Middletown transcript., 1914-06-20

pany, which has been on trial at Eas
ton for three weeks, resulted in dis
agreement of the jury. The case Il
one of 98 of similar nature. each al
leging damages to property owners o
Port Deposit and vicinity by reason o.
the food Of 1912.
Fire destroyed the livery stables o
Charles Bowen & Son, Snow Hill. A
the time of the fire a large number
of horses were stabbed in the build
ing and it was with difficulty they were
liberated. A large amount Of feed ant
a number of valuable carriages wer'
burned. The building was owned by
Thomas M. Purnen.
The graduation exercises. Of the Cen
tral High School, Homecoming, Arthur
F. Smith, principal, were held Thurs
day. The address to the class was de
livered by the Rev, DR.. Albert Norman
Hard, vice-president of the Western
Maryland College, Westminster. The
diplomas were presented by County
Superintendent John E. Edwards.
The Hartford County Commissioners
have appropriated $4,000 toward the
Hughes Hill Shoemaker road from
Wileys Mill, through Norrisville, to
the Pennsylvania line. The estimated
cost of the road is $4,000. The board
also appropriated $4,000 to complete
the Pylesville-Cardiff pike.
Commencement exercises Of the
Briarly Hall Military Academy were
held Wednesday night. The graduates
were Albert c. Jeffcoat, of Grafton
Pa; Edward James Greenway, Chel-
sea, Mass, and Robert Whitney Hemp
stone, Poolesville, Md. DR.. A. c.
Monahan delivered the address.
Robert P. Bryan, rural mail carrier,
was badly injured in runaway acci-
dent. His horse bolted and when he
reached for the reins he fell from his
buggy. The lines became wrapped
around his feet and both wheels pass
ed over his body. His hip was in
jured.
Mrs. ]. S. Hill, Of Montgomery coun-
ty, entertained at the Columbia Thea
atre, Washington, D. c., in the interest
of good roads for Friendship Heights.
Among the guests were Mrs. Herbert
w. Peerce and Miss Catherine Peerce,
of Baltimore.
An automobile owned by Richard j.
Hamilton, editor of the Hagerstown
Daily Mail, was stolen Monday night
from the garage. About the same time
an unsuccessful effort was made to
steal the car of William D. Clarkson.
Harry Kirbywhite, % years old, was
instantly killed by a Baltimore & Ohio
train at Sand Patch tunnel, when two
cars Of freight train, on one of which
he was riding, became derailed.
While examining cat and rat rife
Edward T. Covington, son of County
Commissioner and Mrs. Harry S. Gov
ington, was accidentally shot through
the hand.
Julian Edmond was acquitted at
Westminster of the charge Of murder
ing his sister-in-law, Miss Eleanor
Cole, in Baltimore last August.
The Cambridge Town Commission
ers granted an electric light and gas
franchise to John H Burgess, Jr., Mar
tin w. Smith and Gilbert B. Porter.
Clerk Of the Court Harry w. Bowers
has forwarded check for $1S,1s6.5O
to the State Comptroller for licenses in
Frederick county.
Washington College. Chestertown,
will confer upon Judge Nicholas
Charles Burke, of Towson, the hon
orary degree of doctor of laws.
The Kent County Commissioners
have fixed the tax rate for this year at
$1.Os on the $1OO. This is 15 cents
above last year.
Clarence B. F. Carroll, well-known
farmer, of Montgomery county, COM
mitted suicide by sending bullet into
his head.
The District Of Columbia National
Guard is likely to hold its annual en-
campment at Frederick.
The State Volunteer Firemen's As
sociation held their annual session at
Westminster.
Homecoming Week festivities at
Westminster included trades display
and civic parade.
Roger E. Hemphill was killed at
Hagerstown during q fight with Har-
vey B. Hertzler.
Fire destroyed E. Tucker & Co.'S
store at Forest Hill. Hartford county.
Eighteen candidates were admitted
as midshipmen at the Naval Academy.
The cornerstone Of Hood College Ad-
ministration Building at Frederick was
laid.