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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1891
Page
4
This morning a three-horse team from Ginze escaped near the Woodshord pike just past the toll gate near the Binn tollkeeper. The runaways were not caught until near Mr. W. G. Neldig's residence. The driver or any passengers’ condition is not stated.
The text details a home wedding in Skillman near Baltimore with Sadie Skillman marrying Arcadia, Md., and lists family members, officiants, and attendees. It also notes a separate marriage announcement for John G Stride and Amands, plus a St. John's Catholic Junior Hall event in Hagerstown. A church fair at St John’s continues with performances, costumes, and prizes, including a Goddess of Liberty pageant and donations to the festival.
The Freder ick Danny News enters its fifteenth volume on the 15th instant fresher and brighter than ever. A postponed football game between the Deaf and Dumb Institute and Frederick Academy will be played at the former grounds at 3 o clock under association rules.
At City Bell Bennett's Comedy Company opened a week at City Opera House on Bronday night with Monte Cristo in a new production featuring updated scenery and broader entertainment.
Alumni of St Marys Seminary in Baltimore held a reunion last Tuesday. Guests included Revs A Mandine O Hara of Emmitsburg Rev W H J Resny of Liberty and Rev John E Wade of Mt St Marys.
Fragmented OCR shows November voting across multiple states with presidential results, governor races, amendments, and other statewide offices. Candidates include Cleveland and Harrison leads, with various Democrats Republicans Prohibitionists and minor parties contesting governors, legislatures, and constitutional amendments.
The News reports Edgemont season peach crates total 47 680 or 8 354 000 pounds or 1 250 wagon loads. Waynesboro Gazette lays out calculations: crates end to end would form two arch bridges half a mile high, the distance between Waynesboro and Edge mont or Hagerstown three miles. Three loads daily at thirty three crates per road, one man would take over a year to move the mass.
The enfranchised men of Frederick County's twenty one districts will cast over 50000 ballots for county and state officials. Extra ballot boxes will be supplied for the largest districts to handle overflow. Each district prints its own ballots to be used only there. Ballots will shrink in size after 1897. voters express thanks.
In a field beyond Heysers woods near Hagerstown, four gray foxes were raised from a stone broke. Dogs and fighters, including Chari Brewer and Harry Bowant, disposed of a fox. a small black dog killed one. The fox’s hide was fine, with a long bushy tail. A lecture by Rev. A M Smith of Myersville, titled Origin and Hebitation of Man, is announced for a Thursday evening.
The court disposed of several registration petitions. Zid ward v Ebert requests name addition. Stewart Waters and James H Baliman petitions granted to restore names. Ben F Gaites and George G questioned, Charles B Me Elfresh ordered struck. John W Ball and Abraham L Wol ley petitions dismissed. George W Thomas to be placed on regime Sou books in District No 2, Districts 1 and 3 noted.
The resignation of Mr. Proctor of Vermont as Secretary of War will take effect November 3. Stephen B. Elkins of West Virginia is named to succeed, a wealthy former cattle rancher and business leader with a long political rise. Elkins’s background includes service in the army, time in New Mexico, and support for Blaine’s 1884 campaign. The move is seen as good politics for the administration in a key state.
Articles of incorporation filed in the Clerk’s office of the Court House establish the Frederick Elevator Company. Named incorporators include Douglas A. Hargett Samuel Hoke P L Hargett D E Kefauver and George T Whip. The firm may buy sell store and handle grains hay straw and farm produce plus flour meals plaster and fertilizers and may advance funds on crops and stock. It will own mills and operate in Frederick County and beyond with principal office in Frederick city and a 40 year term backed by 200 shares of 100 each totaling 20000 dollars. Directors numbered five to be elected by ballot on the first Monday each year.
Mr John R Obrist narrowly escaped serious harm when a tree limb gave way while he leaned on it to reach apples in an orchard. He fell about 25 feet, suffered a sprained wrist and bruises, was stunned but survived. The incident has been a topic of discussion for days.
