Rockville theft goods found in a cave
A quantity of goods stolen from a Rockville store was recovered from a cave. The report notes other local happenings including a college bicentennial prep and a fatality resulting from a car journey.
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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1894
Page
4
A quantity of goods stolen from a Rockville store was recovered from a cave. The report notes other local happenings including a college bicentennial prep and a fatality resulting from a car journey.
Consumption in a flax mill killed Jacob Wetzel near Berret at age 27. Mrs Elmira J Shriver, 41, died while performing domestic duties in Fancytown. Thieves stole flour corn and chickens from Mrs Rebecca Kesselrings provision house at Kump. St Marys Lutheran church contract let for 3444.94 dollars though total cost higher by thousands. Ice four inches thick reported in Westminster area. A fox released at Union Bridge Hotel sparked chase by about twenty five hunters with hounds. George W Deylibiss bought 86 acre farm near Osk Orchard for 6000 from W R Curry. Jacob H Mill sold mill and 22 acres nearby for 1920. Mrs Jesse Misgee added house and lot at Carrollton Station to Miles Long for 908. Carroll County Teachers Association winter meeting held in Westminster.
Dr E R Eschbach attended a funeral in memory of A D Michas. Residents and visitors travel to Baltimore Annapolis Walkersville and other nearby towns. Several residents relocate for jobs in Pawnee Bill Renner and Kemp and other firms while others visit family and friends in Maryland and Pennsylvania.
The scaffold for Leonard Gazes to be executed Friday is under construction near the jail yard. Ephraim Cramer leads the carpenters, using much of the old gallows from Munshour's execution. Prisoners observe as hammers ring. rumors claim a brother in law visited Gazes.
Circuit Courts convened at 16 o'clock with Judges McSherry and Lynch. The 13 case involves John W. Watkins and two associates charged with drunkenness and disorderly conduct in Washington on August 21, 1892. Plaintiffs seek damages for false imprisonment and assault. Jury list includes George Ede foreman and several others. attorneys Ross & Reich and Kilgour for plaintiffs. others for defendant. An unrelated note mentions licenses and local names.
County correspondence from Shookstoun describes a clear twilight sky show with Venus and Jupiter visible this month. It notes distances, positions near sunset, and the night sky’s spectacle, along with local notes on deaths, visits, roads, and small-town happenings.
Readers question the accuracy of a calculating scheme in the Hagerstown Almanac showing wages for a three year contract, noting a true total of 587 194 787 35 dollars, far above a rival estimate, with twenty three errors cited. Also includes letters from Buffalo New York and product testimonials for Dr Bull’s Cough Syrup and Hugh’s Vitalizer. Garrett Pearre sells remedies.
A horse on J. M. Wolfsill’s Warmspring road farm near Chambersburg reportedly swallowed a four foot dead black snake days earlier. The animal grew ill, recovered after powders, and now strengthens. The find startled the farmer but the tale is deemed true by local reports.
A two story frame house occupied by Susan Williams in New Market suffered major damage after a morning fire rekindled in the afternoon. Neighbors fought flames, much furniture was ruined, and the building is uninhabitable until repaired with an estimated loss around $200 and possible insurance.
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