The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-03-20

stood on the north side of the depot
platform, one of KnOxville's old land
marks, has been removed by the Rail-
road Company.
VIM. Hawken, of Cavetown, WASH
ington County, has a letter that was
written to his mother i'm 1885 and was
sent from Frederick to Cavetown, the
postage being ten cents.
Bernard Jenkins, of Edgegrove, Pa,
has been appointed manager of the
farms owned by the Sisters of st. 10.
seph's Academy, Emmitsburg. this
county.
AT meeting of the Woman's Chris
tain Temperance Union, held last
week in Baltimore, arrangements were
made for State Convention to be held
at Frederick next fall
On last Saturday, Messrs. Amman,
HOrner aud Co., of EmmitsOurg, pur-
chased at a Sheriff's sale the farm of
ID. HI. Rieman, in Liberty township,
in Pa, for the sum of $3,175.
The little orphan boy living with
Mr.. Charles Wenschof, near Emmits-
burg, this county, who was so badly
burned few days ago, died from the
effects of the burns.
Our farmers report that considerable
damage has been done the growing
grain and grass by the frost and high
winds that have prevailed during the
winter.
A copper mine has been discovered
on the farm of Mr.. Samuel Repp. near
townsville, this county, from which a
metal, in stone, resembling gold has
been found lately.
the admittance of Homer L. Williams to
the Frederick bar. The motion was re-
ferred to an examining committee.
A wind pump at the residence Of
Mr.. VIM. T. Ennis, near BurkittsvilIe,
this county, was completely denolish-
ed by the wind last week. One on the
farm of Mr.. Hamilton Shafer was also
badly damaged.
Since Commissioner Roosevelt has
suppressed all gambling dens in New
York city, the craze for games of chance
has opened up in the nearby towns.
Faro and roulette are among the favor
lite games.
Mr.. Henry Wineberg has purchased
the large plate mirror that formerly
ornamented the ice-cream parlor of
Mr.. 0. NJ Buruker. 1t is to be used
in the salesroom of Mr.. Wineberg, on
North Market street.
A twO-story brick house belonging
to the Union Manufacturing Company,
on East Patrick street, was moved
about 80 feet, to make room for new
warehouse which the company pro-
poses to erect.
Mr.. VIM. A. Mansfield, banker and
broker, has given out to the needy
poor of this city, during the winter
nearly 10000 bread tickets. The re-
cent cold weather has largely increas-
ed the number of applications.
Living in an ordinary tenement in
New York city is an old lady. who is
termed diamond miser. Her dress
is extremely shabby, but she buys
$4,000 necklaces at Tiffany's and her
collection of the precious stones
amounts to many thousands of dollars.
Major Thomas, of Annapolis, has
received letter of inquiry about
"French Charley" from the President
of French Savings Society, located in
San Francisco. Cal. No definite infOr-
nation as to what became of him can
be found.
A large number of the residents of
Brunswick, this county, are much eX-
ercised over the bill now pending in
the Legislature to discontinue the sale
of liquor in that district. 1t is thought
a vote of the town would defeat the
local option movement.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Shade, of Ken
dallville, Indiana, are the proud claim
ants of being the smallest married
couple in the world. Mr.. Shade is less
than three feet tall with his boots on.
Mrs. Shade is two inches shorter than
h husband.
The export trade at Newport News,
Va, for the month of February, eX-
ceeded in value any previous months
foreign shipments in the history of the
port Their value was $2,304, 1865, as
against $780,, 430 for the corresponding
month last year.
Mr.. Frank j. Russell, who has been
on visit to his father, Mr.. Thomas
w. Russell, of Union Ridge, for several
weeks past, returned to New York last
week. While there he made several
improved electric indicators, machine
he has lately invented.
Policeman Charles w. Whitney,
who was injured in the Haymarket RI
OF. in Chicago, ten years. ago, saw what
no other man ever saw-his own heart
beat. His chest was torn away by a
bomb, and by the aid of mirror he
watched the pulsations of his own
heart.
The remarkable instance of a. mar
rage after death has just taken place
at Nicolaieff. A young Jewess, who
was engaged to be married, died sud-
denly and her parents decided that as
she was betrothed she should be mar
ried. The Jewish ceremony was per-
formed over the grave of tie dead girl.
Samuel M. Rash, of near Hayden's
Station, Queen Anne's County, while
sitting in his house with his family,
was shot by some one who entered the
yard at night and fired through the
window. Thomas Brown, a brother of
Rash's wife, has been arrested on sus-
| picion.
The following gentlemen are MEM
bers of the Republican State Central
Committee from Frederick County:
| John G. Motter, Frederick City; H. p.
.Gorsuch, Catoctin; HI. B. Witter, Fred
erick City; Elmer Smith, Frederick
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