Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1904-03-10
MARYLAND STATE NEWS
Condensed Late Dispatches Boiled Down
for Rapid Reading.

Several serious breaks occurred In the
street water mains of Elkton, the result
Of the mains freezing.
The damage to the Havre de Grace
High School, caused by the recent ire,
has been ad justcd at $500. =
Lieut.. Percy F. Archer, of Belair.
member Of the United State Marine
Corps. has been ordered to Washington
for duty as acting assistant quartermas-
ter of the battalion forming there toI
duty in the Philippines.
George A. Blake, of Elkton. recently
appointed School Commissioner for Cecll
county by Governor Warfield. will enter
upon mis- second term May l.
The County Treasurer of Hartford
county reports the number OF delinquent
taxpayers quite large this year.
Miss Rosa Hornberger has been APP
pointed as assistant in the Belar Post
office by Postmaster Bouldin.
After executing his pension papers be
fore Magistrate p. M, Groves, in Elkton,
Saturday, William Reed. colored, of En-
Neck, started to get into his carriage
when he dropped dead.
While workmeu were eXcavating on
the west bank of the Susquchanna river,
north of the Philadelphia, Baltimore and
Washington railroad bridge, they discov
cred the skeleton of man. The bones
were dry and apparently had been in the
ground number of years.
Both the naval Jury of inquest and
the coroner's jury exonerated Quarter
master Harry Snowdcn, of the torpedo
boat destroyer Marlborough, from all
blame in connection with the death OF
leoman II. u. Matthews, whose death
followed blow delivered, as alleged,
by Snowden's fist. 1t was shown that
there was merely IA playful scutfi" be-
tween the two men. Snowdcn is much
depressed over the affair. The Naval
Academy surgeon who performed the
autopsy on Matthews found that the
vertebrate of the neck had been dislo
Gated and the mcdulla had become con
gcsted by being struck by the edge OF
Il table when he fell from Snowdcn's
blow.
Mrs. Susan Hays widow of Wilson l.
Hays, is dead at her home in Hagcrs
town of "A complication Of diseases, agec
about - years. Her husband who was
one of the pioneer stationery dealers OF
HagerstoWn, died about 90 years ago
Mrs. Hayes for number of years was
helpless invalid. being crippled with
rheumatism. She is survived by the
following children: Ira W. Hayes, pub
lis: er of the Hagerstown Globe; Rufus
M. Hays and Chester II. Hays, of the
firm of r. NJ. Hays and Bros. all OF
Hrgerstown, and Leroy Hays, of Phila
delphia.
M Harry of Frederick, introduced
bill in the house to incorporate the
Catoctin aad Pen Mar Railway Company
The insorporators named are Messrs.
John III, Maugans, c. Upton Gross,
nckle. A. l.. Hauver, Gideon o. Harne,
Worth B. Stottlcmycr, Henry NJ. War
rcnfeltz, Michael Kline Jonathan d.
English, Calvin r, Fox, Joseph W
Brown and Ayrus W. Blickenstaff. The
capital stock is $50, 0O0 with the privil
eye of increase to $500, 900, the shares tC
he $50 each. The company is authorized
to use steam or electricity as II motive
power The route Of the proposed rca
is to extend from Myersvile Frederick
county, through or near Ellcrton, Middle
point. Woltsville, Garfield and Foxvlle
to Pen Mar. The company is authorized
to sell electricity for Lighting and motive
purposes
Two tame hycnas are reported to be
cavorling near Richaldsmcrc, and one
has established its headquarters at FoX's
mill
William A. Barwick and John W
Smith have been appointed carriers foi
the new rural free delivery route. tc
stnrt from Sudlersyile Postoii1ce on
April |.
j b. Ross of Cordova was badly in,
jured by the swapping of a Tree branch
in the woods at Easton. He was badly
cut in the forehead and may lose the
sight of one eye.
Captain James A. Smith master of
the United States Fish Commissioner
steamer, Fishhawk has arrived in
Chestertown and will inaugurate a plan
for the restocking of Chester River with
yellow perch.
State Entomologst Quintauce is mott.
flying farmers to look out for San Jose
scale in their orchards. From several
sections of the Eastern Shore comes re-.
ports that the continued cold weather
this winter has killed the scale,
Bound from Philadelphia to Baltimore
via the Chesapeake and Delaware canal,
the steamer Anthony Groves, Jr, of the
Ericsson Line, broke both her propeller
and rudder while passing through heavy
fields of ice in the upper Chesapeake bay
The Conowingo Flint Mill, in the
Eighth district Of Cecil county is closed
ON account of damage done to the dam
by ice,
\ distribution of Chinese phcasants
will be made on the Maryland Delaware
peninsula shortly A number of these
birds were liberated last year,
No light has been shown at the Battery
Lighthouse at the mouth of the ) sque
hnnna river since .InnIlary nnyiraiinl