Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1905-11-23
MARYLAND STATE NEWS.
Condensed Late Dispatches Boiled Down 10
Rapid Reading.

ling experience and a narrow escape IRON
death with runaway horse, but for
tuntely, owing to her presence of mind
and nerve, she escaped without injury.
The horse, which was hitched 10 trap,
took fright, and while running at top
most speed a colored man ran into the
road and attempted to check the animal,
The horse swcrved side and leaped clean
over the fence into field, carrying the
trap with him, the fence fortunately
yielding against the wheels Of the trap.
All during the wild run of the horse
Miss Motter remained in her scat and
held firmly to the rcins, cndeavorlng to
check his speed and to steer him clear OF
other teams and obstacles in the road.
After the leap she got the animal under
control.
The Circuit Court for Montgomery
County has decided that the mortgage
tax law, which applies to Montgomery
County and other portions OF the State,
is constitutional The decision was i'll the
case of Benjamin H. Miller of the Sandy
Spring ncighborhood, against Stephen b,
Lyddane, tax collector, and was an ap-
peal from a Justice of the peace. a
year or more ago Mr.: Miller refused to
pay a mortgage tax bill for the purpoS&
of making test case. a number OF thl
residents of the Sandy Spring neighbor.
hood agreed to share the expense OF the
litigation. Collector Lyddanc entered
suit before Justice OF the Peace John i
Brewer, at Rockville, and was givcN
judgement in the full amount of the taN
cS alleged to be due Mr. Miller then
took the case to the Circuit Court viii
the result stated. 1t is probable that til,
case will be taken to the Court OF Ap.
pcals.
Another note OF warning was found ii
the rural mail box of Mr.. John K
Stoncbrakcr of Funkstown, Washington
County. He declined to divulgc the con
tents of the note, but it is understood II
was printed by the same hand tha,
printed a previous nWe of warning tound
in the mail box recently, telling MIR.
S,onebrakcr to be on the lookout for the
BLACK Hand" A few days aftcrwara
attempts were made to burn his barn anG
dwelling. Monday night his housekecp
cr, Mrs. Edward kuhIman, was assault
cd as she stepped out OF the back door.
The handsome new building OF Tic
Montgomery County National Bank, o.
Rockville is now completed and opened
for business. The building is one OF th,
finest bank structures in Maryland out
side OF Baltimore. Its cost is und dcrStoo.
to be $4,000 in addition to the site
which was purchased for 5000. Co1
Spencer c. Jones is president; Mr.. fla.
tlrsly W. Talbot, vicc-presidcnt; Rich.
ard H. Stokes, cashier; George NJ. Hun
ter, assistant cashier; Russell Brewcr
teller: George p. Henderson, note clerk
and J. Gardiner Darby, discount clerk,
Master Dewey Kirby, aged I2 year,
was accidentally killed at the home OF
bis uncle, Mr. Jack Jester, near Chcs.
!crtown. Mr. Jester was preparing Il,
go hunting and had placed his loado'
gun in a corner behind some bags VIII.
he stepped into another room. Durlng
his absence the lad got the gun, and =,
was accidentally discharged, the whoiy
load taking effect in his stomach. lh'
bows home was in Wilmington, and I'
wa, on a visit to his uncle.
Chas. Fisher, colored, of Burkittsyii's
Frederick County, aged 70 years, who tcO
and shot himself while hunting opo,
sums near Brownsville, Washing gto'
! County, one night last week, died iroN
his I'M urcs. The load entered the can
OF his leg mangling it and breaking
both bones. Injured as he was, he
crawled some distance and called for
help. which was afforded, and he was
taken to his home.
The Mayor and Council of Rocliy,.5 =
and the Washington and Rockville rail
| way Company have at last agreed upon
terms and the company will be allowed
! to extend its road from its present ter
| minus, east of the town limits, to tine
courthouse. At special meeting Oh
The Mayor and Council on ordinance
Granting the road the right ot way wa
adopted Under the provisions OF the
ordinance the road must be extended the
entire length within 80 months. Ih'
spced limit in town is fixed al eight mlIe'
an hour, 1t is understood that work or
the extension will begin within few
davs and the cars will be in operation tC
The court house within 10 days thereafter
The town and railway company have Deer
at loggerheads nearly two years. The elec
trio lighting plant is nearing competitor
and the lights will be turned on the tir'
Of this week. The plant was disable
bv fire several years ago, and since ina
time the town has been lighted by gas
Dinc lamps.
A fine barn newly constructed, witt
up-to-date improvements, on the tarn
II MIR. Malcolm W. Mitchell, in Hartorl
County, was destroyed by fire. A bar
rick was also burned together with 4(
tons of hay, carload Of oats and beam
and a quantity of corn. Two calvve'
pcrished in the flames A remarkab!'
coincidence connected with the hre J.
that it occurred just as the owner OF
! The property was starting on his weadinF
our. his bride being Miss Eva Osborn
whose home in Aberdeen they had lus
left for a Pennsylvania train south. y
few of the guests at the reception wen
in automobiles to the scene OF the tlre
which. owing to the favorable directioi
~ the wind. did not reach the dwelling
new and handsome structure.
/ A house owned by the lnion MlnlnG
COMPANY and occupied by Joseph Gallo
wav as a boarding house, located neal
the Cumberland and Pennsylvania ra'l
way depot at Mount Savage, was de-
stroyed by fire early the other morning
! One of the boarders hung lighted torci
W the side of the wall. All escaped II
their night clothes and bare feet.
MIR. Arthur Diggs, who was the victim
Of a cunning accident on Tuesday, sue
.rmbed to his wounds Thursday. H'
lied shortly after noon at the HlgtiandS
,he Diggs homestead, near Port Iooac
90, where he was carried after the acci
dent. Mr.. Diggs was unmarried. He i
survived by his mother, three sisters ant
.hree brothers, two of whom live in the
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