The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1910-02-24
TERRIBLE FATE OF LITTLE BOY
Whole Community Was Shocked by
the Fatality.

the FdtdIlty.
BLOOMINGTON, Nd, Feb. 21-The
whole community was terribly shocked
late on Saturday afternoon when the
news reached town that little Raymond
Harris, not quite eight years of age,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Jesse Harris, of
this place, while crossing the B. & o.
bridge, had been struck by fast express
train No Ia, due here at Is minutes
past o'clock, and hurled over the
bridge to the river below, distance of
about fifty feet. The little child fell in
the water at the rivers edge and was
picked up by his father who witnessed
the accident and was about twenty feet
from his boy when he was struck. Mr..
Harris was returning from work and
was accompanied by his son, who had
spent the afternoon with his father,
who is employed as car shifter at the
Hampshire dump. When about mid
way of the bridge fast freight was
noticed approaching the east end and at
the same time the express train hove in
sight at the west end 1t is supposed
the little fellow saw and realized his
danger for he started to run ahead of
his father and was in the act of step
ping off the track at the west end of
the bridge when struck. He was car
ried to the me of his parents short
distance from the scene of the accident
where an examination of his injuries
revealed badly fractured skull. Later
on he was taken to the hospital at Key
ser, where he died three hours after the
accident never having regained con-
seriousness. His body was brought home
Sunday afternoon on No. over the w,
M. railroad. The father lay down be-
tween the tracks and escaped injury.
Mrs. Paugh, widow living with her
family at Hampshire, who was stricken
with typhoid fever few days ago, was
sent to the Hoffman Hospital for treat
ment Thursday morning. Her son,
Charles, the only support of the family,
is recovering from prolonged and very
severe attack of the same disease and
is unable to leave his room.
All doubts of the temperance people
as to the views held by Senator Speich-
er, of this county, on legislation per-
tanning to the liquor question were dis
PEELED on Thursday, when he voted with
three other senators against the repeal
of the local option laws of Washington
county.
Mr.. Howard Barnard, son .of MIR.
Henry Barnard, a well known farmer
of this district, and Miss Florence Duck
worth, OF Empire, boarded the morning
accommodation train for Oakland last
Thursday and while at the county seat
sought the aid of two very important
personages in matrimonial affairs, the
county clerk and minister. The happy
pair returned the same evening and re-
ceived an old fashioned welcome at the
home of the brides parents.
Mr.. John Rowe, formerly of this
place, now a prominent business man
of Grafton, while on a visit to his
father-in -law, Mr.. Andrew Mullen, Of
Piedmont, during the past week. visited
our town on Saturday to renew old as
sociatiOnS.
An outbreak of scarlet fever has &C.
Cured at Barnum. Four or five cases
have been reported and in order to pre-
vent further spread of the disease the
public school at that place was closed
last week.
Mr. Alvey CLANCY, of Beryl. fire.
man on the Western Maryland railroad,
was taken off his engine at Dobbin, W.
Va, suffering from an attack of APP
pendicitis and sent home on No. 2 Fri
day morning. The same evening he
was taken to the Western Maryland
hospital at Cumberland for treatment.
Mr.. John Miller, we'll known bust
ness man of Luke, was in town Satur-
day looking after the interests of his
branch store in this place.
Postmaster Jacob Stump has been APP
pointed by the State Board of Health
sub-registrar for this district.
On Friday morning large force of
men were at work at the west end of
the yard at this place, putting down
skeleton track for steam shovel to be
used in excayating and widening the
cut at the north side of B. & o. bridge
where the w. NJ. r. r. runs under the
b. & 0. 1t is said the old shops will be
torn down to make room for additional
tracks and a new roundhouse, machine
shop, tool house and other necessary
buildings erected on the site of the field
now known as the base ball park. The
home of the mayor of 'Tootsle town, b"
an old landmark and the oldest house in
Franklin, will be moved and converted
into depot at this point Mr.. foot
sic" Flynn, who with his family has
occupied the old mansion uninterrupt-
edlV for the past 30 wears. saws that