Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1903-05-21
MARYLAND STATE NEWS
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Emmitsburg, $S; Charles Hughes, Sal
isbury, So; Martha Z. Akehurst and
Eugenia Cervel Mount Washington,
Baltimore county, each So; Elizabeth
Kampcs, Baltimore, So; John Speed
Davis, Mtchellsville, So; Harrison T.
Slickell. Baltimore, $40; Frederick
King. Ellicott City. $I2; Thomas At
kinson, Trappc, $I2; Charles H. Jones,
Princess Anne S. Increase-Robert
Dunmorc, Baltimore, $8 Richard Ere
shour, Thurmont, $I2; Mary A. Stew
art, Woodstock. So: Louisa Poole
Frederick, So; John w. McClary, Edcs,
vile, So; Henry Wilmer, Millington,
$I2; Francis P. Phelps, Jr., Cambridge
$46; Charles V. Pierpont, Ellicott City,
$40; John w. Grove, Mddetown. $I2;
George Green, Baltimore, $I2; Henry
Young, Port Deposit, $Is; Mary /,
Seyfried, Baltimore, So.
Conrad Hohng has resigned as as
slstart postmaster at Frostburg
Senior Gonzales dc Quesada, the Gu.
ban Minister. has rented a house OF
Mr., William H. Mannakec, at kensing-
ton, Montgomery county, and will
occupy it from June 1 to October I,
Fire Partially destroyed 25 feet OF the
trestle over the Beaver Dam branch OF
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad two
miles southeast OF Hyattsville.
An infant daughter OF Tildan Morgan
is critically i'll in Hagerstown from
drinking strong lye out of its milk bot
tie, placed there to clean the bottle and
left within the child's reach.
Joseph Pinto. Sr.. aged 20 years, died
at the home OF his daughter, Mrs. Geo.
l.. Sterling, Lausonia, Somerset county.
Sometime ago he was operated on at
one OF the Baltimore hospitals and
never fully recovered He was vet
cran OF the Civil War, i'll which he scrv-
cd as gunner with Admiral Farragut,
The bricklayers employed in the CON
Structlon OF the new annex to the State
House, who recently went on strike
on account of financial difficulties with
their employer. arc still out. and there
is no prSspect OF an immediate settle
mint. The contention is between the
contractors, Henry A. Smith & Sons.
OF Baltimore, and the sub-contractor
tor the brick work, George Jewell, of
Annapolis, although the interests OF the
workmcn are directly involved in the
controversy. Smith & Sons are under
bond OF $4,000 to have the Legislative
chambers finished for the next session.
In marked contrast TO the slow pro-
grcSS on the State buildings are the
rapid strides that arc being made in
the work OF construction at the Naval
Academy. In every quarter OF the
academy grounds there is hustle and
activity.
The students OF St. Johns College,
Annapolis. gave the last hop OF their
gett, 1904, received with Mrs. J. Writ
lege will be the farewell ball on June
IL.
Governor Smith appointed Benjamin
II. Wright a notary public at Stevens
vile, Queen Anne's county.
Sheriff Angle returned to Hagcrs-
town with Charles Miller and Harry
Funk, two young men OF Waynes sboro
who have been arrested on the charge
OF criminal assault on Emma Spooner,
aged y. and Merle Martin. aged 70. OF
the night OF March II on lonely road
near Leitersburg. In default OF SI5oo
bail the accused were committed to iali
The warrant for the young men was
sworn out the day alter the assault
but they could not be found until now,
Both girls were before the grand jury,
Miss Martin, who is very trail and
weighs only So pounds. told ptiu
tale OF the outrage upon her.
Mrs. Anna Bowman, aged about 4S
near Laytonsville, Montgomery county
while sitting at the supper table at her
1,,- oh
denly dropped dead. Heart disease wa:
band, Chester Bowman, and five chl'
dren. She was sister OF +. Wal
lach, of Germantown. and William
Wallach, OF Washington.
Milton Eckman, a Western Maryland
railroad tlagman, was seriously irlur'
cd in the Hagerstown yards and wa
taken to Johns Hopkins Hospital; Tic
was sitting i'll a caboosc eating, when
draft OF freight cars ran into the ca
boose. Eckman was knocked out oi
the window and very badly hurt.
A telegram was received By Mr. Dlt
icndal, OF Smithsburg from Wichita
Kan, stating that his brother, Samue'
Diffendal was dead there. Mr. Dit
iendal was fatally injured i'll a driving
accident few days ago. When new:
OF the accident was received, lhoma:
Diffcndal brother OF the injured man
also living at Smithsburg, lett ioi
Wichita, but the death occurred before
he reached there.
DR.. Samuel A. Gayley, OF Philadcl
phia, who has been visiting MIR. and
Mrs. J. w. Townsend, at kcnSington
was stricken with paralysis and dice
at the home OF Mrs. Townsend. iir
five sons were at his bedside wher
MIR. William L. Wright died nea1
Bethesda in his eighty fifth year. tie
was a native of Delaware, but had re
sided in Montgomery county scVcra
years.
Mr.. James G.. Rcden and Justice
Potter Steele are i'll at their homes III
Denton.
John Hare is dead at his home if
Grantsville district, Garrett county
The miners at the Morgart mine, at
Biuinger. Garrett county, are on
st,ikc for change i'll the system OF
weighing coal
Mrs. Mary |. Ireland widow OF Geo
A. Ireland, died at her home, OH Bo'
hemia Manor, Cecil county. aged 81
years.
About 2s trackmen on the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad of the Brunswick
gang struck for higher wages. They
get $1.25 a day and wart 81 so
The third sawmill in Garrett county
to be consumed BY fire inside OF two
weeks burned at Swanton this week. Il
belonged to Allen Garlits Loss $1,000
Striking section men on the Balti.
more and Ohio Railroad, mostly ltall.
ans. drove four track ioremen and three
special policemen from Everetts
CYRUS Harrison has sold to &. B
D:i..oo,, , ,,,e,uher Of the New Y Ork