Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1902-08-21
MARYLAND STATE NEWS.
The Latest Happenings Gathered From
All Sources.

more 20 NWaI VIII .JP'..,' :,
Mason, Hughcsvillc, So; Gilly farIow't
Pittsville, Sc; Ebcn Leatherbury,, oalasl ro
bury, $I2; Ncttic Edle, Norrlsyllc 20 i
Francis Mingcrton, Faulkner, 20; JONI
w. Hudson, Bishopvillc, SO; ANNE r. IT,
Boward, Cumberland, S. CHRISTINA "
Baughman. Baltimore, SO; Helen Ar
thur Powhatan, $I2 (war with Spa,m,!'
Patrolman Bradley ScraggS, OF Ell
colt City. and John Fisher coloreo'
had revolver duel in small roon,
during which the colored man was mt
and Surrendered to the officer, VINO
wanted him to answer charge OF Iar-
ccny. r,, .,,,o
died suddenly aboard sloop near an
oicr Island, came to- his death by the
accidental fall oi revolver, when was
DISCHARGED, bullet piercing LanElofa
heart. ,, ;,-,
George Strawsbergcr, charged WIFI
reriurv in connection with the StraWs-
berger X ciauvcr assault cases IN fIeu-
crick. was released on $500 bail by JUS,
,icc Smith ior the action OF the Sraho
jury. r,;.,ro
< fire destroyed the EaSton Furniture
Companys factory, in EaSton' ca"s'ns'
a loss oi $4,000 and throwing 90 Inc"
ont of employment. IT,,
Several thousand persons aSacho'cu
at Mountain Lake Park Chautauqoa 10
hear an address by John Althcell, presi,
dent oi the United Mine Workers o'
America, but he sent his regrets.
lanes Garner, aged 9 years, son on
Iomns Garner shot and killed his sis
fer Emily Garner. aged q years, at inc
home OF John Tomlinson, near upper
Marlboro.
Sheriff Fred w. Reasin dscovered
plan to break out OF Belalr jail 'haI
was almost successful. The prisoner
who made the attempt was Char'e'
Ehrct, who is charged with the larceny
oi ring from Miss Nellie Wilson. ne
Shcrit; wa. making his ordinary rounds
inspecting the Jail, and distributing di5-
;nirc>ant which is his habit at trequentt
intervals When he reached the cen
where Ehrct was confined. the prisoner
lold thc colorcd man who was carrying
the disinicctant that his cell was al
ready clean and only needed a niue
lime, which he would spread around
ii the negro would get it. his cNC'teu
the ShcriH's suspicious and he got ,ne
KEYS to investigate. 1t was i"und 'nal
the prisoner had dug hole IN the Siae
wall large enough to allow his body to
90 ,hrough lie had all OF the stone
ont of the wav and all that was ncceS-
sary would be to break thin crust
OF plaster and he would he free man
In the cell with Ehrct was man nam
ed Spatt, who is serving Short 'n'g !t;
for drunkenness, He told the 9nVf'n
that he was afraid to give the alarm 'o'
fear Ehrct would Kill HIM. piece o'
broom stick was used t" dig the stone
ont OF the wall 1t was sharpened 10
make a sort OF crowbar .,,,
The first section OF the ChurchvlIlc
road in Hartford county has been d"Ilv-
cred to the County CommiS$1oncrSS'
. The contractors, Mcssrs. Hunt x
| ockjc, are now working ON the sec
ond section at Fountain Green. he
contractors think they Will be able to
completc the whole work i'll the Spccl,,
fed time. That part so lar c"mpHl%a
!, about the most difficult ON the whole
line and the balance will he much
easier. the contractor, expecting To get
| along much faster he first Sccu"h'
cz,cnding from Bclair to Rynum run
was inspected by Engineer Johnson
under whose direction the road Is be
inc made, by the County C"mmsSioh-
crs and the committee OF the WuoiHcy
estate
Can't. II. IIllIard, oi St. Louis, was
| struck bv A Baltmorc and Ohio pas
scnpcr train at Mountain Lake lark'
| sustaining fracture at the base OF the
| skull, which proved iat2l several hours
| later. He was spending the summer
| at the Hotel Chautauqua. tie was
| crossing the track and Jailed to no'Ve
the approach OF the train. lie was
thrown UP against the boiler
The directors OF the Hartford County
Fair elected William S. Forwood Jrrn
and X. Harry Webster directors III
| place OF NJ. Z. Ridgcy and J. Law
renee Mccormick, resigned The sum
| OF $500 was appropriated tor amu'c-
mcnts. The lair will be held on Sep
/ tcmbcr 40, October /, and 3 he
| race stakes amount to nearly 10000
| Mr., Iohn G. Rouse is president OF the
society and is personally directing
| every detail
The Washington Baltimore and An.
! napolis Electric Railway has purchased
| an additional hall acre in East HyattS'
| Vile ior the purpose OF erecting an I'M
| mcnsc power house to cost IN INC
| nciphborhood OF $35o,ooo. The work
| OF breaking ground for the structure
| is DELAYED pending the securing OF a
| deed from the county commissioners TO
strip OF land which runs through the
property Just purchased by the COM
| pany. The county commissioners have
| authorized the construction OF new
| road lust outside the limits OF the com
pany's land and have promised, 1t Is
stated, to deed the portion occup'cd
| by the present county road, when WILL
| OF course, be abandoned.
! A vicious ram on the farm ot Jacon
| Young OF D., four miles southwest OF
| Middletown, has attacked on d'ttcreh'
occasions during the past Jew days Mr.
| Young, his wife and daughter-n-law,
| Mrs. Ira ]. Young. Mr.. Young, who
| is ouite stout. was knocked down and
had his leg broken, and his daughter
] in-law was seriously injured.
| Daniel Bowman, driver for Samuel
Fmmert Hagerstown had his lawbone
broken in bicycle collision.
A large Percheron stallion belonging
10 Oliver Beachley, of Middlctown, was
found dead in the stable. The animal
was valued at $500.
Rev. II. II. McMaster, pastor OF the
Presbyterian church at Barton and
Midland, has resigned, his resignation
being effective in October. lie Will re-
side in Pittsburg.
| The Caroline county school board has
announced the winners of Scholarships
| in the Maryland State Normal School
| St, Johns College and the Western