Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1902-07-05
ALL OVER THE
STATE OF MARYLAND.
TIE Latest Happenings Cleaned From
All Over the State.
BIG LIST OF NEW PENSIONERS
Mr.. kleindenst Drowned-Kensingto Won
ans Club Elects Oificcrs-EIecir:c Railroad
SoId-The Montgomery Crusade Oysters
AMI CraSs-Dorchester Tax Rate-Oiher
Live News.

.ia!N ldlu / CllNlOl>. JOSEPH IitlC
! (dead). Rossvillc. SI7; LOUIS Williams
Baltimore 50: Alexis A. Bowers. Mid
dleburg. So; George L. Lowman. Lei
tersburg. $40: Edwin S Cassidy. Jeru
salem. 49, George w Hat;on. Oxen
Hill. S2+: Elizabeth Punte. Ross.illc
! SIe: Susan y. Barber Baltimore. $40
Charles p. West. Chesapeake City, $40;
James Boom. Baltimore. SI2: John
Parrish. Eklo s.; Charles Dorsey,
Bradshaw. Si2; George r. Fishback
Smithburg. S.: Joseph p. Butler. Bal
timorc. So: Thomas y. SimnS, Trump.
s.: Francis Whitelair Oakland, ST.;
AiexiuS J. Earbaugh. Hagcrstown. Sic;
Daniel Hammond. Weldon. Si2: Anne
Z. Crockett. Baltimore. Si2: George z.
Burns. Baltimore. ST.: Charles Lark
lord, Princess Anne So; James Saun-
der>. Goldsboro $40: Joseph Gamer.
Reliance. So: Thomas +. Lynch.
Boonsboro. So: Robert Mccoy. Ron
rersvillc. S.; Robert Riley. Centeryiiie.
SI2; Louisa Butler. Baltimore. So
Capt. Edward r. Tyler. OF Cristield,
makes the following statement: "Iicu-
sands OF bushels OF oysters are caught
every summer By the crabDers. There
are at leas. 1000 boats engaged in
catching crabs. and these boats will
take al least one-fali buShcl oi oysters
per day. Allowing four working days
10 the wcci; and three months to the
Grabbing season. $4,000 bushels OF oys-
ters will be taken Al an average OF So
cents per buShel. these oysters can be
valued at $4,000 1t Is impossible for
the State fishery force To catch the vio-
latorS OF the law. as the oysters wh!ch
are kept i'll boxes. are thrown overheard
on the approach OF the police. In con-
sequence oi these deprcdations the oyS-
tiers have almost entirely disappeared
from the flats. where few years ago
tongers could make = good living all
through the winter The catch 81
crabs. however on these bottoms yields
much greater revenue 10 the boatmcn.
The same number oil boats through The
grabbing season will make about $500
COO
Franc, s. Klcindicns,. native and
for : years a resident. OF Rockville. was
drowned in crossing Mill Creek. nca-
Mr. kleindiens. was a brother oil Mr.,
Emma V Carr He was engaged in the
hotel business :; Ligonicr and Greens
burg. He was 10 years old. His Wild
ow. formerly Miss Mollie Clifford. OF
Ligonier. and four children-MiS> Maud
and Messrs. Ralph and Campbell Klein
dicns;. OF Washington. and 6year-old
daughter. who resides al Ligonier-
survive him.
The Dorche >ter county commission
ers met and made the tax levy Tor 1892.
The rate was fixed at % cents on the
SIoo. the same As last year. Owing -
the large expenditure OF money on the
public roads rendered necessary Tor the
repair OF damages caused by the hard
freezing and thawing during the winter
months. it was found impossible TO re-
duce the tax rate this year. The eX-
pcuSeS OF the court were also larger this
year than usual.
At the annual meeting OF the Wo-
man : Club OF kensington the following
officers were elected: President. Mrs.
f. ]. HartShorne: first vice president.
Mrs. Saral: y. North: second vice
president Miss Nina +. Caylcy: secrc
;ary. Mrs Frank T. Chapman; record
ing secretary. Mrs. David Fl. Fcnton:
treasurer. Miss Estele Perry: his.o-
rian. Miss NJ. Isabel Jackson: parlia
n.cntarian. Mrs Arthur II. Thompson.
The Chevy Chase AMI Kensington
Electric Railway. which extends iror'
Kensington 10 Chevy Chase lake. .wo
miles. and which has been i'll the hand
oi receivers ior some months. ha, beeH
sold 10 Mr. George T. EmmonS. OF
Washington 1t is said that the t-acE
and rolling stock will be placed in iirst
| class condition in the near future an
| satisfactory service established.
William II. Bobinger. OF the Cabi'
! John Ho.cl. in Montgomery county
was held 10 bail i'll $1,000 for court TO an!
swer charges OF violating the local
option and gambling laws. An activi
crusade is being waged by the Mont
gomery county authorities on various
| clubhouSes on the conduit road, near
the District OF Columbia line. where, il
is charged the laws are violated. The
constableS and others are kept busy or
this line.
During an electrical and wind storm
lightning struck a dwelling in Centre.
vile. causing much damage To it, The
lightning passed through every room II
the house except the kitchen. Inc lam.
:ly escaped unhurt a cow was killed
acar Bloomingdale Station. on the
Queen Annes Railroad Quite mum
he- III trees were uprooted.
Tie stockholders OF the Baltimore
Delaware Bay Railroad have deter
mined to abandon the track between
Massey. in Kent county. and Clayton
Del. The company's terminus in the
future will be Townsend. Del. instead
OF Clayton.
Charles 5. Gardner. Western Mary
land railroad agent AT Buena Vista Sta
ton. was injured in y runaway accident
while driving down the mountain neat
Pen Mar. Both wheels OF his buggy
ran over him. The vehicle was smash
ed to pieces.
Lieut.. John G. Constable. OF Elkton
who has been appointed adjutant OF the
Second Battalion. First Maryland Regi
nent. has served in the war with Spar
ana seen several years service III th'
Philippines.
Miss Fife X. Bremen OF Smthsburg
and Prof. T. Huber Koontz, princip'!
oi the Funkstown school. were Marie!
in Hagerstown by Rev. @. 5. Bowe~S.
Miss Helen J. Wright daughter 81
| Joseph P. Wright Of Aiken. Cccl'
county. was married 10 DR. Leslie G.
TayIor. BY the groom. brother. Rev
| Clarence T. Taylor.