The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1915-04-30

Elkton. The following omcerS were
elected: President DR.. William D.
Cawley, Elkton; vice-president, DR..
Charles F. Miller, Zion; secretary and
treasurer, DR.. Howard Bratton. Elk
ton; delegate to the State convention
to be held in Baltimore, Dr.. H. A. Cant
well, Charlestown; censors, Dr. Geo.
S. Dare and DR.. C. P Carrico, Cherry
Hill.
The health officials of the Federal
and State governments who will con-
duct the sanitary survey in Anne
Arundel county have arranged to hold
a public meeting in the House of Dele
gates chamber at the State House on
the night of April 80. Several of the
health inspectors will address the
meeting and give the citizens a COM
prehensive idea of what the sanitary
survey means to community.
A plan is on foot among fishermen
of Frederick to form game and fish
protective association and to place
$4,000 young black bass in the
Monocacy river. A large pond con-
tiguous to the river will be made and
bass will be spawned and placed an
nually in the stream. The expense of
the undertaking is to be born by the
association, which will have large
membership.
The residence and mercantile estab-
lishment of E. J. Wilhoite at the
Branchville crossing of the City and
Suburban Railway, about three miles
from Hyattsville. were burned. The
occupants were aroused by a neighbor,
Mr.. Gayor, who saw smoke and flames
bursting from the house and store
The occupants barely had time to get
out of the house when it collapsed.
Two children of Angelo Morrelli, a
miner, were cremated at Listie, near
Meyersdale, in a fire caused by an eX
ploding lamp in one of the houses of
the Stauffer-Quemahoning Coal Com
pany. The flames communicated to
powder and dynamite and an explo-
sion followed. The children were aged
4 years and months.
A forest fire burned for two days
over 400 acres of the lands of Fora
Brinsfeld, Alfred Brinsheld, Luke
Hackett, Tilghman Hackett and Chas.
Hackett, near fredericksburg, and did
damage to the extent of $4,000 Fora
Brinsfeld was the heaviest loser, his
loss reaching $4,000
An effort will be made by the citl-
zens of Capitol Heights, Prince
Georges county, to secure for 15-year-
old Victor Osin an honor medal for
bravery in rescuing two little children
from a burning building at Capitol
Heights.
A tornado visited the vicinity of Oak
Grove and left much wreekage in it's
wake. Raymond Jones farm. carriage
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So terrific was the gale that it lifted
the building and foundation entire.
Mrs. Hester t. Pratt was seriously
injured by fall at her home on East
Main street, Elkton. Miss Florence
Tinte received broken wrist by fall
ing down fight of steps at her home.
Carroll c. Hopkins has purchased
the 100-acre Bechtel farm at Principle,
Cecil county, for $4,000.
Port Deposit had a scare when the
Tome mansion.house was discovered
on fire. The local fire company ex-
tinguished the flames. The loss is
estimated at $4,000
Miss Mathilde Rees, daughter of the
late Anthony Rees, has been appointed
assistant deputy collector of internal
revenue at Cumberland.
]. Madison Scott, aged 70. was
stricken with paralysis at his home
at Appleton and died several hours
later.