Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1902-09-18
NO.. Is.
MARYLAND STATE NEWS.
The Latest Happenings Gathered From
All Sources.

Of Queen Anne in Caroline county. =
aearing completion. and September ~
has been set as the day Of dedication bY
.he pastor, Rev. Mr.. Kennard
Col. George R. Ash, DR., John u
lamar, Reuben E. lamar and Col. 4.
W. Evans, of Elkton, committee, have
selected handsome slab of Boston
granite which will be elected i'll Chris
tiana Cemetery to mark the grave u
George Johnston, author ol the his
tory OF Cecil county.
The house occupied by William
Bovey at Pinesburg was wrecked by
loaded freight car jumping the track
while the family were asleep, The car
jumped from the Potomac Valley
branch of the Western Maryland rail.
road and bolted through the house,
knocking its occupants out OF bed. bNt
no one was severely injured.
The will OF Mrs Elizabeth Black
Groome was admitted to probate III
the Office OF the Register OF Wills a:
Ekton and disposes OF an estate vaTi-
ously estimated to be worth from S1co-
600 to $4,000. The estate is compo5-
ed OF both real and personal property,
the deceased having been a large land
owner in Cecil and Kent counties,
In Kensington, Montgomery count.
contract has been made for laying
laying 1850 yards OF brick sidewalks at
70 cents per yard Mayor EckharCt
has had prepared a frst-cass scale mao
of Kensington, which shows the various
subdivisions and every lot with the
4 c,,.,I 1,,j
will be Autographed.
A large brick and log house was de-
molished and the family OF William
Bovey. the tenant, and three workmcn.
narrowly escaped death as the resul;
OF a serious wreck on the Potomac
Valley Railroad near Pnesburg Sta
ton.
Brakeman +. f. Stcgamons. oi the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, Pitts.
burg Division, was struck and killcl
by train near Brooks tunnel. He
had been sent back to flag a train and
was asleep on the track
The will OF Mrs. Elizabeth Black
Groom was probated at Elkton.
Harry {. Basil died at Annapolis ol
typhoid fever.
A peculiar condition OF affairs is re-
ported to exist in the neighborhood oi
Oxon Hill. in Prince Georges county,
where Frank Butler. a negro boy y
years old, was dangerously wounded
with a bullet hole near the heart. in
hicted by Ralph Butler, his I5-ycar-oli
brother. While the shooting has been
matter OF general comment since it.
occurrence. no arrest has been mad"
and the boy who is alleged to have CON
fcssed to the shooting is in the sam"
house with the one he injured free 10
60 where he pleases unmolested. 1t i
stated that this is due to the fact thai
no one has been chosen 10 succeed JUS
tice F. G. Wright, who moved from
Oxon Hill to Washington some tim"
ago, and the resignation OF ConStab'"
James Grimes.
Robert C. Thornburg, contractor,
died in Hagerstown aged 7S years. He
built many private and public buildings
in IIagerstown. including the court
house, First National Bank, Hotel
Hamilton, Baldwin House and Junio:
Hall. During the Civil War he served
as a United States Marshal and had
many thrilling experiences in pursuing
spies and criminals. He served a tern
as City Councilman He was formerly
president Of the Junior Fire Company
and one OF its oldest members, Hn
belonged to the Odd Fellows and Roy
al Arcanum,
Miss Eta Haynie Maddox OF Bal
imore City, took the oath as an attor-
ney before the Court of Appeals, Az.
napols. Her certificate was issued t.
practice law in any court OF the STATE
Of Maryland. Miss Maddox is the first
woman to become a member OF tn"
MARYLAND State Bar, and it was through
her determined efforts that the BIZ
granting women the privilege to pra'-
tice lav in the State was passed at the
last regular session OF the Maryland
Legislature.
Capt. E. c. Martin. OF the State po-
lice boat May Brown. made cruise
around the oyster bars in Anne Arundv!
waters and placed under arrest over
100 oyster tonguers who were found
taking oysters without having secured
licenses. The entire lot we're taken to
Annapolis and were to have been trir.
before Justice Davis at s o'clock, hut
in the meantime they all went to the
Clerk OF the Circuit Court and obtain
ed the required license and were thea
dismissed from trial.
William H. Chilcoat's store at JopDa
was broken into and 1000 cigars. l"t
of postage stamps and about s. il
money stolen. The postoffice is loca'-
cd in the store. The thieves ais
broke into the Baltimore and OH
Railroad Station and stole a double
barreled shotgun belonging to the
agent.
Andrew A. Davis. Of Rockville has
resigned as principal of the coorcl
public school at Wheaton, Montgom
cry county, to accept position in the
Washington City Postoffice, secured
through the influence OF Representative"
George A. Pearre.
Mr.. William H. Mannakee, of Mont
gomery county, is very Ill at his nome
at kensington.
Mrs. Sarah E. Knight has filed a suit
in Rockville for an absolute divorce
from Geo. w. Knight. Both the par
ties reside in Montgomery county.
A number of Italian laborers employ
ed on the new Baltimore and Ohio IN
movements at Point of Rocks ha'a
uuit and gone back to Pittsburg, c!alm'
inc the work is too dangerous.
Miss Florence Hawk, OF Marlinsbnrr
aged 18 wears, was severely injured w
being thrown out of carriage in Frcl
crick county. Her condition is consid.
cred critical.
Rev Samuel T. Wagner, OF Mead,
Vile, Pa. has accepted call TO the pas
torate of Trinity Reformed Church. Al
Boonsboro.
The barn OF Edward Hess, near
s1rady Grove, Washington county, was
burned. Loss $4,000 partly inslSc
Live stock saved.
Twenty-one thousand persons visitc
Mountain Lake Park since June I arl
took meal at some hotel, boardin?