Middletown transcript., 1915-07-17

the tug Champlain, at Havre de
Grace. 1t is believed that Jones was
intoxicated and fell while trying to
board the boat. The body was in such
position that it required two hours
to extricate 1t. Coroner Joseph Ham
burger deemed an inquest unneces-
sary. Jones, who is from Pennsyl-
vania, has been working on the
Spesutia Island farm of General Muir
ray Vandiver.
A small cyclone struck the south
eastern suburbs Of Hagerstown, and
while 1t did little damage, it played
some unusual freaks 1t came sud
denly and with such fury that it
caught cart loaded with stone and
overturned 1t upon Edward Henson.
Trees were entirely denuded Of leaves
and large limbs were wrenched off.
A boy was picked up bodily, carried
10 or Is yards and set down on his
feet uninjured.
A United States flag 1877 years old,
the property of direct descendant of
Capt. william Hollis, of Maryland, for
whom 1t was made in 1778 and who
served in the American Army in the
Revolutionary War, has attracted
much attention at Bedford, Pa, where
it has recently been displayed. 1t con-
tains 13 stars, is handmade and Is the
property of Capt. A. l. Lyon, great
great-grandson of Captain Hollis.
A naval board OF investigation has
been appointed to inquire into the
cause of the explosion. of prismatic
powder, used as a fertilizer on the
Naval Academy dairy farm at Gam
BRILL IL miles from Annapolis, in
which two men were killed. The
board consists OF Commander L. M.
Mutton. Civil Engineer d. L. Johnson,
and Lieutenant Commander T. l.
Whitman.
The Standard Oil Company is erect
ing four new buildings in connection
with it's plant in the Narrows at Cum
berland at a cost of $4,000. The
largest, the filling room, will be rs by
40 feet. All the buildings are of con-
crete, brick and steel. The improve
ments include a concrete wall Is feet
high along Wills creek, distance OF
300 feet.
The Jonathan White family held a
reunion at the old Beckman burying
ground, near Mountain Lake Park, and
organized an association to hold an
annual family reunion. There were
81 members Of the family present,
coming from Grafton and Terra Alta,
w. Va, and Cumberland, Oakland,
Mountain Lake Park. Deer Park and
Loeb Lynn Heights, Md.
Esther Wilt, who was accidentally
shot to death by her father George
Wilt was buried at Oakland. The
Wilt family lives near the corporate
limits. Miss Wilt saw rats in the
chicken pen and called her father to
bring the shotgun. AS he came run
ming, he stumbled and the weapon was
discharged. Miss Wilt received the
entire load in her breast.
AS the result of an automobile col
lision near Antietam, Charles Wise
carver is in Charlestown Hospital
| with three fractured ribs, broken col
larbone and injured back. The car,
belonging to Maxwell Carter, struck
tree and fell down a twelve-foot
ravine. Carter and two women were
bruised.
The Queen City Brick and Tile Com
pany, Cumberland, of which |. Blaine
White is president, has been awarded
the contract by the city of Washing
ton, D. c., to furnish between 100000
and 100000 brick for paving pur-
poses.
The County Commissioners OF
Somerset county fixed the tax rate at
$112h. The rate is .01 " less than
that of 1914. The assessable basis on
personal and real property, 1881 .204,
is about $136,000 less than last years.
Charles A. Morton. formerly of Bal
timore, an iron molder employed in a
Hagerstown foundry, and who resided
near Williamsport, was struck and
killed by a train near Williamsport.
Frederick w. Davis, of Romney, w.
Va, was struck by Baltimore and Ohio
passenger train, No. 8, while walking
on the track. in Cumberland, and was
instantly killed.
The board of visitors of st. Johns
College, Annapolis. at a meeting, elect
ed Prof S. S. Handy, principal of the
High School at Easton, to become the
head of the department of English at
the college. Professor Handy will
succeed Prof F. Stanwood Cobb, who
resigned
Misses Lena C. Van Bibber, Ella V.
| Kicker, Annie B. Carman and Mabel
Durham have resigned as teachers at
the Belair High School. Misses Van
BIbber and Kicker will take up work
at New York University.
Thomas, the eight-year-old son of
Peter Kenny. of Frostburg. was struck
by an automobile driven by Conrad
Brod, while playing on Main street.
Frostburg, and the boys skull was
fractured in two places. He was
taken to the Miners Hospital.
Edward Hackley, Of Harpers Ferry,
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