Middletown transcript., 1914-11-21

ton as ROAD engineer LOT h6uI COuuty,
to the county commissioners, to take
effect December 81.
w. Finley Collins has been appointed
postmaster by President Wilson.
Charles Judfnd has been appointed
postmaster at Rock Hall and Thomas
d. Bowers at Chestertown.
A determined effort will be made by
the Western Maryland Railway Com
pany to break up illegal train riding
by tramps, who are now overrunning
the Hagerstown section.
The Washington county school
board decided to abolish the teachers
institute in January, and instead will
send teachers next summer to teach
ers' training school. The county will
pay $25 for each teacher at the school.
Fire in the mountains west of Han
cock swept over the game preserves of
the Woodmont Rod and Gun Club. One
hundred and fifty wild turkeys, to
escape the blaze, few across the
Potomac River into West Virginia.
Company B, First Maryland Regi-
ment, has received from State head
quarters its equipment to replace that
destroyed in the fire that burned the
armory several weeks ago. The equip
ment is complete. with the exception
of uniforms.
Mrs. Annetta T. White, widow Of
John H. White died in Salisbury, after
an illness Of about three weeks. She
was a daughter Of the late United
States Senator George R. Vtckers, and
was born in Chestertown, Nd, about
'73 years ago.
Mrs. Walter Flanagan, Of Deer
Park, was kicked to death by horse
Tuesday night. She was driving in a
buggy with her husband when the
dashboard dropped on the horses legs.
Her skull was fractured and she died
instantly. Her husband was unin-
iured.
At the twenty-ffth annual Minis
terial Sunday-school and Missionary
Meeting of the Church of the Brethren
of the Eastern District of Pennsyl-
vania, held at Ridgely, five States
were represented Many delegates
from Pennsylvania came in auto
mobiles.
The store and dwelling of Mrs. Kate
J. Pickett, at Savage. Howard county,
occupied by Mrs. Nellie R. Wheeler,
was burned While MRS. Wheeler was
in the store-room waiting on CUSTOM
ers she was attracted by clouds of
smoke in the rear and found the whole
back of the house on fire. Mrs.
Wheeler managed to save a few per-
sonal effects.
Harrison Weaver, colored, of Wash
ington, caddy at the Chevy Chase
Club, and who was shot by James w.
z Cummings, deputy sheriff and super
: 1ntendent Of the club grounds, as he
was attempting to escape after arrest,
died in Georgetown University Hos
pital. Cummings came to Rockville
and was committed to Jail without bail,
until his Ncase is considered by the
Grand Jury now in session here Cum
mings did not intend to shoot Weaver,
but meant to scare him.
Beulah Steltz, II years old, daugh-
ter of E. L. Steltz. of Swan Point,
was accidentally shot and seriously
wounded while climbing into her
fathers wagon, where there were three
other children and loaded gun. The
gun was accidentally discharged, the
load taking effect in the girls body
above the left thigh. DR.. J. H. Ken
medley, of Aberdeen, and DR.. J. F. Stein
er, of Havre de Grace, attended the
child, who was afterward removed TO
the Havre de Grace Hospital. Her
condition is serious.
The first meeting of the Farmers
Railroad League was held in the parish
hall at Owensville, Anne Arundel coun.
ty, Tuesday, November II, at 7.3O P. M
An address on forestry was made by
Chaplin Jones, of the State Forestry
Department, Baltimore.
Jacob Asmuss, So years old, went
for walk Sunday afternoon from the
home of H. Yocl1ish, near Micksburg
and has not been seen since. His
friends fear he went into the woods tc
fight a fire and was overcome by
smoke.
While William Garrett, farmer
near Galena, was on his way home the
other night his team was stopped BY
three mel. Mr.. Garrett had a corr
knife in his carriage and used it 81
successfully that he was enabled tc
get away before any injury was done
him From the description of the men
they are the same who brought the
stolen horse to Galena the previous
night Sheriff Brown and States At
sorney Fickers are working on the
case. The County Commissioners have
been asked to help to run down the
gang, as they have been terrifying the
people Of that section for months.