The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-09-16
MARYLAND STATE NEWS
Condensed Late Dispatches BOlle1 DOwn
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to grow the new grape to large size
Several years agoshe began grating.
various varieties of grapes with Och
mite end in view, and this year one
vine, which is we'll developed. has q
number of punches of grapes on IT.
which are without seeds. The vine
also bears grapes containing seeds.
but each year that the vine has borne
fruit the number of seedless punches
has steadily increased, and MIR. Snive.
ly believes that ultimately the grapes
will all be without seeds. The seed
less grapes, while smaller in,size thar
the ones containing seeds, are OF SUI
perior favor.
Thomas SHREDDER, deaf man, aged
48 years, was killed by wes.boand
Western Maryland freight as he was
crossing the tracks near Potomac
Avenue Station, in Hagerstown. The
engineer gave the signal, but SHREDDER
did not hear the whistle. The FIRE
man shouted, but his voice was not
heard The man died IS minutes after
he was struck by the engine.
Harry Stoner, of Fairfield, Adams
county, Pa, was killed at $3.50 O'CLOCK
this morning in Smithsburg by ar
extra westbound freight train on the
Western Maryland railroad He fell
asleep on the track and he was groune
to pieces urder the wheels of tfe
cars.
Slayman H. Benminnie. Syrian
merchant, was held for court in Ha-
gerstown, charged with criminally as
saulting Miss Hattie Cramer.
A prisoner going from Hancock,
Washington county, to the House o.
Correction, jumped from Baltimore
and Ohio train near Weverton while
the train was running at the rate OF
IS miles an hour and escaped. He
was handcuffed to another prisoner.
but slipped the handouts off and
jumped out of a car window feet fore
most.
Mr.. William Smith and Miss Emma
Frances May, both of Washington
were married at Forest Glen, Mont
gomery county, by Rev. Charles .
Rosensteel.
Miss Mary Anne Cox, the oldest in.
mate of the Aged Women's Home II
Easton, broke her left hip BY falling
from a chair in her room. Owing te
her advanced age, which is o5 years
the fracture is considered serious.
The record shows that 1000 more
persons have visited Pen-Mar this sea
son than in any former season.
Jacob Coffman, the young son OF
William Coffman, of Washington
county, who was injured few days
ago by the explosion of can of pow
der, into which he stuck a lighted
match, died Wednesday night.
The Frederick county teachers ask
to be paid monthly instead of quar-
.erly, as heretofore.
Rev. j. ]. Schaeffer, of Pennsylva-
mia, who was recently elected pastor
of the Glade Reformed Church at
Walkersville, Frederick county, was
installed Sunday.
Capt. William H. Sanders, of the
police schooner May Brown, returned
to Annapolis from a trip to the waters
along Kent Island He reports that
there are plenty of oysters on the cas-
srn shore of the bay. A point known
as Brick House Bar is lined with the
aew growth of bivalves. There y
promise of larger supply this year
than for some time.
The dwelling of Alphonso Mat
thews, three miles from Perryman,
Hartford County, was destroyed by FIRE.
All of the household were sleeping
and were aroused only to escape with
their lives. The family secured moth
ing save what they wore while ID
bed. The loss on home and furniture
exceeds $2,5co, with no insurance.
George Maybe, of Garrett county
died at his home, near the famous
Boiling Springs. aged 81 years. He
was a direct descendant of one of the
original Indian tribes who inhabited
this section before it was settled by
the whites. He was son of Willie
Maybe, who was an almost full-blood-
ed Indian. He had all the character
istics of the original indian race. He
disliked the town or settlement ano
lived in an humble hut on the noun
tain side, East of Deer Park. He was
the father of several children, his wife
being a white woman. He was font
of his dog and gun and in his earlier
DAYS spent most of his time hunting
and fishing.
AT meeting of Warrington Count,
Medical Association at Hagerstown, /;
paper was read on the Medical Con
t1tlOD Oh
by Dr. E. Tracy Bishop. of Smiths
burg. He advocated more strin
gent laws for lunatics and debaset
criminals. Dr. T. W. Simmons, o
Hagerstown, read paper an the us,
Of compound saline solution. DR.. 5
6. Davis, of Boonsboro, read poe,
entitled Sunset in Greece" The ma.
ter of establishing medical librar,
in the Washington County Free Lib
ray was discussed, but action wa
deferred.
Charles Bridges. Baltimore ant
Ohio conductor, was fatally shot b,
r. George Myesco, farmer, near Gar
re,t. While the train was unloading
IT a small station Bridges and othei
members of the crew went int
Myesco's orchard. A farm hand
John Krupo, was sent to order Their
out and a fight resulted. While
tie men were rolling on the ground
Myesco fred revolver into Bridges
but declares he did not shoot with the