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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1891
Page
4
Daily News item compiles society notes and local notices. Mr Harry Parrish and others from Baltimore and Lexington visit or travel, several residents return from trips, and multiple people recover from illness or remain unwell with brief health updates.
Mr. T. J. Pernell of the Baltimore and Ohio freight service, visiting Frederick after a trip to Hagerstown, discussed a plan with Agent W. T. Malliaux to ship small freight consignments more quickly. The Brunswick yard project aims to cut transit to Wheeling to one day and night, and improve times to points west of the Ohio River. The Brunswick yard is described as among the best arranged of its kind.
Services are set for the German Baptist church tomorrow at 10 am with Elder E A Bronner leading. Next Sunday February 22 Rev Mickley preaches in Knoxville at 11 am and at 7 pm in Burkittsville Reformed church. United Brethren ministers and laymen in Baltimore met at Salem church to form an alliance to extend church work, with a committee named for permanent organization.
A compact Jefferson correspondent roundup details community life. Mentions singing school near Jefferson, Union Debating Society meetings on mortgages taxation, weddings and church services, local visits from Osburns, Duvalls, Cramptons, and Hedges, and notes on health, road conditions, and a pension grant.
The city enjoys a spring-like spell with sunny skies and warming temperatures. Freight yards bustle as teams line up to load and unload while water mains are laid and building work advances. East Patrick street sees the busiest activity as shoppers and workers fill the scene, lifting spirits and trade. The author hopes the weather may endure and foresees continued bustling days ahead.
Edward Rideout sues Jennie R Shank executrix of Geo D Shank for $51 on a debt for services rendered in war. Magistrate Wilso held the matter sub curia until today at game time. Proceedings closed with ruling pending.
Marshall E Y Goldsborough and fellow Reynold's Post G A R members Ira Tyler P L Hitschew G W Glessner G W Grove and J E Duvall left for Baltimore to attend the State encampment. Memorial exercises for General W T Sherman were held at Concordia Opera House at noon.
A thief was found in the store room of Mr. R. 3 £, on West Patrick street Ramsburg on Monday evening while the proprietor was at supper. The front door was secured. He escaped through the rear, with goods missing from the shop.
John Smith a local butcher was crossing the race at Riehl's mills when a plank broke sending him into the water. He experienced considerable discomfort but appears to have escaped serious injury.
The Board of County Commissioners adjourned a routine session yesterday and will reconvene on the first Monday in March.
A speaker debates life and death, arguing two orders of life, limited and unlimited, rooted in God. He critiques materialist theories, cites Dr. Hall, and emphasizes harmony with the Maker. The talk connects sin, volition, and death to humanity’s spiritual and physical unity. Real estate transfers noted follow.
Fleming weighed 21 head of cattle on city scales for Bizer and McDevitt totaling 28 450 pounds. Cattle for L Kefauver weighed 22 095 pounds sold to 8 Filler. Black near Buckeystown caught 16 carp weighing 23 pounds. Also note inviting readers to visit C B Cine Co for straw mattings.
A garbled report lists names and roles for an upcoming annual Barton County drill association event. It mentions committees, reception staff, and officers like Bennett War-Heid Wieeman Chew and Moberly Bergers Crauer Athard Ryne with several others, but details are distorted.
A Buckeye town correspondent reports the Phamega Literary Society meeting held February 14 at the residence of O J Weller. Rev W S Phillips presided, L Keller led prayer, and W E Kindley served as pro tem secretary. Members elected Edna Cromwell and Wallace Cromwell to full membership. The program featured recitations, readings, a humorous piece about a mule, piano solo, and a Browning sketch. The next program is planned for February 28 at Millard's with a full slate of readings and music.
Residents in the county report alarming barn burnings. The Maryland Public General Laws harshly penalize willful arson on barns and outbuildings with possible death or long penitentiary terms. Also advertised are spring Mattings from China and Japan by C. & Cline & Cos.
Notice of fresh stock of ginghams and spring dress fabrics now open for selection. Frederick shoppers are invited to view the rich display through the south window at the Market Street entrance and choose early to secure top choices and cream of the market.
A reflective prose piece compares stages of life to water bodies, contrasting youth with streams and aging with a broad river toward the great sea. The narrator muses on desire for permanence, cites biblical imagery, and notes a long list of hotel arrivals and local names.
Our first account of Pane reached us on Saturday. W Keetly purchasers will do well to call before buying elsewhere.
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