The citizen., 1913-03-07

Incorporated at HagerStoWn with a |
Capitalization of $4,000 by Archibald |
= Hyson, Louis l. Blackman and Will |
liam A. Householder.
Jumping from a second-story window |
AT her home, near Fair Hill, while tenn
porarily insane, Mrs. Ann Janney. aged
50 years, received injuries which re-
suited in her death.
Robert L. Warfield has resigned as
principal of the commercial depart
menr of the Rockville High School. |
His successor has not yet been
selected
While at work on a locomotive,
which had just come in from a run at
the Perryville yards the cap Of the
boiler blew out and Bert Sphinx, Of
Hayre de Grace, was badly scalded
about the face and body
II. Spencer Matthews, of Oxford, re-
ceiyed injury to his head Thursday. re-
sutiug in hemorrhage of the brain.
Physicians pronounced his condition
critical and he was taken to Cam
bridge Hospital for operation
Norman Leroy Albright, 18 years
old son Of Joseph Albright, a farmer,
near Wellersburg, north of Mount
Savage. committed suicide by hanging
himself to rafter in his fathers
barn.
Through the efforts of Mrs. L. Vic
tor Baughman, the Paint and Powder
Club. of Baltimore, will render Flora
dora at the opera house April / for
The benefit Of the Frederick City Hos
p.ta
The Progressive party of Allegany
county will hold a convention March
< to elect delegates to the State con-
yentiOn to be held in Baltimore, We'd
nesday March 26 Ex-senator George
L. Wellington is chairman of the party
Tor Allegany county.
Citizens of Myersville and Volts
vile, Walkersville and Mount Pleas
ant, Brunswick, New Midway, Woods
horo, Mount Airy and Lime Kiln ap-
peared before the Frederick County
Commissioners Monday and urged the
building of about 16 miles of new
roads in different sections of the
county.
The big orchards around Hancock
are being overrun with rabbits, which
are eating and destroying thousands
OF dollars worth of fruit trees. One
large orchard company sent a bill for
$500 damages to State Game Warden
F. f, Cox. of Baltimore, claiming that
as rabbits are protected by the State
game laws the State should pay the
damages caused by rabbits.
Regulations for the conduct of pool
and billiard rooms in Annapolis are
provided in an ordinance adopted at
a special meeting of the City Council.
The ordinance provides that such
places shall not be kept open after
the hour of midnight and puts a ban
on stained-glass windows or other
means to obstruct the view from the
street
An organization having for it's pur-
pose the relief of suffering in Elkton
mas been formed by the election of
Mrs. R. B. Frazier president; Miss
lda Davis, vice-president; Mrs. Frank
H. Scott, treasurer, and Mrs. James
+. Evans, secretary.
charles D. Powell, formerly boiler
maker foreman at the Grafton ter
mlnal, has been appointed general
Ooiler Inspector for the Baltimore and
ohlo system, with headquarters in
baltimore. Mr.. Powell entered the
service in 1881.
The Highland Grange has appoint
eu Dr c. w. Famous, James w. Davis,
u u. Harry and l. Wallace Heaps to
appear before the county and State
ROAD authorities with a view to hav-
ing roads in this vicinity improved.
Inc farm of Henry A. Nicholas,
ABOUT two miles from Easton, known
as galloway containing 337 acres. has
oeen sold for $31, 900 to Joseph de F.
Juhkln, of Philadelphia, whose son,
Teorge Junkin, will occupy it about
Apfll l. He will make speciality of
raising hogs.
;, AZ d meeting of tomato-growers of
-'ehC county it was unanimously
agreed not to grow any tomatoes for
% n, iess price than that of last year.
Iney also agreed not to pay more
nan cents a basket for picking
tomatoes.
- Resldents along the Maryland and
ennsylvania Railroad in Hartford
I,oahty are circulating petitions ask
lug the Postoffice Department for
..@ll clerk on the early morning train
MI noin Delta, so that mail may be de-
snered sne IN Baltimore and other nearby
cities the same day.