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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1891
Page
3
Special inducements offered in price and terms with easy monthly installments. Prices and terms available by requesting from WAL. OBERLANDER, Frederick, Ma decdatjani.
The day’s brief items include Cardinal Gibbons confirming sixty children at Elkridge, A. G. L. Wellington hosting Allegany county officials, and the death notices for Magister Solomon Colklesser of Hagerstown and David Creager of Ringgold. A man likely James Wilson was run over near Pexfulmans. A headless body was found in the Chesapeake and Delaware canal near West Chesapeake City. Wesley M. Stinchcomb and his daughter Elizabeth died within days and were buried. Belle Field near Croome, once home to Col. Bowie, reportedly sold to Washington buyers. Maryland Bible Society carrier A. J. Givan visited 1,750 Cecil families, finding 394 without a Bible.
The Dec 25 ceremony in Trenton featured Governor Abbott laying the cornerstone of a monument to the Battle of Trenton. Speakers included Adjutant General Stryker and ex Secretary of the Navy Robeson. The event highlighted patriotism, with ceremonies at the Opera House and Masonic Hall, and plans for a 155 foot granite column topped by a Washington statue.
In Reading Pa on December 23 ex prison warden Samuel E Mensch filed for a special allocation with Philadelphia authorities. He contends the Reading court overstepped by ousting him due to allegedly unenforced prison roles. In New York on December 28 actor W J Scanlan is reported ill with brain trouble. engagements cancelled, rumors claim possible paresis.
A troubled case unfolds as Mrs. Bennett reports Archbishop Ryan tailed and tormented her sister for two years. Doctors deem her sister a dangerous maniac with delusions involving the archbishop and the church, prompting transfer to Norristown Hospital for the insane.
Reports from De Lore Mississippi detail the lynching of Bob Sims and two companions after a siege. The group surrendered to Sheriff Garin but were overpowered in the woods, with Sims and two male relatives hanged. A separate batch of fire, accidents, and criminal notices follow in the same dispatch.
Chile's new president Jorge Montt was sworn in in Congress and blessed in the cathedral as soldiers lined streets. An assassination scare lingered despite a grand display of military pomp, while a train wreck en route to the ceremony injured several passengers but caused no fatalities.
Church notices recap Sunday services across Lusberss Suchsy-Locl, Remp Hall, St James Church, Presbyterian, St Johns Catholic, United Brethren, M E and Trinity M E. Clergy from Jefferson and other towns preached on Christmas themes. watch night services planned for Thursday. Christmas program and gifts at Montague Hospital and local Sunday School with carols, recitations, and gifts to students and staff.
A mild damp spell ends as jessamine buds at Druid Hill Park burst forth. Read the week’s local notices: Ladies Auxiliary of the Y will meet at 7 30 pm for New Year reception planning. Junior Association tonight to nominate. Fr McElroy Council CBLC meets tonight. J B W Hargett begins laying groundwork for a new warehouse. Bowers Schley and Crouse depart for Jefferson area to search for game. Vanderbilt case: a 20-year-old man seeks Mr Vanderbilt's brains to compare intellects, is detained by staff and later committed for examination. Burglary in Parapetohia: four men rob the Ashland Paper Mills office, binding the watchman and escaping with money.
A panicked crowd at the Royal theater in Gateshead on Sunday night caused a deadly crush as a small fire broke out after a boy dropped a burning match. A janitor was crushed at the door and at least ten died with many injured, while the fire was quickly put out. The calamity casts the city into mourning as police guard the building.
Unusually lively Christmas services were held at Lutheran, Methodist, Reformed, and German Evangelical churches in Middletown despite bad weather. Programs featured music, readings, recitations, and addresses by clergy, with gifts to scholars and church fundraisers. A large audience attended, and a Chinese League meeting is planned for Friday at 3:30.
Local notices report the sudden deaths of Charles H Dadisman Cornelius E Brandenburg and Thomas Lantner with details on ages locations and funeral plans. Florence May Coailius Pleasant Collins John Thomas and John Thomas also noted among recent deaths with burial details.
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