Middletown transcript., 1914-07-25

and the purchase price was $4,000.
Mr.. Stokes will devote most of his
energy to dairy products and to the
development Of registered hogs.
Petitions are in circulation at
Pulaski asking the City Council to
petition the Circuit Court for special
election to vote bond issue Of $751;
900 for general street improvements.
On June % Pulaski district voted a
bond issue of $4,000 for school i'm
provements, which will include $780,
600 new building for the town.
The pedestal for the monument to
be erected at Lynchburg in memory
of United States Senator John War
wick Daniel has been erected on
triangular lot at the intersection OF
Park avenue and Ninth and Floyd
streets, which was bought by the city
for this purpose. The statue, when
in position, will face Westerly, the
former country home of Major Daniel
A band of yeggmen, who recently
quit operations in the Cumberland and
Shenandoah Valleys when county and
railroad officers got too hot on their
trails, are reported to have become
active again, the latest robbery being
that of the postofice at Timber Ridge,
near Lexington. There was only $40
in cash and stamps in the office, al
though much larger amounts are
uusually kept in the safe.
Mr.. Brewer was a lineal descendant
Of one of the oldest families in Anne
Arundel. His first ancestor in Mary
land was John Brewer, who was one OF
the group of Puritans who settled In
this country in 1649. He was twice
married. His second wife, who was
Miss Maria Hayes, of Darnestown,
Montgomery county, died few years
ago. Surviving him are two children
by the second marriage-Mr. J. Clay
ton Brewer, who was associated IN
business with his father, and Miss
Helen L. Brewer, also of Annapolis.
Under the law no person living in
Talbot county is allowed to have ship
ped to him, OF to bring into the county,
over one gallon of whiskey or si,.'dozen
bottles of beer per month. The law
went into effect the first Of May. and
according to the records Of express
agents. railroad agents and steamboat
agents there appear to have been re-
ceived during May $50 gallons of whis-
key and 247 pints of beer.
The old town road subway under the
Baltimore and Ohio tracks at Cumber-
land was flooded to depth of five or
six feet and traffic on the Cumberland
Electric Railway, which uses the sub
way, was suspended. Small streams
became torrents. Between Pinto and
Rawlings the tracks of the Western
Maryland Railway were under water
for several hours.
Henry S. Miller, IS years old, a
wealthy retired Washington county
farmer, the father of 21 children, died
at the Washington County Hospital,
at Hagerstown. He was son of the
late Jacob Miller, one of the largest
landowners Of Washington county.
William Little, % years old, Of
Hyattsville, fell off a bicycle on the
Bladensburg road and fractured his
left collar bone. He was found in a
semi-conscious condition and taken to
the Casualty Hospital in Washington.
Given a hearing before Justice
Bryan, Of Colts, on the charge of
shooting Florence Robinson, negress,
on July 4, Percy Jones, negro, has
been sentenced to eight months in the
House of Correction.
Arrangements have been completed |
for holding the sixth annual all-day
Elk Neck farmers picnic at Thomp- !
son Grove, along Elk River on Wed |
nesday, August 8.
Capt. Henry Uric of Rock Hall, !
caught a 12inch rock fish. The fish
had the band Of a pickle bottle fast
ened securely around its head and
under its gills.
The Cecil county school board has
awarded four-year scholarship at the
Maryland Institute of Art and Design
to Miss Elizabeth Bond.
Struck by a falling tree during a
heavy storm, a valuable driving horse
owned by Fred Racine, young farmer
near Elkton, was killed.
Howard Troxell, of Funkstown, was
seriously injured in the Hagerstown
ice factory when caught in the ma
chinery.
The 256-acre Whiteoak Farm, along |
Elk River, near Town Point, has been
bought by John Long, of Philadelphia,
for $3.50.
The directors of the Cambridge |
Board Of Trade have elected Vernon S.
Bradley, president; Russell P. Smith,
vice-president, and P. Watson Webb,
secretary. Governor Goldsborough has |
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