Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-05-21
FREDERICK.

The Frederick City Young Mems ChristIan
Association has organized for the year by
electing VIM. c. Birely president; Edward
s. Eichelberger, vice president; Frank q.
Sappington, secretary. and H. Clay Hull,
treasurer. The association has been without
general secretary for some time, but has
elected w. w. Saunders Of this city to that
position.
A dog belonging to Cyrus Fout, living at
Braddock, west of Frederick, went mad a
few days ago and started off on a raid
among the horses. cattle and dogs Of the
neighborhood. A valuable COW belonging to
Mr.. Fout was bitten, and yesterday went
mad. Tho animal charged upon the other
cattle. and after being penned up in the
barn yard, ran her head into the ground
and tore her horns of. AS soon as possible
she was shot and killed. At least a dozen
OF dogs In that section were bitten, and IL Is
feared that nearly every animal on Mr..
Fouts place was attacked by the rabid
beast.
Twelve fine horses were shipped from
Hagerstown on Wednesday, consigned to
Nicholas Schleggle. in Washington. A reg
ular cattle car could not be found to put
them in and they were shipped in box car.
the door of which was shut and sealed,
leaving no ventilation except through a
small window in one end of the car. When
the train arrived at Brunswick, this county,
the yard agent there noticed streams OF
water running out Of the car, and immedi-
ately had 1t opened. Seven of the horses
lay on the floor dead, and when the door
was open another sprang out, in doing SO
breaking his leg. which necessitatei his
being shot. The other four animals were Sc
weak they could not stand mp and will
probably not recover. The ami nais had
suffered such agony in their fight for air
that the perspiraton had flowed from them
like streams OF water. One horse, early In
the trip, had gotten his head out of the
window. thus shutting off even that made
quate means of ventilation. The sf.imals
were valued at about a thousand dollars
Col Calvin Nuts recent ride from Freder-
lex to Washington on one horse in less than
seven hours recalls a drive made over the
same road by DR.. Chas, W. Hoffman OF
Frederick at that time law librarian OF
Congress. He drove two horses, attached to
a heavy shifting-top phaeton, with seats for
four persons, and was accompanied by a
driver. He left Frederick at 1920 a. m
stopped at Gaithersburg for lunch, had a
breakdown as he entered Georgetown, and
reached the Baltimore and Ohio depot in
Washington in time for the driver to take
the 4:3O p. m. train for Frederick. The
actual driving time consumed in the trir
was less than five hours.
Extensive preparations are being made by
the Frederick canning factories for the
coming packing season. While the outpu,
of fruit is not expected to be as large as
usual, the pack of corn and tomatoes will
be decidedly large.
The authorities of Frederick have taken
active measures to enforce the law that
forbids fishing in Frederick county in the
month Of May, and already several arrests
have been made and the culprits compelled
to ray the costs.
The bakers of Frederick have decided to
reduce the price of bread, so that the con.
sun err can now obtain II at the retail rate
Of four cents per loaf.