The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-12-23
MARYLAND STATE NEWS
Condensed Late Dispatches Boiled Down
for Rapid Reading.

Owing to the continued snow and colo
weather there are number OF oyster
vessels in the Annapolis harbor when
have been unable to go out. Inbound
vessels report much ice in the rivers be-
low Annapolis, which is dangerous 10
the smaller craft The State police
steamer Gov. p F. Thomas arrived at
Annapolis from the Eastern Shore
A tenant house on the farm of Cyrus
NJ Joyce, near Arnold's Station, Anne
Arundel county, was entirely destroyed
by fire. The FIRE started from an over,
heated stove.
The harbor at Cris6eld is frozen up
and all navigation by sailboat is sus-
pended. This freeze is bad on the oys-
termen. The season there has been q
failure thus far, and the freeze makes
it impossible to work.
: Mrs. William J. Carver, of Crisfeld
aged 81 years, slipped on the ice Friday
and broke her arm and leg Mrs. Car
yer is very feeble and the injuries sus-
tanned by her may be serious.
Rev. Edwin T. Mowbray, pastor OF
St. Paui's Methodist Episcopal Church
Hagerstown, has been granted SIX
month leave of absence. Rev. Mr.. Now
bray will make tour of Europe and
perhaps will go to the Holy Land. He
will ask the Baltimore Conference to
appoint a clergyman to take up the
work in Hagerstown until he returns
During his absence his wife and chill
dren will reside in Baltimore county.
S. Burkart Emmert, of Hagerstown
filed suit against the Western Mary
land Railroad Company for damages
sustained last winter in the wreck neal
Blue Mountain.
Mrs. Urilla Ronaldson Harshman,
daughter of Hezekiah Donaldson, and
native of Washington county, died at
Polo, ILL.,, aged 80 years.
Charles Wilkes broke through the ice
while skating near Rowland's Mill On
the Antietam creek and was nearly
drowned.
Private Smith, of Fort Mott, N. J.a
whose marriage 10 negress recently
caused his dismissal from the army, is
now with his wife at Trappe, a small
town about nine miles from Easton, and
is causing something of sensation
there. He arrived Monday evening last
via the Delaware and Chesapeake Rail
road. The mail-carrier, Mr.. William
F. Price, took the ex-soldier from
Trappe Station, along with Rev. r. G.
Strasburg. Both the mail-carrier and
the minister were greatly astonished
when Smith got out of the wagon IN
front of colored persons house on the
suburbs OF Trappe, where he was met
in the front yard by comely mulatto
,I< ar,A E,cead him
most affectionately Smiths wife, ii
seems, is already the wife OF Marion
Woolford, colored, who recently made
his escape from the Easton Jail. Thurs
day at Easton she filed bill for divorce
from him. A year or two ago she lett
Woolford and went to Camden, N. j..
where she secured position as pri-
waite nurse and attended Smith during
his illness % skillfully that he recovered
his health in short time. After his
recovery Smith said that he owed his
life to his nurse and proposed to give
it to her, and they were subsequently
married. Smiths wife is comely ne
gress, almost white. Before her mar
rage to Woolford, in June, 1900, she was
Sarah Jane Wells, we'll known in the
vicinity of Trappe. She is about &c
years of age
1t is probable that the General Sup.
ply and Construction Company of New
York will get the contract for the cree
ton of the Naval Hospital at Annapolis
This company's bid was $I8o,o25. The
bids opened Thursday were the second
set that had been submitted for this
building. all of the first lot having been
much in excess of the amount appro-
priated and were rejected The appro
priation is 100000. The site is in the
rear of the Naval Cemetery. This is q
splendid site, on high hill, overlooking
the Severn River.
The Navv Department has aporoved
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