On August 11, 1860, Robert Bush was stabbed to death by Jacob Funk at Slabtown, about four miles south of Frederick. Funk was sentenced to nine years and five months in the state penitentiary upon his conviction for second degree murder. On August 11, 1864, the Rev. Osborne Ingle, who would later serve All Saints Episcopal Church for 43 years as rector, and Mary Mills Addison, niece of British author Joseph Addison, were married by the Rev. John Martin. Miss Addison was the daughter of Anthony Addison of Prince George's County. On August 11, 1952, Dr. Thomas S. Eader, the nation's oldest practicing dentist, announced that he would close his office at 40 North Market Street in Frederick. He was 92 and had been a dentist for 70 years. He died December 14, 1952, after a fall at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Helen Eader Johnson, on Clarke Place. On August 11, 1983, the Frederick County Commissioners voted to sell, and the Frederick City Board of Aldermen voted to buy, the Old Frederick County Courthouse on Courthouse Square. The sale price was $500,000. The deed was signed and the property transferred on October 24. On August 11, 1989, Frederick Memorial Hospital announced plans to demolish The Elm Street School to make way for a parking deck and other hospital expansion. Actual demolition began October 6, 1989. The building, constructed in 1912, first housed the Boys High School, later the original Frederick High School, and even later a junior high school. If anyone can add information to these History Moments, or would like to suggest an item for another calendar day, please contact me privately. John W. Ashbury [email protected]