Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-07-19
FREDERICK.

We have had Coxey armies and Frye
armies, and northern contingents and west
ern contingents, but the end thereof is not
Yet. The Cincinnati contingent, under COM
mand of Col" S. II. Thomas. came down
iron Frederick all unawares on Wednesday.
reaching here at ) o'clock in the afternoon
from Thurmont. this county, where Tues
day and Tuesday night were spent hav-
Ing left Gettysburg on Sunday, spending
that night and Monday In Emmitsburg, this
county; thence on to Thurmont and Fred
crick. whence it will move Thursday morn
Ing toward Washington following the route
of the original Coxey army. The band of
men here now numbers thirty-two They
are fairly respectable-lookingb body, not
at all rough. and claim to be bona fide rep
resentatives of unemployed labor Col.
Thomas, their leader, states that since
leaving Cincinnati he has found work for
twenty-nine of his men, and has declined
to encourage any accretion to his command,
because, as they must depend upon public
charity for subsistence, larger body of
men would be too great a burden upon the
communities through which they pass. He
is armed with letters from the mayors of
a dozen or more cities commencing the gen.
eral good character of the men. He says
that after the army arrives in Washington
II Will present to Congress petitions similar
to those presented by Coxey, and that it
Will then remain in Washington until Au-
gust, in the latter part of which month a
mammoth convention will be held there to
organize a national labor party.
The relief from the drouth, for which
the farmers of Frederick county have been
praying for several weeks, came Tuesday
evening in a heavy downpour of rain, that
was general all over the county, with few
exceptions. Corn and vegetables. which had
nearly persisted by the drouth, have been
greatly benefited. All the mountain streams
were swollen by the rain, and farm water
supplies replenished. Near Graceham, in
the northern part of the county, large
barn on the farm Of Joshua Martin was
struck BY lightning, set on fire and COM
pletely destroyed. together with it's con-
tents. consisting Of a large lot Of new and
old wheat. hay and farming implements.
petition for divorce. a vinculo matri-
monii, was filed in the circuit court here on
Wednesday by Mrs. Susan A. Goodenberg
against Andrew Goodenberg.
Camp Scott Key has been pitched along
the banks of the Monocacy river at Bells
Rock by the Camping Club of the Freder-
lex Y. NJ. G. A, and in Baugher's woods.
along the EIonocacy, the Monocacy Fishing
and Boating Club have eone into camp for
several weeks They have frame lodge
erected In the woods. and are finely equip
ped for sport with rod and gun.
The annual celebration of the emancipa
ton proclamation will be held by the Fred
erick County Emancipation Proclamation
Association on the 9th Of August next at
the fair grounds here. They have extend
ed an invitation to ex-Speaker Thomas b.
Reed to address them. There will be
parade in the morning. in which a number
of Washington and Baltimore organizati tons
will take part.
Miss Parkins of Frederick is spending a
few weeks at Takoma Park, d. G.
Mrs Raymond G. Reich is visiting her
daughter in Washington.
Miss f. Ruth Peters of Washington is the
guest Of her cousin. Miss Rose Mullican, at
Harmony Grove. this county.
Mrs. w. b. Taylor and Mrs. Maggie Klotz
and children of Washington are visiting
latives in Frederick.
Miss Grace Butler of Washington Is the
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. f. s. Eichelberger.