The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-09-22
MARYLAND STATE NEWS
Condensed Late Dispatches Boiled Down
for Rapid Reading.

Mrs. Jennie Weber, wife of Frank
Weber, was found dead at Cumberland
from acute indigestion. She was IL years
of age. When found her infant child
was playing beside her.
John Cavanaugh was held for the
grand jury on the charge of criminal
assault on Mrs. James Nolan, of Mid
land, Allegany county.
Arthur Rizer, charged with kicking
Frederick Livengood, small boy, at
the Allegany Brick Works, was COM
mitted to Jail in Cumberland to await the
result of tine injuries to the boy, who is
in a critical condition. Two operations
were performed, and a third may be
necessary
A corps of 10 surveyors, in charge of
c. L. Dodge, are in Hagerstown. Mr..
Dodge said he had headquarters at NJ
dletown, Frederick county, and had
made surveys from Middletown across
South Mountain and into Hagerstown
over the Funkstown turnpike. He ran
a line to the bench mark at the court
house established some years ago by
the United States Coast Survey. 1t
was learned they are running lines for
trolley road contemplated to be built
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believed the survey is in the interests of
the Baltimore company that recently
purchased the Frederick Middletown
trolley line. The present trolley road
from Hagerstown to Middletown is
way Company.
Contracts were let for two additional
ice plants in Salisbury. The Crystal Ice
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plant the size of its present one, which
will give the company an output of so
tons of ice a day. Messrs. John H.
Tomlinson and Elmer c. Williams
will erect new plant with capacity
of rs tons day and cold-storage
house with 5000 tons capacity. The
great growth of the ice business is due
to the fact that Armour & Co. have
their icing stations in salisbury for all
the refrigerator b,siness of the lower
peninsula, using thousands of tons OF
ice.
AS an example of what farmers can
accomplish in the raising of alfalfa, VIM.
M. Cooper has just cut the sixth harvest
from his farm near Salisbury. The al
falfa was planted in August, 1904 and
was the first large experiment in Wi
comico with the crop. Mr.. Cooper says
he is perfectly satisfied with the result
and advises all the farmers of Wicom-
leo to try the raising of this CROP He
says the yield is first class to the acre
and that no crop of grass will yield half
so much as this crop in this locality. The
land seems to be adapted to its growth.
Miss Mary Rogers, niece of r. d.
Hynson, of Chestertown, with her guest,
Miss Maude Carter, of Jersey City,
niece of Mrs. Hiram M. Brown, were
injured in a driving accident. They
were driving spirited horse to runa-
bout, and while returning from Tolches-
ter the animal took fright and ran away.
Miss Carter jumped out the back of the
vehicle and sprained her ankle, while
Miss Rogers, who held the rens, was
thrown out and broke her leg below the
knee.
Mrs. ]. p Cochran, well-known res
ident of Galena, Kent county, was re-
turning home from Delaware one night
last week, when negro stepped out
from the thicket and grabbed her horses
bride. Mrs. Cochran was prepared for
just such an emergency by having re-
volver lying on the seat beside her. She
picked up the pistol and, pointing it at
the negro told him to let go or she
would put bullet in him. He took to
his heels and diligent search has failed
to find him.
The recent FIRE in Oxford destroyed
the large machine shop and storage
warehouse, Office and horserace of the
Oxford Improvement and Shipbuilding
Company, together with valuable lot of
lumber, paints and carpenters tools. Two
boats on the sideways were also damaged
slightly. The loss is about $1,000, with
small insurance. Quite number of ship
carpenters are thrown out of work.
Capt. Lewis Messick, of Todds Point,
Dorchester county, caught crab few
days ago with ~ distinct oyster spats
on the top shell, besides one spat on each
claw, making "a in all. The spats range
in size from "a to u inch in diameter.
Oystermen report a good catch of
young growth, but good merchantable
oysters are very scarce.
Crab packers are still very busy and
find ready sale for about all the stock
they can handle, though prices are low
er than for several years.
Emmett Dove, George Poole, Spencer
J. Bean, John A. Selby, Aubrey NJ.
Green and w. Tyler Case, having passed
examinations, will receive appointments
as carriers on the new rural free-deliv-
cry routes to be established in Mont
gomery county the first of next month.
The Hartford county fair this year
will be held at Belair October 10. II, IL
and IS.
Miss E. Mae Bowers and Mr.. Richard
McHenry were married at the First
Baptist parsonage, Hagerstown, by Rev.
F. L. Frazer The parents of the bride
were opposed to the marriage. Mr..
McHenry, after he and Miss Bowers
had arranged to get married, went to
the Maryland Hotel, OF which her father
is proprietor, and stood on the street
while the young lady threw some Of her
dresses out of the window. Harry Jones,
mutual friend. helped in the arrange
ment and called that evening to take
Miss Bowers 20 dance. She obtained
the consent OF her mother 10 CO. They
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