Assignees Spontid M F Weed and others sold a 77 acre farm with improvements on the George Love Pike about a mile from Hyatts Town. The purchaser was Mr MP Wood and the price reached $2000 at a public sale at the courthouse door.
A lively bout occurred yesterday in three rounds between a pet cat and a rabbit. The contest concluded with the cat declared the winner after multiple exchanges and playful scrambling observed by onlookers.
Local notes report sales of property and entries in Angell and Frederick regions. Community updates include visits, repairs, farm work, and social gatherings in Westminster Mosal's Beer and surrounding areas with multiple residents named and events spanning October 2 to 28, including a fatal illness in Foxrville and a serious wagon accident near Braceville Station.
The text records a series of fragmented notices from a Braceville area source, naming individuals and local events. It mentions Gel’s death and mourning at Oyster Church, a stranger meeting Mr. Webb Sepigart, Ernhe Fay Swelzar moving into a new home, Catherine Wilkke presenting a cabbage as a gift, and Mr Blarry Dears aiding relatives in Braceville. It also notes Ange leaving P Meheling's Fertilizing Mill to join Mr Jacob Sharret’s farm, implying health-related changes.
A descriptive dispatch from Besray Texas recounts a night journey across a prairie with wagons and Texas roustabouts, noting Belton as a major cotton town where 1,700 bales sold and a 21,000 pound shipment fetched about $1,700. It covers crop yields, weather, and prices, plus a local magistrate case and telegraph line progress from Hagerstown to Frederick and beyond.
The young lady boarders of the Frederick Female Seminary will stage the annual fair on Saturday with big preparations under way. Pupils from the Academy of the Visitation visited the fair in Junior Hall yesterday and took supper there.
New cheap goods at 25 cents per yard available in the city. Highlights include the cheapest line of comforts and blankets ever offered. Visit the carpet department and view the entrance near Patarcy or Manezr for details.
Acquittals are reported in the Annapolis leresox case as Danes and others are freed. A large set of estate transfers appears in Howard County with a grand Republican mass meeting held there. In Anne Arundel, past votes are cited and election issues discussed. A house and storehouse are burned or damaged by fire in Centreville and Annapolis neck. A drill of military and civic figures includes dockyard trials and the Potomac Cement Company project moves forward near Cumberland. Diphtheria cases close churches and schools in Carroll County while a vacant house on Bala Street becomes a notable ruin. A long-running missing boy tale reaches a hopeful but enigmatic turn as a local lineage mourns and a man reveals fortune and reunion. In Charles County, a large Democratic rally unfolds at Port Tobacco with local officials and speakers. Local Republicans plan a Lewistown meeting and a Briddletown gathering while Rocky Springs hosts a Democratic open-air event that culminates in a dance.
Dursey Robinson, a colored man, was released on bail this morning after a bastardy charge. Magistrate Wilson set bail at 280 with a hearing scheduled for one day to be appointed.
Local church events occupy the page with sermons in Virginia and Maryland. Delegates are chosen for a Washington meeting from November 7 to 11. A Mount Pleasant society plans a Sunday program featuring a Peitlegall class. Braddock hosts an Elder Gibbone meeting. Baltimore notes reflect Baptist union concerns and Frederick church struggles. A Gaithersburg Methodist church discusses erection, dedication ceremonies, and improving circuit prospects.
The Salvation Army in this city will hold a Barracka demonstration on Saturday evening and Sunday. The National Guard's Band of New York and Captain McPallans are expected to arrive in the city on Saturday evening at 6:30 o'clock for the event.
Community bulletin lists open dates for fall and winter events with local mentions and notices. Details are fragmentary but indicate seasonal scheduling and public interest in upcoming programs.
A fragment from an old newspaper ad shows John Hendrickson offering cotton and wool hose at 250. for infants and children. It mentions black unbleached thread and lists better wool cashmere and heavy cotton capes in tart colors, urging readers to compare prices with other places.
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