The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-04-20
LOCAL NEWS.
Some Little lettings About
People and Things.

Miss Mason, of Shepherdstown,
w. Va. is visiting Prof. and
Mrs. Geo. E. Smith, East Second
street.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Floyd Sicard,
of Washington, who have been
visiting the Misses Richie, West
Church street, have returned.
Admiral Schley has cabled the
Navy Department announcing his
arrival on the Chicago at Para,
Brazil. Their next stop will be
Bahia.
We are having delightful
spring weather, mixed with warm
rains that will open the buds on
the trees and hasten vegetation
generally.
A horse, which was taken from
the stable of Mr.. Geo. +. Hughes.
of Urbana, on Saturday night,
was recovered in Montgomery
county.
The last General Assembly has
made to unlawful for any one to
catch fish in any stream between
April 18th and June 18th in any
year.
Miss Edna NJ. Smith, daughter
of Mrs. L. NJ. Smith, formerly of
Diminishing, but now of Nc
SherrystOwn, Pa, and John [.
Lilly, son of DR.. V. Ii. Lilly, of
McSherrystown, Pa, will be mar
ried April "a.
Mr.. Fogler McKinsey, of the
editorial staff of the Baltimore
Neaos, and formerly editor of the
Neacs of this city, with Mrs. Me.
Kinsey, spent Easter with rela,
tives in Frederick, returning to
Baltimore Tuesday morning.
The Paris Exposition was for
mally opened on Saturday last.
Many things yet remain in an un
finished state, but the work is be-
ing rushed and by the time the
spring travel begins from this
country all will be in perfect
readiness.
On Thursday morning of last
week the Mt. Airy postoffice was
robbed of 1850, $500 of which
was in cash and the rest stamps.
The safe was blown open with
dynamite. This is the third time
the office has been robbed. No
clue has yet been found to indicate
the perpetrators of the deed.
The public library at Buckeys,
town, this county, was formally
opened Thursday evening of last
week, when an address was de-
livered by the Rev. NJ Daven-
port, Of the Kansas City Uni
versity. The library contains
about 800 volumes, which will be
largely augmented in the near
future.
A new system of registering
letters and packages will be in
augurated by the postot1ice de-
partment. The carriers will re.
ceive money at the residence of
those wishing to send registered
matter and give a receipt for
same. Eight cents is the charge
for this service on letters and two
cents regular postage.
The new board of town commits
sioners of MiddletOwn met Thurs
day night of last week and made
their appointments. Mr.. Charles
E. Niemeyer was reappointed
clerk and water register; William
V. Bolieu was reappointed lamp.
lighter; Henry G. Feete was made
chief of police, with Edward Ifert
and j. Thomas White as special
officers. Franklin L. Wolf was
reappointed manager of the fire
hose.
Mr.. Murray Vandiver, Chair.
man of the Democratic State
Central Committee. will be the
recipient next Monday night of
a handsome silver service, the
same having been purchased with
a fund collected after the last
campaign by the Democratic
Committee of %, in appreciation
of Mr.. Vandiver's services to the
party. 1t will be given him at a
dinner at the Merchants Club,
to which a large number have
been invited.
Easter Sunday was the TWEEN
tieth anniversary of the director
ship in the choir of the Reformed
Church in this city of Professor
Geo. Ed. Smith, who is well
known in musical circles by rea-
son of his many popular compost
tions and his individual ability as
a vocalist and musician. On the
above occasion, in the evening,
the Sunday School choir rendered
several hymns, written by Profes
sor Smith, which were especially
tuneful and inspiring.
The play of "Esmeralda,