The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1913-08-08

Mount Airy and four of his ribs were
broken.
Justice Doub fined Daniel Wolf. of
Funkstown, $40 and costs for permit
ting a dead horse to remain in his
stable unburied.
Lightning struck the home Of
Harvey S. Miller near Grantsyiue.
tearing down the chimney and scat
| terlng bricks and plaster about the
floor Of the kitchen and dining room.
The six-year-old adopted son of
Sniyely Grove, Of near Koc1ysville,
fell upon pair of sci sors he was
carrying. The sci 2rs penetrated his
abdomen, inficting severe wound.
Charles w. Mckinney, Of the Ninth
district Of Cecil county has announced
ms candidacy for Assistant Treasurer
of Cecil county at the Democratic
primaries.
Postmaster Harry A. Carroll. of
Havre de Grace, has asked that the
Council assist him in the establish
ment of a freedelvery system in that
city in the near future.
A civil service examination for a
postmaster at Liberty Grove Cecil
county, will be held at the Havre de
Grace school building Saturday, Au-
gust %.
Christopher Burns, aged q years. of
Havre de Grace was killed Thursday
by fall from the Lehigh Valley Rail
road Company's steel bridge across
the Lehigh river between Mauch
Chunk and Packerton.
The Frederick County Commission
ers have decided to use convict labor
on county work Conviets will be
used upon new concrete pavement
around the Courthouse and later will
be used on roads.
The campaign committee to take
charge of the contest to secure a new
Democratic State Central Committee
for Caroline county has decided to be
gin work and will soon open head
quarters.
John Bestpitch and Clyde Harding,
two farmers, were fined 500 each for
contempt of court in violating an in
junction obtained by Charles Web
ster, of East New Market. restraining
them from selling to the Phillips Pack
ing Company.
The Choptank marsh on the Caro-
line county side of the Choptank river
al Dover Bridge has been sold by James
f. Harding to General Joseph B. Seth
1t is a great muskrat ground and is
rented out in sections for that pur-
pose and thousands of rats are trap
ped there every year.
Dr. c. S. Brown 81 years old, past
department commander Of the Depart
ment of Georgia and South Carolina,
Grand Army of the Republic, and wife,
of Fitzgerald, Ga, are visiting Dr.
Browns cousin, Cornelius Brown, at
Brownsville. Washington county
where DR.. Brown was born.
The dwelling owned and occupied by
Frank Burns. Jr.. near Singerly's, two
miles north OF Elkton, together with
the furniture, was burned. The family
was away from home at the time. 1t
is thought the house was robbed ana
then set on fire. The loss is about
$1,000. with partial insurance.
The suit of Mrs. Katie l. Taylor
against the Western Maryland Rail
wav Company for $4,000 damages for
the death of her husband, who was
killed in train derailment at
Patapsco March 81 last was com
promised in Hagerstown Friday. the
railway company paying Mrs. Taylor
$500
Mrs. Ella Cobaugh, Of lockwood
has entered suit against the Western
MARYLAND Railway to recover S20,OOO
damages for the death Of her husband,
Lewis Cobaugh, who was killed March
3 while working at the coaling station
at lockwood. Defective machinery is
alleged to have been responsible TOT
his death.
DIR. Rowland H. Ford. Queens
town physician, and Marion CounciL'
a Young farmer, both had narrow
escape from death when the auto
droven by Dr. Ford collided with MI
Councill's carriage, wrecking the ma
chine. nearly killing the horse ana
throwing both men a considerable
distance. Both escaped injury,
The Democratic State Central Com
,,ittee Of Washington County passed
resolutions providing for the electlon
on September at the primaries OF
fve members of the State Central
committee from this county, six dele
oates N the State convention and III
delegates from each voting preclnct
~ the county convention, which VIII
nominate a full county ticket. me
countv convention will be held Ihurs-
day, September 20.
A. meeting of the board of direct