Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1903-10-22
MARYLAND STATE NEWS
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1,ndc r P. Gill, Sc; Thomas 5.
Daley, So; Joseph A. Jones. $12; tetet
l. Iemen, $40; John w. Richardson'
81. Aired Lee, $40: Frederick Dixon
SIo. George A. Mullikin, So; James X.
K XIII S1a: minor of ]: Nelson
Rns s $40; Cecilia Attig, So; Mary
A. Geyer, So; John w; Porter, 20, 90
rah Stewart. So; Ephralm bo Caii
$Io Edward Tasker, Alexander Ca Id'
Sallc Roy. each So; Ernest Keckaau;
Angus A. Methuen, each VIZ; Saillue'
r, lIarris, Alexander Hines, 70; henry
GRAY, $40; Thomas Mullen, $l2' , Meo'
W Gaver. S.; Prudence Smith, Wm'
E. Tarr, $40; Henry Jones, lheresa
parr, each $I2.
Two negroes employed on the con.
,truction of the Western Maryland
Railroad Cumberland extension became
involved in quarrel near HANCOCK,
and one shot the other squarely IN INC
head with a pistol, but his skull was
Too thick. and the bullet glanced, plow,,
mo a iurrow across his forehead ana
knnckinp him unconscious. Oiliccls
pursued the negro who did the shoot.
mo-, bat he escaped into Berkeley coun'
ty. West Virginia,
Thomas NJ. Purnel has been appoint
cd rrrc;yer to take charge of the az
fairs OF the Pocomoke City Ice coih.
pany, corporation created uldei NV
laws OF Delaware. The petition ior re-
ownership was filed by Purnell u Joh's
son. attorneys for MIR. homaS NY
purncll The bill OF complaint allege;
insolvency. The authorized caP1,a!
stock of this company is $4,000 INK
receiver is large creditor OF the com
In lIagcrstown John Huttcr wa
grantd an absolute divorce IRON ny
wiic, Lavina lluifer:. .., a.
An explosion of illuminating gas dlc
considerable damage to the rcS'uehe'
Of Miss Ianet Williams in Frederick
lanes Johnson, aged 90 years, WIG nc
was shot by his nciehbor. William !;
REYNOLDS. OF West Nottingham, Ceel
county. is dead. Johnson was s 81,
while in Reynolds front yard, ~
wcapon used by Reynolds was rcVoi'
ycr. and the ball entered ohns,on :
s,omach. lust below the navel: lhere
are conflicting reports about the cause
OF the fatal atfray. The JohnsonS slau
that Reynolds was selling hard c'ue,
and that their father went to kcy'io'os
and took him to task for selling IL &c
his sons. when Reynolds drew rcvol,
yer and fred what proved to DC INC la."
shot. Reynolds says he was threatened
and shot in seli-deicnse.
Ex-Judgc Charles Z. Armour acc
suddenly at his home, in Lcitcrssburg;
where he lived retired for number OF
years, aged Is years. lie sustained
stroke OF paralysis and expired. lew
hours later. lie was native o.
Charlcstown, w. Va, and formerly
served as Federal judge III Colorado'
He leaves a widow, but no childrcn'
An unknown white man, apparently
x wears OF age. was killed by Snu,','
bound extra freight on the ihllaac,'
phja. Baltimore and Washington KaiI-
road at the Elkton station. Both legs
and arms were cut OFT.
George Trmblc. II years old, son OF
George Trimblc. OF Mount Savage, At
Itpany county. while hunting rabbits,
accidentally blew his hand Off, the gun
bursting,
Governor Smith has appointed Wal
ter II. Burton a justice. ct the peace
ior the Fifth district OF Montgomery
county
lanes n. IIurncy. who was found
guilty at Upper Marlboro OF assault to
XIII Frank McNcrhany, al Columbus,
OHIO at Chesapeake Junction, was sem
t,accd by Judge Mcrrick to 10 years Ill
the pcnitcn,ary. The iuil penalty was
,wn6Scd because, as tho Judge said he
Intended it as a warning to IaWless
characters.
The annual banquet was given by the
llagcrstown Fair AsSociaton to the
live stock exhibitors. about 100
,,ucllncn we're present frank w
Ml,h. superintendent OF the live stock
department. delivered the address OF
welcome. The following were selected
to respond to toaStS: "ShorthornS'
4. K. Annette. gaylord, Va; Here
lords" G. w. Nlillillin, Youngstown,
Ohio: "Aberdccn Angus" James BLAIR,
s~pcyviIlc, Va; "Rcdpoled. L. {.
Hamilton, Richvilc n. Y; "DcvonS,
{. II. Lockwood. Richvillc. n. y;
aIIolstcin Frcisands," w. A. Murdoch,
Iaccrstown, Md; Dutch Bcltcd,
fohn Sanders. Laconia, N, H.. "Frcnch
Canadian" c. +. Colburn. Portland
lille, \. y: "Ayrshircs.' William
Lindsay, PIainfcId n. Y; "Gucrn-
>cys," 7. NJ. Waters, Jr, Goshen, Md;
Jerseys" K. S. Hartley. Ioungsvillr,
Pa: Brown Swiss" Z. NJ. Cook,
Gaithersburg, Md; Sheep" +. Camp
hcl, Pittsvillc, Ohio: J, NJ. Rhca,
Slate Lick. Pa. and A. +. White, Hor-
ncrSvillc, n. Y; Swine" NJ. Yohn,
Winfield, Md.
Edward Melvin. Of Pocomoke City,
who operated the Ferris wheel i'll the
Napcrstown lair grounds. took out
license to marry Miss Grace Warner,
II Uaperstown. Miss Warner Scvcra,
DAYS ago met Melvin at the fair and
;cl in love with him. They arranged
10 he married secretly. They went be.
lore Justice Hoffman to be married,
but he explained that justices OF the
peace could not perform the marriage
,rcmony in Maryland. Miss Warner
rave her age as 10 and said she was
he daughter ol James Warner, instead
i George Warner. Chief OF Police
2cnncr escorted the couple to Zior
H,lprred parsonage. and while the
drty was WaitlnS lnT NtN' H.
lpanglcr Kc'fcr. who was out, to tic
the knot, Miss Warmers father, who
rot an mixing OF the affair, burst into
he parlor and iorcibly led his daughter
lcn!c. He said she was only 10 years
Id. The affair created sensation.
The lowest tide in DO years gave the
Chester river oystcrmen a chance to
aick up oysters from the bars in large
.u,aniiticS One man, near Quake!