The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-12-16
THE NEWS
OF
MARYLAND

Homecoming. - The double dwell.
ing occupied by the families of Pat
rick Gallagher and John Thomas was
destroyed by ire. The house was
owned by the Georges Creek Goa
Company, Mr.. and Mrs. Gallagher
and two of the children were burned
Mrs. Gallagher and the baby occupied
the bedroom downstairs She was
awakened by the cracking of the
| flames, which had gained much head.
way. In her excitement she forgot
! the baby and rushed upstairs to
arouse the other members of the
family. Mr.. Gallagher, sick in bed
with grip, ran down stairs into the
flames to set the baby and was Sc
verely burned. His hand was also
badly cut. Mrs. Gallagher was
scorched. The Thomas family had
two sick children, who were hur-
riedly removed to neighborins
house. Nearly all the furniture was
lost. The fire started in the kitchen
on the side occupied by the Gala
ghers. Mrs. Gallagher had been keep
ing the fires up all night on account
of her husbands illness.
Crisfield. - The entrance of the
Knickerbocker Ice Company into the
ice situation of Crisfield has put an
entirely different appearance on the
condition and is the subject of COM
ment. 1t has been well-known fact
for some time that the supply of ice
had not met the increased demand
of the seafood packing industry of
the great Pocomoke and TangieI
sounds, for Crisfield leads the world
in the shipping of seafood, and the
demand for ice reaches into the thou.
sands of tons yearly. Realizing the
opportunity the Knickerbocker COM
pany had representative in Crisfield
for several days, and he has received
a guarantee of the sale of several
thousands of tons yearly With its
population it is considered that Girls
field is no doubt the greatest ice town
in the State, using a larger quantity
in proportion.
Cumberland.-Rev. Albert H. Zim-
norman, former pastor of the Metho-
dist Episcopal Church at Frederick,
and of Kingsley Methodist Episcopal
Church, Cumberland, has entered q
sanatorium in Washington to take
the rest cure. He broke down at
Utica, N. Y, where he is pastor of
First Methodist Episcopal Church.
Rev. Mr.. Zimmerman was at one
time an evangelist of the Baltimore
Conference of the Methodist Episco-
pal Church. He also achieved quite
a reputation as lecturer. He is a
son-in-law of Mr.. Levi Shaw, weigh
master and former marketmaster OF
Cumberland.
Annapolis. - EX-Judge Daniel r
Magruder, of Annapolis, the last sur
! viving member of the class of 1853
st. Johns College, and one of the
oldest living alumni of that venera-
| BILE institution, is planning to have
class tablet placed with the other
| class shields in Old Mcdowell Hall
There were Is members of Judge
Magruder's class, among them being
! the late Dr. Richard II. Green and
DR.. Washington G. Tuck, of Annapo-
lis. The ex-Judge is now engaged
| in gathering the birth and death
dates of the class roll and will short
ly select design for the tablet.
Cumberland.-Orc men in the
vicinity of Hancock are up in arms
over the incursions of the rabbit
The season for killing the game is
over and the rabbits are eating the
bark off and killing hundreds of APP
pie and peach trees. 1t is claimed
that rabbits are too small in October
to kill and that the open season
should extend to December Is OF
January /. The question is whether
a rabbit destroying valuable fruit
trees can be killed out of season.
Garrett.-Cars being pushed by
motor were derailed at the mines OF
the Enterprise Coal Company here
and plowed into a group of men wait
ing at the mouth of the mine. -Four
we're injured. Elmer Deener suffered
Weaver received bruises about one
of his legs, Miles Lohr sprained an
ankle, and Joseph Naylor sprained o
leg and arm.
Hagerstown. - Mrs. Jennie Bur.
gan, widow of Henry G. Burgan and
mother of Mrs. Delbert Clark, of Bal
timore, is dead at her home, near
townsville, this county, aged 6S
She was fatally stricken while open
ing a gate, and fell back dead in the
arms of her daughter.
Rockville.-For entering the home
of James E. Devine, at Germantown,
with intention to commit murder,
Raymond jenkins, young negro,
was sentenced to the Maryland Peni.
tertiary for 10 years by Judge Peter
1t was the maximum penalty.
Cumberland. - Roy Snyder, 81
years old, died at the hospital in
Morgantown of injuries. One of his
arms was torn out of the socket by
corn shredder. He leaves widow
and one son.
Crisfield. - Awakening to the ur.
gent need of a modern sewerage sys.
tenn for Crisfeld, citizens have united
| in petitioning the Mayor and City
| Council to have system installed.
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