Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1902-08-09
MARYLAND STATE NEWS.
The Latest Happenings Gathered From
All Sources.

!or wndmills: Walter $ Wilkinson.
Baltimore. two patents one for the man
.!actrrc oi bituminouS paving. and one.
~ connection with :. H. Burchina. OF
i'ti>burg Tor asphalt paving mixture
composition: Rosia w. Welch, as
,isnor by assignments % Southern
RICE Polishing Machine Company, Bal
more. machine Tor cleaning rice, etc.
Maryland pensions: Samuel Bentley.
,javre dc Grace. So; Perry Brown, Sud
cr>vlle S.: John Goodwin. Iowsor.
20; Nicholas Swan. Baltimore. $40;
'rancis NJ. Bebee. Laurel $50; Adol-
Mus IIarps Baltimore. So: Rachel
son:crv;llc. dead. Baltimore. So: Mary
Staylor. Baltimore. s.: minor OF Jas.
somerville. Baltimore. SI4; John Wat
-. Kingston. 50: John Correll. Balti-
ore So; James W. Reynolds. Belair.
e; Abraham Thomas. San Run. S!2;
Harriet Stewart. I.ibertytown. s.; Leah
y Berry. Baltimore. So: Joseph Whit
ington. dead Baltimore. $I2; Elizabeth
De Baugh rarlton. IS; Martha +.
Nhittinggon. Baltimore So.
\ voting man who gave the MAMIE oi
William l.. AlIcrSQn OF Winchester
a"i who had been arrested in Gun
bcriand on the charge OF obtaining
money by false pretcnSe>. escaped from
the constable who was taking him 10 tie
telegraph Office.
John Miller, committed TO jail foi 80
days BY Justice Hawkins on the charge
u not paying hi; hotel bill. was released
by Judge Stake On the ground that the
magistrate had not the power 10 COM
nit
The Carroll County Democratic Con-
gcntion Endorsed Mr. Charles T. FIN,
ior Congress. In an address Mr. Fink
announced tina; he would devote c"cry
moment IL pressing his candidacy.
Ellis Over. !, years OF age OF Funks
town. was found dead with bullet hole
III his breast 1t is supposed that his
rifle. which, he was using il target ?rac-
ticc. was accidentally discharged
An election for mayor and city coun-
Gil OF Ocean City was carried By the
ticket headed BY Mr. John r Wagga
;:,an for mayo.
The superior situation OF Camp Satin
dcrs was proven by the entire absence OF
i'll effects after Sundays storm.
The r,unicina ticket OF Brunswick
headed by Mir l.. : Hartman for mayor
WINS DN large majority.
Considerable damage was done in the
counties by Tie electrical storm on Sun
day night
The corner stonc OF the new Grace
Reformed Church. Frederick was laid.
~ ~ Johnson. highway engineer OF
The Maryland Geological survey. ari
Assistant Engineer J. NJ. Harris COM
neuced the first piece OF modern road
construction on the Eastern Shore. Il
IS that part OF the highway between
CheStertown and Centrevile. beginning
az Chester river. The heaviest traffic
between the two county seats passes
over this road Residents. therefore, OF
both Ken, and Queen Anne will be able
TO observe the value 81 better road wo-i;
and the results To be reached with Spe-
cited SIM. \bou; $50 tons OF Stag from
SparrowS Point have been brought 10 be
used in the construction OF the road
The plan i'll this construction Is 10 cur
out i5-ioot driveway. having a Shout
der on both sides to hold the material
III place. covering OF coarse ard fine
Stag. 10 inches al the center ard inches
at the sides This will be covered with
coating oi Stag !adlc scrapingS. Then
the layers will be packed by means OF
heavy roller This road presents two
distinct problems i'll improved road con
struct;on-,lic treatment OF a heavy clay
soil i'll one section and 4 light sandy soil
on the other. Some local gravel de-
p sits have been examined By Mr..
Johnson. but in his opinion none Of
them is suitable for road making.
Charles ! Moor. Ph.D.. who has
been the professor OF chemistry and ec-
ology at The Western Maryland College.
resigned last June 70 accept proici-
so-ship ut the University OF Georgia,
Athens. Ga His successor will be Dr.
Herbert Lowell Rich. OF Plymouth
Mass DR.. Rich j, a graduate q Iuit
College. Wesleyan University II the
scientific department. and has done
post graduate work at the Johns Hop
kins University He has laugh; chem
istry in Lassell Seminary. at Auburn
dale. Mass. and has ior several years
been connected with the United States
Geological Survey. This is the only
change in the faculty oil Western Mary
land College Tor the coming year.
A letter received BY Mayor Henry
Holzapiel. OF Hagerstown, from the
Ordnance Department. United States
Army states that the request Tor NUM-
Der OF artillery shells with which 20 or
ramcnt the park surrounding the Span
isli cannon has been granted The let
ter says the commanding officer Al For,
McEIenry has been directed 70 delivc-
upon the order OF Mayor Holzapiel SIX
I5-incil shells. Upon their arrival here
they will De mounted in the park.
Mrs. Amelia White. wife OF J. A.
White. dancing master at PENN Pa
vilion. died at their cottage at Pen Mar
OF consumption. aged 10 years. She
was Miss Buckingham. OF Baltimore
Besides her husband she leaves FIVE
children and her mother and bro:he-
and sister in Baltimore.
Mr.. Harvey Longnecker. while walk
ing through a field near Middletown.
Frederick; county. Md stepped into 4
bunch OF six copperhead snakes They
a.acked him. bat he had on boots. and
the iangs oi TIE snakes did not harm
him. He killed all of them. Each meas.
ured three feet in length.
Rev Jacob Weller a widely known
preacher OF the Dunkard faith. dropped
dead at his home near Hancock. Wash
ington county from heart disease. aged
70 years. He leaves five children.
An Easton undertaken has a second
hand coffin in his stock
Queer Annc's county has produced
this season cucumber Is inches long
The store al William w Welch. IL