The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-01-01
MARYLAND STATE NEWS.
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ally injured WnlIe dsSlsllng " oPSio.S
i fodder shredder. He put his hand II
he machine to draw out an ear OF corn,
when the hand caught in the knives ano
lis arm, was drawn in and cut on at the
shoulder. He nearly bled to death.
Mrs. Eve!ine Bowers. wife OF Reu
ben Bowers, died at Williamsport, aged
50 years
George w. Robinson, for many years
section boss on the Chesapeake and
Ohio canal. died in Williamsport, aged
u years.
The home OF Wesley Cannon. on the
Thomas t-usby farm in Quarter Neck.
was destroyed by Are, together with all
the furniture, clothing, etc. Mr. an
mon is in a Baltimore hospital for tHeat
ment, and his wife,. daughter and son
were at horne. These three escaped BY
first throwing out feather bed ano
then jumping ont the second-story WIN
dow. Miss Cannon broke her leg ~
making hsrescape. The family were
awakened By the discharge OF a gun #
The kitchen They were carried to tht
house Of a neighbor, w. F. Woodnen
Ter, and cared for. The house was IN
sured in the Kent Mutral for $500
Prompt and efficient action by the
sHyattsville Volunteer Fire Department
prevented the destruction OF the resi-
1ence of Dr. Joseph A. Mudd Whik
attempting to tiaw out frozen wate'
pipe blaze was started in the cellar
and in few moments the back kitchen
was in flames. The fire department
was on the scene in lew minutes
and had two streams OF water under
high pressure playing on the. flre, wnicf
was extnguished in short while. Lon
siderable damage was done to the fur
niture by water. This demonstrates the
value OF the water service.
The residence OF Henry w. Ruark
Wishing Creek, Dorchester county
was destroyed by fire. Loss $500; mai
insured.
On Saturday the carpet was laid II
the new House of Delegates chamber
in the State House Annex.
Mrs. Jessie s. .Aldrich, OF Glen Echo,
Montgomery county, died aged q
years. She was for several years II
charge OF the Government Retorma
tory, on the Conduit road.
Incendiaries have burned the Contra
High School OF Wclls Valley, the sec
ond time in little over month. lht
school was located about IS mIles
north of Hancock.
Albert Ketner, IS years OF age, o
Riverdale, Prince Georges county, wa
fined $40 for disturbing public worship
at the Riverdale Presbyterian Church
on New Years eve He got up in the
belfry and rang the bell continuously.
The thermometer at Boyds Sunday
morning registered within 10 OF the
zero mark. 4 heavy hail fell during
the night on top OF four inches O.
snow and made the roads almost i'm
passable. The Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad in Brunswick is filling tile
company's icehouse with $50 carloads
Of ice 10 to IS inches thick
The freight crews OF the Western
MARYLAND Railroad will hereafter rur
only as far north as Lurgan, "a miles
from Hagerstown, instead OF to Har
risburg, as formerly The Philadelphia
and Reading Railroad, which uses the
Western Maryland in the transfer OF
freight between Harrisburg and Cherry
Run, will run its crews only as fai
south as Lurgan In the last two. weeks
he freight business has almost doubled
The bonded indebtedness of Hagers'
town at the close OF 1903 is SI3o,4oo.
Mrs Catherine Amelia Potts, widow
of Andrew Jackson Potts. died at her
home, at Pinesburg, Washington coun-
Y, aged 67 years.
The store OF Bridges & Henderson. 1.
at Hancock, was robbed OF goods to
the value OF from $500 to $1,000. In the
morning it was found that the large
plate-glass window in the front of the
store was crushed in and through it the
burglars got into the store. The store
vas ransacked from top to bottom.
Boots, shoes, hats. caps, guns, razors,
-evolvers. dry goods, notions and many
other articles were carried away. The
ron safe, in which was about 5000, was
lot disturbed Thirty dollars in a
drawer in private office was over
ooked
Rev. DIR. William E. Temple. pastor
Of SITS. Peter and Paurs Catholic
Church, at Easton, will move TO Will
nington, Del, to take charge of ST.
Paul's Church, in that city.
James Harry Covington, who was
elected States Attorney for TALBOT
county. took the oath OF Office,
Mr.. John Watts, of ChestertowV was
thrown from his wagon few days
ago and severely injured. His lkg was
broken and head injured.
Capt David w. Houghton, fol Glen
Echo. Montgomery county. died OF
pneumonia, aged IS years :,
Miss Fannie E. c. Adams, daughter
81 the late Valentine Adams, died at
he home OF her sister, Mrs. y. NJ. Mel
son, in Frederick. aged 65 years:
At meeting OF the Business Mems
Association OF Annapolis, w. Nj. Moss;
l. B. Flood, G. Ridout, ~. Meyers and
!. Dep. DOW were selected to choose
committee OF representative citizens
Of Annapolis. the whole to confer
with the city council in regard to form
ulating new charter for Yhe city. The
'olowing are the members OF the com
nittee: James Munroe. F Il. Stock
.tt, George Wells. JamesN Brashears,
Mayor Jones. City Counsell&r n. Riley
md Robert Moss. Some OF tbe amend.
ments talked of are new municipal
election law. increased municipal rep
resentation, extension of the city lin
its, withdrawal of the mayof and city
-o,,uS..flar'S n04uer IN vote NJ meetings