by lightning and the pastor, XIV.
D. 5. W. Owen. was stunned. lie was
landing in the centre aisle OF Ne
| hurch when the bolt hit the stecne..
/. was knocked of his feet. but I'D
~ lose consciousness. lie wa Oily
yards from where the lightning t9re
Trough the ceiling OF the vest;bulc IN
| Ter the tower and ran down gas pDe.
| several bricks were knocked OF he
Kinney on the other end OF the chu:'h.
Mrs. Owen. reclining on sofa at 1e
parsonage adjoining the church, 'As
.ls0 stunned.
Elias w. Williamson. who died le-
.en;ly At his homestead near Willis,'n.
provides in his will for the establi h
nent oi 4 school 10 be known as he
Williamson Industrial School. ;nd
)elucathing it $1,000 The school bud
ng mentioned in the will was cree Ell
~ Mr.. Williamson during his lifetime
md IS now known as Williamson
school. part OF the public school SIS
IN, ~ Caroline county. He gave he
,sc oi the buidi:e and bore all OF .itii
'unning expenses excep. the salary OF
he teacher, which has been paid by The
.uun,y School Board.
Among the will; recently admi;teGto
probate by the Orphans Court tor Cao'
lie County is one in which the ifS'
atr:x bequeaths her farm TO relat g
With the curious proviso that ne al
lot e-ec.. nor allow any cider mimic
" erected. on this farm now deviSeQto
.',n." and should he not observe ne
,royiso the properly is 10 Immediately
descend TO other relatives.
Il is settled that the new Chestcrtovr
iepo: and telegraph office are TO cone
o the business centre OF the town. me
-eauisite amount OF money has ben
raised by the citizens committee to
purchase the rights OF way into tow,
Wheat in Montgomery county !:
yielding lar better than was eNpeced
and the quality OF the grain is very me.
\ sharp contest has developed o'ei
he Woodstock postmas;ership. VIII ca
>ays between $500 and $500 year. ia;
I'D Donovan. the incumbent, md
Maurice F. Quill are the contestants
Mrs. Harriet Emil Donaldson, widt|
ii Rear Admiral Edward Donaldson,
United States Navy. and daughtertol
lie late DR.. Martin Fenwick. died az
West River. Anne Arundel county.
George Parsons. colcred. was arrest
I'd at Hyattsville charged with being
implicated with two others in the hs'
sault and attempt 10 rob George Catd'
or. Virginia farmer. or the northtrr
end oil the Long Bridge. two years ago
The term OF the postmaster OF FRED
.rick expired May - last. MAJOR II.
IS. Goldsborough Is making strdng
tight Tor the place ard is being bacAed
" the Grand Army people. The hfh'
mas become so warm that dark hotse
MIR. A. Fl. Harrngton-ray get the
prize
Comptroller Joshua w. Herring dis.
ributed the Free School Fund, payable
on or after July IS. as follows: INDECENT
blind $4,000: Allegheny county. SIsoI7o
Anne Arundel. SIGoa43; Baltimore city
Soa43.3o: Baltimore county. S277o92'
Calvert. So5963: Caroline. SI4or. A; Car.
roll. SioSo7I; Cecil. Si7o7.oI; Charles
SloI2 so; Dorchester. SI923.37; Frcder-
lex. S,o6s IS; Garrett. SII47.7o; Hariord
slS5506; Howard, $4,000: Kent
sI576.o3: Montgomery. S2454.55; Prime:
Georges. SI726.4I; Queen Anne
sI75o. So; ST Mary's. SIe38.76: Somerset
sI5Iz.33: Talbot SIooS.oo; Washington
;2r3294; Wicorco. SI65I.3S: Worces'
.er. SI556.I7. Total. S5I,S9S.S7.
The stockholders Of the Elkton and
Middetown Railroad elected the follow.
ng directors: ChaS. B. Finley and L
Marshall Haines. oil E.lkton: George 5
Holley and Henry H. Brady. OF Chesa-
AXE City: Samuel C. Rowland. OF Por.
Deposit: Samuel Rea and Geo. Wood
}; Philadelphia The board elected
Samuel Rea president and F. w.
Schwarz secretary.
The town tax OF Fya,tsville has been
liked AZ 10 cents on the $500. The as
,essablc basis is over $4,000. The re-
:eipts OF the new water plan Tor the first
,ix months show that the receipts for
he frs, year will be about Sooo. twice as
much as will be needed TO operate the
plant. ard leaving abou: $500 10 be ap-
olicd to the interest
The fiitieth anniversary o: the First
Presbyterian Church oil Bel Air was eel
eb:ated with elaborate ceremonies.
MIR. VIM 4 Dorsey. OF Howard coun
y. IS recovering from an attack OF APP
1endicitis. which caused his lie TO be
iespaired oil Mr. Dorsey lives near
Glenwood and Is nearly 20 years old
Mr.. Harry Allison Shinn. OF Wash
.ngton. and Miss Edith King Wood
ward OF Front Royal. Va. were married
at the home u Mrs Armstrong. in
Rockville. b. Rev. Mr. Blakemore.
The Jury oi condemnation asked by
he American Telephone Company OF
Baltimore 20 condemn 4 way for lines
through the property OF the heirs OF
Armstead Peter. in Bethesda district,
Montgomery county. has awarded S276I
for one and one-haii acres OF land The
company desires the right OF way 10 ex
tend It's lines from Baltimore to Lynch
burg Va.
A freight train on the Potomac Val