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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1889
Page
2
The Daily News reports Mt Olivet cemetery recorded 15 interments for February ending February 28, including 10 adults and 5 children. Nine came from the city, four from the county, with one from Virginia. It also notes local business moves and a warning about serpents in books.
Prominent Montgomery county farmer John Burdett found a door warning of a planned arson. Two days later a kitchen fire broke out while workers were away, extinguished with a shovel nearby. A colored girl, earlier the reader of the warning, is identified as the suspect and sent to the House of Correction. she is about 17 and previously charged with a similar crime.
The Fourth Quarterly meeting for Middletown Gixenit will be held at the Middletown M and church on March 2 and 3 with a conference Saturday at 2 pm. G xx Baker preaches, Sunday school, Love Feast, and Lord's Supper follow. William D Herring, native of Middletown, died in Brunswick Missouri at 72 after leaving in 1887. He was son of Jacob Herring born in Middletown Maryland. Remsberg and family guests arrive. Dr Josephus Remsburg of La Moille Illinois visits. Isaiah Haupt of Warren County visits family near Bolivar. Mrs Simon P Snerr departs Germantown, Ohio to visit relatives.
Community notices report a stockholders meeting at Central Hotel tomorrow from 10 to 12 to elect nine directors for the year. Also Frederick Riflemen plan a Sunday 2 pm train to Washington with the Cornet Band, and magistrate hearings on a larceny case. A Mary Lee Topper dance in Baltimore draws about 25 couples, followed by a late supper and continued dancing. Evangelical Lutheran church sociable last evening raised funds for the poor.
Work has begun on the Union Manufacturing Co new buildings with foundations laid by the company. The three story building will measure 40 by 101 feet and an adjoining two story engine house 36 feet square will include a dining room for employees on the upper floor.
A special train carried Gen. B O McSherry M E Doll John Eisenhauer Jos Eisenhauer J E Price L E Birely N H Fleming Marshall Diffendall and Wm C Birley to Baltimore for the P R R election of officers held at the Northern Central railroad office at noon today Col G E Trail traveled via the B and O railroad.
During the eighth annual Grand State Council session of the American Legion of Honor held in Baltimore, officers were elected: Grand commander John H. Handy. grand vice commander Dr. H. B. Guynn. grand orator J. E. McOshan. grand secretary Dr. D. F. Pennington. grand treasurer William H. Hinks. grand chaplain John R. Cox. grand guide S. J. Hillner. grand warden Solomon Kraus.
The Sick List reports Middletown elderly resident Alexander Weaver and Afra Isaiah Leatherman of Lawin tows seriously ill at home. Rocky Ridge residents George W. Barrick and Clarence Krise on the sick list. G H Morgan confined with a severe indisposition. Brother Lloyd Saunders of Jefferson remains paralyzed with no change since Saturday.
Freeland Baltimore county 14 year old Harry W Lee ran away from home. He has light brown hair blue eyes a scar near an eye a short upper lip and a brown thumb on his left hand. He is over 5 feet tall and heavily built. His father Francis Lee and mother Mrs Lee fear for him and appeal for information.
A note describes a paradox of a yard square window blocked to half, ask how. then reports on legal matters in Frederick county with a petition in insolvency for H. T. Kling and trial of John J. Vanfossen for a 1858 killing, plus two local weddings and an ad for Electric Bitters.
A county woman Mrs. Luther Lotz credits Dr Kings New Discovery for a seven year battle with illness and a night of sleep after one dose. W. C. Hamrick & Co promote its healing claims. Also ads invite free trial bottles of Remp’s Balam for throat and lung issues from a Fredericks store, noting cures for coughs asthma bronchitis and consumption.
An old advertisement touts Hood's Sarsaparilla to revive sluggish organs and kidneys, claiming improved action when taken. It also suggests Beecham's Pills act like magic on an upset stomach and digestion, urging immediate use.
The lesson digest surveys Mark chapters 8 to 9, framing Jesus as Christ and Son of God through Peter’s confession and subsequent gospel-wide portrayal. It links messianic expectations with Jesus’s death and resurrection, urging reader self-denial and cross-bearing to follow Christ.
Long list of auction items and sales from March featuring farming implements live stock and household goods. Sellers include Chas B Fout L Af Bready LM Bready and many others with locations near Frederick Walkersville Hagerstown and Brownsville. See Daily and Weekly News and bills for details.
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