The citizen., 1912-01-19


erence to size or condition.
Virginia will lessen its fish wares
and nets.
Cumberland.-W. B. Decker Balti-
more and Ohio brakeman, had his
right arm crushed off and his hip
bone splintered in being caught by the
engine coupler in the Brunswick
yards.
Hagerstown. Warren Hollinger,
son of d. H. Holl;nger, of Cearfoss,
was thrown out of sleigh in run
away accident here and his back and
one leg were injured The sleigh was
wrecked.
Hagerstown. Hard work and
prompt action on the part of Miss Jul
liza Sensenbaugh, teacher o. Antietam
School, at Bridgeport, two miles east
of Hagerstown, saved the schoolhouse
from destruction from fire.
HagerStown.-Thom GTiffey, aged
% years, son of William Griffey, OF
Boonsboro and fireman on the West
ern Maryland Railway, was severely
burned about the face, head and
hands when the gas from the coal
blew the door of the fire-boX open and
the flames swept over Griffey's head
and arms.
Salisbury. - William Wilkens, q
years old, whose home is at Willards,
was electrocuted while working as a
lineman on the Diamond State tele-
phone line at Dover He came in con-
tact with the electric feed wire of the
Dover Electric Company. Wilkens
was removed from the wires by the
use of a block and fall and rushed to
doctor, but life was extinct before
aid could be given.
Hagerstown.-Mrs. Mason, aged 65
years, wife of jeremiah Mason, of
Hancock, died suddenly at her home
from heart disease. 1t is thought the
fatal attack was brought on from the
excitement occasioned by the big fire
in Berkeley Springs, six miles south
of Hancock Hancock was asked for
help and, as the fire apparatus was
hurried through the streets, Mrs. Ma
son, believing that Hancock was on
fire, suffered collapse and expired
a few minutes afterward.
Annapolis.-Th Anne Arundel
Grand Jury has found presentments
against the six election officials in the
First precinct Of the Third district,
who, at the recent election, are al
legged to have left the polling rooms
for supper at the conclusion of the
voting and before the counting began.
Those presented are: Judges, Enoch
Johnson, James EIbb, George Dor
man and H. G.. Linstead; clerks, Will
liam Ellison and George H. Robinson.
1t is understood the ballot boxes bore
marks of having been tampered with
when the officials returned, though it
is claimed that there was no dis
crepancy between the tally lists and
the ballots found in the boxes. The
attention of the Grand Jury was call
ed to the case by Judge Brashears.
The precinct is one in which elections
have frequently been under suspicion
in recent years, but this is the first
time the Grand Jury has taken action.
The officials are of both parties.
Cumberland.-Re Reports from various
sections tell of thousands of birds
having been frozen in the blizzard of
this week, while rabbits are said to
be starving and doing great damage
in the orchard belt by peeling young
trees.
Centreville.-Wye Hall remains a
possession of the Faca family. When
the historic estate was put up forssale
on Tuesday it was thought that 1t
might pass into other hands. The pur-
chasers, however, were William B.
Paca and Julia P. Paca. The price
paid was stated to be $4,000.
Havre de Grace.-While butchering
hogs on Wednesday Daniel R. Gilbert,
of Level, was viciously attacked by
one of the animals, which bit off Gil
bert's thumb
Frederick is understood that an
effort will be made to have the mort
gage tax in Frederick county removed
by the repeal of the law providing
for the tax.
Mrs. Willoughby Cummings is tbs