The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-07-24
News of the State.

A Hagerstown saloon keeper forgot
to close the spigot and lost $3.50 barrel
of whiskey.
Stock of the Hagerstown Bank sells
at $50 75 ner share. Par value $l0.OO.
This is the highest price the stock mas
ever reached.
Rev. John Draw, colored preacher,
of Annapolis, while gaping, unhinged
his law, and could not close his mouth
until given assistance by physician.
Henry Robinson, of Williamsport,
recently killed copperhead snake ma
merry match measuring feet in length
Its BODY measured two inches in DIAM
eter.
Mr.. S. E. Gaylor and family, OF Ha-
oerstown. while driving along the
mountain road from Smithsburg To
Pen-Mar on Sunday last saw bear
cross the road.
Thomas Marker plowed up silver
| Mated revolver on the Antietan battle
| field. near the Harper's Ferry road.
1t was loaded and engraved with the
/ initials III. I'll. n.
Three hundred acres OF land along
| The Potomac river. near Wiiliamspolt
has been purchased by Wisconsin
! capitalist, which, it is understood, VIII
he used for coIonizing Sweedes on.
On Monday of last week a nude
male infant was found in the woods
near Waverly. Baltimore. The child,
which was about one week Old, WAS
committed TO St. Vincent's Asylum.
Frank Walker, colored, of Hagers-
town, was shot in the head by ponce
man at Shippensburg, Pa, i'll mistake
for another man, who was charged
with larceny. His condition is critical.
William Brodese, young black
smith, of Preston, Caroline County,
died on Sunday last of typhoid fever.
His widow is a sister of Salile Dean,
for whose murder Marshall E. Price
was lynched by "a mob last July.
Two tranps are lodged in the ALLIE
gany County Jail, charged with an at
tempt to rob Rev. j. w. Butter, of
Piedmont, w. Va, on a bridge cross
ing the Potomac River. They threat
ened to throw him over the bridge ii
he did not give up his money.
Col. Horace Resler, eX-City Clerk of
Cumberland, became very indignant
at the report that the books OF the OF
flee had been kept in a loose manner.
He went to the office and found the
missing vouchers and books AID dellv-
cred them to the City Clerk, Clark.
A woman at Sykesville, who has
IA children of her own, has written a
letter of consent to the society for poor
children to SEMI her several children
from the city to turn in with her flock
of hearty country urchins. She guar
antees that they will have plenty to
eat and not get lonely.
Prof. George G. Pearson, School Elk
anliner for Washington County, will
protest against the distribution of the
free school book fund as apportioned
by the State Comptroller. lu making
the distribution the sum Of Sl23,OOU
is first deducted for the colored schools,
after which the balance is divided pro
rata among the counties, on basis OF
the number of pupils both white ana
colored. Thus the colored schools
share twice in the apportionment.
This he claims is unjust
On Monday of last week, Miss Lill-
iau M. Lorah, an attractive ard bright
daughter of John Lorah, a well-to-dC
farmer of Delaware, disappeared from
her home, since which time no clue tC
her whereabouts can be obtained. A
letter addressed to her parents in her
own handwriting was received which
said: II was captured last night along
the road, but am not allowed to tell
how or who by; if l do they will kill
me- / thiuk that it is a band of gyp-
sizes | am with. | am anxious to get
lack, but they say they will not lei
HE go for few months yet" 1t was
at first supposed she was murdered
but the letter precludes any such idea
Detectives are investigating the case