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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1894
Page
3
The page lists new ads and notices for sale and services. Entries include furniture for sale, a dwelling for rent or sale, lost items, and local business ads along Market Street and Patrick Street. Local officials and firms are named, indicating a mid 19th or early 20th century community postings.
Mrs G W Bandley and daughter from Frederick county visit Mr Wm Miler in Hagerstown. Miss Fannie Bil ter of Clarkeville Tennessee visits. Miss Aggie Webb of West Patrick street returns from New London. Miss Zurle Schroeder visits friends in Baltimore. Blanche Knode and Miss Emma Dawrezice return to Funkstown from Wolfsville. Aiise Zoura Schroeder of Frederick visits Miss Nettie Wolt in Hagerstown.
Weather permitting the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal will open March 1. A severe thunderstorm hits Princess Anne Maryland. Levi C G Leatherman qualified as road supervisor in district 20. John E McAtee named by the President as associate Justice of the Oklahoma Territory Supreme Court. Mrs. McAtee from Hagerstown. Miss Diehl’s Reading Club meets at Mrs. Bettie Ritchie’s West Church street. City post office clerks and letter carriers photographed. Hicks and the groundhog forecast a lingering winter.
The Mignonette Club of this city gave a reception and banquet at the home of Mrs Thomas on East Church street. The event featured a spider web centerpiece with valentines for both ladies and gentlemen, a program of music recitations and theatricals, and a lavish banquet. Guests included Mr and Mrs H B Haller, Mr and Mrs Otis Kepler, Misses Jeanie Josie Jesse Nellie Thomas, and many others listed.
Silas Brooks a colored man employed at the M.d. Grove lime kilns near this city was injured when a rock fragment struck his right eye while breaking rock. The blow cut the lash badly and he was moved to his home for medical aid.
After the scaffold was completed, William Leonard faces execution in Montgomery County jail. Guards prepared the big door, and Leonard watched as hinges were unbarred for the first time since Moonshour’s hanging. Prisoners will be moved to the corporation side today. Leonard’s friends and two young daughters visited him yesterday.
The Senate debated the assessment bill with Senator Hayes attacking the lobby over its passage while Senator Bruce stated his stance. Senator Newman protested against taxing mortgages, arguing it reflects his constituents and completes any assessment. The House wrestled three hours over Wilson tariff resolutions and adjourned briefly. Perry cited the Wilson bill as not protective. Washington county school board appointments were confirmed. Delegation day drew office seekers from across the state. Comptroller Smith and Treasurer Jones urged keeping appropriations within the prior two year total, warning against increased or unusual spending as the treasury remains uncertain.
Adolphus Fearhake brought gifts from Washington for local clerks including a moon image and a Satanic paperweight. A pun on a floor difference led to a blast that caused a ceiling to collapse, with the punster, clerks, and devil unaccounted for.
A bill in the Legislature targets the old Baltimore and Fredericktown road known as the Old Turnpike. Ellicott City Passenger Railway seeks to buy or condemn the route for an electric line, reaching Boonsboro across a once vital wagon road used to market goods. The Baltimore and Fredericktown Turnpike Co was chartered in 1804 and the state holds 11 000 of its capital stock.
Special Dispatch reports the Brooklyn grand jury convicted Joan McKane at noon. The trial concerned alleged election frauds at Coney Island. In a separate matter the jury found J. Watkins liable for $2,500 damages against the B&O Railroad in a prior suit.
A freight wreck on the Baltimore and Ohio main line near Catoctina derailed about a dozen cars this morning. No serious injuries are reported. Also noted is a court release filing for Margaret A. Gelbert and for Amos Brandenburg et al.
Ruskin studies to appear by M H Spielmsoon in McClure s Magazine with views of Brantwood and portraits. Kipling Stevenson Thanet and others contribute. Serial portraits in Human Documenta include Lang Trowbridge and Renan. Tarbell on Bertillon identification method. A Conan Doyle Arctic piece. Frank Leslie s March leads with European Parliaments by Frederick Staniel.
Prof. L A Mitchell spoke on the Lick telescope and distant satellites before Mt. St. Marys College Emmitsburg faculty and students. He described naked eye visibility of about 7000 stars, possible with Lick telescope to 160 million, and discussed Neptune, planetary companions, and the search for intelligent life in the cosmos.
Albert J. Immerman and Mary Virginia Roberts of Urbana District seek marriage license. Charles Calvin Smith of Burkittsville and Ettie Olivia Beachley of Broad Hood complete the notice. Hood’s Sarsaparilla advertised in the issue.
The February term grand jury reports 152 witnesses examined 27 presentments and true bills 48 dismissed cases. It urges economy in public spending, criticizes a costly reservoir project, and notes jail and hospital conditions. Foreman Preven LugSNEBEL signs the document.
An arson attempt in York Pennsylvania occurred shortly after midnight on Istarday. Fires were started at Benjamin J. King’s stable John Horn’s stable and the Collegiate Institute. Stables at King and Horn burned out but buildings escaped. at the Collegiate Institute a janitor’s discovery saved the brick and stone structure before major damage occurred. The college had been rebuilt after a prior fire at a cost about seventy five thousand dollars.
Three colored youths from Frederick, Henry Williams, Robert Lewis, and Charles Hamilton, were arraigned near Wateraville on charges of obstructing a Baltimore and Ohio line to wreck a passenger train. They were remanded in $200 bail each for grand jury action at the May term before Justice G W Crapster. All claim Charlestown W Va residents.
The storm began last evening around seven and persisted through the night. This morning the ground wore a beautiful mantle though not a blizzard and temperatures did not drop far. a few sleighs were out to dry and sunshine is expected to melt the snow.
The Board of Charities and Correction convened at Monievue to finish the old board’s business. New board members will qualify by Monday and organize likely next week. The remains of James McKinsey were moved from Philadelphia to Elkton Maryland for interment, with Folger McKinsey traveling to attend. A medicinal ad promotes Syrup of Figs as a gentle laxative and safe remedy.
The Society of Colorado Pioneers adopted resolutions mourning the death of William Gilpin the first Governor of Colorado. He graduated from West Point served in the West contributing to its development and earned membership in the Royal Geographical Society of London. Born 1812 near Wilmington Delaware he has relatives in Baltimore Washington and Philadelphia including Bernard Gilpin.
The News begins daily coupon insert for the World’s Fair Art Portfolios. Three coupons plus 10 cents or stamps gain one portfolio part. two parts weekly, delivery Saturdays. Orders due by Wednesday. mail orders need extra two cent stamp. Also offered is a bound volume for $6.50, or book plus weekly News for a year.
Professor Goshann, the mind reader, performed a private entertainment at Frederick College. Several tests impressed attendees who reported genuine displays of psychic power in a small audience.
Mr. Wm D Harris and Miss Carrie M Hsyman of Pearl vicinity wed on Thursday by Rev S A Utz at his New Market residence in a local ceremony.
A vendor promotes Mullinia and Kemp edgings with lines described as splendid and priced from 3 cents per yard up to premium grades, emphasizing exceptionally low rates.
Sheriff J.P. Zinneruan informs ticket holders for Leonard’s execution they will not be admitted due to the law limiting witnesses.
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