The citizen., 1914-03-06

dist preacher died at Westminster.
A married woman of Wolfyille,
Freedrick county. and physician who
boarded at her home disappeared.
Miss Annie NJ. Kelly, of Annapolis,
was deserted on her wedding day by
her intended husband.
Thomas Curry, expert horseman and
owner of the Greenwood race track,
died at his home near Greenwood,
Del, aged 62 years.
The marriage of Byron Bouchelle,
one of Chesapeake City's leading mer-
chants, to Miss Elizabeth Burns was
solemnized in Havre de Grace.
Clement McAllister, employed at
the Providence paper mill, sustained
serious injuries about the body when
he fell from high ladder.
BY the terms of the will Of William
II. Booth, of Elkton, his entire estate,
valued at $25,000, is left to his widow,
Mrs. Ellen Booth.
Miss Elizabeth Walmsley. 6S years
old, one of Elkton's most charitable
women, dropped dead at her home on
East Main street.
The revival meetings held in the
Elkton Methodist Episcopal Church
the last five weeks closed with more
than 100 converts.
The residence of Ldward Knell,
farmer, living three miles west of
Boyds, was destroyed by fire, the loss
being estimated at $4,000.
The public school in Bush River
Neck is closed to prevent the spread
of diphtheria, which has developed in
the Samily of Thomas Duberee.
The Board of County Commission
ers of Frederick, controlled by Demo
Gratis. appointed new Board of Chari
ties and Correction.
Samuel p Angle of Hagerstown,
has been awarded the contract to
build the concrete bridges over
Trippes Creek and the Peachblossom,
in Talbot county, for $4,000.
The Cumberland Bus Company.
capitalized at $4,000, has been granted
certificate of incorporation to op-
crate a line from the Dingle. sub
urb of Cumberland, to the city hall.
The free rural delivery carriers of
Cecil, Kent and Queen Anne's coun
ties have organized tri-county as
sociation, with N H. Whalen, of Mil
lington, as president.
The creditors of Archibald E.
Barnes, a merchant of Hagerstown,
who recently made chattel deed of
trust to Alexander Armstrong Jr.,
will receive about so cents on the
dollar.
The following have been elected
town commissioners of Port Deposit:
G. Hampton Richards, Mayor Lewis
A. Kirk, R. L. Stebbins, John P Kelly,
e. Ward Brown, William J. Knight
and Albert N. Vannort.
Miss Mary A. Porter, go years old,
one of the oldest residents of Chesa-
peake City, died at her home For
many years Miss Porter conducted a
private school in the lower part of
Cecil county.
William A. Crouch, IS years old. one
of the best known men in Kent coun-
ty, died at his home in Piney Neck
after a short illness. James w.
Crouch, cashier of Chestertown, Ma
tional Bank, is a son of the deceased
The Rich Neck Produce Exchange,
composed of farmers in Kent county,
has organized with w. Irving Walker,
president: H. H. Klinefelter, secre-
tary, and James B. Newman, treas
urer.
Charged with annoying travellers at
an Elkton station by seeking patron
age of wedding couples, Pennsylvania
Railroad detectives arrested four
hackmen and Justice Ash imposed a
fine of $12.62 on each.
Jacob Rubel, of Boyds. Confed-
crate veteran, died at his home, aged
so years, of pneumonia. Mr.. Rubel
came to this country from Wurtem-
burg, Germany, about 60 years ago
In the Civil War he belonged to Stone
wall Jackson's brigade.
w. S. Overman, agent of the Nor
fzII D.;