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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1888
Page
3
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Governor Jackson pardoned Calvin Grimes who had been convicted of forgery in the Circuit Court and sentenced to two years in the penitentiary. The official vote of the Sixth District from Annapolis shows Douglas 17,422. McComas 19,56. Me mas plurality 1,634. Thomas Ganett, 42, native of Montgomery county and former merchant in Silver Town, Colorado, died recently. his remains to be brought to Hunting Hill. A fashionable wedding occurred at Christ Episcopal Church Jambridge with Miss Nannie Ops and Mr Thomas Hughlett. Guests included Miss Grace Newell and Miss Carrie D. Prica. Teachers Association of Fred Efe met on East Church Street to discuss mathematics and primary teacher questions with several local educators in attendance.
Willard, president of the W C U, states no compulsion to back the Prohibition Party. Members may choose their political affiliations freely. A resolution opposing coercion was voted down after debate at the New York convention, though the majority remains Prohibition Party aligned.
The Maryland State Temperance Alliance executive committee met at the Y M C A Building in Baltimore. A three member committee will engage with the Society for the Enforcement of the Sunday Laws and allied groups to curb liquor use on Sundays. A subcommittee will consider launching Gospel temperance meetings in the city. Positive reports came from Harford County where prohibition passed by over 1200 votes and from Dorchester’s local option vote on Hooper's Island. Rev Dr Grammer is expected to publish an address titled The Falla cies of High License. A statewide sequence of mass temperance meetings is planned for February 22 in support of constitutional prohibition.
Fire at the Stent mill a few miles from Chambersburg Wednesday night burned a large quantity of wheat and corn in the mill. Loss estimated at 6000 dollars with small insurance. A young man named Hershey sleeping in the mill escaped serious harm.
A five year old boy, son of Charles Carey, nearly drowned at a dam on the Pa Tapsco river near Granite Hill Ellicott City. Charles Crambutt dashed in from about 500 yards away and pulled the child to safety. Roanoke Real Estate Boom Sees $112000 in One Day. Virginia buyers and Pennsylvanians flood the market seeking sites for manufacturing ventures as two week totals exceed fifty thousand dollars daily. An indisputable fact: a touring troupe of blackface comedians outshines rivals Wilson and Good year in novelty singing dancing and stage presence drawing large applause.
The Montgomery county court sits in Rockville with grand jury witnesses called for local option law cases. Edward Watkins, involved in a spring Trail shooting near Middlebrook, remains at large on 1500 bail as no indictments issued. Curzon Thomas died crossing Potomac opposite Senate quarry. Michael Wallace saved the father. Mrs Nannie Warfald buried at Rockville cemetery with Rev De Power presiding. Spencer Watkins family moves to Washington for the winter.
Washington group selects a missionary bishop for the Arizona and New Mexico fields with Alaska to wait for the next annual meeting in New York, 1889. Rev Kendrick and Rev Kimber were among the leading candidates, and the winner is noted for strong health voice and seasoned missionary effort. The Episcopal women’s auxiliary met at Epiphany church, reporting $276,154.10 disbursed and planning future programs.
At Aluxton Richland two horses were turned out after evening, lively and in good spirits. They began a ramp around the field when one horse suddenly collapsed and died, leaving observers puzzled by the peculiar circumstances surrounding the incident.
Leslie's Magazine December issue closes the twenty-fourth semi novel volume and offers fiction, poetry, and features. Notable articles include Grenoble and the Journés des Tuiles, Harvard College with fourteen illustrations, A Dash through the Land o Cake, Chinese Boat Life, Advent by a Young Explorer, and a three page Christmas anthem Unto God a Child Is Born. The Wall of Modesty and a Dr Talmage version appeal to American women. an index rounds out the number.
The Wal berraville Enterprise reports a Rusky Ridge Missionary Society meeting next Saturday evening with Rev Hench as regent and speaker. Glade Missionary Society holds its monthly service Sunday evening at 7. A new dwelling of Geo W Stauffer is completed and occupied. A Maryland Classis meeting of the Reformed church is called for Baltimore on Nov 24 at 7 pm to receive Rev A S Weber and consider his call and installation.
