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days. Wm. C. Volans, aged 93 years, died in Annapolis last Saturday. House burglars and sneak thieves are very industrious in Baltimore. Isabella, wife of ex-Judge Lynch, of Frederick, died Monday. Diphtheria and grip are on the increase in Cecil and Harford counties. A receiver is asked for the Crown Savings and Loan Association of Baltimore. Five persons and firms applied for bankruptcy proceedings in Baltimore Monday. The Old Town Bank of Baltimore has reopened. It is backed by the Clearing House. A receiver has been appointed for the Atlantic Trust and Deposit Company of Baltimore. Rockville is to have a manual training school for which the State appropriates $1,500 each year. Boonsboro has been selected as the place of holding the 82d annual synod of the Lutheran Church this year. Navigation on the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal was closed Saturday by the sinking of a SCOW loaded with pigiron. Receivers have been appointed for the Columbia Hydraulic and Engineering Co., Baltimore; also for T. A. Fitzpatrick & Co. Last year there were 604 deaths in Frederick city and county, 137 persons dying in the city, and 467 in the county. The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad has ordered 100 new engines and expects to spend $1,500,000 in new piers at Locust Point. Mrs. Elizabeth Bond, aged 93 years, died in Belair on the 13th instant. She retained all her faculties to a remarkable degree. Owing to the recent report of the grand jury, the directors of the Baltimore Female House of Refuge have asked for a full investigation. John Willis Brubaker, proprietor of the Taylor Hotel, Winchester, Va., died suddenly on Monday. He was a native of Frederick county, Dr. David Caldwell, aged 57 years, and Cornelius Howard Shipley, aged 76 years, well-known citizens of Baltimore, died from the grip on Monday. George A. Buckey, aged 61 years, one of the oldest engineers of the Western Md. Railroad, died in Williamsport last week. He leaves a wife and four children. Owing to sickness the attendance at the public schools of Baltimore county has fallen below the average, and some schools are closed because of the illness of teachers. Mrs. Susannah Hall, aged 83 years, died in Beltsville, Prince George's county, Monday. She was prominent in M. E. Church work. She was of that courtly school that is now nearly extinct. John Minnis, aged 92 years, died in Baltimore last week. He was greatly respected. In early life he was a slave in the family of Henry Clay, and others in the South, and was proud that he belonged to the quality. Burglars attempted to rob the German Savings Bank at Cumberland at an early hour last Sunday morning, but they were driven off by the watchman and a policeman. Two snspects were arrested in West Virginia, near Cumberland, Monday, who had fresh bullet wounds. Baltimoreans who invested about $100,000, Washingtonians who invested $375, 000 and others who bought stock in R.C. Flower's Arizona Eastern and Montana Smelting, Ore Purchasing and Developing Company are very anxious to find Mr. Flower, the "promoter." Bon Sonburg, a Student at the Maryland Medical College, Baltimore, was SO severely "hazed" Thursday night of last week that he was ill for several days. If he had "hazed" some of the villians with a knife they would have received their just deserts, and until a few examples are made hazing will be continued. Peter B. Small, Jr., of Washington county, was arrested Monday on the charge of forgery, and in default of bail was sent to jail. His arrest caused a decided sensation, as he had heretofore born an excellent character, was magistrate under Gov. Lowndes, and had been a trusted employe in the sub treasury, Baltimore. il The new six-mile extension of the Altenwald Cut-Off, Western Maryland railroad, was finished Tuesday. The work d has taken 18 months and the cost of the six miles of road will exceed $150,000. The greatest cut was 39 feet, at Grindstone Ridge. The force of workmen employed averaged 200, the majority of which were negroes. Robinson & McGraw, of Baltimore, sued Col. Calvin R. Nutt of Frederick, on a