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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1891
Page
3
Surrogate Ran Som appoints David N. Carvalho and a commissioner to take testimony in Butte City Montana to prove the death of Robert Ray Hamilton. Carvalho may question any additional witnesses as directed by the surrogate.
Reports from Oporto indicate a portion of the garrison and fiscal guards seized the Hotel de Ville in Dom Pedro square and proposed forming a republic. Loyal troops besieged the building, and after heavy artillery and infantry assault the insurgents surrendered unconditionally. The revolt is ended with likely executions for ringleaders and rejoicing across the city.
County correspondence lists visitors and events across Howard and neighboring areas. Notables include Miss Arabella Cecil from Urbara visiting, Miss Sallie Bennett visiting her sister, and Myrtle Wolfe with Jennie Linthicum visiting in Frederick. Invitations are issued for the Johnson Schwering wedding at Mountain Chapel M E Church on February 12.
The Chimney Society gathered January 27 at Reuben Saylor’s home with good attendance. E T Garber opened with Bible reading, then readings recitations and music. Next meeting February 10 at Ecker home with an engaging program planned. Several new members enrolled and local news on Koons and Dern.
TheSocial World notes a pound party at Mr Sol omon Garbers on E Fourth street this evening. Invitations are issued for two dances at Mr J Z Jamison's home in west Urbana tomorrow evening with Misses Hendrickson Snyder Bicer and Messrs Snyder Hendrickson Biser as organizers and Mrs F L Davis and Mrs Alf Biser as chaperons. Announced anniversary supper for Joseph Youngs on his twenty sixth birthday near Brownsville Washington county features an elegant supper, parlor games, and late refreshments. George Haggen is jailed after a mental health concern and scheduled for a preliminary hearing tomorrow at 3 PM.
Congress prepares to adjourn for the funeral of Secretary Windom as House and Senate debate bills on fortifications pensions and district affairs. Windom’s succession favored Assistant Secretary A B Nettleton, with others like Ingalls and Spooner offered as alternatives amid partisan talk. Winds shift with a clerical fix at Niagara customs and Indian chiefs traveling to Washington for the Great Father.
A long, mixed Maryland news digest lists local events and people in Baltimore and surrounding counties. Notables include disbarment of Maurice J. MacRae, a lecture by Rev. Dr. Shackelford, civic appointments in Kensington, church events, railroad changes, and a fire at Hagerstown Glass Works with losses around 20000 dollars. Also noted are oyster laws, immigration talks, and regional incidents in St. Marys and Anne Arundel counties.
A Delaware county case centers on Frank Butler of Ridley township whose sureties faced a heavy loss after his alleged embezzlement of county taxes. His son George W. Butler was arrested in connection with the defalcations. Butler vanished by train, leaving his affairs including his undertakers business in jeopardy. Authorities pursue restitution as his wife asserts ownership of assets.
The document records the February term of the Chew court with Judge McSherry and Judge Lynch, noting docket items such as recognizances trials and appeals. It lists grand jury members including Joha L. Jordan A. I. Maswett Jos. flopp and others, and states the appearance docket will be taken up tomorrow at 9 50 o clock.
The January record lists instruments filed in the county clerk's office including deeds, mortgages, chattel deeds, leases, and articles of incorporation totaling two. Interments for January numbered 15 at Mount Olivet with 10 adults and 5 children. city residents accounted for 11, county 1, and three from Baltimore. The death roll notes 71 deaths overall with 57 in the city and 27 in the county, listing burial sites across multiple cemeteries and mentions of former residents from Ohio and Pennsylvania.
A report covers Rev J Addison Ingle's address on a gracious offer to the undeserving at a young men's meeting and announces a boys branch reorganizing session at 7 pm. It notes a forthcoming City Hall lecture by A Miner Griswold, praised by the New York World, with details of his globe journey talk and illustrated plates. Also mentioned are visitors to the Barrick household and a funeral for James Rholes.
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