Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-01-06
FREDERICK CITY AND COUNTY.
Agricultural Society Election-$5.O 900
for a College .A.-Realty
Deals
, Of THE EVENING STAR.

Correspondence Of THE EVENING STAR
FREDERICK, Nd, January s.
The stockholders Of the Frederick county
| agricultural society held their annual meeting
at the court house here yesterday and elected
Col d. G. Winebrener, president; Charles n
Hargett, vice president; George W. Cramer,
| recording secretary; Harry c. Keefer, corre-
spending secretary; William s. Miller treas
urer, and Charles E. T. Best, chief marshal
The report OF the treasurer showed the re-
ceipts of the last fair to have been Sl4.609. IS,
with expenditures amounting to Sl4. 1861. SO. 1t
was decided that all future fairs should COM
mence the second week in October of each
year. The president appointed six delegates to
attend the meeting of the Maryland state farm
ers' association in Baltimore next week.
Mrs. James NJ. Hood of this city has sent her
| check for $4,000 to the trustees of Franklin
and Marshall college, at Lancaster, Pa, a
contribution to the Daniel Schoil observatory
fund. which she founded
The Baltimore real estate and improvement
company yesterday bought lot OF ground at
Berlin from Samuel Claggett and wife for
81 050.--Miss Maria Hartsock Yesterday
bought of Joseph Hartsock a farm of seventy
five acres near West Falls, this county, for
81, 500.
The directors Of the Frederick City Young
Mems Christian association have elected dele
Sabcs w TIC sIdte COuNcHtlOu, WHICH meets IN
Hagerstown on the Goth instant. as follows: Dr.
William H. Purnell. William C.. Birely, b. s..
Postetter, R. r. Lewis, William NJ Hardt,
Marion Moberly and Harry Comfort.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles W. Hoffman of Will
mington are in Frederick on visit
Mrs. Elizabeth S. Cockey, widow of Sebastian
G.. Cockey. died last week at he- home near
this city after a lingering illness. She was
seventy-three years old and leaves three sons
and three daughters.
Mrs. Adelia Neighbours, wife of Fleet r.
Neighbours, ex-schOol examiner for Frederick
county, died last week at her homo in Buckeys-
town, aged thirty mine.
William A. Dali, alias John London. has
been committed to Jail here by Magistrate
Turner in default of $500 bail. to await the
action of the grand jury on the charge of for
gerry.
BY the annual distribution of the state school
| fund this county receives for the support of
her white schools S5,5l8.35 and for her col
ored schools SSI2.07.
Mrs. Elizabeth Darner, aged ninety-two
years, died last week at her home in Middle
town valley. She leaves six grown children and
was one OF the oldest residents of the county.
a double wedding took place at Libery a
| few days ago. The contracting parties were Miss
Cara o. Loolungbeel and Mr.. Joshua Meyers;
Miss Ellie b. Beech and Mr.. Jacob Loolung-
beel. The former couple were married by
Elder William H. Franklin at the resi-
dence o. the bride, and the latter by Rev.
0. Belt at the Reformed parsonage
Miss Bessie Brooks and Mr. and Mrs. Charles
v. HOfferman, all of Washington, are visiting
friends here.--Miss Collins Of Georgetown,
DC, is the guest here of Mrs. Dudley
Page.-Mr John Lidie of Washington is Wis
ting relatives here. F.M