Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-11
BoYD'S AND VICINITY.
Fire in Sugar Loaf Mountain Dies Out
General Items

Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.
BOYD'S. Md. May 10. 1903.
The fire in the Sugar Loaf mountains
two miles from Dickerson's was about ex-
hausted this evening. Over twelve hundred
acres of young growing timber were burned
over and damaged severely, and hundreds
of cords of wood and fencing material were
destroyed. The origin of the fire is UNI
known.
Baltimore and Ohio civil engineers are at
Dickersons, near the Big Monocacy trestle
surveying the masonry for the erection OF
the new steel bridge over that river just
west of Dickerson's. The old piers now
standing will be remodeled and three new
ones erected. They will be seventy-1ve
feet in height, thirty feet wide and ten feet
thick The bridge is about 800 feet long.
Mr.. Jacob N. Thomas of this place has
returned from Columbian University Hospi-
tai in Washington, where he had most
delicate operation performed upon his eye.
1t is believed the sight, once partly de-
stroyed. will be entirely restored.
The base ball season in this county was
opened yesterday. The Jacksonville team
administered crushing defeat to the team
from Jamestown, known as Andrew Small
Academy team. The score was % to D in
favor of Jacksonville.
The condition of young Henry Mobley,
who was injured by a premature blast at
Dickerson's Tuesday last, has taken n de-
cl0eQ CnaDS6 the So muCu 50
that there is hope of his recovery. He Will
lose the sight of one eye. The other VIC
tins are able to be out.
Among the graduates at the Maryland
Agriculture College from this county are
Mr.. Simon B. Nichols. son of George w.
Nichols of this vicinity, and c. N. Bouic
of Rockville.
Mr.. William B. Mobley has been elected
president of the board of town commits
sioners for the town of Laytonsville. The
newly elected board consists of Messrs w.
B. Mobley. w. D. Bell and Uriah Griffith.
Rev. Lewis Jones of Charles county has
received and accepted a call to fill the pull
pits of the Poolesville, Edwards Ferry,
Seneca and Travilah churches.
The tract of land, consisting of 16G acres.
owned by the late Johnson Benson. near
LaytOnsville, has been sold to Mrs Valera
Waters for 5000. Mr.. Frederick C. Stang
has purchased and had transferred to him
the w. T. Darby tract of land near boyd's,
consisting of about IA acres, for nearly
So, 600.
Mr.. William A. Bohrer. principal of Ce-
dar Grove public schools. and Mr. c. w.
Day, principal of Kings Valley school,
near Clarksburg have resigned. Mr.. A. L.
Poole of Gapland is filling out the term of
school at Buck Lodge, in place of Willis
Rhodes. transferred to Hyattstown. Mr..
Nathan S. White of this vicinity has been
made trustee of the school at Emory
Heights. near Boyd's, in place of Bradley
Etchison. The schools of the county will
close May %.
the home of his parents Thursday evening
and his remains We're inferred at Mountain
View cemetery, near Comus. yesterday
afternoon. He was a son of Wallace Mich
olson OF ComuS.
Mrs Mary zimmerman, aged seventy
three years, died at the home of her sister
Mrs. Emma Wachter, in Frederick last
night. after an illness of a few weeks Sig
daughters, four of whom live in Frederick
and two at Boyds. the latter Mrs. Richard
ID. Hawkins and Mrs. Fleet Staley, survive
her.