The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-07-20
LOCAL NEWS.
Some Little lettings About
People and Things.


ket from the Washington County
peach belt.
1t is likely that the Frederick
Hospital will be begun some time
this summer.
William S. Miller was awarded
the contract to supply coal to the
Frederick schools.
The school board appropriated
$40 respectively for libraries at
Monrovia, Middletown and Brook
Hill.
See that every Democrat in
your district is a reader of the
CITIZEN, the only Democratic
newspaper in the county.
Mary J. Liday, of Woodsboro,
Frederick County, asks for abso.
lutte divorce from her husband,
James Calvin Liday.
A large crowd attended the
third of series of dances given
at Braddock Heights on Wed.
nesday night by the young men
of Frederick.
Messrs. Willard G. Keller,
Dudley Page, Arthur Gambrili
and others camped for ten days
recently at Furnace Ford, along
the MOnocacy.
We are glad to say that the
condition of DR.. F. f. Smith is
much improved. He has been
out driving several times and is
much stronger.
Messrs. Robert S. Tyson, Ohio
Keller and Albert n. McCardell,
Of this city, who have been camp.
ing near Shepherdstown, West
Virginia, have returned.
The new P, r. r. bridge over
Big Pipe Creek at Bruceville, has
about been completed. The men
are now at work tearing down the
old bridge which will be sold.
Barbara L. Bast, aged 1O4
years, the oldest known person
in Frederick County, where she
was born, died at Montevue Hos
pital on Monday last, Of general
debility.
Mr.. Franklin Osborn. of Sc
wickley, Pa, father of Mr.. VIM.
w. Osborn, who married Miss
Rosa Chapline, of this city, is
visiting his son at his home on
West Third street.
The Maryland State Horticul.
tural Department has sent out
circular No. % containing "Some
suggestions in regard to peach
yellows." This is a timely topic
and all interested should send for
one.
Noah e. Cramer, real estate,
loan and insurance agent, closed
the sale of the property of Mrs.
Rachael S. Dinterman, situated
at Bartonsville, New Market
District, containing one acre of
land with dwelling, to Harry W.
Winpigler, for $500.
There was rumOr on Change
last week that Baltimore and Ohio
stock would soon pay a semi,an-
nual dividend of 2 per cent. The
price wet up quickly to 764, but
heavy selling by the incredulOus
ent it back to TAI. Stockholders
lOpe that the reports are true.
1t was reported in town that
slight frost was seen early Mon
day morning in the low lying
land along the Monocacy. The
fact is open to question consid-
ering the state of the weather,
but Sunday night and Monday
morning many people slept under
blankets, owing to the decided
GOODNESS.
1t was decided to put a pressed
brick front to the new Female
High School in Frederick City,
at an additional cost of $500,
making the total cost of the
building S23,32O. Considerable
progress is being made towards
pushing the building to compile
ton. A force of hands have had
steady work and the brick work
is now well above the level of the
sidewalk.
An Act of the last Legislature
authorizes county commissioners
to act in lunacy cases upon the
testimony of two physicians, and
if the facts as presented Justify,
can commit the person to an asy-
lum. The law gives the right of
a friend to plead for a jury trial.
A case under the new law was dis
posed of by the Allegany County
Commissioners recently.
All reports heard so far from
the country gives glowing ac-
counts of the large wheat crop.
Strange TO say in this connection,