The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-05-18
LOCAL NEWS.
Some Little lettings About
People and Things.

The warm spell will bring out
the frogs The restaurants have
them in abundance.
Women tax payers voted in
Annapolis on the question of is
suing bonds for Improvements.
All enumerators in the coming
census will wear badges indicat
ing their office and authority.
You can not know all about the
political situation in the coming
campaign unless you take the
CITIZEN from this date on.
The organ grinder and the
nimble monkey have appeared
upon the scene to further empha
size the fact that spring has
really come.
Farmers should read the cir.
cular from the Agricultural De-
partment on how to get rid of the
green pea louise, which appears
in this issue.
No fishing in Frederick County
for any kind of fish during the
month of May. About the first
of June you can try the bass
and the mountain trout.
Hon. George A. Pearre will de-
liver an address at the City Opera
House on the evening of May
30, Decoration Day. He will be
the guest of Reynolds Post, G.
A. r.
DR.. ii. NJ. Petit, formerly of
this city, who has been located
for number of years at Carroll
ton, Missouri, is on a visit to his
sister, Mrs. Belle Matthews, East
Second street, this city.
The West Virginia Pulp and
Paper Company, of Piedmont,
West Virginia, advertises in an
other column for various woods
to be used in making paper pulp
at their various mills.
Sunday, Monday and Tuesday
were the hottest days of the sea-
son, so far On Thursday the
atmosphere became chilly and
the thermometer took sudden
fall. On Tuesday in Baltimore
the temperature registered 80 de.
grees, the hottest for many years.
A reward will be given by the
game wardens for the arrest and
conviction CT the men who are
using dynamite to kill fish in the
Monocacy. A watch will be put
on these people, as it is pretty
well known who they are. 1t
is a shame that such a thing
should happen in this county.
The Board of County Commits.
sioners will visit Reich's Ford
some time during the month of
May for the purpose of ascertain
ing whether the bridge which has
been petitiOned for should be
built. A wooden bridge will be
built over CatOctin Greek at AL
len Hayes Ford.
The jury in the condemnation
case of the B. & o. Railroad
Company VS.. Mr.. Henry B. Will
son of Mt. Airy, awarded the lat
ter 81 200 as full and sufficient
damages for the use of his land
by the railroad to extend it's
tracks and make other improve
ments. Mr.. Wilson claimed
$4,000 as the proper sum. 1t is
said he will make an appeal TO
the court.
Mr.. Samuel Buck, of the we'll
known firm of RathbOne u Co.,
bankers and brokers of New
York, has leased the beautiful
home of Major and Mrs. Carroll
Mercer at Frederick Junction,
and will spend the summer there
with his family. MIR. Buck has
retired from the firm and is now
devOting his time to railroad en-
terprises and is well known
throughout the country.
There will be a total eclipse of
the sun on May %, visible in a
belt 80 miles wide from New Or
leans to Norfolk, and a partial
one all over the United States.
1t is rare event to astronomers,
and thousands will study it
through telescopes and other APP
paratus. 1t is worth going a
long distance to witness, and
some astronomical societies each
year send parties thousands Of
miles to make observations.
Lloyd L. MacGill, Jr., has col
lected some of the leading edi-
tOrials which appeared in the
Guide in 1896, when he was the
editor, and issued them in pam
phlet form. The paper supported
Bryan and the Chicago platform,
and are reproduced now as the
former editor says: "believing
that they speak the truth as
well in this pamnaiOn 10 thQv