The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-04-26
MARYLAND
STATE NEWS
NewSy Items Gathered From
ALI Parts of the state.

/ face while making a coaloil ire IN q
cook stove at the home of her grand
| father, William Taylor, Hagerstown.
Frederick. Town Council of
Mount Airy has granted franchise to
4 Hagerstown firm for the erection OF
poles for electric lights. 1t is under
stood that a plant will be built at a
cost of about $4,000.
Hagerstown.-As the result of being
struck in the face with a baseball bat,
which slipped from the hands of a
schoolmate, Glenn Adams, 16-year-old
son OF Thomas Adams, near Fannetts-
burg has lost the sight of his right
eye.
Rockyille.-As an officer from Wash
ington county was on his way to the
House of Correction with number of
prisoners, a young white man jumped
through the open window of the car
and escaped. The train was just pull
ing out of the station at Boyds. The
man was convicted of stealing a ride
on railroad train.
Ellton-The Home Manufacturing.
Light and Power Company, of Cecil
county, is asking the Public Service
Commission for permission to issue
bonds to enlarge its plant, erect poles
and string wires for lighting the towns
of Elkton and Chesapeake City The
company is now preparing to erect a
brick power house, to replace the pres
ent frame one in Elkton.
Hagerstown.-Th Western Mary
land Railway officials announce that
they viii build a short branch Incl
from Charlton Station, 10 miles west
of Hagerstown, southwardly across
the Potomas river, into Berkeley coun-
ty West Virginia, and also a branch
line in Berkeley county, along the
Potomac river to the lands of the
Standard Limestone Company.
Elkton - The veto by Governor
Goldsborough of the bill passed by the
Legislature to refund to Frederick I
Haines a collateral tax paid in erro
on the B. F. Chambers estate is no
understood by the residents of Ceci
county The money would not hav
gone to Mr.. Haines, but to the Unto
Hospital of Cecil County, to whic
a greater portion of the estate was d.
vised by the late Mr. Chambers.
Chestertown.-Th visitors and go
errors of Washington College, at tn
quarterly meeting. decided to erect
new gymnasium and appointed a bull
ing committee for that purpose. TT
college has outgrown the present gyI
nasium, and the board finds a ne
building necessary to keep the ply
cal training of the students up to t
standard of the intellectual a
athletic side of college life.
Cumberland.-W Falkin,
years old, Western Maryland Railw
conductor was killed at West Virgin
junction. He wasjarred from the
Of box car and fell upon the ira
on which a work train was shiftil
/ He was frightfully crushed. He b
| been in the service of the company
years and was formerly a bagga
master and later yard conductor
West Virginia Junction. His body v
removed to his home in Westernpd
| Crisfield.-Fire destroyed the la
| oyster-packing houses of the John
Handy Company and the office
warehouse of G. b. Bedsforth &
| in the lower section of Crisfi
/ Around the Bedsforth warerooms W
stored several hundred gallons of 6;
line, part of which burned. One
contained $50 gallons, but was sa
| by the quick work of the local
| company. Two cars on the railr
track in front of the burnt build
were partly destroyed.
Frederick.-Since the signing of
! bill by Governor Goldsborough for
| armory for Company A, to cost
4 000. various locations have been
posed for the new building The b
ing commission, consisting of Gen
Charles F. Macklin. Captain d.
Markey, Col c. A. Little, Senate
p T. Matthias, p l.. Hargett
Emory L. Coblentz, will study
available sites. A location havir
frontage of about 65 feet and
of from 100 to 200 feet will be che
Hagerstown-Dec that a
$4,000 annually could be saved
taxpayers of Washington county II
county's moneys were put into
bank that would pay the highes
terest. County Commissioner II
Holzapfel, Jr, introduced resolu
that the tax collector deposit all c
ty moneys hereafter in any ban
Washington county chat offered to
the highest rate Of interest The
luton provided for receiving sc
bids by May 81 from the banks OF
county. The resolution was vi
mously adopted. The Commissid
also adopted a resolution exemI
all bank deposits from taxation.
Hyattsville-The new charter
Capitol Heights, adjacent to the
trict of Columbia, in Seat Plea
election district, has been signeI
Governor GoldsbUough. An UNI
feature about the law is that
Mayor, Treasurer and the six
bers of the Council are named in