Obituary notices report the death of Mrs Edixabsth McBride near this place from typhoid pneumonia following a brief illness. A large family circle mourns her loss. Elizabeth Rentzahn of Hagerstown dies at about 65, heart trouble. Funeral at Reformed church with Elders Flower and Zips officiating. Other items note injuries to Daniel Koogle and son Sampson in a fodder wagon accident, and visits of Mrs Mary Willard and Sterling Willard to Texas. George W Hyatt returns from Indiana to visit the valley.
All ready preparations for the grand Republican Ratification parade are about completed. The parade will start at 7 o clock along the route given yesterday. Attendance is expected to be large as many districts announce delegations.
Tickets for the Lectured Course of the F C A were placed on sale at Yerkle’s yesterday. Single admissions are 50 cents, gallery 25 cents, or full course 2 dollars and 1 dollar for the gallery. The box sheet opens Monday for the next attraction, the Italian Concert Go, coming on the 20th inet.
A holiness meeting will be conducted this evening at the Barracks by Chaplain Lampton. Citizens are invited to attend and participate in the service and prayers.
Colonel H. K. Douglas has been confined to his room for days with several slight hemorrhages of the lungs. New desks were shipped this morning by school examiner Worthington to the Araby school house in Bakera Valley.
The Newark Daily notes Signor Vitale, described as striking with a coal black hair and Italian features, possesses genius in his forehead and eyes. He will appear at the City Hall on the 20th, in a lecture committee sponsored event by the F C Y M C Association.
The Board of Public Works in Annapolis weighs the Maryland Agricultural College’s financial distress. With 15009 debt and 27000 in three percent exchange loss securities, trustees consider selling to cover obligations but the attorney general says only stocks qualify for permitted investments, ruling out certificates as security.
The Lie Evangelical Lutheran church Literary and Musical Sociable attracted a good crowd despite rain and raised a handsome sum for parish work. The program featured vocal quartets, recitations, readings, and instrumental duets by local performers including Misses Bartgia Garry Minnie Miler Zimmerman James and Miss Chris ay Firestone.
The memorial bazar of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union continues at Oratorio Hall Baltimore with constant crowds and a growing display area. Special exhibits include Chesapeake pottery and new feather fans from Florida while a candy booth and tea room entertain visitors. A recent wave of Japanese screens decorates the venue as an elegant music program was performed last night.
The record notes Mr Jon Oppenheimer suffers a severe cut on his right index finger while playing with a friend. Dr Sharretts provided medical aid for the injury. The accompanying table compares October earnings and expenses of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad for 1888 with 1887 showing declines in earnings and net income.
Mias Mollie Keller of Jefferson serves as president of Mrs. G W Biger at Boonsboro. In the Lutheran church, the first Sunday saw Joseph Keedy installed as elder and Charles Koogle as deacon. D H Wyant celebrates a silver wedding on November 21. Chas Baxter returns to St Joe Missouri after seven years. Eddie Huffer of Burkittsville visits Aaron Davenhart in Boonsboro.
Recovering. Mr Frank Green, who recently suffered a broken collar bone at J Biser's coat yard, is thought to be improving today per Dr S S Mayard. His wife, previously ill, is convalescing. Mrs C H Robertson, age 60, severely injured in a fall reported earlier, is recovering slowly and rested uncomfortable last night.
Mr Walter Diller employed by Dr J A Williamson escaped a serious accident while returning from his brother’s wedding on a Wednesday night. Riding with a lady friend on a steep hill near Double Pipe Creek, one trace broke and Diller managed to calm the horse until help arrived.
The Enterpa Society met at the F. F. Seminary for its third regular session led by advanced musical department members. Miss Woodruff and Miss Chapman performed several pieces including a piano solo and songs, as the group studied Beethoven and planned to explore Frederic Chopin next.
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