Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1902-01-18
MARYLAND NEWS
IN SHORT ORDER.
The Latest happenings Cleaned From
All Over the State.
MARYLAND AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE
Standing Of the Students Ia the Different
tIasses-Pine Wood for Paper Making
kensington Citizens Association = Ex.
tending Postal Facilities on the Blue
Ridge-0ther Live News.

Ridge-Other Live News.
Marylanders received these pensions;
George w. Everstinc. Cumberland. So;
George Edwards. Baltimore. So Samuel
Collins. Cambridge. So; John J. Smith.
Baltimore. s.: Mary lmhoff. Baltimore.
50: minor OF John Klein. Baltimore,
$40: Ellen Berry. Chcstertown. So: An
ME ". Ford. Baltimore. So: George
Freeman. Elkton $40; Henry B. Schroc-
der. Pctersvillc $Ic: Frederick Bush
man. St Louis. 50: Adolph Schmidt.
Baltimore. SI2; Nathaniel Grim. Browns
Vile. $40: James i. Stewart. Church
Creek. $40: Charles T. Gardner. Balti-
more. $50: Wayne Heden Lombard.
SI2. Henrietta Pittcnduri. Annapolis.
SIe; Solomon V Blessing PeterSville,
$I2; Stephen A. Moore Baltimore. $I2.
Herbert Gibson. aged 10 years. was
arrested and lodged in the jail at Easlon
charged with breaking into and robbing
Inc postofiice at Oxford. This is the
second or third time that this Office has
been broken into and robbed Young
Gibson confessed hat he was the one
who had done ii aud duplicates several
other Young men of ih1t town as his
couiedel ates.
j ne Postal Telegraph and Ceblc Com
pauy will string additional wires from
Baltimore 10 Plasburg They w.' also
construct new lines form Phladeip ia
through Harrisburg VIA Hagcrstown 20
Roanoke and ot,,r Southern points
Mrs Jane Robertson widow Of Da.id
Robertson. died at Homecoming. aged =
years.
The students OF the Maryland \gri
cultural College who stand highest IN
their classes after the quarterly eNamiua
nation are rs follows:
Senior Class-T b. Symons. of / al
bot county. and H. " LanSdale. OF
Montgomery county both have general
averages OF o5 out of a possible 100:
Joseph Coudon. Jr.. OF Cecil county. "a;
Luther L. Mackall. OF Calvert county
o. ;R. l.. Mitchell. OF Charles county
o. John d. Bowman. of Montgomery
county. c2.
Junior Class-Robcrt F. Mayo. OF
Prince Georges county. o.; Calvin {.
Pasc = Frederick county Of; Edward
7 Walls ci Queen Annc'S. So
Sophomore Cla Choate OF Balti-
more county, u G-ly II Baltimore
county ~ Ioac- ~ Montgomery
cor1iy 90 Anderson. Ut Senersc t
county 90 T. Mayo oi Prince George
Count. 81.
Freshman Gas. Byron II Washing
ton COUNTY os Hines ot Ken. county,
95; Nichols. 81 Montgomery county
and Smith OF Queen Anne county DE-
Special Students in Agriculture-E p
Dunbar. OF New York State. .. War
field, of Howard county. 50; Nichols
OF Montgomery county. so.
Preparatory Deparimcn:-Depkin. of
Baltimore city, 81: Wood OF Montgom-
cry county. So; Williar, OF Baltimore
city Sc
Seventy per cent is required for the
students to pass 90 per cent. is consid
cred good: o5 per cent. is regarded as
excellent and 100 is perfect
The free rural delivery i'll Cecil county
is meeting with much favor and success
Postmaster Samuel flambleion. of Ris-
ing Sun, reports al increase OF 80 per
cent. in December over the preceding
month. over 1000 pieces OF mail matter
having been handled during the latter
month The success OF this route has
induced the postal officials at Washing
ton To consider the ACCESSIBILITY of plac-
ing three additional routes in the same
section OF the county On March I.
route will be started from Rising Sun.
covering 4 distance OF 3 miles. with 4
population OF 700 with one carrier
This route will result in disseminating
the postofiicc AT GrcenhurSt Another
route will start from Port Deposit. COW
criag IS square miles with population
OF 500. postofhccs 1T Woodlawn and
Principle to be discontinued From
Colora the third route will be started.
covering 20 squarr miles. with a popula-
ton OF too The carricr for the Colora
route will be Wells Wiley. and from
Part Deposit. .loi.H 7 Coale will be ap-
pointed The carrier from the Rising
Sun route has ~, yet been decided
upno.
F. A. Sharrctts 81 Smithsburg. Wash
ington county. la bought between 4ooc
and 5000 acres oi pine wood in lower
Prince Georges and Charles counties.
to he consumed III making paper. The
tract is along the Popc's Greek branch
OF the Baltimore and Potomac railroad
The wood is being cut under the super,
vision OF ]. Edward Smith of Frederick
and is being shipped at the rate OF 30
cords per day TO p II. Glaticlters
Paper Mills, at Spring Grove Pa The,
now have 100 men cutting and barking
the wood and 10 teams hauling to the
railroad. The railroad company has put
in two sidings for the yards-one south
OF Cheltcnham and another at a point
about two miles south OF Brandywine
near the Charles county line About
5000 cords of wood have been cut since
August /. and it is expected TO cut a,
the rate OF 1000 cords per week during
the winter Everything is used over
four inches in diameter, sawed in six
feet lengths and barkcd ready for the
mill. This pine is a quick growing
black spruce it grows so quickly that ir
walking through where the largest trees /
stand corn rows are plainly visible
Harvey Dayton. aged 20 years. wa,
fatally burned in Hagerstown while
pouring coal oil from can on fire to
make it burii
The Annapolis Lodge. Benevolent and
Protective Order OF Elks, No. 622. has
been incorporated by James =. Bannon,
John B. Flood. Charles Himclheber