The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1913-10-24
MARYLAND NEWS
IN SHORT ORDER

Inc Latest Gleanings From All
Over the State.
According to the recent registration
there are 1874 registered voters in
frederick county. against 18.so9 one
year ago, loss of 1872.
Mrs. Hester G. Miller, of Sprankle's
Mis- is suffering from blood poisoning
IN her hand as the result of the
scratch Of cat
The Peoples Loan, Savings and De.
post Bank, Cambridge, opened Mon
DAY The bank has capital of $1Oo.-
ooO' with a surplus of $4,000. and
me stock is widely distributed.
James 7. Jones, Jr., youngest son of
James T. Jones, of Darlington. was
thrown from a wagon belonging to
Ihoms d. Temple and sustained sever
injuries.
The County Commissioners of Cecil
county and the auxiliary road commis-
sion, i'll joint session, decided to ap-
proprlate $4,000 for the completion of
the gravel road from Bayview to Cal
vert.
The Philadelphia, Baltimore and
Washington Railroad has constructed
concrete bridge over North East
Creek, at North East, to take the place
OF a wooden bridge built about II
years ago.
A bursted tire caused five-pasGen-
ger automobile, containing William
Dixon, Frank Whitman and Van Dean.
to skid into a ditch and turn turtle
near Brunswick, painfully injuring the
occupants.
Judge Keedy, in the Washington
County Court, granted an absolute di-
vOrce to Mrs. Edna J. Brendel from f.
l.. Brendel, superintendent of the
Western Maryland Railway. with head
quarters in this city, on the ground of
infdelity.
Falling from a chestnut tree, Harry
Blickenstaff, who was recently mar
ried, of Ringgold, sustained severe in
juries, including four fractured ribs
and a compound fracture OF his right
leg He was unconscious seven hours
and was probably hurt internally.
Thomas w. Harmon of Baltimore,
who recently bought the o. T. Kelly
property near Preston, containing IL
acres and Improvements, for $500,
bought Saturday from Mr.. William II.
Gambrill her farm on Grove road, con-
tanning 20 acres.
Charles Baker, Of Breathedsville,
was awarded by the County Commits
sioners the contract to erect rein
forced concrete bridge, so feet long,
across Antietam Greek, at Hartle's
fording, near Leitersburg. The bridge
will be the largest concrete bridge in
this county.
Mrs. Linda Davis, wife of former
County Commissioner, William B. Da-
Wis, near Cecilton, was seriously in
iured when an automobile collided with
a team in which she was driving. The
automobile, coming from the rear, ran
into the team, upsetting the carriage
and throwing Mrs. Davis to the ground
Girls of the Centreville High School
will not be limited in expenditure for
their commencement dresses. Prof
Byron J. Grimes, county superintend-
ent of instruction, says the girls may
wear what they like and pay what
thev please. Professor Grimes thinks
it would be fine plan for the girls
TO make their own dresses in school
and to have them cost not more than
-, but he does not favor the idea OF
making this an official order.
Rolled along the track for several
hundred feet in front of locomotive
in the wards of the Western Maryland
Railway at Hagerstown, expecting
every second to be crushed beneath
the wheels, was the experience OF
Christian Trumpower, Hagerstown, a
railway conductor, who is at the Wash
ington County Hospital in a critical
condition, his limbs and body mass
of decorations and Commissions.
The stockholders of the new PEG
ple's Bank of oxford have elected the
following directors: T. E. Grier, j. NJ
Sbowalter, F. E. Brown, A. +. Pitt
II. NJ. Long, Joseph D. Crowl, D. A.
Caldwell, Thomas Gillingham, Levin
r. Dickey. oxford; r. Frank Cochran
Cochranville; J. Haynes Turner, Lin
coin University; Harry Lungreen, Lew
isville. John A. Kimble, Nottingham
and J. j. Algard, East Nottingham
The directors organized by electlng D.
Crinr u ND