The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-04-30
STATE HAPPENINGS.
Maryland News Matters Tersely
Told for the Benefit of Busy
Readers.
Saturday and Sunday.

Immense quantities of herring are
being caught by the Susquehannah
fishermen.
Some Interesting tests of the hauling
capacity of locomotive engines have
been made on the B. and o. Railroad
from Brunswick.
Homecoming, Allegany County, will
be lighted by gas.
Senator Wellington is member Of
the Order of Elks.
Mr.. Charles II. Stanley delivered an
address on suburban real estate before
the Evansville Farmers CLUB.
1t is proposed to put high license
on hucksters in Elhcott City.
Henry Ward, convicted IN Somerset
County of arson, Was sentenced to ten
years in the peuileutiary.
Monday.
Mr.. Schley complains that he was
not allowed hearing or given warm
ing before his dismissal from the sur.
veyorship. Talbot has two candidates
for Surveyor Schley's place-B. F. Par.
lett and Martin NJ. Higgins.
The Court of Appeals will resume its
sessions at Annapolis to-day.
Town commissioners were elected in
Denton, Caroline County.
Forest fires are reported from How
ard and Montgomery Counties.
Steps have been taken tn stamp out
tuberculosis in cattle in Washington
County.
Benjamin o. Bird, principal of the
college for colored youths in Somerset
County, died of Bright's disease.
The stable and eight horses of Thos.
Vickers were burned at Horn's Point,
Dorchester County.
The Palmer-Keating case is expected
to be tried this week at Cambridge.
Tuesday.
John Scott, colorei, charged with
the murder of William Frazier is sup
posed to be lurking in the woods Dor
dering on the Patapsco Falls, known
as "Bussard's Gloryn
Thomas Lomas and Robert Taylor
were sentenced in Anne Arundel
County to ten years in the penitenliary
for robbery.
The Court of Appeals is in session.
Annapolitans are figuring on visit
to the Naval Academy of the white
squadron in June.
Somerset sends four prisoners to the
penitentiary and three to the House Of
Correction.
Raids have been made upon illicit Ii
quor saloons in Easton.
Joshua Leonard died in Talbot COun-
ty, aged eighty years.
Forest nreS are reported at Aberdeen
Hartford County, and Odenton, Anne
Arundel County.
A tenant house on the farm Of Mrs.
Baille, in Carroll County, was burned.
colored man has made application
for admission to the bar of Dorchester
County.
The Palmer Heating case will be
tried at Cambridge to-day.
Thos. Gull was convicted in Ale
gany County of obstructing railroad.
Wednesday.
A destructive forest fire in the neigh
borhood of Alberton, Howard County,
threatened the village. 1t was started
in the search for the fugitive negro,
Scott.
The Peter-Gaither case was removed
from Ellicot City to Hagerstown.
The tax basis of Cecil County IS
greatly diminished by the new assess
ment.
A dwelling in Hagesstown, owned
by the Cumberland Valley Railroad
Company, was damaged by fire.
In Hartford County John Blanchard
was arrested and carried to Baltimore
City Jail charged with an attempt 70
outrage little daughter of G. Howard
Hanway.
The mayor of Laurel received estl-
mates for constructing waterworks..
Governor Lowndes has the appllca-
lions for election supervisor at Cum
berland. The Attorney-General az
vises him that he is free to make tne
without consulting the
party committee.
James T. Bradford. colored,. is
strongly urged for election supervisor
Of Baltimore.