Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-06-15
HAPPENINGS AT FREDERICK.
Sales OF Real Est~te - The Monocacy
Bsttle.f1eld-Personal Notes,

Correspondence Of TEE Kvrxrso srAa:
FnrpKnlcx, Nd, June IL
An association for the purpose Of erecting .
suitable monument on the Moaocacy battlefield,
few miles from this city, has been organized
in Maryland, With these officers: r. ". Wild,
prefident; John Wright, vice-president; Geo.
.. Jean, treasurer; W. b. James, secretary.
me 25th anniversary Of the battle will be OBJ
served on July g. Gen. Lew Wallace will de-
liver the address and soldiers who participated
in the battle win be present from Maryland,
New Jersey, Ohio, Vermont, West Virginia,
and other states.
AN EXTKRPRIsISa SNAKE.
A few evenings ago Mrs. Vim. Keeney, who
was visiting at the homo Of Jacob Smith, near
Liberty, this county, carried her children up
stairs TO put them to bed. As she entered the
room she heard q Kissing noise and saw the
coiied BODY OF . six-foot black snake reclining
on the bureau. One of the men on the place
was summoned and succeeded in killing the
reptile 1t had crawled up the wall Of the
house to the window sill and entered the room
through an open window.
BUSINESS NOTES.
The interests Of the Union manufacturing
company and the Frederick seamless hosiery
company have been Joined and the goods and
machinery Of the latter removed to the ne&
buildings on East Patrick street. Calvin A.
Rhodes has sold his property on East 8th street
here to VIM. Wiler for $4,000 The johnson farm,
near Urbana, containing ITO acres, has been
SOLD 70 Horace A. Peters for $16 an acre. c. Y.
s. Levy, trustee, has sold to Harry McHenry .
building lot in Frederick for S120.
avoiding.
The wedding Of VIM. B. Storm and Fannie E.
Bartgis, which took place in the Evangelical
Lutheran church here Wednesday evening,
was one OF the prettiest nuptial events Of the
season. The brides costume was Of light
brown Henrietta airectoire: She carried
bouquet OF roses and ferns. The ushers were
>. ": L. Carly, J. NJ Halter, A. Gregg Miller
and J. W. Himbury. After the ceremony the
wedding party was driven to the new residence
quilt Tor the bride and groom on south Market
street, where reception was held.
THE RELIEF FUND.
Messrs. John c. Hardt and Geo. F. Meyer, of
this city, the local relief committee appointed
to look after the wants Of the Maryland food
sufferers, have received in money contribution
rom the people OF Frederick the sum Of 1855 SO.
VI this amount S141. 80 has been distributed.
DEATH OF VENERABLE CITIZEN.
Benjamin Zepp, one of the most highly re-
spected residents Of Frederick, died at his
home on West Patrick street yesterday morn
hiS itom cOnsumpuOQ. he was eighty-thfee
years old and leaves O widow.
TUE FREDERICK RIFLEMEN.
The Frederick Rifemen have declined an in
yitation to attend q demonstration in Martins
burg, W. Va, on the 4tb of July. The officers
OF the company will attend meeting of the
ofhcers OF the first regiment infantry, Maryland
national guard, in Baltimore, on Thursday
next. relative to the encampment Of the state
militia, at Frederick Junction, on July II.
AN INCREASE or ENDOWMENT.
Mrs. James NJ Hood, OF Frederick, who, sew
eral years ago, gave $4,000 to Franklin and
Marshal college, Lancaster, Pa, for the found
ing of an observatory, has increased the sum
$1,000. The endowment has been made q me-
mortal OF her husband.
PERSONAL NOTES.
Clarence Q. Carly, Of Frederick, has been
elected vice-president Of the Maryland funeral
directors association. The next annual meet
ing of this body will be held in Frederick
Among those who attended the commencement
exercises OF the Frederick female seminary
Browne, OF Indiana; Col Moses p Handy. the
weli-known newspaper man. and Major Fred
erick a. g. Handy, of Washington j. c.
Davis, Of Washington, has been visiting here.
WIN; Pagan, OF Brooklyn, N: Y, was here
this week.--Miss Eleanor Richie. of Freder-
lex. has been visiting her sister, Mrs. Donald
Mclean, Of New York.-H.C. Jones, Of Liberty,
this county, graduated with second honors from
the Johns Hopkins university. Baltimore, yes
terday.-Rev. Geo. NJ. Zachairar, son Of the
late DR.. 2achairar, Of Frederick, arrived home
from Europe this week.-Ira ]. McCurdy. of
Woodsboro', this county, yesterday graduated
from New Windsor college. He delivered the
salutatory.-John G. Croft, of MiddIetowu
this county, will deliver an Grafton on The
Rise Of the American Republic" at the st.
Johns college commencement exercises, Annap-
oils, June 25.-Mrs. Kate Barrick and chill
dren, OF Utica, this county, returned home
yesterday. They were in the food at Johns
town, Pa, and barely escaped with their lives.
F. NJ