Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-07-01
FREDERICK CITY AND COUNTY.
The Harvest-County Tax Levy-Reli-
gious, Educational and Personal News.
Of TIE EVENING srAR


Correspondence Of TIE EVENING srAn
FkEDERIcK, Nh, June 80.
A fifty-hour go-as-you-please pedestrian CON
test began at the armory Of the Frederick Ride
men here last Thursday night and closed last
night az IL O'Clock. The starters were eleven
Frederick pedestrians and johnson, Of WASH
ington. The latter won the race and took irss
money. His score was 2lS miles. Brengle, Of
this city. a close second and made zoo
miles and 10 laps
TIE ANNUAL COUNTY TAX LEVY
OF 20 cents on the 500, made by the board Of
county commissioners on Friday last, is divided
in this way: For public schools. a.. cents; fos
public roads, cents: for MoGsvue hospital,
the Jail and pensions, 7sl cents; for court ex.
pensos. cents; for new schools and bridges,
% cents; for deficiencies aud interest, az
cents; for Hood expenses. 8 cents; Tor miscel-
laneous purposes. l6l. cents. The board have
levied state tax of l7s[ cents on every slOo
same tax last year.
RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL
The lecture-room Of the NJ. L. church
here has been handsomely refitted.-
Rev. Charles A. Santee has gone from
this county TO Kansas City, No., 20 en-
gage in mission work.-Ihe annual union
jubilee OF the Ladiesburg union Sunday school,
TINS county, VIII take place July 20. at Mount
Delight, on the T. Il. R.-Rey Edward i. Hell
fensteln. OF Frederick, n graduate of the Epis-
copal high school. Alexandria has been APP
pointed by Bishop Parot to take charge of the
Rocky Springs church, Hartford county, Md
The Methodist Episcopal church at Evansville,
this county, will be rebuilt The walls are
crumbling away with age.-The sum of $50
has been raised by means of ohildren's- day
services in several of the Lutheran churches of
this county for the purpose of orphans home
ana educational purposes.-At the closing
| exercises Of Dickinson college. Carlisle
Pa, Hammond Urner, OF Frederick, re-
4 ceiNed a gold medal for general proficiency.
At a meeting of the alumni association OF
Nj. 81. Marys college, EmmitsbUrg, these Of
| tcers were elected: President. A. V. ID. Waiter
son, Pittsburg, Pa; vice president. c. Il. Ernst,
Rochester. y. y; secretary. Thomas j. Nc
Ilghe, New York city; treasurer. Rev. f. r.
Allen.--Miss jamie Richie, Of St. Mary's
school, Garden City. L. J.. and Miss Mamie
Richie, OF the Hannah More academy, are
| home for their summer vacation.--Jesse
Harrisburg is home from ST. Johns college, An
| napols.-The degree of bachelor of arts has
been conferred by Dickinson college upon Rev.
r. .. Eldridge, son of Mrs. T.. j. Eldridge. OF
| Frederick. -Honorable mention was made of
J. c. Guoff. of Middletown. this county. and q.
L. WilcoXOn and Jesse Harrisburg. of Frederick.
at the closing exercises OF St Johns college,
Annapolis. At these exercises Charles q.
Waters, of Frederick, read an essay ON Gym
nGstics. Miss Margaret Antisell. of the
faculty of st. Mary's college. 81. Mary's county,
! Md, Is at her nome in MddletOwn, this county.
| At the closing exercises of the Samuel
Ready school, Baltimore, Miss Helen J. Rowe,
of Frederick, principal. an address was delivered
and premiums were awarded by DIR. Lewis II.
Steiner, of this city.-Cyrus and Bette
Flock and Reno 5. Harp, OF 1lyersville. this
county, are home from Lebanon Valley college,
Annville, Pa.
SERIOUS SHOOTING AFFRAr
took place on the farm OF Hon. Daniel f.
Buckley, near Middlepoint yesterday. Charles
Zimmerman, a workman employed on the place,
was walking through the yard with what he
supposed to be an unloaded gun in his hand.
| Seeing VIM. Otto. another employee of the place,
he raised the gun. and. with joking remark,
| pulled the trigger. To his surprise the weapon
| went off and Otto fell. The entire load of shot
| had entered the unfortunate mans hip, infiict-
| ing a serious but not necessarily fatal wound
EMANCIPATION CELEBRATION.
The anniversary of emancipation day in
August next will be deliberately celebrated here
| by parade and a mass meeting. as is the usual
custom of the Colored Emancipation Celebra-
ton association, of which Thomas Mcpherson
/ Is president Committees have been appointed
| to complete al arrangements.
REVEREND YOUNGSTOWN FLooD-sUFFERER.
The Rev. Reuben Fink, formerly of Freder-
lick, was pastor of the Lutheran church at
Johnstown, Pa, during the food. He has
written to friends here that he lost
his entire library, all of his furniture
and the clothing of himself and fam
| lily. His church building was damaged 20 the
extent of $1,000. Half of its membership of
600 souls were lost in the food member Of
the church council with his family was swept
away, and DIR. Finks brother with all his fam
| lily, except one son. were lost. The Lutheran
synod has decided to replace DIR. Fink's church
| by means Of the funds OF the board of church
\ extension.
| REAL ESTATE SALES.
small farm with improvements, located
near Unionville, this county, was sold by Jas.
7. Bostian on Saturday to b. T. Weideman for
s325. On the same day Mrs. Elizabeth Main
sold to Clinton T. Main two lots in Middletown,
| this county. the consideration being $500. Mar
| garet and George King have sold TO Mary L.
Thomas a house and lot in Frederick for 1000.
| TO AVERT AN EPIDEMIC.
DR.. C. W. Chancellor, secretary OF the sate
board of health, has inspected the lately flooded
district in this county along the Potomac, and
considers that prompt action is necessary 10
avert disease. He advises the liberal use Of
disinfectants. He has also investigated the
subject OF the transmission Of disease to the
| human system through cattle. and as a result
is severe in his condemnation of slaughter
houses, pig-pens and certain kinds of meat
which he found in Use among the people OF the
| county.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.
/ Gideon Bunard. near Gunsucker meeting
house, this county, was engaged in driving
-four team when one of the horses gave a sud-
den plunge and broke the single-tree. The
heavy piece Of wood struck Hoover on the leg,
| splntering the bones.--Capt. Chas. simmons
and wife, OF Frederick. are visiting IN New
| England Whitaker. of Washington, 10
| here.-Ex-U nited States Senator Eustis. OF
| Louisiana spent last week at the country home
| of q. W. Eustis, OF Washington, Prospect Hall,
! this county-Chas. W. Ross. esq, and family
will go to Bedford Springs next week..
| Marion Fauble, of the Frederick bar, will sum-
mer at Berkeley Springs.-Capt Jere Brown,
| a popular Baltimore and OHIO conductor, 10
| seriously i'll here.-Capt. Il. X. Hogg, con-
| ductor of the Baltimore and Ohio train be-
| tween Frederick and Baltimore, has resigned
/ because of ill-health.-Two games OF ball
will be played here on July Fourth by Fred
erick team and the Mutuals, of Baltimore
/ Miss Sallie Bartgie, of the telephone exchange
here, is visiting her sister, Miss Clara, manager
of the exchange at Hagerstown.-AfterM Mon
| day next all dogs running in the streets Of
Frederick will have TO be muZZled, in comph-
ance with corporation ordinance.
AGRICULTURAL AFFAIRS.
A large number of farmers in Frederick