The citizen., 1905-12-22

The vacation for Christmas at
Mt. st. Mary's College began on
the 18th and will extend until
January 4, 1906.
A license was issued in Balti.
more Wednesdan for the marriage
of Oliver g. Keeney and Miss
Alverta NJ Her, of Thurmont.
Brunswick is now supplied with
electric current from the Shenan-
doah river plant of the Harper's
Ferry Light and Power Company.
Surveyors for the Baltimore and
Frederick Electric Railway were
at work near the Monocacy Bridge
on the Liberty turnpike a few
days ago.
The Oystermens' Protective
Association met in Baltimore re-
Gently and endorsed the Seth bill
rather than the much talked of
Haman bill.
The heavy rain of Wednesday
night and Thursday morning
melted much of the snow and
made the dirt roads almost im-
passable in some places.
Mr.. William Welker, the we'll.
known contractor and builder of
Mt. Pleasant, suffered a stroke
of paralysis Monday shortly after
noon, affecting his left side.
The Maryland School for the
Deaf closed on Thursday. A
portion of the pupils went to their
respective homes. Those remain.
ing will be rendered a Christmas
party.
A statement of Maryland's
finances shows that among the
securities held in the State sink
ing funds are stock of the Central
National Bank, of Frederick
County 81 per cent. bonds.
The W. G. 7. U. Sewing
School, held it's Christmas enter
tainment on Saturday afternoon
last. Boxes of candy were dis.
tributed The mem Oership is
now over one hundred and fifty.
Abraham ii. Hummel. the we'll
known New York lawyer, was
! convicted of conspiracy in the
Dodge divorce suit. and sen
fenced to one year in the peniten.
tiary and to pay fine of $500,
the maximum penalty.
Mrs. Mary G. Burkett has filed
a petition through II. Dorsey
EtchisOn, for an absolute divorce
from her husband, Edward II.
Burkett. The parties were mar
ried on February Is, 1902, by
Rev. William Ii. Fisher.
DR.. and Mrs. Charles ii. Con.
ley have returned from their
wedding journey, to find their
home in Adamstown handsomely
fitted up for them during their
absence. Mrs. COmley was Miss
Helen Abel Baughman.
1t is stated beyond question
| that the Baltimore and Frederick
Trolley road will be built during
the next year. Surveyors are at
work now and are pushing things
along, so that construction oper.
atiOns can be begun at any time.
The House on Wednesday, with
out opposition, adopted the confer
ence report on the 1000, 900
Panama canal emergency appro
priation bill, as agreed to in the
Senate Tuesday. 1t becomes a
law with the signature of the
President.
Judge Keedy has awarded the
custody of George Easton, aged
years, an inmate of the Wash
ington County Orphans Home,
to his mother, Mrs. Lottie Easton,
now of York. Pa. Mrs. Easton
is the wife of Frederick Easton,
who was sentenced to the peni-
Tertiary for five years for killing
Lorenzo ID. Kline.
Rev. Andrew J. Gill, pastor of
the First Methodist Episcopal
church of Martlnsburg, w. Va i,
formerly of Frederick, was serious
ly injured Sunday in a collision
on the electric railway at Cumber-
land, Md. He was hurt in the
small of the back and badly shock
ed and it is feared that he may
have suffered serious injury to
the kidneys.
The market is well provided
with all the necessaries and deli
cacies of the season, and at mod
crate prices. Turkeys are plenti-
full and there is much game dis
play ed in the shop windows. Eggs
have taken a slight drop in
price, but they a.e ''eggs" all
right. Holly and evergreens of
| all sorts and shapes can be seen
on every corner. Christmas trees
are also plentiful.