The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-05-29
Il OCAI NEWS.
Some Little lettings About Peo
pie and Things.

pie and Things.
The excursion over the B. and O. from
Washington, Sunday, brought 2oI visi-
tors to this city.
The excursion over the Northern Cen
trail Railro~ d Sunday from this city took
I4o persons to Harrisburg, Pa.
The gold watch, which was CHANGED of
by the Moose Band, was won by Albert
Crawford, who held the lucky number,
1851.
Jacob Henry and Oath Glands, the lat
ter colored were each fined s. bv Justice
Posey on charge of being drunk. The
fines We're paid.
Richard Wineberg, colored, was sen.
fenced TO Jail Monday evening by Justice
PoSey to await the action of the grand
jury on charge of vagrancy.
Work on deepening the channel of
Carroll Creek and cleaning the stream
was begun Tuesday morning by a force
of seven Workmen, under the direction
of Street Superintendent John T. Best
Vernon o. Weddle, through his attor-
new, w. NJ. Storm, has brought suit for
divorce against his wife, Ella B. Weddle,
on statutory grounds. They were mar
ried on May 20, 1913.
DemetrlCh Pujah, charged with killing
Francis Luchinskv, at Highfeld last
February, was found guilty OF murder in
the second degree by a jury at Hagers-
town Saturday evening.
A good crowd was present at the auc-
ton sale of lots in "Rosemont Addition"
Monday. There were So lots sold, rang
ing in price from $50 to $I6o These
make 100 lots that have been sold from
this addition, the others having been sold
last fall.
Officer John H. Adams, of the Freder-
lex police force. while wedding in his
lot, found an old copper cent bearing
date of 1908. The cent, which was coin
ed 100 years ago, is in an eXcent state of
preservation, the date and other lnscrip-
tons on it being very distinct.
Judge Glenn H. Worthington bought
the cottage on Braddock Heights which
was offered at public sale recently Iohn
l.. Dutrow being the auctioneer. The
property brought 5000. 1t is known as
the Bennett cottage and was sold through
Grayson H. Staley.
Superintendent of Water Works Barck
Monday made an inspection of pract.
callv all of the fire plugs in Frederick
Each plug was tested. The cutters of
the streets, which have not been washed
for many months, were flushed under
the direction OF Superintendent Burck
Under the careful direction of Miss
Nell Brant as auctioneer, more than $40
was raised at Hood College on Saturday
at an auction for the support of Miss
Cerhart, missionary in China, supported
by the students OF Hood College. 1t
was a rummage sale and the articles
brought from ten cents To a dollar each.
Had it not been for The timely appear
ance of his mother Master Samuel Mot
ter, the six-vear old son OF Mr.. and Mrs
s. Lewis Motter, would have been serl-
ouSly injured on Saturday night when the
mattress of his bed was discovered on
fire. The blazing mattress was thrown
out of the window and the child was not
injured.
Mr. Charles f. Zimmerman has pur-
chased through Grayson II Mercer, real
estate and insurance agent, the fine
country home of Mr.. Milton f. AkerS,
along the Frederick and Hagerstown
electric railroad Mr.. Mercer also sold
for Edmund E. Crawford two story
brick dwelling and lot TO Mr.. George B.
Kehne.
Philip Grove, messenger of B. Rosen-
our & Sons, Patrick street store, was
Monday afternoon run down by James
Smith, Buckeystown, at Court street and
Church street The youngster received a
badly bruised arm. He was riding a
wheel which was badly damaged. The
boy says Smith didn't stop the automo-
bile to see whether he was injured.