Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1902-09-06
MARYLAND STATE NEWS,
The Latest Happenings Gathered From
All Sources.

1 i9hnWS. Marklauu II. bOyCc. ~ pdt-
more. shade hanger; Thomas Conlin
u Mount Savage. engine: Chester NJ
freeman. OF Baltimore. fountain ping
)ttinar Mergentllalcr. deceased. of Balti-
more. linotype machine: Edward Napier
u WcSternport wheel clamp; Walter
/, Scheelc. OF Gainesville. SOUP material
and making same: William +. Talbert
u tunkstown. corn planter.
Maryland pcnsions-ThcmaS J Sh 1c.
maker. Union Mills. SIP: Perry Green
Baltimore. 50: H. Handy. Marion S.a
ton, So; benjamin Smith. Baltimore
sI2; Peer Carr. Baltimore. ST.; Sa-ai'
Z. Brooks. Tcwson. So: Sailie "
Hutcheson. Baltimore. SI2: William I
Miller. lhurmont. $40: Einira LII ,'!.
Baltimore So: Mary f. Garner Bal,i
more. So; Geo W. Carnsh. Church
Creek. $40; Hiram EcllS, Lew;stown
sr7.
Chapel Point. looking out upon the
Potomac. was the scene oi all interest
ing meeting OF the members .: three
farmers clubs OF Charles county and
their families. This annual picnic i
one of the features oi the farmers clubs
n Charles county. The early morning
lain from Baltimore brought Mr.. VIII
Nam l.. Amos. Director OF Farmers lr-
:titutes. and Prof. R. w Silveste-.
President OF Maryland Agricultural
~ollege. After indulging i'll the mag
1Ihcent lunch prepared by the ladle;
and the perch and rock fish furnished
y, Landlord Wills. fresh from tie Po-
;omac and cooked on the beach, the
lSsemblage was called to order. Mr..
John P Hamilton. OF the Bel Alton
Farmers Club. was elected chairman
and Judge Peter w Roby secretary.
Director Amos and President Sylvester
both spoke encouragingly OF the or
ganization OF the farmers OF the State.
and urged upon those assembled the
secessity for a greater and firmer organ
izat;on than already exists Mr.. Sam
uel Cox. Jr,. president OF the Bel Alton
Farmers Club. concluded the cere-
monies OF the day in an address urging
The organization OF more clubs in the
county.
The ten young men who were arrest
ed for causing riot at the Gospel tent
town were acquitted before Justice
States Attorney Poffenoerger abandon
ed the case. saying the testimony was
not strong enough to convict. The
men arrested were George Warner. Peg
Manious. Robert Warner. Lloyd Swain.
Til Donahugh. William Burger. John
Daymude. Frank Pagan. Jacob Lorsh-
baugh and John Mccain.
The case OF Andrew w Brown
against Charles F. Coffin has been re-
moved from Prince Georges to Mont
gomery county for trial 1t is suit for
$4,000 damages for alleged libel. The
case was once tried in Prince Georges
county and the plaintiff was awarded
$4,000 damages. An appeal was taken
and the decision OF the lower court was
set aside and the case renlanded for
new trial.
Mr.. Jonathan Dudley died August 2s
at his home near Olney. in Montgo:p-
cry county. OF paralysis. aged S. years
He leaves the following children: Miss
Levic Duley. OF Olney. and Mrs. Mar
tina Z. Arnold OF Broodeville. He va:
a brother OF Mr. Thomas F. Duley. OF
Philadelphia: James S Duley and Sew
ell R. Duley. OF Olney.
Miss Mary Z. Pofinbcrger. aged e
years. died at Myersville Frederick
county. from the effects OF an overdose
OF laudanun. taken. it is supposed, Tor
cramps. from which she was suffering.
She was found in an unconscious con-
dition and DR.. Browning was quickly
summoned. All efforts. however, fall
cd to save her life
Charles Fl. Fields. nc coiored labor
er who was injured while working or
the new annex 70 the State House, died
at the Emergency. Hospital. i'll An
napoiis Death was due - paralysis
blood clot having formed on the brai:
He is the first patient 70 die i'll the hos
pital since it was opened
A new Methodist Episcopal church
to cost $500 is being erected at Ger
mantown. Montgomery county.
The new Methodist Protestant churc.-
at Mount Lebanon. near Damascus
Montgomery county, was dedicated
Rcvs. J. a. Wright and F. NJ. CHI; OF
floating. The church is very hand
some structure and cost $4,000.
John S. Carr, aged ~ years. whose
back and collar bone and several rib:
were broken by jumping from Iun
berand and Pennsylvania freight tram
died at his home at Harpersviiic.
Rural mail delivery from Denton Las
been established in Caroline county.
Miss Amelia Murdoch. OF Washington
died at the Woodlawn Hotel, Rockville
aged - years.
Judge David w. Sloan left no vii
His widow and D. Lindlev Sloan have
been granted letters of administration or
the estate.
Devona Shank. the young girl or
whom an assault was made az Big
Spring. Washington county. By a
strange man. could not identity e;tlie:
William E. Bowers or Andrew Pugh
as her assailant. who were arrested on
suspicion.
The academic board OF TIE Naval
Academy recommended number o:
additional candidates as having passed
the mental examination for admission
as midshipmen.
There was large attendance a: the
Kent County and Queen Annes COUNT
Fair at COLCHESTER. The Judges pass
I'd upon the various exhibits.
Judge Thomas. in the Circuit Court
cor Carroll sustained all objection
against tie issue OF license !or the
sale OF liquor at Ridgeviile.
Az attempt was made to assault a
f,-year-old daughter oi John Shank.
living near Ciea-sprinS ST.; ~
Freight Conductor Alber, Vale 81
he New York. Philadelphia and No.
ok Railroad. received two dangerous
.evolver-shot wounds from weapons IL
he hand, oi three coiored men lie or
Tered off his. train.
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