The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-07-23
LOCAL NEWS.
Some Little lettings About Peo-
pie and Things.

cedented'
splendid crop of hay has been Sc
cured all over the county.
The Democrats of the county are get
inc ready to make an old-time fight.
Mr.. Calvin Mutt, wife and family
have gone to Halifax on months
trip.
The question of the Democratic nom.
inee for Judge Is being generally dis
cussed.
The building of new bridges at this
time will mean heavy increase in our
county taxation.
The pasture fields and young grass
have all been improved by the fine
rain on Saturday last.
New potatoes are selling in Frederick
at fifty cents per bushel; the green gro
Gerry men believe in big profits.
The farmers will hes some good adj
vice at the big Farm ers' Institute and
picnic, which will be held in August.
A little effort to create amusements
at Braddock Heights might induce
visitors to stay awhile after reaching
this truly lovely spot.
The rain of Saturday last igave our
city streets splendid cleaning up.
Ma rket street was covered with water
from curb TO curb.
The Electric Railroad people have
heard great deal about the curves in
their road and one day may be induc-
ed to straighten the crooked ways.
The recent rains have made the
corn Jump. Every farmer should at
tend to thinning his corn. This i'm.
portant duty should not be delayed
any longer.
Mr.. Carlos de Garmendia has GER
tainly fine collection of mares and
Youngsters. And he has many calls
from persons wishing to see his
M odel stock farm.
The fete at Martinsburg, West Vir-
ginia, at the beautiful home of Senator
Faulkner, and under the auspices of
the Daughters of the Confederacy,
was very great success.
President Mckinley received from
an admirer monster Georgia water
melon weighing IS pounds. The melon
took the prize offered by the Southern
agent of tn B. & o. Railroad
The cobble stones of Frederick are
still creating surprise in the minds of
our visitors as to how the people of
Frederick can any longer stand such
a nuisance. What are we going to do
about it?
Mr.. Carroll Mercer, who recently
purchased the Gambrill property near
this city, has already been taken UP by
the members of the Farmers Institute
and placed on the committee of re-
ceptOn for their big picnic.
A drive through Buckeystown a few
days ago was revelation. The beau
tiful and artistic church and the
many and handsome new homes
shows that some parts of Frederick
County knows what progress means.
All the New York squares or parks
are having brass band entertainments.
Why do we not try the same thing
here, if only for once mo nth? Let
our Court House Square be the scene
of gay crowds and sweet music.
EFFECTUAL.-Charles J. Booth, Oh
ivewood, Cal, says: 81 have used Ay-
er's Pills in my family for several
years, and have always found them
most effectual in the relief of ailments
arising from disordered stomach, tor
pid liver, and constipated bowels.
The fatalities from lightning are
much greater than we think. Stats
tics show that more than 200 perish
from this cause in the United States,
Ia Ia 10 IN, nd Earn,anxy
the death rate from the same cause is
about four in every million.
The farmers who sold their wheat
last week in the seventy and seventy
five cent cut jump are as smiling as
sun flowers. The other fellows who
sold their wheat little too soon are
looking the other way. Many think
that wheat will be higher still.
The Bradley-Martins are in the
"swimn on the other side of the At
lantic, and the people who tried to
cry them down last winter (because
they were not upon the list, would
be glad to be going to London to visit
the Queen or the Bradley Martins.
The Castle building on Market
street, near Patrick, is rapidly nearing
completion. 1t is four stories high and
is built of terra Gotta brick. The
upper stories will be for offices and the
lower floor for store rooms. 1t will be
one of the most attractive business
buildings in town.
Considerable complaint is often made
by those residing about townsville OF
the heavy toll to Frederick. For a
pair of horses the toll to this city is
over seventy cents. In many sections
of the county toll-gates are being es-
tablished and the roads are being
taken up by the county. Good roads
are blessing to any community, but
there is no excuse for excessive toll.
The Maryland Chassis of the Reform
ed Church held special meeting at
Adamstown, recently, at which time
the call of the Rev. f. F. Hottmier,
formerly of Middletown to Mt. Pleas
ant, was formally confirmed. The in
stallation exercises will be held on Au-
gust 18th, and they will be conducted
by Revs. E. r. Eschbach, S. nj. Hench
and A. Connor.
Mr.. birmingham Boone has been ser
lously i'll at his home near Buckeyes
town, this county, for the past week.
he was taken i'll on his arrival in
Frederick, when he was taken to the
residence of an old family servant,
Mary Jones, living near the Baltimore
ana Ohio depot. Later on Mr.. Boone
Was removed tn the residence of his