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WEDNESDAY EVE'NO, MAY 14, 1884.
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TIME TAHLK.
Arrival and Departure of Trains.
TRAINS LEAVE. TRAINS ARRIVE.
Mail, •* * 6.35 a. m. Mail, - - - 8.55 a. m.
Aceom., 12.05 p.m. Accom., - 1.50 p.m.
Mail, - * 4.20 p. m. Mail, - * 6.35 p. m.
Sunday Trains - - - - 8.55 a. m. 4.20 p. m.
Through freight to and from Baltimore
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HRIEF MENTION I MU.
A curious thing is love,
It cometh from above,
And lighteth like a dove,
On some.
Rut goine it never hits,
Unless it gives them fits, *
And scatters all their wits,
Ah, hum !
A bear shot.—The North Pole.
4-Our streets are in a remarkable
/ clean and heakhy condition.
" —A good, livo, active newspaper
is sure to advance the interest of a
place.
A dessert waste —Scooping out the
inside of a pie and throwing away
!he crust.
'the heavy fall of rain last night,
gave the streets and gutters a good
washing out. •
The attention of the City Commis- ]
sioner is directed to the lower
King George m
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LOCAL NEWS.
Town AND Co UNTY
Here and There.
The State Board of Health.
I)r Chancellor, secretary of the
State board of health, bad a con
ference yesterday, with Dr. J. A.
Steuart, health commissioner, with
reference to calling a meeting of the
State !>oard. There are three
vacancies in the board, which it is
desired that the Governor should fill
at once, one caused by the death of
I)r. J. Robert Ward, president; and
the other by the Senate failing to
confirm the appointment of Dr.
Steuart and Dr. Teackle. Dr.
Steuart has since become a member
of the board ex-officio, by virtue of his
being health commissioner. The
Governor has promised to make the
appointments at an early date,-and
will doubtless do so upon his next
visit to Annapolis.
Onr Cemetery.
In view' of the fact that our City
Cemetery will now be closed to all
except lot owners, as a place of burial,
it behooves the proper authorities to
move t once in this direction and
provide some appropriate place of
burial for our dead. Let a meeting
be called, and the subject di#cussed,
and a plan laid down as a basis to
work upon.
In reference to this mutter (which
was referred to a committee of the
City Council at a previous meeting,)
Counsellor Revell stated to the board
at their meeting on Monday uight,
that he had obtained a copy of an
Act passed by the Legislature, author
izing the Corporation to establish a
cemetery or cemeteries, either within
or without the limits of the city, but
as they had seen the said Act for the
first time tha' evening, they were not
prepared to report on the matter, and
further time was granted the com
mittee in which to make their re-
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Army nil \*rj,
Cupt. Francis \f. Ramsay, super- j
I intendent of the Naval Academy, was i
in Washington Monday in connect*on !
with the naval cadets’ examination
which begins at thu Naval Academy |
’to-monow. Capt. Ramsay stated that
about IS of the six-year classmen who
are to undergo their final exv-nica
tion will he retained in the nnw, of
whom 13 will le assigned (o the j
junior grade of midshipmen, 3 \*o the j
engineer corps arid 2 to vacancies.
The members of this class completed
a four years’ academic course fli 1882
as midshipmen and cadet en
gineers By an Act of Congress of
1882 the remainder of the class who
pass successful examination will re
ceive nn honorable discharge and
SI,OOO. The examination of candi
dates f<r admission as naval cadets
also begins to-morrow. There will be
77 applicants.
The iron-clad monitor Passaic, at
the Naval Academy has been fitted
ont and will leave in a few days for
Norfolk, where additional repairs will
be made The Passaic is attached to
the home squadron, and will be used
for short cruises.
The probable retirement i i a short
time of Col. Wm. B. Remev, United
States marine corps, a3 judge advo
cate-general of the United States navy
is being discussed in naval circles,
and it is said quite anumber of naval
officers (including a prominent Naval
Academy official,) are applicants for
the place, which is a desirable one.
The practice ships Dale and Con
stellation, which are to take the na
val cadets on the summer practice
cruise in June, are expected to arrive
next week from Norfolk.
Ensign Ridgely Hunt has been
ordered to examination for. promo
tion ; L ; eut. William [ Moore has
been detached from the Franklin and
suspended.
The Naval Board of Inspection,
accompanied by Liuet. Abbott, left
Washington yesterday for Fortress
Monroe to inspect the U. S. steam
ship Pensacola.
The President yesterday designated
Brigadier Gen. S. V. Beoet, Chief of
Ordnance United States Army, to act
as Secretary of War during the tem-
ah.-ccnce of Secretary Lin-
The A. and E. Railroad In Coart.
The Court of Appeals heard argu- j
! ment to-day in the case of Stewart
Brown and Arthur George Brown, i
| trustees, vs. the State of Maryland j
and the Annapolis and Elkridge
R. R. Co. The State owned $300,000
of stock in the road. In 1872, by
chap. 425, the Legislature authorized
the mortgage of the road to secure
j certain bonds that the same Act
granted the directors permission to {
issue. Out of the issue of these bonds,
grew the famous Drum Point R. R.
transactions, by which the A. & E- j
was involved with the financial ,
dfficulties of the Drum Point Road, j
The questions before the Court of i
Appeals are mainly two: First, i
what part of the bonds issued are
claims against the road ? Second, is
the State a preferred stock-holder j
before the bond-holders? The Com
pany takes the ground that the Act
of 1872, granted the issuance of the
bonds to build the road to tide-water,
which was neverdone. However cor
rect this nay be, the Act was so word
ed that the directors were at liberty
to use the bonds for any purposes of
the road, and the State having sanc
tioned the mortgage, it is exceedingly
doubtful that it can maintain its
claim as a preferred stock-holder.—
Attorney-General Roberts appears
for the State, Charles J. M. Gwinn
and John Ireland for the Company,
and S. T. Wallis and Brown & Brnne
for the Appellants.
False Alarm.
Quite an excitement was caused in
the vicinity of the State House this
morning, about 10£ o’clock, by smoke
issuing from the door of the Steam
House situated under the House of
Delegates. It seems that a lump of
hot coal fell out of the furnace and
ignited some chips that were lying
near. Mr. Himmelheber, the engineer,
was not present at the time.
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