Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-05-27
NEWS FROM FREDERICK.
Interest In the Coming Municipal Election
Sons of Veterans Recommendation.
Correspondence of The Evsnn tar.

Correspondence of The Evenin@ tar.
FREDERIC " 26, 1892.
An election win be I'D in F. derrick next
month for a mayor and five ...I ermen to serve
for three years, az d ALREADY great deal of in
terest is being manifested in the contest. The
democrats will begin the campaign this even
ing by meetings in their respective alder
manic districts to nominate candidate for
alderman and to elect five members of a city
executive committee TO serve for three years.
The meeting to nominate a democratic candi-
date for mayor will be held June 2. The adj
ministration is at present democratic, but
owing to dissensions the republicans hope to
secure control though az yet they have no
candidate in the field. Among the democrats
Gen. Edward C. McSherry. ". Irving Parsons
and John Fleming are named az candidates for
MAYOR. A. n. Yeakle. at present a member of
the board of aldermen. will be opposed for the
coming nomination by Daniel L. Ordeman. and
Joseph +. Eisenhauer, president of the board.
will be opposed for reromination by one of the
Young men of the ward The nomination will
be made by the Crawford county system. and
the results are awaited with great interest.
The question of street improvements is likely
to enter largely into the election, and many
are in favor of an independent ticket, free from
politics and composed of business men pledged
to city improvements.
The democrats are also preparing in the county
for the state, district and national elections and
have selected Nav IS as the date for holding
primary meetings to select delegates to a county
convention to be held in Frederick on June
for the purpose OF electing delegates to the
state convention in Baltimore On June 8 and
the sixth district congressional convention to
be held in Frederick on July IL. There is
every indication here at present that Col. Ia. V.
Baughman of Frederick will be sent ~ a dele
gate to the national convention aud that Gen.
Mcknig will be reuominated for Congress.
The preparations which were begun here some
time ago for the divisional encampment Of the
Sons of Veterans Of Maryland. Delaware and
the District OF Columbia are now about COM
plcted. Sc far the District camps have taken
the largest share Of inter est in the coming gath
ing and all the camps there will send large dele
gations. Commander John n. Neeley has Sc
lected June H. 10 and IL rs the dates for the
encampment and has designated June Is as
field day. The local committee. composed of
members Of Antietaln Camp have arranged for
hop and a camp fire and expect to entertain
about 200 delegates. Messrs. Conrad and
Skinner of Washington. representing The camps
of the District Of Columbia. were here the
other day and made arrangements for the
camps. us well as the Ladies Aid Society of
Logan Camp. The District camps will come on
June ii on special train at m, and two of
them. Logan and Gushing. will come armed in
order 10 take part in the parade ON that day.
During the reunion of the camp officers will be
elected and questions Of policy will be dis
cussed.
Frederick count, has veritable mad dog scare
on hand, and cautious people who are compelled
to go about the county very much go armed in
order to protect themselves. Several weeks ago
mad dog from the lower part of Carroll
county appeared at Ladiesburg. Bruceville and
other points and bit number of dogs few
days later another dog suffering with the rabies
appeared In Noodsboro and Wakersyie and
bit number of dogs Last Saturday al animal
supposed to he mad made its appearance in the
northwestern section of the county and not
only bit other dogs. but a COW. Il cat and a child
Today another mad dog was seen at Mt. Pleas
ant and bit ten other dogs. Many of the dogs
that were bitten have been shot bur it is believed
that there are ut least 100 ANIMALS in the county
infected with the rabies. and the country people
are greatly alarmed over the probable conse-
quences.
There has recently been brought to pub
lie notice woman living in Wolfeyille. in the
northern section of Frederick county, who is
believed To be one Of the oldest women in the
county. aud for her age one of the most re-
markable. She is Mrs. Folly Queen and she is
the widow of Douglass Queen. who married her
Ill 1872. two years after she had come to this
country from Germany and settled in Frederick
county. She was Miss Polly Pofinberger be-
fore her marriage and can boast OF a son who is
himself an octoScnarian, having recently cele-
DRAFTED his eiShtleth birthday. Mrs. Queen was
one hundred and ten wears old last Friday, and
on that day she walked four miles to Catoctin
Furnace. After the conclusion of the festivities
she walked four miles home again. She sees
well. hears well has good memory. ENJOYS fair
health aud converses with Intelligent interest
upon topics concerning both the past and the
present.
While Luther Warrcnfetz Of Middletown.
this county. was at work one day last week
blowing on his farm on South mountain near
the summer home Of MIR. ". v Dahlgren he
turned up the skeletons of eleven men. four in
one spot and seven 10 another. evidently the re-
mains OF soldiers who fell in that memorable
battle. and believed to be those of confederate
soldiers from the fact that the buttons. which
had not moldercd into dust with the coats thew
once adorned. were not marked with Unce
Sans insignia. In the skulls of the seven men
fourteen bullets were found embedded. showing
that each had received his death wound in a
fatal spot. The skeletons were found only
about foot and half below the surface of the
soil. L. Mex.