The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1913-02-21
MARYLAND NEWS
IN SHORT ORDER
The Latest GIeanings From All
Over the State.

The Mayor and City Council of
Ocean City, have under consideration
municipal lighting and power plant.
Hagerstown Fair stock par value
! $25, sold at public auction in front OF
the Courthouse for 500 per share.
DIR. Rowland d. Wolf, son of William
! Wolf, of Hagerstown has been chosen
head of the Protestant Hospital at
/ Norfolk, Va.
AT the annual meeting of the direct
ors of the Young Mems Bible So
ciety of Frederick County Edward S.
Elchelberger was elected president.
A fire at w. S. Evans. on the Pent-
land farm, near Snow Hill. destroyed
all the outhouses. including the smoke
house, which contained all Mr.. Evans
supply Of meat.
The new sJeel and concrete bridge
acre the Nanticoke at Sharptown
has loen thrown open to the public
and the road on both sides is in good
condition.
Frank w. Brown, an employee of the
Springfield State Hospital, had his
shoulder dislocated by falling from
the automobile truck of that institu-
ton.
A large, frame barn on the farm of
John B. Shank, near Charlton Sta
ton, tenanted by Frederick Draper,
was destroyed by fire, the loss being
$4,000 partially covered by insurance.
The International Bible Students
Association is negotiating for the use
J of Mountain Lake Park as the place
for its next convention, which will be
attended by about 1000 persons.
Cumberland officials are mystified
over the disappearance of "a non-col-
lapsible folding chairs from the City
Hall. The police are unable to locate
them.
Samuel Barnhart, 6 Hagerstown
clearinghouse keeper, charged with
tapping the pipes of the Hagerstown
Gas Company and using gas for cook
ing ana Illuminating purposes, was
held for court by Justice Ankeney
During 1912 $4,000 was spent at
Frostburg for building Improvements.
This does not include the new post
office building and the Miners Hos
pital to cost $4,000 and $4,000, re-
spectively
Former Congressman Milton G.
Urner. father Of Chief--Judge Ham
mond Urner and one of the most wide
" known attorneys in Western Mary
land, suffered an attack of vertigo
while engaged on a case in court at
Cumberland and had to be assisted to
his home.
I5UIllDGIldHU.-J JAMES II. + tti tCS' w
New York, chief engineer IN the con-
struction of the new Evitts creek
water system for Cumberland, met the
City Council and the members of the
advisory board here and gave assur-
ance that the water would be intro
duced through the city mains by June
!. when tine Potomac river would be
abandoned as a source of supply.
The Cecil County School Board ap-
pointed James c. McCauley and II. 3.
Hayes trustees of School No. 4, Third
district. and Alfred Scarborough, of
School 30. 2. in the same district. The
board decided to re-advertisa for bids
for the addition to the Chesapeake
City sunool and also decided to allow
the hith school teachers to attend the
meeting of the department of super
intepdents of the National Education
Association in Philadelphia.
Albert Grenn. aged about 40 years,
a stationary engineer employed by
the State Roads Commission, was in
stantly killed while working along the
Boohsboro turnpike, near BeneVola.
He was on top of an engine, oiling the
wheels. when he was caught and whlrl-
cd around several times. His head
str,lck against the side of the engine
and his skull was crushed. One arm
was torn off. Glenn, who was former
" a constable, resided at Funkstown'
Havre de Grace Gamers and tomato
growers are at odds regarding the
price to be paid for this years crop
OF tomatoes. At a meeting OF can
ners those present agreed upon 70
cents a bushel as the maximum price
10 be paid. Not all the Gamers were
present at the meeting. Farmers III
this section have almost unanimously
declared they will not grow tomatoes
for this price. The average price last
year was 1924 cents bushel.
George Oster, of Osterburg, on the
Bedford division of the Pennsylvania
Railroad. a few miles north OF Cum
berland. is seeking to interest num-
her of business men in the project to
establish an ostrich farm at OsteT-
burg.
The Norfolk and Western Railway