The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-05-07
Many Municipal Elections Last
Monday.

1t was case of "hog or no hog" in
New Windsor. Carroll County, on Mon
day last, at the corporation election,
and the "hog party" won the day.
There were two tickets in the field, one
in favor of permitting the people to
keep hogs within the city limits and
the other against the hog.
The following were elected In New
Windsor: Burgess, DR.. J. w. Helm;
commissioners, William Lowell, Jacob
Frounfelter, ]. w. Hawk.
In Taneytown the following were
elected: Burgess, II. d. Mehring; CONT
missioners, DR.. G. IT. Motter, w. Jesse
Roberts, w. d. Kemper, Ezra X.
Reaver and Joshua Koontz. A very
light vote was cast and there was only
one ticket
The election for Mayor and City
Councilmen of Westminster for the
ensuing year passed off very quietly.
There was only one candidate for
Mayor, Nelson Gilbert, who received
3S7 votes and was elected. Mr.. David
Cowan, Jr, who was nominated for
Mayor at the town meeting last week,
withdrew because of some question as
to eligibility on account of residence.
The councilmen elected, and the
vote for each, are as follows: Austin
H. Yiugling, 395; James H. Cassell,
266; John H. Macintosh, 2l7; Grove
A. Shipley; Sl7; David Cowan, Jr.,
359.
At Hampstead, Carroll County, B. +.
Stansbury was chosen Mayor and
Thomas J. Hunt, Watson Turner,
Richard Murray, a. j. Houck, George
ArmacosU and Lee Albaugh members
of the city council. There was only
one ticket.
AT the town election to-day in Eas-
ton FOR one commissioner to serve for
three years the candidates were Willis
Flowers, Democrat, and james l..
Walker, Republican. Flowers had 325
votes aud Walker 200, Democratic
majority of l06. This is the first time
political lines were drawn in NUM-
cipal election.
AT Kensigton, Montgomery County,
the following ticket was elected May
or, &. w. Crum; council, J. w. Town
send, J. Freeman, John Simpson, Jr.,
and w. Z. Dulin. The ticket favors
town improvement.
AT the municipal election held in
Keedysville to-day the following Off
Gers were elected: Burgess, ID. NJ.
KeIkirk; assistant burgess, Jeptha Il.
Taylor; commissioners, ID. P. Keedy,
j. w. Roher and J. A. Grossnickle.
Mr.. James Houck, who recently re-
signed from the Board of Directors of
the First National Bank of Frederick,
has been elected a director of the
Franklin Savings Institution and is
now its acting president, owing to the
indisposilion of President O'Leary.
Mr.. j. Fenton Thomas, of Adams
town. was elected director of the
First National Bank in place of Mr..
Houck. >
AT the recent election for commits
sioners and president of the board i'll
ThurmonU, those who have served dur
ing the past TWO years were reelected,
viz: }. H. Cover, President of the
Board; Messrs. John r. Rouzer, John
Root, l.. r. Wasche and j. W. Creager,
commissioners.
Balloting for the election of three
commissioners for the town of Wal
kersville, this county, occurred last
Monday, and resulted in the election
of Messrs. Samuel Ramsburg, Charles
Seacrist and Thomas Appler) A Bur
CESS will be chosen by the new council
in short time.
The following is the result of holly
contested municipal election in EN-
mitsburg, this county: William q.
Blair, for Burgess; John Il. Gelwicks,
DR.. James w. Eichelberger, VIM. Col
lifiower, F. A. Adelsberger, Oscar Fra
ley and F. A. Maxell, for commission