Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-10-17
FREDERICK FAIR.

FREDERICK FAIR.
Largely Attended by Citi.ens From
This City.
Correspondence Of The Evening Star.
FREDERICK. Md, October Is, 1885,
Three tckets-democratic, republican and
prohibition-are now in the field In Freder-
lex county. but SO far there has been little
political pot-boiling and now there does not
appear likely to be any, as the parties seem
| to have determined on a campaign in which
the effective work Is to be done by the per-
sonal canvassing Of the candidates The
last In the field with their ticket were the
prohibitionists. who nominated the past
week. the result being as follows: For sher-
III, Charles E. Albert Of Middletown; for
house Of delegates, Charles w. Brown,
Woodville: George E. yesterday. jefferson:
| VIM. L. Purdum. Urbana; Marian s. Michael
Buckeystown, and Frank Suman. Frederick
For Surveyor, James F. Beali. Buckeystown.
The candidates are all well known and capa-
BILE men and the ticket is considered a good
one. The party, at their nominating conven-
ton, passed resolutions in which they deter
mined to abide by the principles Of the ma
tional prohibitionist party and the state
pla torn framed at Glyndon In July last
| They declare for the suppression Of the
manufacture, sale and importation Of intox-
| icating liquors and insist that the state
shall use its legislative power to protect the
| public health against alcoholism. as 1t does
| against smallpox, cholera, diphtheria and
other malignant diseases. They agree with
| their republican brethren Of Frederick coun-
| ty that the law extending the terms Of
county commissioners from two to six years
Is unconstitutional, but they also find many
actions on the part Of the republicans that
are unconstitutional, especially their support
| of the state liquor license system. The res
olutions favor revision Of the present
| tariff. the maintenance Of the public schools
| the election Of United States Senators by
| direct popular vote, the right Of the labor
| ing man to one days rest out Of seven, the
| abolition Of the official fee system and the
payment instead Of reasonable salaries to all
public officials, an equitably arranged in
| come tax, and finally condemn the custom
of wholesale bribery Of voters by the two
| old parties. The prohibitionists claim that
. their strength has gradually increased in
this couIty and that they will poll a large
| vote at the coming election.
The thirty-third annual fair Of the Fred
erick County Agricultural Society was held
| Tuesday, Wednesday. Thursday and Fri
day. on the grounds of the society, a mile
| from the center of the city, and proved
successful In every way. Three days out of
| the four the management were blessed with
glorious weather, and in consequence the
| attendance was very large. a goodly quota
| coming from Washington. especially on
|
| from that city. The exhibition was a fine
! and interesting one in all its department IT,
and there were plenty Of special features
| side show attractions and lively races to
| keep the immense throngs amused The
| exhibit Of thoroughbred horses and cattle
| was very large and varied, and in the
poultry department several thousand speci-
mems Of fancy bred fowls were shown. Col.
| Henry Fairfax Of Leesburg. Va. had his
| handsome hackney coach horses at the
| fair. and they attracted a great deal of
| attention. A specially interesting exhibit
was that Of the public school children Of
| Frederick county. A large section Of the
main building was set apart for the display
of their work, and therein were seen speci-
mems of map making. free-hand drawing,
| instrumental drawing, writing and printing
| Vernon 10y. a pupil Of the Mechanicstown
| High School, exhibited collection Of ma
tive woods Of Frederick county, comprising
sixty-two kinds. all of them handsomely
| polished on the surface in order to bring
out the texture of the grain There were
also several very interesting botanical COL
| lections shown by pupils Of the various
schools. The big day Of the fair was Thurs
| day. when Gov. Frank Brown was one OF
the visitors. accompanied by a party of dis
| tinguished men. The attendance that day
was upward Of 10000 people one Of the
biggest days in the history ofsthe society.
| The racing throughout the entire exhibition
was spirited and interesting. and some
| Washington horses were among the win
ners, o. G. Sellman's Fannie Beverly"
|
races. The fair closed on Friday In the
midst Of heavy rain storm, which COM
| PEELED the withdrawal of all the races and
special features, and Friday night the heavy
] gale that blew wrought havoc among the
tents and buildings not yet removed from
| the grounds. The tent covering the CYCLIC
rama Of the battle of Gettysburg was blown
away and the painting damaged to the ex-
| tent of $500. The large flag pole in the center
of the grounds was laid fiat with the EARTH
| shutters were blown from the buildings and
| trees were toppled over like wisps of straw
The wind also did great damage in the city,
partly unroofing the Union knitting mills
| blowing in the smokestack Of the Hygenic
| ice factory, demolishing fences trees and
| small buildings and cutting of communica-
| ton by telephone and telegraph.
| William ESterly, a. seventeen-year- old
young man. living on Madison avenue this
| city, added, the other day. another to the
| list of deaths resulting from excessive Gig
| arctic smoking. He had been confined to
| the house several days with sickness, and
! upon starting to go down stairs fell to the
bottom dead. His physician pronounced
| the cause of death to be heart trouble re-
| sulting from nicotine poisoning Esterly
| was in the habit of smoking several pack
| ages Of cigarettes day and his system
| became so impresnated with the nicotine
| poison that 1t broke out his skin in
spots.
Frederick became the Gretna Green on
| Wednes day last of a young couple from
! Washington. who came ostensibly to attend
the Ialr, out look advantage or the OppOr-
| tunity to taste the joys Of marital bliss
| They were Mr.. Harry Woodward and Miss
Jennie Clampitt, and they were married by
the Rev. G. c. H. Hankard, at the parson-
| age of st. James Evangelical Lutheran
Church. After visiting the fair they left to
| visit friends at Point Of Rocks, Buck Lodge
| TakOma Park and Alexandria, returning to
| Washington, where they will reside.
Much interest is manifested in the prob
| able outcome Of the county commissioners
| case Of Frederick county in the hands Of
| the court Of appeals, to which body 1t was
carried during the past week and submitted
on arguments by VIM. p Maulsby, jr., VIM
| H. Kinks, John c. Motter and Hammond
| Urner, for the republican nominees, and
| c. V. S. Levy, J. E. r. Wood and J. Roger
| McSherry, for the board of election super
| visors. The case involves the placing of
| the names Of the republican candidates for
| county commissioners on the official ballot
at the coming election. The democrats
claimed that owing to the act Of the legis-
lature of 1892 extending the terms Of county
| commissioners from two to six years, there
| is to be no election for county commits
| sioner in this county this year. Upon the
| refusal of the supervisors, therefore, to
place the republican candidates on the
| ticket their counsel petitioned the court
| for mandamus to compel them to do SO.
| and upon the courts granting a pro forma
| decree, the case was at once taken to the
| court of appeals, in order to have 1t finally
| decided before the approaching election. A
| decision by the higher court is expected in
| a few days. F. NICK.