The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-08-25

MISS Juliet Donald, of Freder.
lex, is visiting Miss Regina Kess.
Ter, near Buckeystown.
Miss Bessie Clabaugh, who has
oeen seriously ill at her home on
second street, is improving.
Mr.. Elmer G. German. who has
peen visiting his family near tlis
city, has returned to New York
Mr.. W. w. Wood. of Balti.
more, has been appointed Indus.
TRIAL Agent of the B. Il o. Rail.
road.
Over four hundred people at.
tended the regular picnic at
hradd0ck Heights on Tuesday
night last.
MI. John ID. Hendrickson and
family, West Second street, have
returned from a months visit TO
friends and relatives in Indian
apolis, Ind.
The corn packing establish
ments are still running at full
blast and a splendid quality of
corn will be packed this year by
our factories.
The colOred people of this
county held their annual Enamel.
patton Celebration yesterday at
Agricultural Park. A large
crowd was in attendance.
The candidates for county Off.
ces on both sides are busy attend
ing picnics and other gatherings
where they can hunt the people
and advance their claims.
The Maryland Department of
G. A. II. will attend the festivities
held at the BIRD Annual En-
campment to be held at Philadel-
phla, September 4th to 7th.
Mr.. George d. Tollinger and
family, who spent several weeks
at the Hotel Burgess. returned to
Philadelphia on Saturday last.
Mr.. TOllinger is a native of Fred
erick and comes back to see his
many friends and acquaintance
every year.
Mr.. G. de Garmendia will leave
Frederick for the trotting circuit
with his promising lot of trotters
about the last of August. We
trust to hear good accounts of
Keepsake and Patnxent. They
will be in the bunch when the
winner crosses the line.
The wagons that haul the
husks and cObs from our factories
should be made to pack them in
such way as not to drop them
all over the streets. The streets
are filthy from the drippings from
these wagons. This matter should
be remedied without delay.
Frank Leslie's Weekly for Sep.
TENDER, contains an interesting
article from the pen of Weaver
De Happ, on "Rear- Admiral
! Winfield Scott Schley, U. S. N,
a Naval Hero of TO day. II is
illustrated with views of the Adj.
miral and his wife, with familiar
scenes and places about Fred
erick, his birthplace.
Mr.. Eldridge, of Myersville,
who has had charge of the survey
from Frederick to Emmitsburg,
finished the survey to Emmits-
burg OH Tuesday last, and return
ed to this city with his force on
Wednesday. The further survey.
ing Of the road will be pushed on
to Gettysburg Immediately and
then on to Washington through
Urbana District.
BY mistake in the types in
our last issue, a local was made
to read "Mrs. Augustus Wilson,"
instead of "Mr. Augustus Will
son." Mr.. Wilson has been quite
ill for the past month at his cOun-
ty residence near BraddOck and
his many friends were delighted
to see him in town last week and
this. His wife, a most charming
woman, died whilst nursing her
sick daughter at the Academy of
the Visitation, this city, several
years ago. The little one shortly
followed it's mother to eternal rest.
"Man. Eater" Smith, a motor
ious darkey youth of this city,
was seriously injured by being
shot in the breast and otherwise
roughly handled in saloon in
Harper's Ferry about a week ago.
There was an excursion to Island
Park and Smith and several
other negroes went into this saloon
when a fight occurred. The bar
tender hit Smith with club and
then shot him. He is lying at
his home in this city in serious
condition. The coroner took his
dying deposition the other day
for fear of fatal results.