Middletown transcript., 1917-03-10
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LIVE NOTES AND COMMENTS
Capt. James Shellman Baer, one OF
the best known citizens Of Carroll
county, died at his home at Tannery.
He was SO years old. Captain Baer
was born in Baltimore on July IL,
1884, and lived there until the close
of the Civil War.
Thomas w. Smith, colored, IS years
old, head waiter in the grill room OF
Carvel Hall, was electrocuted when he
picked up a small electric lamp. He
was cleaning the grill room and
started to move the light, which car
ried only ITO volts. He fell dead when
his hands came in contact with it.
The Farmers Club of Laurel District
has completed negotiations with DR..
Richard S. Hill for the purchase of
tarct of about eight acres of land near
Willis School, to be used as a picnic
ground and the site for club building
for the use of the community. The
tract has frontage of 800 feet on the
Sandy Springs road.
Rev. H. C. Fultz, pastor of the First
English Lutheran Church, Ellicott
City, and Mrs. Fultz are anxious for
the safety of their son, Miles, who
sailed from New York two weeks ago
for Genoa, Italy, on the American
steamship Doughra, carrying contra
band for the Allies. He is wireless
operator, and made two previous trips
to England and France.
The Queen Anne County Tax Com
missioners will set, this week, as
board of control and review the can
vass of property cards turned in by
County Tax Supervisor Madison b.
Bordley's assistants. Edward A. Per-
kins has been named as clerk to the
board, and Thomas J. Heating, attor-
ney. Property-owners from the First
district will first be heard by the
board.
The epidemic Of typhoid fever,
which broke out in Ellicott City, two
weeks ago, is spreading. There are
now 10 cases, four of which have de-
veloped since Saturday last. DR.. Will
liam N. Gassaway, health officer for
Howard county, said that every pre-
caution had been taken, and that the
cases now developing were caused
from using the surface water which
had run into the city reservoir.
Tales of his experiences in the
French trenches in the region of the
Somme and Verdun have been received
in Belair from Ivan F. Mock, formerly
of Belair. In letter to his brother,
John D. Mock, he expressed the belief
that the war will end this year. Mr..
Mock is but 26 years old and has al
ready been seriously wounded once
since his enlistment in the French
Army and was for weeks laid up in
one of the field hospitals.
A petition, signed by 121 taxpayers
Of the Rick Neck section Of Queen
Annes county, has been forwarded to
the State Roads Commission in protest
against the proposed relocation of the
Chester River bridge linking Kent and
Queen Annes county at Chestertown.
The petition declares the change
would seriously depreciate valuable
real estate in this county by cutting a
number of beautiful suburban homes
off the State road.
Blood poison resulting from the use
of spraying material caused the death
of Oscar Sweiger, 38 years old, fruit
grower, near Blue Mountain. While
spraying his orchards some time ago
some of the spraying material entered
his system and blood poison developed.
Mr.. Swinger was member of the
First Maryland Regiment in the Span
ish-American War, serving in Company
K, Annapolis. He leaves his widow
and six children.
A large cinnamon bear, which few
years ago terrorized the farmers liv-
ing in the vicinity Of Costen Station,
q few miles below Princess Anne, has
again made his appearance in that Sec
finn causing much excitement Re-