The citizen., 1911-01-13
THE NEWS
OF
MARYLAND


the foot of Cannon street, belonging
to Jefferson d. Bacchus and Fred G
Usilton, has been sold to S. Scott
Beck, possession to be given about
March 4, 1911. This wharf was pur.
chased at public sale by Messrs
Beachus and Usilton in 1899 fol
$4,100 and has been greatly improv
ed. Several lines of boats have been
started, but none could compete with
the Pennsylvania Railroad, and were
discontinued. The new purchaser
refuses to disclose the identity OF
those for whom he is acting 1t is
reported that the Chestertown Elec.
trio Light Company will remove its
plant to the property. Superinten.
dent F. H. Russell, of the plant, says
the Electric Light Company has not
bought the wharf, never tried to buy
it, nor does it want the property.
Prince Frederick. - The dwelling
of Constable Samuel Bowen, neaI
Wallville, Calvert county, was de.
stroyed by fire about 4 O'Clock Sun.
day morning. The fire is supposed tc
have caught from defective fiue anG
the entire upper part of the building
was afiame before Mr.. and Mrs. Bow.
en-, whose sleeping apartments were
on the first floor, were aware of their
danger. They narrowly made theii
escape, Besides the contents of the
house, Mr.. Bowen lost $40 in money
and number of tags and blank re.
ceipts for use in collecting the dog
tax, now for the first time being put
into force in the county. There was
no insurance on the property.
Hagerstown-Dr William D. Ham.
mond, of Hagerstown, son of former
Mayor William l.. Hammond, has
been placed in charge of the new
$4,000 Free Skin and Cancer Hos.
pital in St. Louis, the gift of George
ID. Barnard, st. Louis philanthro.
pist. The hospital was dedicated
several days ago. Dr.. Hammond is
q eAhuobC vi inc w GSllIHSlOu OOuu-
ty High School and the University OF
Maryland. For two years he prac
ticed in the Maryland University Hos
pital, Baltimore, under DR.. Thomas
A. Ashby, and for a short time in st
Agnes Hospital, Baltimore, under
DR.. Bloodgood.
Hagerstown. II he Hagerstown
Choral Society started a movement
for the erection of music hall in
Hagerstown and the project is meet
ing with unexpected encouragement
The idea originated with Mr.. H
Lionel Meredith, after consulting
with large number of business and
professional men. He is one of the
directors of the society, which is en-.
deaVoring to develop interest in
music in this city.
Crisheld.-As the result of drink.
ing a quart of whiskey, the 6-year.
old child of colored man, in this
city, died early Thursday morning
The father set full quart of whiskey
on the kitchen table and left the
house, returning about an hour later
to find that his son, who had de.
veloped fondness for strong drink
had discovered the whiskey and
emptied the bottle. Death ensued in
about two hours.
agerstown.-Rev. Elias Q. Plum.
mer, Baptist minister of Clear.
spring, instituted suit for absolute
divorce from Martha Plummer, al
leging desertion. They were mar.
ried at Jackson, Mo-, by Rev. T. A
Head, "a years ago They have fouI
children. The minister alleges that
when he was transferred to a pas.
toTate in Maryland his wife refused
TO come East. She is now said to be
at Hutchinson, Kan.
Hagersto wn.-There has been file0
for record here the certificate of in.
corporation of the Hagerstown Com
bnation Heater Company, with a cap.
ital stock of 100000, the incorpora.
tors, who will serve as the directors
lOl tlV III 81 yVdl, DSihS SudlleS .
Lane. Jr., DR.. r. G. Stevenson, G
Frank Lidy and C. R. Grove. The
new company will manufacture fur.
naces, heaters and furnace supplies
Hagerstown.-Perc Myers, driver
for the Green Run Dairy, was injured
in runaway accident in Hagerstowr
Thursday, and was taken to the
Washington County Hospital. The
horse ran off and upset the milk
wagon, burying Myers underneath
the wreckage. One of Myers legs
was badly hurt, He also sustained
severe bruises and decorations.
Denton-A two-story dwelling on
the farm of A. l.. Banks, near Willis.
ton, tenanted by A. l.. Murphy
caught fire from a defective fue and
was destroyed. The family succeed.
ed in saving most of the furniture
Mr. Banks purchased the farm only
a little over a week ago. There is nc
insurance.
Annapolis.-The new taxable basis
of Annapolis is about $5,200,000, ac-
cording to the Board of Assessors for
the city, appointed under the provis'
ions of the General Assessment Act
passed by the Legislature. This act
provided for the reassessment OF
property throughout the State. The