Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1904-12-29
MARYLAND STATE NEWS
Condensed Late Dispatches Boiled Down
for Rapid Reading.

Mrs. Mary Ann COulby, OF Chester"
town, has been notified that her brother,
who died in York Pa, left her four
houses, valued at about 10000.
Miss Mary Sheridan and Mr.. Thomas
IL. Lyons, both of Wyndy Hill. Talbot
county, were married i'll Ea5ton by Rev.
DIR. w. r. Green.
In IIagcrstown Judge kccdy granted
an absolute divorce to Elizabeth Du-
gan, Of Hancock, from her husband
George Dugan.
The Western Maryland Railroad COM
pany has purchased of Capt. Lcander
II. Kuhn the lighthouse property i'll
Hancock for $4,000.
Clarence L. Klottcn, aged 25 years,
travelling salesman for Peoples Tea
Company, Cortland, n Y, committed
suicide at the Franklin Hotel, i'll fla-
aerstown, by turning on the gas. The
jet on the burned was removed to allow
the gas to escape freely, the transom
was securely locked, blankets stuffed i'll
the cracks of the doors and windows
and the cock turned OH full. klottcn
went to the hotel Tuesday noon and
registered from Buffalo. lie went to
bed about II O'Clock. At 3 a. NJ. J.
w. Dolan. the hotclkccpcr, noticed
light burning in klottcn's room. The
young man was not missed until night.
when one of the hotel employees went
to his room and detected the strong
odor OF gas Ex-Shcrtf NJ. Flndlay
Selbert burst open the door. kIottcn
was lying i'll his night clothes on the
bed. The body was stiff, He had bccn
dead probably n hours. Justice IIotf"
man, after inquiring into the facts, de-
cided an inquest was unnecessary
Between and 4 O'Clock Sunday morn
ing an old StorehouSc in Downsyile,
Valley Lee district. ST. Mary's county
was burned TO the ground. The build
ing was unoccupicd. and it i supposed
that it was set on fire by three dredg-
crs who stayed there during the night
Mr.. O. J. Moat Of the Equitable Lite
Insurance Company in Washington.
while attempting to get over tho badly
snow-driftcd road from ClarkSburG,
Montgomery county, in hi, ,Icight, was
upset and thrown out heavily, knocking
ono of his arms out OF place
George Warner, OF Ildgcmont, WASH
ignton county, a Civil War veteran, on
his way home at night went to sleep
along the road in a SnowStorm and
slept i / ho"r'' nc wa, ",II'' Wv W
nciSllpor' arouse" VII" ,','1"''l ',''
taken nome men iOuo" "e was "t
most Dur'cd uluer 'lc SHOW ii'
hands were badly frozen.
Nhllc ON hct way 70 S'ao2. En''"
the |ycar-oId daughter OF ~ "
lanl' AT lla'l,o''N''l[' was 0'oN'" "
'noWdriit ana nearly 'oIe" /" "I'!"'
Mr. Eugcnc Spo'i'c''''' W"o Ma' uIll
ng along the road saw Inc Ci'ii' oo''e'
II snow up TO hcr "al>' a"d o''do'S -
move re ,"oN her out anu "''rP.ns
lcr IN blankets put her III MS "'9's"
ma uroVc her nome -. ,.,..
In Montgomery county MISS El,Ie
Jay vas t"nfrined ~ Pr>nI'p4t ol '"9
,uhIlc school at SideII' ana M''' JUN.
VI. Shanki'n OF Baltimore was a"4'Ie"
tree scholarship IN inc na'|tano III
'tltule ochool OF Att ana he>'s"'
he dwelling OF Ni'Nef'eh jo"eS' "'
O1ckerSors' Montgomery county, was
burned TO the ground Wil'i an is '9',,
ents. The fire was caused by the ,%L i1
II lamp. A new dwelling OF Az
Jones, now nearly completed and W''n-
II 20 yards of the house burned was
saved only by 'lc Wild o'oM '"S u,t
1aines away 'ro'" IT, y N''p,vu H,o.,,, 'I",i,
ell down stars VIII, 'ue ''"'p' "'''o''
'auscd l'le ure' Loss F''oo'' .,......,., A.,
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0r'Shn'g carnival ueI' ~ ~ a',,,,dn4 ',,,'
Nhcr evening 't'I,> l! "o,, TW 3T,'iI,rn "IC,n
. MIS- Herman 9''o'P "''' " ",''r p
trunmeI i"r the hcrI o'u',E ,''s"> .i,, T..
- Richardson ana l'aI' NpIlti l'N W.