100 Years Ago

* The commission appointed under an act of the legislature authorizing a new school building for Annapolis met. Some $20,000 has been appropriated, $10,000 is to be met by Annapolis. %-- The Sun, April 11, 1894.

* The past legislature has passed a bill providing for police protection at Brooklyn in Anne Arundel County. The bill provides for a chief of police at Brooklyn, who is to receive $65 a month from the county. -- The Sun, April 21, 1894.

* The grand jury of the Circuit Court of Anne Arundel County was discharged Saturday. The jurors severely criticized gambling alleged to be carried on at a disputed boundary line between Baltimore and Anne Arundel counties as well as the difficulty of getting testimony of witnesses in liquor cases, especially at Brooklyn. The Sun, April 30, 1894.

Compiled by Robert M. Pennington of the Ann Arrundell County Historical Society.