The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1907-02-22
BKEVITIES.

Miss Mary Merrick is at Atlantic
City.
Judge Merrick is confined to his
home with cold.
Miss Marguerite Clagett has returned
from q visit to Baltimore.
Mrs. McClesry and little son, of Ohio,
are visiting at the rectory.
Mr.. H. Joseph Talbot, of Hyatts-
vile, spent Sunday with his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. H. Talbot, Of this
town.
MIR. Carroll Grant, of Washington,
and Misses Nellie and Bessie Grant, spent
Sunday with their parents, Prof. and
Mrs. T. ]. Grant.
Mr.. and Mrs. Stephen A. Cox, of
Bellevisw, D. c., announce the marriage
of their daughter, Miss Mary H. Cox to
Mr.. Robert Dement,.
Miss Blanche Ball, of Richie, who
has been visiting her sister, Mrs. G gorge
Buck, returned home on Monday.
Mrs. Hampton Brady and infant
daughter, Of this town, are visiting her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. George w. Rich
ardson, at their home, "Woodyard"
near Meadows.
On Monday, Febru airy Is, 1907, Mrs.
Sallie A. Scaggs, widow Of Selby B.
Scaggs, died at her residence, Bennings,
D. c., in the eighty second year of her
age. The funeral took place from her
late rssiden ce, Wednesday, at II o'clock
q. m. Interment private.
Mrs. Sophia Scott, wife of the late
Richard Scott, of Woodville, died very
suddenly Saturday morning, February
9Th, at the home of her daughter, Mrs.
Mitchell Canter, Charles Co., Md. The
funeral took place at her old homestead,
Sunday, February 18th. The interment
was in the family burying ground.
Rev. Dr.. Alexander A. Rood will de-
liver a lecture at Mt Oak M. e. Church,
South, near Mitchellville, this county, at
7:3O p. m. on Wednesday, February eth,
1907. The subject will be Longfellow's
"Eyangeline." The lecture will be fully
illustrated with moving pictures. DR..
Rood has travelled widely and is a most
interesting and entertaining speaker
Admission Csc. Children 15c.
Shortly after one o'clock last Mon.
day morning, the handsome residence of
Mr.. VIM. l. Wolff, on Water ST., was en-
tirely destroyed by fire. Mr.. Wolff sue
ceeded in gathering up q few pieces of
valuable jewelry, silverware and cut
glass in his flight, which was all that was
saved. Upon the arrival Of citizens it
was at once seen that there was no posi-
BILE means of saving the house, therefore
attention was diverted to the adjoining
houses, occupied by Mrs. Mary Z. Will
son and Mr.. Daniel Buck, and it was only
through their strenuous efforts that the
fire was kept from spreading. The house
was insured for 81 400 and the contents
for 81 900, which will not begin to-cover
the loss. 1t is thought the fire started
from the fue in the kitchen chimney, al
though there had been NO fire in that part
of the house since midday Sunday.
Mr.. Joseph Rennoe, beloved hus band
of Mrs. Jane Rennee, died at his home
in Piscataway, on February 10, aged
about "a years from paralysis.
Mrs. Jane Rennoe, widow of Mr.. Joseph
Rennoe, died at her home in Piseataway
on February 18th, of pneumonia. aged SO
years. Mr.. and Mrs. Rennoe's death
were just one week apart. They were
both buried side by side in Accokeek
Church yard. MAY they rest in peace.
Miss Letitia Ellicott Tyson, the old
est member of the Tyson family of Mary
land, died on Saturday at Terre Haute,
Ind. She was "a years old. Until six
months ago she lived at Laurel, where
her body was taken to the home of Mr..
Charles H. Stanley, a distant relative.
For many years she taught school in
Laurel. Throughout the State Miss Ty-
son leaves scores of cousins and nephews.
Miss Tyson was QUE of the daughters Of
William Tyson, who was the owner of
the Woodbury. Cotton Duck Mills. He
was direct descendant of Riner Tis en-,
who was born in Holland in 1869 and
came to this country with colony of
Quakers. Miss Mary A. Tyson, sister,
died few months ago in Laurel, "a years
old. The late Mr.. Jesse Tyson, of Balti-
more, was great nephew of Miss Tyson.