The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1911-10-27
MARYLAND
STATE NEWS
Newsy Items Gathered From
ALI Parts OF the State.


factory for the making of sash and
doors will shortly be erected in Eas-
ton by local capitalists.
Hagerstown- Samuel d. Rhodes
was appointed by the County Com
missioners constable for Hancock dis
trict
Betterton. Colonel A. II. Supplee,
of this town, has been appointed gen.
eral agent of Kent county for the
Maryland Society for the Prevention
of Cruelty to Animals.
Chestertown.-The Board of Gov
errors of Washington College have,
elected Messrs. Charles T. Crane, w.
H. Vickers and c. w. Perkins as men,
bers of the board to fill existing va
cancies.
Rising Sun.-To pay off debt of
$3.50 on their new building the Vol
unteer Fire Department of Chesapeake
City is arranging for a bazaar next
month.
Sharptown. - Fire destroyed the
large residence of Thomas f. Phillips
on Ferry street. The good work done
by a small fire engine and bucket
brigade saved the adjoining buildings.
The origin of the fire is unknown. The
loss is partially covered by insurance.
Cumberland.-Th School Board of
eto1 ie1, orb
school at Flintstone. 1t will be located
in the Robinette Hall. The object is
eventually to establish an agricultural
college at that point similar to the one
at College Park.
Hagerstown-W William Kealhofer, a
we'll known attorney of Hagerstown
and a member of the board of trus-
tees of the Washington County Free
Library, presented the library with his
check for $500 to aid in carrying on
the work in the county outside of
Hagerstown.
Cambridge. - Daniel H. Wright,
groceryman and former member of the
City Council, received severe cleo
trio shock while turning on his light.
Three fingers were burned to the bone
and the current passed down his side,
burning a hole in his shoe. Mr..
Wright was unconscious for some
time, but is recovering
Havre de Grace-Ralph Segar, a
son of Mr.. and Mrs. ]. C. Segar, of this
city, had his arm broken on Wednes-
day while running in play on the Tome
Institute grounds. A schoolmate trip
ped him, causing him to fall heavily.
The boy was taken to the Maryland
University Hospital, Baltimore.
Matthew Griffin, under
indictment on three charges of arson,
who was arrested in New York several
days ago after having eluded arrest
for nearly three years, was brought to
Rockville by Sheriff Welt, who went
to New York with requisition papers
from Governor Crothers. He will be
tried at the term of court which begins
here November 10.
Chestertown-The grand jury has
been in session four days this week,
with Philip G. Wilmer as foreman.
Most of the time has been given to an
investigation of charges of violation
of the Corrupt Practice act About 100
citizens of all walks Of life have been
summoned, and many rumors are cur
rent Up to this time no indictments
have been found.
Upper Marlboro. - Judge Briscoe
sentenced Edward Schuchard, convict
ed of numbering his wife, Gertrude, on
the morning of September "a last at
Collington, Prince Georges county, by
shooting her through the heart, to life
Imprisonment. The court in passing
sentence called attention to the testi-
mony tending to show that the mental
condition of the accused was below
the normal.
Hagerstown.-H. f. Spilman, of this
city, owns an old-fashioned sofa that
Generals Grant and Lee sat upon
while they were in conference over
the surrender of Appomattox, April 8,
1865, in the home of Major Wilmer
Mclean, who was the father of Mrs.
Spilman. Spilman has refused the
offer of large sum for the sofa and
will retain it in his home as a relic of
the Civil War.
nnapolis-There is keen disap-
pontment among the brigade of mid
shipmen because Capt. John H. Glib
bons, the new superintendent of the
Naval Academy, put his foot down
firmly upon the plans for resuming the
publication of the Naval Academy
Bulletin, weekly issued by the stu.
dents. Superintendent Gibbons, it is
generally understood. took the stand
that such publication is undignified
in an institution like the naval school.
The Bulletin has been published four
or five years, the midshipmen's pat
ronage, with receipts from advertis-
ing, paying the expenses. Tentative
arrangements had been made for the
first issue of the school year in Octo-
Der, as usual.
Annapolis.-The midshipmen of the
upper classes have each been punish
ed for molesting fourth classmen by
the infiicting of 100 dement's each, the
loss of their leave next September and
restriction to the academy grounds
for different periods. Though technic-
ally guilty of hazing, their offenses
were not considered sufficiently severe