The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-06-07
LOCAL NEWS.
Some Little lettings About
People and Things.

inst been planted. The season
has been very backward.
Mrs. McKinley's condition is
resorted slightly improved. but
fears are expressed for her com
plete recovery.
1t is said that the trial and ex-
ecution of "Ceph." lovers, for the
murder of Frank Donaldson,
cost the county over $1,000.
Professor Ira Remsen, who has
been instructor in chemistry, has
been elected president of Johns
HOPKINS University in Baltimore.
seldom has any one ever seen
the wheat looking better than it
does today in all sections of Fred.
erick County. A magnificent
crop is predicted.
Mr.. j. T. Fogle, of Woods.
boro District, has announced
himself as a candidate for sheriff
of Frederick County, on the Dem
ocratic ticket.
The peach and apple orchards
are full of fruit and if nothing
occurs such as destructive hail or
wind storms, look out for tie
mendous crop.
The wheat looks fine and very
little of it shows any injury from
the severe May rains. Much that
was beaten down is up again and
tile prospects are bright for
large yield throughout the
county.
At Monday afternoons session
of the Board of County Commits
sioners it was decided to build
an iron bridge over Bush creek,
near Monrovia, on the road lead.
inc to Shaw bakers mill. The
bridge is to be 35-foot span, Is
feet wide.
At a meeting of the stockholders
of the Frederick 4 MiddIetown
Turnpike Company, held Monday
at the First National Bank. these
directors were elected: Joseph
g. Miller, Henry Williams, Ar
thur Potts. Charles w. Ross and
b. f. Shell.
Miss Emily Amman. daughter
of Mr. Isaac S. Amman, will be
married to Mr.. Walter Rodney
at the residence of her parents,
CraggyStone, Emmitsburg, on
Tuesday afternoon, June 18th, at
$50 o'clock
Judging from the crowds who
were before the Commissioners on
Wednesday last urging the build.
ing of bridge over the MonOcacy
in Woodsboro district, we
should say bridge at some point
is greatly in demand.
The ladies who have charge of
the Frederick City Hospital de.
serve the grearest credit for the
manner in which they are Strug-
Cling on to secure funds to erect
their building. Their recent rum
mage sale was a great success.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lloyd Lowndes,
Jr,, of Cumberland, were recent
guests at the City Hotel. Mr..
Lowndes is a son of Ex-Governor
Lowndes, and is member of the
Board of Visitors of the Maryland
School for the Deaf, this city.
The Frederick Ministerial AS
ISOLATION met at the Episcopal
parish house, Monday morning
last, at ten o'clock. Rev. b. V.
Switzer read paper on "Tem-
perance and the State. Rev. Z.
5. Todd, DID,, of the Methodist
Church. was elected a member.
Mr. P. E. Long, formerly pro-
prietOr of the Croft House, Park
Hotel and the old Central Hotel,
has now leased the City Hotel
from its owner, MIR. Thomas n.
HarwOod, for whom he has been
managing for some time. Mr..
Long is an experienced hotel man,
genial and courteous, and will
deserve well of the local and
travelling public.
Preliminary work has begun on
the Masonic Temple, on the site
of the William H. Miller prop.
erty adjoining the Park Hotel.
a force of hands are now engag-
ed in tearing down the old prop
erty. The new building will be
four stories high, of brick and
granite and one of the handsom-
est structures in the city. 1t is
expected to have it finished early
p the winter.
DIR. Fairfax Schley, one of our
Oldest and best known citizens,
Is Frustrated with a Sc we're attack
OF heart failure, due to violent.
exercise on Monday. He had
been indisposed during the early
spring months, but had greatly
improved. On Monday the Doc.
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