Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-07-15
The Militia Encampment near Fred
erick-Neighborhood Notes.
of THE EVENING STAR.

correspondence Of The EVENING STAR.
Frederick, Nd, July IA.
The S4-acre field in the farm of Col. Charles
E. Trail within half mile of Frederick juno
ton. is dotted to-day with white tents, ar
ranged in regular rows, with wide avenues be-
tween. This will be the home for the next ten
days or more of the Maryland National guard
including the crack Fifth regiment Every
thing about camp is ready for the soldiers. To-
morrow morning at o'clock the Frederick
Rifemen will occupy their quarters in the
tented field. They will be followed Wednesday
by the other troops General Brown. who will
be in command of the camp. has expressed
himself as determined to make it essentially a
camp of instruction. There will not be much
play-soldier about it, although the men will
not be seriously restricted as to pleasure, for
all about them are opportunities to enjoy ten
days of life among the most beautiful land
scape scenery in the country. The winding
Monocacy flows almost by the door of the camp
as 1t were, and affords every opportunity for
boating: fishing and bathing. Three
miles from the camp is Frederick, and
Frederick will do her best to make it pleas
ant for the soldiers. Her hundreds of famously
pretty girls will be an important element OF
attraction. and several public receptions and
balls have been arranged. On the day of the
governors visit of inspection to the camp the
city and will probably pass before the governor
at the fair grounds, where the annual harvest
picnic of the farmers of Frederick county will
be in progress. A ball will be held in Ma
chlnery hall on the grounds at night. An I'M
usual effort will be made to have the camp as
quiet and orderly as possible. No liquor will
be allowed to be sold within the vicinity of
the field. Two days after the encampment of
the white troops the three colored companies
OF the state will arrive here and pitch their
tents at the fair grounds for period of five or
six days.
The interest in the high-license movement in
Maryland is rapidly the increase In Fred
erlck county the sentiment is largely in favor OF
high license as an effective means to suppress the
rum evil. local paper Yesterday published
series of interviews on this topic with such
men as Chief Judge James McSherry, ex-Con-
gresham and now State Senator Milton G.
Urner. States Attorney Z. s. Eichelberger and
ex-States Attorney John C. Motter, who all ex-
press themselves strongly in favor of high
license as opposed to prohibition.
Several serious and fatal accidents have oc-
CURED in this county within the past few DAYS.
AT Emmltsburg on Thursday, during terrific
thunder storm, Charles Harner and Denton
Reifsnlder were struck by lightning and killed.
The men were unloading hay at the barn on the
farm of W. W. Crabster at the time the bolt
struck The barn was set fire and COM
pletely destroyed, with all its contents Several
persons near by at the time were severely
stunned. A cnllu OF Earner, one OF the unfOr-
tunate men. was knocked from a wagon and
sustained fracture of the arm.-Yesterdav
Wesley Creager, aged fifty years, was blowing
| in the field on the farm of the late Col c.
Keefer Thomas, at Araby when his plowshare
turned up an old shell, thrown by the Confed-
crates during the battle Of Monocacy,
July 9, 1864. Creager thought the shell
was unloaded, and procuring an axe
at the house proceeded to break
the missile open. At the first blow of the axe
the bomb exploded with great force, tearing
Creager's right hand off and fearfully lacerat.
ing his body in several places. On the farm
of David Warner, at Creagerstown. yesterday
nine valuable horses were fatally injured by
running against Il barbed-wire fence.-On
Friday last Mr.. Lewis Buckley living in Schleys-
vile. was horned by an Infatuated COW and
seriously hurt.-A daughter of Isaac Rich.
living mile west of this city. was brought here
yesterday for treatment. She had been at
tackled by an entire swarm of bees and pre-
sented q pitiable appearance. Her condition
was considered critical.
Mr.. John Vinton Dahlgren and his bride. nee
Miss Elizabeth Drexell of New York, left Dyhlen
Saturday for Saratoga, whence they will leave
III few days on a summer tour.
j. b. Cramer of New Woodsboro' this county.
while harvesting in field several DAYS ago
found Il tortoise on the shell, of which we're cut
the initials OF his name and the date 1862 Mr.
Cramer remembers making the marks in that
year. +. NJ