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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1891
Page
4
Readable ads include names D F Best C C Carty The Model R H Campbell and Rodock Neidig. Real estate for sale and miscellaneous notices list Male High School local mention and a women wanted notice from The Daily News The Sun and Moos.
Misses Anns Haring and Ariana Bell hosted a sixth birthday party for Anna Harding at Col. Charles E Trail residence with many youngsters and tokens of remembrance. Mr. and Mrs. C M Grow celebrated their thirty sixth wedding anniversary at home on South Market Street with friends and refreshments. A straw ride from Spring Farm to Flag Pond drew a crowd of ladies and gentlemen from Doubs with participants including the Blisses Myers Eugene Brentchie and Miss Kate Gittinger.
The remains of William N. Dyer, once market master here, were brought from Baltimore by B and O to the residence of his daughter Mrs. J Ed Rice on North Market Street. He had been a Baltimore book agent and suffered a paralytic stroke last Friday, fracturing his skull. He died yesterday morning aged 65 years. Funeral held at 2 pm with Rev. C Kennard officiating. Interment Mount Olivet Cemetery. Undertakers A T Rice & Sons. He was a brother of Edward Dyer of this city.
The Wissux News promotes an expanding weekly circulation and invites advertisers to send new ad copy by Wednesday before p m and changes by noon that day. It cites pricing at $1 per year or 2 cents per copy, touts itself as a free, public spirited journal for local, state, and general news, plus features. Local notices include several illness updates on residents such as Mrs Verriet Quyan, Thad Filby, Bliss Moliie Moberly, Master Charles Kiine, and others, with one note on Mr Clayd Lewis planning to study law before seeking admission to the bar.
A News representative visits two Frederick canning plants to observe hiring, discharges, and output. Baltimore cooks fill gaps as local canners dispatch skilled workers while managers compare performance. Managers report young corn and large tomato crops, expect twenty thousand cans today, and note sugar is not used in processing. Prices rise to twelve dollars per ton for corn as regional acres shrink and seed quality lags.
Mrs. Nettie Waugh, jailed for three months on a head-shooting charge, became critically ill after reportedly ingesting 23 to 40 cathartic pills from a bottle given by a fellow prisoner. She remained unconscious, weakened, and without nourishment, as her husband John Waugh stayed at the jail seeking her return home. He said he had urged her to shoot him but gave no reason.
Sunday evening Bir Shipley and wife of Westminster started to attend Thomas's Chapel when a frightened horse bolted. Mrs Shipley injured her ankle badly and may have a broken ankle while Mr Shipley was hurt. Neighbors assisted, and the incident occurred near Tan nery Station on a hill landing. The day also lists a Temperance demonstration program with many speakers and musical performances at the grounds.
The article notes the long vacation of local schools is ending and 1891 will soon be over. It observes that children make the best of the break, gaining a school of observation rather than formal book learning during this period.
The Brunswick Herald reports renewed boating activity with three boats moving Wednesday morning. The Belie, a former pay boat now in repair, is the last to return. the Uras Hobern of Georgetown and the Wister of Feurixek are noted. Crowds gather as boats head toward Cockerisod for coal. The channel of commerce is rising, with many old boats to be reconditioned and new ones planned.
Bishop Curtis confirmed a class of 115 in Charles county. The Republican County Correnitor will meet at Annapolis today. The Grangers prep for a picnic at Carlisle. A serious freight wreck on the B and O near Martinsburg. Leonard Johnson near Snow Hill loses two sons to diphtheria. George Parkinson jailed on bail after shooting John Johnson in Annapolis. Maryland fishery force vessels gather at Annapolis for inspection. Lloyd Lowndes declines GOP governor bid. Local accusations of office-holding influence in Aunt Arundel politics. Charles county Republicans name Lancaster Madd and Price delegates to state convention. Thomas Thompson, colored, arrested for stabbing William Adams in Chester Town. jailed in Smyrna, Del. Carroll county Democrats nominate full ticket and elect delegates to Apvopolis judiciary convention for Hon. Charles B. Roberts. Herford Republican convention selects delegates to state convention. Howard Republicans nominate a ticket and select judicial and state convention delegates.
The county public schools will open Tuesday September 1 with E L Boblitz newly appointed Examiner in charge. The Frederick district lists include Church Street Female High School with Miss M M Robinson principal and several assistants, South Frederick Female and Male schools, North Frederick Male, Harmony Grove, Shookstown, Brad dock, and other stations with named principals and assistants.
Yesterday afternoon Bir Miller, driver for G W M Keller, had his delivery wagon with a lumber laden bed in the yard of Birely Bros East Patrick street. While the team prepared to load, the animals wandered and the lumber protruding over the bed struck the top of Mr F L Lewis’s wagon, causing minor damage. No injuries reported.
