Evidence

January 23, 1896

Bakerton Lime Sample

Mr. D. R. Houser, of Bakerton, left with us on Monday a beautiful sample of the sort of lime they burn at that place. The Bakerton lime deserves the reputation it has secured.
January 23, 1896

Frances Flanagan Falls Ill

Mrs. Flanagan, mother of Messrs. James and John Flanagan, has been very ill the past week at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Hopper, near Bakerton.
January 23, 1896

Nora Moore visits in Brunswick

Mrs. Nora Moore, of Bakerton, and Miss Nannie Moore, of Sample’s Manor, Md., spent several days last week with Mrs. Frank Moore in Brunswick, Md.
January 23, 1896

Bakerton boys skate to Shepherdstown

Walter Duke and some other Bakerton boys skated from Flanagan’s wharf to Shepherdstown on Friday last.
December 12, 1895

Flanagan & Moler visit Atlantic Exposition

Messrs. John J. Flanagan and R. H. Moler, of Bakerton, visited the Atlanta Exposition last week.
December 5, 1895

Matrimonial Boom?

It is said that there are some indications that a matrimonial boom will soon strike Bakerton and Keller.
December 5, 1895

Business on the Canal

Business is firstrate on the C. & O. canal. There is a heavy demand for coal in Washington and every boat available is pressed into service.
December 3, 1895

John Welsh sues Oak Grove Principal

Mr. John M. Welsh, of Bakerton, this county, sued Mr. Jesse A. Engle, Principle of the Oak Grove School, for damages for whipping his son Roy, aged twelve years. The case was tried by a jury […]
November 28, 1895

John Martin Welsh sues Schoolteacher

Damages, One Cent. There was an interesting trial before Magistrate M. L. Eichelberger, near Uvilla, last Saturday. Mr. John M. Welsh sued Mr. Jesse A. Engle for $100 damages for whipping his (Welsh’s) son. Mr. Engle […]
November 7, 1895

Francis Flanagan Birthday Celebration

Pleasant Birthday Celebration. There was a most enjoyable family reunion at Mrs. Francis Griggs Flanagan’s on last Friday, November 1st, it being her eighty-ninth birthday. According to their custom for the last several years, her children, […]
October 16, 1895

Bakerton Methodist Oyster Supper

The ladies of the M. E. Church, South, at Bakerton, will hold an oyster supper in the school-house on November 1st and 2nd, for the purpose of purchasing an organ for their new church.
October 16, 1895

Hanging of John Brown & His Comrades

We are frequently asked as to the hanging of John Brown and his comrades– some persons supposing that all were hanged the same day. The facts are these: John Brown was hung December 2nd, 1859, at […]