The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1913-03-27


Washington County Hospital.
The ice harvest on Mountain Lake
netted the Mountain Lake Park Asso-
citation $1,000. 1t also has 100 tons
stored in the ice house at the lake for
the local market.
Fire, caused by a defective flue, de-
stroyed the dwelling of David Bair,
at Lombard Cecil county Some of
the furniture was saved. The house
and contents were insured.
benjamin Reed, of near Greenhurst,
is a patient at the German Hospital
suffering from injuries received in fall
ing from barn, a distance of 80 feet.
In addition to a fractured and splinter
ed arm he received internal injuries.
Fire destroyed a barn belonging to
c. w. S. Human on the Dennis place,
Crisfeld. The barn contained a large
amount of feed, carriages, wagons and
farming implements, all of which
were destroyed.
The Hagerstown Christian Science
congregation has purchased all Saints
Chapel from St. Johns Protestant
Episcopal congregation. The society
has been worshiping in rooms in the
First National Bank Building.
Announcement was made at Sails
bury that The Courier the Republican
organ in this city, would be sold at
auction on April IL The property is
advertised for sale under a mortgage
held by Elmer Walton and Jay VIII
liams.
Oscar B. Robinson, of Washington,
was awarded $500 damages by a jury
in the Circuit Court at Rockville in a
suit against the Glen Echo Park Com
pany The suit was based on an acct
dent at the park on May 80 last, in
which two cars on the gravity electric
railway collided.
Cambridge Lodge of Elks has elect
ed the following officers: Dr. E E.
Wolff, exalted ruler; John B. Ros-
zelle, leading knight; Milford Nathan,
loyal knight; H. A. Joyce, Jr., lectur-
ing knight; Scott Meekins, secretary;
Earl w Orem, treasurer, and ]. Ben
Brown, trustee
Among the candidates for the Han
cock postoffice are Benjamin Mitchell,
James G. Turner. James H. Kerns, JUS
tice c. F. w. Remsburg, Austin c.
Peck, George A. Anthony, Roy c. Daw-
son, Theo. P. Jenkins, George z.
Hughes, Thomas ]. Wiener and Frank
P. Little
The Montgomery School Commits
sioners are petitioned for better
school facilities for the lower section
of the county The enforcement of
the law excluding Montgomery coun-
ty children from the public schools OF
the District of Columbia has had the
effect of increasing the attendance at
the schools near the District line.
The Washington County Bar Asso-
citation at a special meeting adopted
resolutions indorsing William c.
Deveemon, of Cumberland, for ap-
pointment as Judge of the Federal
Circuit Court of Appeals of the Fourth
district, to succeed Judge Nathan
Golf.
The Cecil County Commissioners
and the Auxiliary Board held a meet
ing on Tuesday and decided to build
a macadam road from Claytons Cor
ner, near Chesapeake City, to the
Delaware line, distance of about 21a
miles.
Comptroller Emerson c. Harring-
ton, Benjamin c. Harrington, Russell
P. Smith and w. Grason Winterbot-
tom have purchased : the Mitchell
farms in Bucktown district, contain
ing about 1900 acres, for a price said
to be about $35, 900 or $4,000.
The dwelling of Clarence Islin, in
Brownsville, was burned Sunday.
Islin had started a fire in a stove.
Going for a bucket of water, he found
upon his return his home in flames.
The house was insured with the
Dunkard Church, of which he is a
member.
A daughter Just born to Mr.. and
Mrs. Erwin Rhoads, of Collins has not
only all of its grandparents but all
four of its greatgrandparents living.
It's great-grandparents are Mr.. and
Mrs. Benjamin Herr and Mr.. and Mrs.
Levi Rhoads.