The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-09-20
NewSy Items Gathered From
ALI Parts of the State.

Frederick.-Owing to scarcity of Ia
Dor farmers throughout Frederick
county are paying as much as 81
day for corn cutters.
Elkton.-Wiliam Costlett has been
appointed freight agent at Paschall.
on the Philadelphia, Baltimore and
Washington Railroad.
Frederick Gaining at the rate OF
$500 a day during the last three
months. the aggregate bank deposits
OF this city are now $7,366.011.S0,
a gain of $195,375.41 since June.
| Hayre de Grace. Ford Dorrance
has sold his 185-scre farm in Hartford
county to L. Lloyd, of Virginia, for
| S15.600 Dorrance two years ago paid
! $4,000 for ii.
rederick-Much of the 20 miles OK
roadway over the old National pike be-
tween this city and Hagerstown Is be-
ing put in excellent condition by the
Good Roads Commission.
Frederick st. Marys Col
lege. near Emmitsburg, began its one
hundred and fifth year Thursday with
AN attendance which surpassed all pre-,
yiOus records.
Frostburg-C. o, B. Diehm, of Spar.
rows Point, president of the Maryland
State Firemen's Association, has visit,
ed the volunteer fire companies in
Allegany county.
Elkton.-Local interests have con,
tributed the necessary 5000 toward
the dredging of Elk river and the
amount has been forwarded to Wash.
ington by William H. Mackall, of Elk.
ton, who had charge of the. matter
Havre de Grace O. Mitchell &c
Bro, of Perrymans, nave made rec
ord for days work in canning corn
In II hours they put up $4,000 cans, a
rate of los minute
Cumberland - DR.. Francis E. Har-
rington, city health officer, and Joseph
Griffin, the street superintendent, were
seriously burned in the laboratory in
the City Hall by the explosion of a
gas tank.
Hagerstown.-Mar A. Stouter. OF
10 ~, ;r -, -,
Hagerstown with a broken back as
the result of an automobile accident at
Mar last week, has not improved.
Two brothers OF Mr.. Stouter met vic.
lent deaths.
Havre de Grace-A number of Unit
ed States inspectors, under the direc-
ton of the chief, DR.. w. c. Campbell,
of the Department of Agriculture, are
at work in the Hartford county can
neries to see that the goods are pack
ed under sanitary conditions
Frederick-The sixteenth annual
convention of Epworth League Con-
ference of the Baltimore district will
be held at Mount Airy October %, %
and "a The annual sermon will be
preached by Rev J. j Rives, of Balti-
more, formerly pastor of Trinity
Methodist Episcopal Church, this city.
/ Frederick. - Miss Cordelia Norris,
I 81 years old, has asked for $1,000 as
wages due by Greenbury ]. r. House,
/ who adopted her when she was two
years old. The plaintiff claims she
! worked for the family, but never res
Ceived wages The defendant alleges
! that she got home and was given
money from time to time.
nnapolis.-When Judge Brashears
on Wednesday drew the jurors for the
October term of the Anne Arundel Cir
cult Court he designated Nevett
Steele, of Annapolis, as foreman OF
the grand inquest which will have
charge of Investigating the cases or
John and Thomas Gleason, now con-
fined in the county Jail on the charge
of completely in the lynching at Brook
lyn last Christmas morning.
Havre de Grace.-An important pro-
test has been presented to the Hartford
County Commissioners against the
closing of the road to Davis Mill from
Todd's Hill, on the Post road, between
this city and Aberdeen. The signers
of the petition agree with the Commits.
sioners that the railroad crossings are
dangerous but say other means might
be devised to remove the danger,
Havre de Grace.-Mrs. Sarah r.
Tucker, of Forest Hill, announces the
engagement of her daughter, E. Adelai,
to Harvey Edward Coale of Belair.
The wedding will take place in the
early fall.
Cumberland. - Oliver C. Gephart,
former Judge of the Orphans Court
and one OF Cumberland's largest real
estate holders, celebrated his ninety
fourth birthday He is still active
mentally and physically and looks at
ter business,
Salisbury. Elmer Parker, the four
year-old son of Nettie Parker, who re-
sides on Nailor street, this city, was
found burned to a crisp in search OF