At Standers Hall Walkersville the Democratic Tar-7% Refsim Club met Saturday night with J Roger McSaertz of the city delivering an address. A picnic is set for September 5 in Todd's Land between Mt. Pleasant and Walker to discuss the Part of the day will include a tournament and speaking by prominent figures. Forty new members joined the club. Also noted are a broken dash board incident after a funeral and the governor commuting Frank McKenzie’s larceny sentence allowing his return home. Real estate transfers include Milton G Urner trustee to Thomas L Smith for 156 acres at 526 dollars.
Physicians report unusual illness levels for the season across the city while local incidents include a man struck by a gas engine in Mitmyint Washington county and killed. Other items note Peaches weighing a pound and a half, a bald eagle shot near Braddock, garden mire injury to Mrs Hofforan, and a second Jessie strawberry crop at Woodlawn.
Buckeystown Methodist Sunday School plans an excursion to Island Park tomorrow and the Y M C A to Mount Vernon and Washington. A dancing picnic and tournament at Fountain Mills will be hosted by a committee led by Levi Price and J T Davis. The F C B Orchestra will play and talks by J E R Wood and Prof. Alfred P Works. Tournament starts 10 a m. Dancing continues afternoon and evening.
A News representative toured Dr. Lb. W. Febmey’s peach farm at Maplesville in Washington county. The orchard spans about fifty acres with a strong yield this season, estimated between 4000 and 5400 bushels of fine peaches. Many trees are heavy with fruit, with branches bearing 20 to 50 peaches per twig. Dr. Fabrney plans to ship most peaches to city markets.
A division of the Order of Rathesd Telegraphers organized at Alexander City last week with J Gabriel Desirmeliy of Prevenck elected secretary and treasurer. The group totals about 70 operators from New York Philadelphia Washington Baltimore and beyond. Lir Hammond Urner son of Milton G Urner passed a successful exam and qualified as an attorney at Frederick bar. John Sneadner of Liberty had toes mashed when wagon wheels ran over his foot. Jesse Claggett fished with Isaac Fisher catching 27 fish weighing up to 54 pounds.
A reunion occurred at the Seneveide residence of Mr. Joshua Warfeld near Zorece in Howard county. Guests included Judge Ecwant Owen and Josiah W. Jones with ages adding to three hundred ninety three years. The gathering highlighted longtime friendships among venerable men connected to Casselerste and Frederick counties.
The Baltimore and Ohio ticket and express offices were moved to the freight depot yesterday. Travelers found the old building closed with notices, and new access paths were made. The old structure will be remodeled into a large waiting area, with a brick new addition, modern facilities, and a platform spanning the track.
A freight train wreck on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad near Martinsburg early yesterday morning derailed cars and tore up tracks for miles. Traffic was halted about six hours while a Martinsburg wrecking train cleared the debris. A reportedly slain tramp aboard the train was killed in the mishap caused by the train parting two miles west of Martinsburg.
Charles Baker of Chewsville attended a union picnic in nearby grove when his horse Atong Air began kicking and struck him on the leg causing severe pain though no bone was broken. On Sunday he was kicked in the stomach by a cow entering his barn, rendered unconscious briefly but recovered.
Elder Salomon Stoner, a German Baptist minister from Ugiontown, was riding to Bachman's Valley when his horse bolted, the buggy overturned and he was thrown. He fell head first and sustained injuries but is believed not seriously hurt. Stoner has officiated in the German Baptist Church in Frederick.
Carroll street presented a scene of bustle this morning with wagons lining both sides of the street at ten o clock. Twenty wagons were counted and as one was unloaded another arrived to take its place. Wheat prices ranged from 1 to 1 04 per bushel.
Mulliniz and Kemp advertise greatly reduced prices to close. Carpets in 17 yard remnants, 120 pieces for selection, at low prices. Also offering half price on Tep of Kecchus's test Prench Saticens while stock lasts. Styles and quality praised as best.
Brief sketch of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Boston cultural figure, his education, Harvard and Dartmouth ties, Atlantic Monthly fame, Autocrat of the Breakfast Table, travels to England, and authorship of Epale Venner and other works. Additional notes on Chenaville cyclone damage and local civic board testimony and church contracts.
On Saturday Lewis Schindel of Hagerstown was severely wounded in the arm by a circular saw while at work. Charles Izer a lineman on the telephone line was wounded in the neck by steel from a drill he held. The steel cut a deep artery and bled heavily until a nearby physician rendered aid.
An odd classified style notice mentions John Hendrickson a housekeeper with a claim about a special job in a Cleached German Tall Tale. The text asserts a limited availability and a price point around 500 with no less, suggesting a quick sale and customers buying in bulk for own use.
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