Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1921-07-15
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Westminster-Ch C. Gorsuch.
So. one Of the most prominent men in
this section Of the State and well
known all over Maryland, died at his
home here after very short illness.
Mr. Gorsuch was a member OF the
Baltimore Chamber of Commerce and
of the New York Stock Exchange for
many years.
Middletown-T. C. Harbaugh. Of
Casstown, Ohio. a native of Middle
town, where ne was born in 1919, ar
rived here to make this place his fu-
ture home. Mr.. Harbaugh has been a
professional literary man for over so
years and in that time has written
over 300 novels and serial stories and
over 200 poems.
Baitimore.-While walking in her
sleep, Louise Danson, IL years old, Old
Frederick road and Rolling road
/ jumped 80 feet from a third-story win
dow of her home and is none the
worse for her experience. The girl
was found standing on the roadway
beside the house by her parents. who
heard the child scream as she fell. A
dream in which she imagined herself
leaping into haymow was given by
the girl as prompting the jump.
BALTIMORE. Goodman Boyd, pres
ident of the Park Board who went to
New York to ask Andrew OConnor,
the sculptor, to complete the Lafayette
statue before September 6, reported TO
Mayor Broening that Mr.. O'Connor
does not expect to complete the bronze
i within siX mouths. Ihe Mayor lnere-
fore will be forced to postpone the
elaborate unwilling ceremonies planned
for Lafayettes birthday, to which
Field Marshal Foch. of France, has
been invited. Mr. O'Connor strongly
defended the site selected for the
statue. declaring it the best in the
city. The sculptor told Mr. Boyd that
1t probably will take from two to four
months for him to complete the model
of the equestrian statue. and four
more months for the casting in a
foundry
Middletown.-A pet cat belonging to
Mr. and Mrs. William C. Cookery. OF
this place, strayed into the Lutheran
Church, and getting into the large
4 pipe organ in some way, was unable
to get out. For FIVE days the cat was
imprisoned in the organ, and In her
efforts to release herself greatly dam
aged the interior. SO much so that an
organ builder had to be summoned
from Washington to make repairs.
Mr. Cookery, suspecting that the cat
might have gone into the church
took his dog (the cat and dog being
inseparabie companionsl into the
church, and the dog located the cat
in the organ. The feline was greatly
emaciated when rescued. The cat was
In the organ during a funeral in the
church and no doubt the playing Of
the instrument greatly excited her
Princess Anne.-Ellis Peacock, aged
about s5, was drowned at Clifton
! Point. on the Manokin River Pea
cock and bis family had gone on a
/ picnic given by the Sunday School OF
Antioch Methodist Episcopal Church
of Princess Anne. Peacock's brother
in-law. Capt. Elva Meredith came up
the river from Fsirmont in a gasoline
/ launch and took number of members
of the Sunday School to Clifton Point
There the young people went in bath.
4 ing and two Of the girls, Hilda Holden
and Hattie Goodman, waded into wa
ter over their heads. wild ecramble
ensued to save the girls Peacock,
who was aboard the gasoline boat,
dived overheard, although he could
not swim. and never came to the sur,
4 face again. The girls were saved by
several boys who were IN the party,
Henry J. Nelson, at whose place the
picnic was held. succeeded with tongs
in recovering the body of Mr.. Peacock
at some distance from the spot where
he jumped overheard.