The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-08-23
MARYLAND
STATE NEWS
NewSy Items Gathered From
ALI Parts Of the STATE.

force, the chief of police will be paid
$40 a month and other members OF
the force $50 month.
Denton-The County School Board
has purchased seven acres of land at
fredericksburg as site for new high
school building there. An appropria,
ton of $4,000 was secured from the
last Legislature for the new building.
Hancock.-The Antietam Knitting f
Mill Company has leased the opera
house portion of the Masonic Temple
at Hancock and will put in a knitting
outfit to cost $4,000. A large number
of girls will be employed
Denton.-The dwelling on T. r. Mel
Wins farm, near Burrsville, Caroline (
county, was destroyed by fire. The
tenant Thomas Luff, lost all of his .
household furniture Mrs. LuG, who
was i'll at the time. and Miss LUZ, who
was seriously hurt in trying to remove
a piano, were taken to the home OF a
neighbor
Cambridge--JohnF f. Willis has been
named by Governor Goldsborough a
member of the board of supervisors of
election for Dorchester county, to sue
coed Prof. A. Stengle Marine, who
recently qualified as superintendent
of schools. When the board organizes
this week Mr.. Willis will be made
president
Havre de Grace.--Nlrs. William ].
Fisher committed suicide in her home
here, by sending a bullet into her
heart. Mrs. Fishers husband. a uer'
chant had left the house for his place
Of business only few minutes before
the fatal shot was fired. Mrs. Fisher
had been in poor health for two oil
three years.
Frederick. - A raccoon weighing II
pounds climbed up ladder and made
its way through an open window into
the house of Martin Phelan, of Bruins
wick. landed in the bathroom ano
went to sleep 1t was discovered by
workmen and killed. The skin wai
presented to Miss Phelan, who vii
have it made into a neckpiece.
Denton - The Caroline Count,
School Board has appointed the fol
lowing teachers: Miss Eva NJ. VIII
liams. Hickory Hill; Miss Nellie NJ
Dunning. Concord Miss NJ. Edith Dill
at Morris; Miss Mary z
Todd, principal at Choptauk; Mis-
Myrtle Patchett assistant; Miss Ruti
A. Stewart, Nabbs,
Havre de Grace.-Philip Brown, col
ored, of this city, night Waterman Of
the PENNSYLVANIA Railroad bridge, wa
struck by a southbound train and wa
fatally injured Brown, in avoiding
northbound train, stepped in tronC o
train No. Is. HIS sku
was fractured and he was otherwis
hurt He was taken to the Hayr
de Grace hospital
Cumberland. - Frank Reyburn,
steeplejack, who barely escaped deaf
from a fall from the roof of the Firs
church here, was arres
ed upon his discharge from the Yves
ern Maryland Hospital as deserte
from the United States Army. 1t |
charged that he enlisted under th
name of Fletcher Kelly and deserte
from Fort Washington in April.
Hagerstown.-Th stockholders
the Clearspring Tournament Associ'
ton elected the following directors
Charles A. Hyde, w w. Seibert, Jaco
Ankeney Samuel Gossard, David Clol
per, Luther Rhoades, Thomas Hasset
Clarence Schnebly, George Mullen an
George B. Young. The tournamer
this year will be held on Saturday
August 81.
Mountain Lake Park.-The stool
holders of the Mountain Lake Par
Association at their annual electio
selected the following; President Re-
DR.. C. w. Baldwin, of Baltimore; d
rectors, Judge Thomas /. Elliott and (
w. Baldwin, Baltimore, and DAME
f.. Offutt, Gilmor s. Hamill and A.
Naylor, of Oakland. John w. Youn(
of Cumberland, and Charles Dayii
Oakland, retired from the board.
Taneytown-He up at the point
a pistol by two men whose request I
ride with him he had granted HalbeI
Poole a well.known horse dealer,
Taneytown had a desperate struggl
OH the Keymar road about tire
miles from Taneytown, with tw
wouldbe bandits Poole routed his a
salants before they could get any {
the large amount of money which h
had in his pockets.
Crisfeld-Fire completely destroye
the large oyster packing plant {
William S. Richardson at Quindvequ
near Marion and the Pocomoke Sount
It was one Of the largest packin
plants in Somerset county. The fir
is supposed to have been caused b
defective nue When in full oper
ton 200 oyster shuckers are employee
at the plant.
ITagerstown.-Mrs S. Cecilia Dov
min, 80 years old, died at her home
Hagerstown Thursday She was til
wife of Robert l.. Downing and daug
ter Of John Cromer, of Hicksville, an
sister of Victor NJ. and Charles "
Cromer, silk manufacturers of Hager
town.
Frederick.-Hog cholera in the v
entity of Brunswick has spread
I "a 40 ,eYs