The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-03-30
IRCAI NEWS
Soine Little lettings About
People and Things.

The corporation tax rate of
Middletown has been fixed at 45
cents on the 500.
Mr.. Hank Miller, of this city.
fell from the walls of the Pioneer
Livery Stable on Tuesday last,
and broke his collar bone.
Samuel P. Bussard has a con-
tract to build a new road in
Hauver's district from the Sabil.
lasville road to the Deerfield road.
A public library will be opened
In BuckeystOwn for the use of
the residents of that town and
the near by community about
April 1.
In the Senate on Monday night
a bill was passed to authorize the
County Commissioners of Fred
erlck County, to issue bonds to
redeem Others outstanding.
Caleb Powers, Republican Sec
rotary of the State of Kentucky,
charged with completely in the
killing of William Goebel, was
recently held without bail for the
action of the grand jury.
Lewis Harris, colored, who
committed an assault upon an
aged lady in Aberdeen, Hartford
county, last week, was taken
from the Jail in Belair on Mon
day and lynched by mob.
Mr.. G. T. Dougherty, of this
city, has contracted to furnish
Mr.. P. II. Gladfelter, the large
paper manufacturer, of Spring
Grove, Pa, with 10000 feet of
poplar and white walnut timber
and 5000 cubic feet of pine.
On Saturday last, the House
passed the Puerto Rico Relief
bill and it was signed by the
President. The millions appro-
priated will be expended under
Governor General Davis direc.
tion.
Work of tearing down the f.
w. Mealey row of brick law
offices on South Jonathan street.
Hagerstown, will begin in the
second week in April, and on the
site will be the Free Law Library
Building, to which Mr.. b. F. New
conner, of Baltimore, donated
$4,000.
The public sale of personal
property of Mr.. Samuel B. Martz,
of Doubs, which was to have
taken place on Tuesday, March
81, has been withdrawn. Mr..
Martz has purchased the farm be
longing to the estate of j. T..
Geesey, in Lewistown District,
and ill continue farming.
Representative Fitzgerald, of
Massachusetts, gave some inside
history of the way in which the
ship owners trust ruled the ma
.jority of the House Committee on
Merchant Marine and Fisheries
during the consideration of the
Ship Subsidy bill. Mr.. Fitzgerald
also stated the attitude of the
Democratic majority.
There is on exhibition in the
lobby at the Academy of Music
in Baltimore this week an old
Bible which was once the prop.
erty of Barbara Fritchie. 1t is
now owned by Mrs. Charlotte
Mergardt, of this city, to whom
it was given by Barbara FRET.
chic. The book was printed at
Germantown in 1743.
The plant of the Russell Flee
trio Mallet Company has been re
moved from New Market, this
county, to New York, where it
will be conducted on larger
scale. DR.. Percy Russell and
family and the following en-
ployees left at the same time:
Cleveland Waltz, William Spon-
sellOr and William Hough.
Elder and Mrs. John Utz, of
near Union Bridge, have recently
returned from eight months travel
through the States of Ohio, Indi-
ana, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas and
Oklahoma Territory. During
their journeyings they travelled
almost four thousand miles with
out accident or mishap, visited
one hundred and ninety-three
families, relatives and acquaint-
ances, and the Elder preached
eighty times.