The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1911-11-10

Boys, left for Tuscaloosa, Ala, to at
tend a meeting of the Association Of
| Colleges and Preparatory Schools of
the Southern States.
! Germantown.-Th dwellinghouse on
the farm of Charles Johnson, near this
place, was destroyed by fire. J. Reese
Snyder, who rents the farm, was liv-
! ing in the house at the time of the
IRE and he and his family narrowly
| escaped being burned to death.
Rockville.-A delegation of citizens
from the lower part of Montgomery
county waited upon the County Com
missioners here and urged the early
| repair of the pike between Rockville
and the District of Columbia line, a
distance of about eight miles.
! Annapolis.-A recommendation for
/ The building of new county Jail was
the salient feature of the report of
the Anne Arundel county grand jury.
The jurors say that, after a thorough
examination, they believe the Jail is
not only inadequate for the care of the
prisoners, but that it is almost i'm
possible to keep it in a sanitary con,
dition, and that it is disgrace to the
county.
Understandable residence of the
late DR. A. S. Mason, on West Wash.
ington street, was sold at public auc.
a ID
The dwelling is a large three-story
brick structure. Scott NJ. Wolfinger,
trustee, sold two tracts of land, con-
tanning 1850 acres, lying partly in
Washington and partly iH Allegany
counties, at public auction to Plus A.
Miller for 100000
| Frederick.-The Frederick Chapter
of the Daughters of the American
Revolution presented to All Saints
Protestant Episcopal Church brass
aims basin as memorial to the late
Rev. Osborne Ingle, who was for more
than forty years rector of All Saints
Parish, and was chaplain of the chap
ter. The presentation was made in
connection with the communion serv-
ice held in observance of All Saints
Day.
Cumberland Frederick Taschenber.
ger and William Skunk are dead from
scalds sustained when a valve burst
at the Consolidated Coal Company
! Works at Jenner. They had assisted
in putting in turbine pump, and
when it was stared for a test the valve
burst and both were engulfed while
in the bottom of a pit. In the strug-
gle to get out of the pit after Skunk
had nearly reached the top, climbing
ladder, he fell back, knocking to the
bottom Taschenberger, who was right
behind him.
apolis.-Alleging that they were
assaulted and Inundated, arrested and
imprisoned without cause Holmes r.
johnson, Baltimore attorney, and
Philip Morgan, of Glen Burnie, Anne
Arundel county, entered suits for $780,
600 piece against Robert r. Cooke
and Herman F. Rossman, officers of
registration for the Curtis Bay pre-
cinct, and Sheriff Frank S. Revell.
This is result of the trouble on
October 10 last, when Messrs. John
son and Morgan attempted to submit
to the registers list of suspected
voters with the object of having them
stricken from the list.
Hagerstown.-Acc to the an.
nual statement by the County Com.
missioners just issued the board dur.
ing the fiscal year spent $222,625.5S.
The largest item of expenditure was
$96,400, which was for the public
schools. The sum of $25, 90762 was
spent on roads and $12,84721 for
bridges. The reassessment of prop.
erty cost $9,35S.67; elections,
s7,32271; printing, $7,067.90; the
County Almshouse, $4,000; the Sher-
ifs office, $5,744.O4; the County Com.
missioners' Office, $5,966.0S; the tax
collector, S4,10336, and attorneys,
S2,75629. Outdoor pensioners were
paid s4,070.9S. Courthouse repairs
and other expenses connected with the
building cost $S,311.35.
Boyds. Mrs, John Whalen, whose
home is near Dickerson, was found
dead In the Chesapeake and Ohio
Canal at Campbell's lock- Her hus-
band has attended this lock for the
past 10 years. 1t seems that Mrs.
Whalen had been much worried over
the condition of one of her children.
which has been i'll for some months,
and that she left her bed and while
delirious walked into the canal lock.
Her husband found her there several
hours later Mrs. Whalen was so
years old and has many relatives in
Washington, d. c., Baltimore and
Montgomery county. She was a Miss
Fannie Collier and is survived be.
sides her husband, by several chill.
dren. She was a sister of former
Sheriff John w. Collier, of this coun.
ty, who died about year ago in
Washington.
Denton-John H. George, retired
farmer, of Caroline county, died OF
Bright's disease at his home here.
aged "a years. Mr.. George was
native of Kent county, Del.
Hagerstown.-Wh While hunting in John
Martins orchard, near Smithsburg,
Wilbur Hoffman was accidentally shot
by Bud Martin, the load taking effect