05 May 1890
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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1890
Page
1
District merchants advertise low prices on dress goods, bleached muslin, and textiles. New stock includes potomic herring and other groceries, with beer, wines, and a full roller flour line. The notice names G H Ralling and E S Eldridge at 74 West Patrick Street as shopping options.
The bulletin notes a stationary low pressure area from New Dark to Texas with rain or snow east of the Rockies. Forecasts call for cooler, rainy weather across several states. An Orphans Court reports final accounts for Tiloria KR Thomas and distribution to creditors. A city club trains for a crossing bats event, and a Sunday school project uncovers a unique china dish at a grave. Baltimore leaders and lodge officers are slated for a Middletown Lodge gathering.
The Westminster Theological Seminary begins Saturday with a sermon by Rev. J Ward D D in the Methodist Protestant Church. In the evening Rev. J W Grant of Rolandville Cecil County Md preaches the missionary sermon before the society. About twenty pupils attend. The Stockton Literary Society anniversary is tonight, with the regular commencement Tuesday. the only graduate is J Edward Grant of Penns Grove NJ.
News briefs from Maryland and Virginia report Governor McKinney at Old Point, the death of Rev A D Pollock, a murder sentence in Norfolk, a fatal derrick accident in Wheeling, a house fire in Petersburg, and various regional incidents. Other items note drownings near Back River, a birthday in Baltimore, and upcoming regional events including church conferences and a Cincinnati Society meeting.
The Associated National Banks of Baltimore cleared 12 987 147 last week up 942 940 from the prior week. Wall Street showed irregularities while the weekly bank statement remained steady. Rubber manufacturers raised prices by 3 3 percent. Business failures reported by Mercantile Agency total 218 in the United States and 23 in Canada, up from the prior week and down from last year.
The Middle Conference of the Evan gelical Lutheran Synod of Maryland will convene at the Lutheran Church in Middletown on May 5–7. Rev. P Bergstresser will open with a sermon, and about twelve ministers and an equal number of lay delegates are expected to attend.
At noon No 233 derailed near the cidin train line causing engine wheel damage and delaying two passenger trains. The Sandy Hook car and the engine departed the track while northbound service was diverted to a parallel track, delaying arrivals by about fifteen minutes.
The Frederick College Glee Club plans a special Friday noon meeting and two week break from weekly gatherings to rehearse for a May 7 charity concert at Sioners Hall Walkersville. The group will depart the campus by bus at 6 PM for Walkersville with friends joining.
The Maryland Classis of the Reformed church met in Mechanicstown with thirty ministers and twenty six elders. The treasurer reported benevolent contributions for home missions church extension education contingent expenses sustentation orphan homes and missions totaling 7207.63 dollars. The classis discussed Faith Mission Christchurch Baltimore and Trinity Mission Woodberry with favorable reports. An educational service was held at night. A separate note covers a Sweet Singer event in Chambersburg where Bliss Annie Eckel performed Iolanthe and the old oaken bucket with a mini pump, promising a repeat performance.
Congress this week faces a one day postponement in the Senate due to the death of Senator Beck. A funeral committee will be appointed and the chamber will adjourn after the service. Idaho and Wyoming admission bills remain unfinished with the silver bill likely to be the special order Wednesday. The agenda also hinges on Republican caucus action and the readiness of Amy and Pension appropriation bills.
Election at Taneytown to choose arses and common council with the town charter amendment due at the same time. Health and strength promised by a popular syrup advertisement precedes druggist sales. Dr. Acker's Dyspepsia Tablets promoted with local pharmacist listings and health claims.
An editor letters column complains of poor rural roads and wasteful mending practices. The writer calls for targeted improvements focusing on main routes and town centers, with durable pavements and rational funding to replace the current system. Ancrurss signs off urging immediate road reform.
Transactions include Eugene L. Rowe and John C. Motter trustees selling 154 acres and other lands to Joshua Cotterer with mortgage, Chas F Markell selling real estate in Frederick city, Samuel Putnam selling 15 160 acres for 86.25, W W Osborn selling land to Isaac Russell, Vestry of St Pauls parish acquiring Point of Rocks ground for 120, Clayton O Reedy trustee selling to Moris E Shaff and John Jefferson for 49, and Board of School Commissioners selling 1 acre to Peter H Bussard.
The Mortonuary record shows twenty three deaths and funerals in the city and county. Five died in the city and seven in the county with several interments at local churches and Greenmount. Adjoining counties and nearby states add nine more deaths. Marriage licenses listed for Charles Hall and Mary E Spencer among others. The weekly cotlace meeting of M.C.A. set for tomorrow evening at Kemp Wel.
A group of women including Mrs H Heilman Mrs Luther DeVoe Miss Annie McBride Belle Rowe Mattie Simonton Varie Motter Edith Motter Helen Annap and Anna Annap form a walking club in Ermamitsburg planning walks twice weekly. On their first excursion they covered about five miles.
Claim asserts Thacker elixir proves superior to all remedies for amphilitic poisoning ulcers eruptions pimples and other blood diseases. It promises full purification of the system and strengthening of the constitution.
The column lists funeral services for the late R Haller and Mrs Mary tineimanson with burial at Mount Olivet Cemetery. Infant interments and services at Mount Olivet for Greenbury Eichelberger, plus details of pallbearers and funeral directors C. Carty and F. Schroeder. City and nearby notices cover residents visiting from Baltimore, Washington, and Sandy Hook.
In the Senate, Frye reports Shipping League tonnage and foreign mail service bills amid opposition from West. The Senate adjourns after announcing Senator Beck's death. The House passes the diplomatic and consular appropriation. a Mississippi River improvement joint resolution seeks immediate funding. McComas bills on anti gerrymandering move forward with minority reports. The New Journal Real Estate Merald Edgar Miller column announces a Frederick Maryland real estate journal with monthly Maryland Virginia focus and promotions.
An old style ad column touts Dr aAcker's English pills as a cure for sick headache and all troubles. It promotes Mather's Glove Cleaner for ladies to clean kid gloves, available at Garrett's Drug Brokerage.
Yesterday's unsettled weather thinned crowds but most churches held morning services. Clergy from All Saints, Reform, St James, Methodist, Evangelical Lutheran, Presbyterian, Trinity, German Reformed, German Baptists, United Brethren, and St Johns Catholic led sermons from Luke XII and John XIV, with gatherings and plans noted for vestry, Sunday School, and youth groups.
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