The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-01-26

BoydS.-Ihe stable of Mrs. J. Harris
Stonestreet, at GAINESVILLE, burned to
the ground Wednesday night, with
lot of provender A COW which was
in the stable was rescued, but was
singed. The Joss is $500.
Rockville--Sheriff Clifard L. How,
ard, of Montgomery county, has an
nounced the appointment of additional
deputies, as follows; Rockville dis
trict, Clarence e. Anders; Olney, ODER
w. Daley; Potomac, Robert l.. Saun-
ders, and Wheaton, Davis w. Simpson
Hagerstown. - A two-story frame
dwelling owned by the Chesapeake
and Ohio Railroad Company, at Lock
SO, seven miles from Hancock, was
burned Wednesday midnight with all
the contents. Cause, an overheated
stove. Clarence Murray, the lock-
tender, escaped in his night clothes.
No insurance.
Oakland. - Superintendent Shelton,
of the Mountain Lake Park Associa-
ton, has large force of men en-
gagged in cutting ice on the lake at
Mountain Lake Park to fill a large
order for the Baltimore and Ohio Rail-
road Company. The ice now being
cut is 10 inches thick and of a very
good quality.
Ellicott City.-Mr. and Mrs. Benja-
min NJ Hill, of Dayton, Howard coun-
ty, announce the engagement of their
daughter, Miss Emma E. Hill, to Mr..
Roland Lester Simpson, also of Day
ton, and son of the late H. H. Simp-
son. The wedding will take place al
Linden Methodist Episcopal church
Tuesday, February s.
Boyds.-WilHam Beavers and Mr..
Dove, of Ounce Orchard, Montgom-
cry county, were cutting firewood
Wednesday when tree fell upon
them. Beavers injuries caused his
death in an hour. Dove received
bruises and shock. Beavers leaves c
widow and five children. He was AZ
years old.
Hagerstown.-Albe A. Rock, aged
70 years, brother-in-law of Rev. H. ].
Kitzmiller, superintendent of United
Brethren Orphanage at Quincy, was
found dead beside the road near the
State, Forest Academy, Mont Alto
Wednesday. Joshua Dull found the
body and notified Coroner J. P. Nc
Clay, who said death was due to heart
disease.
Chestertown.-At a largely attend
ed meeting of Pomona Grange, in
Still Pond, a resolution was unani
monsly adopted calling for the appoint
ment of a committee to confer with
the Kent county representatives in
the legislature relative to the passing
of law for the determination of rats
on the farrss. The committee, COM
posed of James S. Harris, Rev. S. S. |
Hepburn and Harry Griffith, will ask
the representatives to pass a law au-
thorizing the Board of County Com |
missioners to pay cents for each rat |
scalp, the scalps to be used by the
farmers who collect them in paying |
their taxes. It is estimated that rats
cause an annual loss to the farmers of |
the state frcm $4,000 to $4,000.
Chestertown.-The Board of Control |
and Review finished the work of re- /
vising the figures of the new assess
ment and they will be forwarded to
State Tax Commissioner Buchanan
Schley The new assessment is as
follows: Total real property, $S,240,. |
4SS; personal, $1,620350; bonds and
securities, $367,32S; total, $10,228,177, |
which is an increase of over one mil !
lion dollars. The new assessment |
will form tae basis upon which the
next levy will be struck and there
should be considerable reduction OF
the present rate, which is $1.22
Rockville The directors of the
Montgomery County Agricultural So
ciety selected August q, %, 20 and
80 as dates for the Rockville fair.
The board reelected officers as fol
lows: President, Josiah w. Jones;
vice-preside;lt Charles F, Kirk; secre.
tary, James II. Bogley; treasurer,
John ]. Higgins. President Jones an
nounced the appointment CT the race
committee, as follows: Josiah w
Jones, Joseph H. Bradley, William
Dorsey, John e. Muncaster and LIE
Offutt.