The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-03-18
MARYLAND NEWS.

Annapolis is fighting for cheaper and
better gas.
Salisbury is entertaining $50 ministers
of the Wilmington M. E. Conference.
Cumberland will write Mr.. Carnegie
about its fire and hopes for library.
The Auditorium skating rink in Hag-
erstown was destroyed by fire on March
18th. Loss IS, 900, insurance, 81, 500
Sheriff William f Welt has appointed
J. Lloyd Whip, of Germantown, a dep
uty sheriff.
The Maryland Tobacco Growers AS
ISOLATION met in the court house at Upper
Marlboro, recently.
The Hyattsville Steam Laundry build
ing was burned and many residents of
the town lost their clean linen.
Members of the Legislature paid a
visit OF inspection to the Springfield
Hospital for the Insane, at Sykesville.
Charles Berry, colored, killed his
father-in-law, Charles Reese, at Center
vile. and coroners Jury, returned
verdict of self defence.
Mr.. Marion DeK. Smith, ex-Conlp.
troler of the State Treasury, died sud
denly at his home in Chestertown, of
angulna pectoris.
John w. Hart was elected Mavor in
Oakland, on March 18th. and |. M.
Stanton, G. A. Fraley and J. A. Kelly
Councilmen.
DIR. J. Mcpherson Scott was unani-
mously nominated for Mayor of Hagers-
town by the Republican Convention on
Monday last.
Cardinal Gibbons, in a letter to Sem
ator Campbell, protests against the de-
sign for the proposed religious federation
memorial"
Officials of the Western Maryland and
Cumberland Valley Railroads held a
conference in Hagerstown and decided
that each road should have a new sta
ton.
Mr. George T. Gambrill, President Of
the RoXbury Distilling Company, re-
turned to his home and was released on
$2o,o 900 bail for trial on the charge of
obtaining money by false representations
Mayor Mahool received a letter an
nouncing that Mr. Henry Walters has
agreed 70 give another public bath to
the city, the bath to be erected in South
Baltimore and to cost $50, 900.
Miss Ida Mae Dodd former grad
uate of the Western Maryland College,
was awarded a teachers life certificate
at the last quarterly meeting of the State
Board OF Education, at Annapolis.
Mr. F. S. Chavannes, President OF
the Builders Exchange, of Baltimore.
said that business throughout the city
and suburbs in the building line had not
been better in five years.
Preparations for the coming season on
the Eastern Shore are being made and
the signing of contracts has begun.
Prices for tomatoes are ranging from s.
to $40 per ton.
Doctor and Mrs. Charles c. Benson
70 and 81 years old, respectively. form
erly OF Baltimore ended their lives to-
gether by swallowing poison while seated
at the breakfast table in their rooms
in Philadelphia.
Much interest is conferred in the bill at
Annapolis to appropriate $4,000 for a
| memorial fountain to commemorate the
passage of the "Act Concerning Relig-
ion," by which religious liberty was
established in Maryland.
Hilleary L. Ofutt, of Garrett Park,
Montgomery county, has been appointed
cashier of the Kensington Bank, to take
the place of ]. Floyd Cissell, who re-
| signed. He will assume charge of his
new dnties about April Ist.
The farm of Mr.. Holmes X. Baker
consisting of 20 acres, situated on the
Columbia Pike, near Hilton. Howard
county, has been sold by Mr.. Wesley
Bennett, agent, to Mr.. Benjamin Nc
Donald, of Virginia for 81. 700.
Daniel Schroeder, employed on the
construction of the new addition to the
Western Maryland Railroad shops at
HagerStown, was seriously injured while
assisting in raising a car. A heavy
chain broke and struck him on the head.
As shown by the returns of the Clerk
of the Court, of Alleganey county, for
December, February and the first nine
days of March, 2o6 marriage licenses
were issued, and 23S couples were mar
ried i'll Cumberland
The young men of Rockville, Mont
gomery county, and vicinity. are arrang-
ing for ball poudre TO be held in the
Opera House on the evening of March
2Sth. 1t will be in charge of committee
consisting OF Messrs. +. BaChe Albert.
J. Darby Bowman, Roy Warfield, VIII
liam f. Prettyman and John H. Starkey.
Town meetings were held in West
minister to consider the draft of a new
charter to be submitted to the legislature.
which had been prepared by Corporation
Counsel Guy w. Steele The draft was
submitted for revision to a committee of
the Merchants and Manufacturers Asso-
citation. 1t was then discussed by citi-
zens at the meetings and amended in
number of particulars.