The citizen., 1913-05-23
MARYLAND NEWS
IN SHORT ORDER

III JIlUnI UhDEh
The Latest Gleanings From All
Over the State.
Prof. w. f. H. Wentzel has resigned
as principal of the West Nottingham
Academy to take effect at the close of
the present school year
me commissioners of Denton have
reorganized the town board by elect.
ing Somers Blake, president, and vii.
liam S. Grouse, treasurer.
The West Grove Independent. for
the past six years owned and conduct.
ed by c. A. Johnson, has been pur
chased by William 7. Dance, former
editor, and Charles L. Webster.
Robert Tate, 10-year-old son of r. H.
Tate, of Hagerstown, was severely in
jured while playing ball by being hit
on the head with a bat A companion.
Enos Smith. it is said, struck the boy.
Prof. W. F. H. Wentzel has resigned
as principal of West Nottingham Acad-
emy. He will leave the Institution at
the close of the present scholastic
year in June.
A chapter of the Boy Scouts has
been organized in Cambridge. Prof.
James B. Noble is president and S. f.
Hubbard and Herbert Hearn first and
second vice-presidents.
The Court of Appeals completed the
hearing of arguments in cases on the
April term docket and adjourned until
June %, when the judges will hold
consultations and file opinions.
Fire destroyed the dwelling on the
farm of Capt James Anderson. near
Martinsburg. The loss is placed at
about $4,000 and is partially covered
by insurance.
With throat cut and a razor near
by the decomposed body of George
Mckenzie, 95 years old, who had been
missing for two weeks, was found in
clump of bushes not far from his
home at Rawlings.
DR.. Thomas S. Baker, of the Tome
School for Boys, will deliver the com
mencement address at Elkton on May
81 Congressman J. Harry Covington
will be the speaker at North East
commencement on May 80.
The bricklayers and plasterers of
Cambridge have formed a union and
affiliated with the Masons and Plas-
terers' International Union. Ernest
Brannoch is financial secretary and
Frank Robins treasurer
Rev Elmer l.. Coblentz, Of Carlisle,
will make the address at the annual re-
union of the Reformed Churches of
Maryland, the District of Columbia,
the Virginias and Southern Pennsyl
vania at Pen-Mar Park on July H.
Paul X. Lands, 19 years old. son of
John D. Lands, was dragged to death
at Pittsburgh Limestone Quarries at
Marlowe, two miles from William
sport. His foot caught in the harness
OF horse he was about to mount.
His skull was fractured and nearly all
his clothes were torn from his body.
The suit of Robert f. l.. Yellott,
Washington real estate operator,
against the Chevy Chase and Great
Falls Land Corporation, which was an
action to recover about $4,000, has
been compromised, Yellott agreeing to
accept $500 in settlement of all
claims against the corporation.
Last week was devoted to cleaning
up" In Crisfield. Yards, alleys, vacant
lots and private premises have under
gone a thorough cleaning. Clean
up" week is the outcome of move
ment inaugurated in this city three
years ago, following an epidemic, the
source of which was traced to the
filthy condition of private premises
throughout the town.
John Ward, the 11-yearold son OF
Samuel Ward, of Crisfield, was severe
ly injured when he was run over by a
heavy wagon The boy attempted to
cross the street and was struck by the
team. His arm was broken in two
places and hand and wrist so badly
crushed that amputation of the arm at
the shoulder was necessary.
A large delegation of taxpayers from
the Norrisville district appeared before
the County Commissioners asking that
the previous decision not to build a
macadam road from Hughes Hill 70 {,
the Pennsylvania line. distance of
31a miles, be reconsidered. After !
debate. in which it was claimed by
Commissioners Wilson and Norris that
the county was now carrying $4,000 |
dal.+ on oartifoatnc the other Com |