The citizen., 1913-11-28

A movement has been made to start
a cooperative creamery at Perryman
The enterprise is in charge of }. Les
ter Williams, of Chicago.
The County Health Board has order
ed the school at Antietam Furnace
near Sharpsburg, closed on account OF
diphtheria in that section.
The barn on the farm of Lindley
Rutter. Chestnut Level, was set on
fire by burning leaves and destroyed.
The loss is estimated at $4,000.
William c. Devecmon. leading
member Of the Cumberland bar
named by Governor Goldsborough TO
serve on the commission to revise the
penal laws. has declined TO serve.
An outbreak of hog cholera in the
Second district of Hartford county is
causing much alarm among farmers,
and many are butchering their hogs
for their winters meat supply.
The Medical Association of Harford
county elected the following officers,
President. Dr. j. Lee Hopkins, OF
Havre de Grace; viee-president, DR..
Jay H. Stier, of Perryman, and secre-
tary. DR.. Charles Bagley. of Bagley
Attempting to quiet horses which
were lighting. Harry NJ. Merriken, a
fredericksburg farmer, was kicked in
the abdomen and rendered unconsci-
GUS A farmland dragged Mr. Merri-
ken from beneath the horses hoofs
Michael w Aker. editor of the
Queenstown News, IS claimant to
the title of potato king of Queen
Anne's county Mr.. Aker raised a crop
of 1000 bushels of Irish potatoes on
five acres of land.
The grand jury returned an indict-
ment against Spinosa Giacomo for the
murder about two weeks ago of an
other Italian, Antonio DOrio, at a
boarding house at Security, two miles
east of Hagerstown.
The Interstate Commerce Commits
sion has ordered the Western Mary
land Railway to discontinue the prac-
tice of replenishing its passenger cars
with water taken from the city mains
in Hagerstown.
Rev Lewis Beeman Browne. rector
of st. Stephens Episcopal Church,
rnurmont, has accepted call to st.
Johns Episcopal Church, Havre de
Grace, and will enter upon his new
duties December l.
A. F. Rothstein has resigned as sec
retary of the Hagerstown Board of
Trade, effective December Is. He
has under consideration position of
fered him by the Board of Trade of a
Georgia city.
After a search covering six weeks
and extending over Maryland, Penn
sylvania and the Virginias, Elmer
Snyder. farmer near Clearspring, re-
covered at a livery stable in Harris
burg, Pa, his horse and buggy that
were stolen from the street in Hagers-
town on the night of September s.
John Archer, the newly-elected
Register of Wills for Hartford county,
bae No fa1 hi
deputy, Mr.. Carroll has been for the
past six years clerk in the Office of
the State Shellfish Commission, which
position he has resigned to take eff
feet December 10.
A tuberculosis dispensary in con
nection with Annapolis Emergency
Hospital was formally opened Wednes-
day. The dispensary is in charge of
Miss Anne Doyle. of Baltimore. The
Nurses Training School an adjunct
of the hospital established three years
ago, will hold its first commencement
in December. Governor Goldsborough
is expected to deliver the address.
The Democratic State Central Com
mittee for Washington County, accord
ing to a sworn statement filed with
the Court Clerk. spent in the recent
election campaign $1741.S7. The re-
ceipts amounted to $1,S9515. mclud-
ing a balance OF $7715 from last year.
The largest contribution. $1,000, was
from Murray Vandiver The heaviest
expense item was $11S33 for postage
stamps.
Prof CASTOR Costet an assistant
instructor in the department OF mod
ern languages at the Naval Academy,
has oeen notified Of his decoration by
the French Government Mr. L. Bar