Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1905-05-11
MARYLAND STATE NEWS
Condensed Late Dispatches Boiled Down
for Rapid Reading.

Charles A. McGaw, of Bclair, has four
Young chickens that beat the record Tor
LAYING. They were Matched out on Dc
tobcr "a. 1904 and although now only
little over months old, have laid 70
eggs.
The tax rate of Hartford County has
been fixed at ST. on the $Ioo, the same
as last year. The county is spending
S., 100 for improvements on the court
house and lcvying $4,000 for the mac.
adamizing of roads, now in course OF
construction under the terms OF the
Woolsey requests.
The Washington County Rural Letter
Carriers Association have made ar
engagements for the annual meeting OF
the State Letter Carriers Association
in Hagerstown, in July. Edward l.:
Burger, Hagcrstown, was appointed
chairman of the committee Oh general
arrangements.
Hagerstown Camp, of Woodmcn of
the World unveiled monument, cost
ing several hundred dollars, over the
grave of Curtis Smith, a deceased mem
Der, in Smthsbnrg Cemetery. Elias b.
Hartle, of Hagerstown, delivered the
Grafton
There has been big slump in the
crate and basket business on the PENN
sula this season, and the many manutac-
turers in Wicomco county will have to
carry over much of the stock manuiac-
tured this season. This condition was
brought about by the fact that last year
was such a poor berry season that
thousands of crates purchased then were
not used, and the prices of berries were
so low that many hundreds OF acres OF
vines were plowed under. The weather
this spring has been so unfavorablc that
the demand for crates and baskets has
been the lghtcst for several years. EX-
perts say that thousands of quarts OF
berries have already been destroyed by
the frosts, and that unless the weather
warns up considerably the crop Will be
extremely short.
Detective Spandeur, of the Smith
West & Lyons Agency, OF Baltimore, ar
rested Benjamin Warren, colored, for
having caused the death OF two horses
belonging to Mr.. William II. Nansant,
of Annapolis. The negro admitted the
crime and was held for the action of the
grand jury.
The stockholders OF the Southern
Maryland Telephone Company, at Me
GAINESVILLE elected the following Off
Gals and directors: J. L. Coad, prcsi-
dent; J. B. Ballenger, vice-prcsidcnt; l.,
J. Canter, secretary and treasurer; Zach
arah X. Morgan, George NJ. Thomas,
The company is pushing its work vlgor-
ously and will have long distance con
ncction through the Chesapeake and Po-
tomac Telephone Company at brandy
wine within 80 days.
The Annapolis City Council adJudged
Patrolman James Freeman. OF The city
police force, guilty Of the charge II ma
treating Private James Griffith, of tie
Marine Corps. Griffith vas disordcrly
several nights ago and the officer freely
used his nightstlck on him.
The directors OF the Automobile Com
pany OF Hartford County, i'll BlIair, elect,
cd the following oil;ccrS: William l.
Robinson, president; II. S. O'Nci'I, sec
rotary and treasurer, and !. Alexis Shrly-
cr, general manager. 1t was decided 10
establish a route between Carney and
Bclair and Bclair and llavrc dc Grace,
Other lines are more than likely to be
established from the terminus OF scrcra!
on the city suburban lines
The following officer OF the Washing
ton County Hospital Association have
been elected: President, John &
Bower; vice president, ID. Abncr Bets;
secretary, James p. llartcr; treasurer.
Edward W. Mcaley. The County Com
missioncrs have entered into agreement
to levy annually in pcrpetuity $1,000 tor
maintenance of the hospital and the May
or and Council OF llagcrstown $1,000 an,
nualy in perpctui,y. The hospital vii,
be ready to receive patients inside OF DC
days
The Town Commissioners OF Oxford
Talbot County. say they will furnish free
sites for factories and exemption from
town taxes to those who will erect and
conduct a factory employing 20 or more
hands. These sites are directly on tn,
Tired Avon River, with 2o-toot depth
Of water within 80 feet OF the shore,
Mr.. H. S. Matthews, the secretary OF
HE Board of Town Commissioners, Will
furnish all the desired information te
those seeking a location.
The dwelling and barn on the farm
of George Slime, at Red Hill, near
Keedysvile, Washington County, was
DESTROYED By fire. Only about half OF
he furniture i'll the house was saved
A valuable stallion in the barn wa
saved with difficulty. The fire VA,
started by sparks falling on the root
from chimney. The barn caught fire
from a dwelling, Loss will amount tc
several thousand dollars. with only
small amount OF insurance.
Carey Kingdom and James +. Green
we're unanimously reelected Town Clerk
and Baiiif of Rockville.
Arthur II. Owens, Elmer Campbell and
William J. Bernard have been elected
Town Commissioners OF Pcrryvillc.
Two additional cases of smallpox have
developed at Hagerstown, both mild and
under quarantine.
The following have been appointed
Tax Collectors in Dorchester County for
1905: J. NJ. Vincent, Thomas X. Wheat
ley, Robert NJ. Hurley, Harry Spillman,
Robert l.. Simmons, Levin I. kccnc,
William II. Davidson William W. Num-
bley, Lee Jones, ]. l.. Todd, Thomas II.
Lawson, Octive Corkran, William l..
Brohawn, John p. Nabb, Joseph Lord,
Calvin r. Jones'
Mr.. James Stewart died at the home
of his son, John Stewart, i'll German
town. Montgomery county, i'll the ninetl-
eth year of his age Mr., Stewart was
born in Ireland in 1875 and came to this
country in 1913. In the early fftes he
became a railroad engineer in Ohio and
in later years a farmer in Southern Kan
sas and Northern Iowa.
The home of Chief Judge Wilson, of
the Orphans Court of Garrett County,
on the eastern slope of Backbone Noun
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