The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-10-20
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the train, and at the point of revolver
took the engineer, William Manlfee;
Conductor Theo. Mulln and other train
men, despite their protest that it was
fast mail train, and conducted them De-
fore justice of the peace. Their re-
lease was ordered by the Mayor, and il
is stated that the officer who made the
arrest has skipped" The train was
delayed half an hour by the arrest. En-
gineer Manfee has instituted suit Tor
damages.
Mrs. L. E. Creamer, of Glen, Mont
gomery county, died, aged as years, OF
blood poisoning. She scratched finger
while cutting cabbage in her garden,
and it caused her death.
John T. Colson, the negro arrested at
Big Pool on suspicion of having shot
and killed Deputy Sheriff Hardy near
Weverton, is still held to await further
investigation. He denies that he knew
anything about the shooting OF Hardy.
The local officers do not believe Colson
is James Burrill, wanted in Baltimore
for the murder of negro deckhand OF
the pungy Frances. Deputy Hardys
widow has a romantic history. When
mere babe she was captured, with her
parents, by hostile Indians. Her father
and mother were scalped and their dead
bodies thrown into the river. The In
dams saved the little girls life and she
was rescued several years later by Gener--
al Fitzpatrick and his troops General
Fitzpatrick placed her in a government
Indian school. While still student Har-
dy met her and she married him under
the name of her rescuer. 1t was not
until cavero1 vaorc 1oter that che learned
her family's name. A Government Of
fetal hunted up her history. She comes
from a well-known Indiana family.
James Bowler, 81 years old, poor
man employed as driver for grocery
firm in Hagerstown, received $4,000 lett
him by the late John G. Robinson, his
first cousin, printers ink manufacturer,
who died in Philadelphia, leaving an es-
tate valued at about $4,000. He was
bachelor and had not seen his cousin
for over so years. He and Bowler were
born at Park Head, Washington County,
and played together when they were
boys. The bequest was in the form of
$4,000 a per cent. United States Gov
eminent bond, due in 1907, which came
to Dowler's attorney, Daniel w. Doub,
through the First National Bank of
| Hagerstown.
! The Tobacco Planters Association OF
Calvert County was organized with 100
members in Prince Fredericktown. Such
gathering of representative tobacco
| growers, earnestly intent upon improv-
| ing the condition of the tobacco market,
has never before assembled. The meet
| ing was called to order by State Senator
! L. Mex. Griffith, who stated forcefully
its object. Mr.. William F. Robinson,
one of the largest tobacco growers of the
| county, was chairman of the meeting
and Mr.. William A. Parran secretary.
! To any close observer the oyster sit
liation at Rock Hall is becoming a SER
| ious matter. Rock Hail. Kent County,
! is dependent almost entirely upon this
| industry, and anything that touches upon
its life is carefully watched. That the
| industry is waning is not denied by the
| most enthusiastic waterman. In 1902
! at this time $50 oyster licenses were is
| sued; in 1908 there were 687; in 1904
| there were $40, and now in 1905 up to
this time there have been 524, thus show
| ing a gradual decrease in men engaged
| in longing.
Mr.. Bernard H. Warner has offered
to give a gold medal to the best declam-
er in each of the 10 school districts of
| Montgomery County and $40 in gold to
| the best declamer among those awarded
the medals in the various districts.
The Commissioners of Talbot Coun-
| ty have decided to build the mile and
half of new road with oyster shells on
the road leading from Easton to St.
| Michaels by State aid under their own
supervision.
| Governor Warfield and Adiutant-Gen-
eral Riggs attended dance given by
| the Assembly Club in Antietam Hall.
Hagerstown. They were accompanied
by Col, William Symington and Lieut..
Frank Riggs, of the Governors staff
Col. Buchanan Schley introduced the
Governor to the ladies and gentlemen.
| The ball committee was composed of
| Alexander Neill, Jr., Clarence Keedy,
Charles S. Lane, Vernon N. Simmons
and J. Frederick Fechtg.
BENJAMIN F. Beck died suddenly of
| acute indigestion while sitting in chair
at his home in Hagerstown, aged "a
years. He spent the day at the Office
| Of his sons, Beck Brothers, doing cleri-
cal work. and was preparing to go to
| the Hagerstown Fair when he was I'M
expectedly stricken. He was director
in the Peoples National Bank. He
leaves the following children: Mrs
thomas Guilty, of Baltimore; Charles
K. Beck, Philadelphia; ]. Frank S.
Beck, Harry Q. Beck, ]. Edward Beck.
| Mrs. Naomi Young, of Hagerstown.
The two-story building of the Iona
coming Star and the Homecoming Review
was destroyed by fire, causing doss OF
| over SooOo and resulting in the death
by suffocation of A. J. Wheeler, the
bookkeeper, who slept on the premises.
| The entire building was in flames when
discovered, but the prompt work of the
local fire companies saved the adjoining
property The fire is thought to be OF
incendiary origin. The presses, type,
stock and files were all destroyed, and so
rapidly did the fire do its work of de
struction as to convince those engaged
in fighting it that coal oil or some other
| ;uNaoaahie Amid had heen used