The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-05-25

George Dewey, may go to the Legisla-
ture Of Illinois if he is willing to &C.
cept q nomination at the hands of the
Democratic party. The Democrats of
the Twenty-third District Chicago, are
willing to give the young man the nom-
nation in the lower house of the Legis.
lature.
Becase the Rev. John Leonard, Bap-
tist minister, of Hortong, Kan, kissed
his choir girls, the church is now
closed and he is looking for a new
pulpit.
Matrimonial records were broken in
st. Joseph, Mich, when ninety-seven
couples. mostly from Chicago were
married. There the bridal pairs stood
in line, waiting their turn to take the
marriage vow, and one pastor per-
formed all the ceremonies.
Four children of Thomas Brady, of
Nashville. Tenn, were burned to death
last night, the house having caught
fire during the absence of their parents
at church.
Willie Whelan, the four-year-old son
of Joseph A. Whelan, of Greenwich,
Conn, died this morning in great ag.
ony from burns received Sunday morn.
ing while playing with matches at his
home.
George Kocher and Ettie Baird,
rather than spend s. in paying min
lister, married themselves in Wilkes.
barre, Pa, and saved the money for
their honeymoon. They called a police
man to witness the contract.
Alice Hunter and her two little chill.
dren have been rescued from Mountain
Island, near Raleigh. n. c., where they
had been in captivity for many years.
Anderson Collins, an insane man. was
the womans jailor. How long he kept
his prisoners there is not known.
One boy is dead and three men and
girl under the care of doctors to-day
as a result of the street car strike in
st. Louis, Mo.
Details of the operations in South
Africa during the last few weeks tend
to confirm the view that the end of
the war is within measurable dis
tance.
The University of Pennsylvania an
nounces for next Fail Il four-year
course in commerce and industry.
Three additional members of the fac
ulty are to be appointed for the pur-
/ Frhn inc
besides certain general studies, work
in economics, politics and modern Ian
guages, and special investigations into
the resources of tropical countries and
into the cause of Industrial and COM
mercial supremacy.
Dispatches from Harda, India. say
that the cholera is sweeping through
the central provinces, and is proving
far more destructive than the famine.
The infant son OF the Duke and
Duchess Of York, grandson of the
Prince of Wales and great-grandson of
the Queen of England and the King of
Denmark, was christened in the pri.
vate chapel of Windsor Castle. The
water used was brought from the
River Jordan.
Left alone by his mother, little
Thomas Williams, of Hoboken, N. j.,
toddled to an open window and fell to
the yard, four stories below, striking
two clotheslines and breaking both.
This saved the child's life, for when il
bounced from the last one, which was
close to the ground, it fell upon dirt
heap. A broken tooth was its only
hurt.
The Supervisors of Butte County,
California, provide by statute that any
one riding wheel in an unincorporat.
ed town in Butte County on meeting a
pedestrian must "dismount and remain
at rest while such pedestrian passes"
A person with mathematical mind
recently announced that in a pro-
gramme of twenty waltzes, four polkas
and two quadrilles q dancer covers
nearly twelve miles.
The biggest asparagus farm in the
world is near Charleston, S. c., and
covers 206 acres. Its owner derives a
fine income from it.
Hubbard Dreths, of Chicago. mate of
the steamer Tuscarora, was busy all
one night last week whitewashing a
ton of coal. The labor was in payment
OF an election bet. Dreths wagered
that certain man would not be elect.
ed Alderman. He lost.