Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1903-12-31
MARYLAND STATE NEWS
Condensed Late Dispatches BOilej
Down for Rapid Reading,

Christmas Day in Annapolis was
celebrated even more extensively thar
usual, despite the rainy weather, nearly
all the residents and the exceptionally
large number of visitors participating
in the interchange Of visits and Christ
mas greetings The midshipmen were
given full days holiday, which was
spent by them with relatives and friends
in the town In the old armory at the
Naval Academy in the afternoon the
pupils of the Academy Sunday school
consisting OF children of naval officers,
were treated to Christmas tree and
the usual distribution OF presents Com
mander G. NJ Stoney acted as Santa
Claus. After the chi!drcn's celebration
was over all informal dance followed
participated in by the midshipnen and
the usual attendants at the Naval Acad
emy hops. Superintendent OF State
Buildings Haslrp was presented with a
handsome set OF silver spoons, knives
and forks BY the employees who have
served under hum during his term OF
Office. The presentation speech was
made By his first assistant, Mr.. John
r. Sullivan.
The Kensington Town Council has
decided to ask the Legislature 10
amend the charter Oi Kan3ington So as
to provide for assessment OF local prop.
erty by town authority. Under the
present plan the local assessment can
not exceed the assessment made by the
county, the effect OF which has beer
that the Kcnsington authorities have
simply adopted the county assessment
as that Of the town. 1t is contended
by those who favor the change that
considerable property is overlooked b.
the county assessor, and that some as
sIssrents are too low, while Others are
too high. The proposed amendment
will leave !he matter Of town assess.
mcnt entirely with The properly conSti
tutcd authorities OF the town.
Blanchard McFarlanc, son OF Mr.
William c. McFarlane, was accidentally
shot in the right leg few days since
while duckng on the Chester river
As young McFarlane stepped into the
BOAT he accidentally knocked over one
81 the guns 1t exploded and the ell
ire calf OF his right leg was torn away
The young man will probably recover
Louis Davis, the 24-year-old son oi
Mr.. Robert Davis, OF Ccntrcville, was
accidentally kicked by stallion and
received severe scalp wound.
The outbuldings on Miss Dora
Jumps farm, in Still Pond Neck, Ken,
county, we're burned, together with all
the crops and farming implements Of
The tenant, Horace Bramble. Mis-.
Jump saw man running away iron
the place as soon as the hre was dis
covered. The buildings were insured
n the Kent Mutual.
Henry He, ;y,.; S. Eayey, a..! leading banker
seated in his chair in his room sur
ronnded by the members OF his family
when he expired.
Miss Francna Fries has been ap
,o;nted superintendcnt OF the Western
MARYLAND Hospital.
William Wilson, aged 65, pionce
miner OF the Georges Creek region
vas killed by fall OF top coal III AppI'
on mine, Lonaconing.
Traffic on the Bedford division OF tn
PENNSYLVANIA Railroad was tied up 10
,yer three hours near Mann cree'
~ a team attached to bark Wasol
wandering on the trestle, blocking '"'
racks.
Near FIntstone, Allegany county
heavy wagon ran into a buggy occu
,ied by Mr.. and Mrs Jack Henderson
The buggy was wrecked and MIS- hen
jerson was badly hurt NJ r. Hender
ION was but slightly injured.
The report OF the managers OF tn
Haperstown Fair for the year 100,
shows a cash balance OF S7,oI.35, an'
includes among the expenditures al
ITEM of $s4o.5G, for the year 1902, an'
A note for ST oo3. so, making total out
out of over S, 900, while the necessary
expenditures amounted to S2o'oi4'o5'
David Cramer, OF Hagerstown, wa wa
accidentally shot by John Sales wh'H
hunting and is in critical condition.
A lot OF stocks and bonds belonging
to the estate OF the late ohm A. Miller
of Hagerstown, were sold at auction
Five-hundred- d-dolar 5 per cent. bond'
Of the Hagerstown Gas Company, duf
in 1920, brought $554 each; SIoo 4 pc,
cent. Hagerstown street-lmprovemei,'
bonds, due in 1906, brought Slol'25
$500 per cent. WillamSport munic'
iDal electric Light bonds, due in 1907
fetched $5I2.25 each; 200 sahres OF Wll
Transport Bank stock, par value, Sio
sold for $IS.2s a share; $500 8 per cent
bonds issued by Dolores county CoA
orado. due in 1905, brought par,
The Mayor and Council OF Hagcrs
town will ask the Legislature for powe'
to tax all insurance companies do'hS
business in Hagerstown.
The family OF Harry Mclaughlin a
Mason and Dixon, were awakened Dl
the house being on fire, which startte(
in the cellar. The fire had eaten IT
way through the floor before it wa
extinguished.
The Lucky Bag" published by, tn
midshipmen OF the first class, mas Dec'
issued. The dedication is to the mem
ory OF Reginald Thorne Carpenter,
deceased classmate Of the editors, wn'
died of typhoid fever shortly after tn
close of the football season OF Ioo-
CarDenter was from Portsmouth, N
II and was a star football player
The editor-in- chief of the Lucky Bag
was Midshpman B. X. Johnson, c
Austin, Texas, and Midshipman Jon
T. Otterson, OF Allegheny, Pa.' was III
business manager.
Charles Selden, Jr., of Baltimore, h'