The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1913-01-09


in the Maryland Penitentiary.
J. Harcourt Lees, Jr., aged Is years,
was accidentally shot and badly
wounded by his brother, Emory, aged
| 13, at Seaview.
The Southern Transportation Com
pany has made an offer to purchase
the plant of the Henry Derbert Barge
Building Company at Chesapeake City.
c. ]. Murray was placed under ar
rest at Cumberland by Policeman
| Pugh, charged with soliciting maya
zine subscriptions in violation of the
| law.
Inability to secure sufficient straw
| has caused the American Strawboard
| Company 10 close its plant at Chester
town. The mill employs about 20
workmen.
A rear-end collision of westbound
freights on the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad at Magnolia. w. Va, east of
Cumberland, resulted in the blocking
of both tracks all day.
Because of the development of scar
| let fever among some of the pupils OF
the Aberdeen High School, Dr. Charles
H. Kriete County Health Officer, has
ordered the school to be closed.
The new automobile fire engine of
the Antietam Fire Company of Ha-
| gerstown, has arrived. II has a wheel
base of 10 inches, is 6-cylinder, 80.
| horsepower engine, carries 100 feet of
hose and cost $500.
Carl Hardy, for many years chief
clerk In the executive offices at the
State House, who has been confined
to his home at Annapolis by illness
| for several weeks, is able to be out
| again.
The Rockville Lodge of Masons has
elected officers for the ensuing year
| as follows: Worshipful master, Wal.
ter A Williams; senior warden, W,
Russell Brewer; junior warden, George
p. Henderson; secretary, James F.
Allen; treasurer, Richard II. Stokes
The installation will take place next
Monday evening.
The Pastmasters' Association OF
Montgomery county. the membership
Of which consists of all the pastmas.
ters of the Masonic lodge OF the coun.
~ has elected officers for the coming
year as follows: President, Frederick
II. Grimm. OF Gaithersburg; vice
president, DR.. George H. Wright, OF
Forest Glen; secretary
James F.. Allen, Of Rockville
William Weagley and Charles o
! Reynolds, of Ringgold, while driving
home Sunday night saw an immense
meteor descend from the skies. It ex
ploded when about so feet from the
ground, breaking into three pieces,
which buried themselves deeply in the
earth. near the residence of Florist
Henry Eichholtz. 1t came out of the
southern heavens and left long trail
OF sparks in its wake.
John A. Garrett attorney to the
Board of County Commissioners, Is
engaged in investigating the circum.
stances surrounding the recent ar
rests at Chevy Chase, this county, OF
numerous Washington automobiles,
some Of whom, it is asserted, were
guilty of nothing more than failure to
have their Maryland license Number
tags attached TO their machines in the
manner prescribed by law.
Physicians of Hayre de Grace made
public an agreement for uniform rate
of fees, considerably in excess of
charges generally made heretofore
The schedule fixes the charge for office
visits at so cents; out-of-town visits,
day, $3.50 for first and 81 for sub
sequent calls, and 81 for night calls
The agreement is signed by Drs. r.
H. Smith, A. c. Crothers, J. Lee Hop
kins, I. ]. Woodward, F. w. Steiner
and James H, Bay. DR.. Daniel W.
Hopkins did not sign the agreement
A number of applications have been
received by the Caroline County Com
missioners for appointment to the
vacant position of county road
engineer. Among the applicants are
Harry Waldorf, now resident engineer
at Easton, in charge of State road
work in Talbot, Caroline and Dorches-
ter counties; Winfield w. Hubbard,
of the Baltimore and Ohio force, and
Allen Reynolds, now with the Balti-
more Sewerage Commission, formerly
as inspector Of the State Roads Com.
mission.