The News from Frederick, Maryland • Page 1

THE VOL. BMWftBHiM REAL ESTATE NEWS FKEDBBICK, TUESDAY, WHAT THE MtCDOC Fire Insurance Agency J.B. Thomas Son, NO. 20 WEST PARTICK ST. FREDERICK, MD.

rour IbtMor pubN.hwi for25ote.p«»ri C. C. CARTY and 44 and East Patrick i where come nearer to AGTOTYPBP, JAKDIX1KKES. WHISP HOLDERS, HPSIC RACKS. r-ICTURK FRAMES stock almost daily, at of lanj i IVutrsvule district 7 acres of in bu.ldui-,.

ot laud iu A LOT OF-- as Apples. Pcara and Peaches CAKD to show them. aaed low as the loweat. Smith's C. E.

MBAtBY. St bl All Salnta St. FBICB OKB catonr Tort it a different from mud thai dredge brings up" from the bottom of tbe Usually ii mud, however--mud and jrravd, biu of rock, and Iwag strings of Uiine. It clean mud, however, and the divdiror thinks uoth-iig of plunging feet niost into it search of anything bnxht laomenl in th un the aww. Cloee to the docks 'th" mud is n-x clwm.

but the ol Jm ethiug valuable are that the difference not taken into practical consideration. iu Uuotiuu'autrict. improved. from iVtoi il improved. the copartner- between Theo.

C. mutual ONLY 90 Line Line PoeK only Atao finer editl. worse than low prices. Atoolookatour bound Standard ly said firm. TMEO.C KRKH.

jHaringobfained control of the City Meat -111 continue the business in alfits branches aad wiU keep constantly on hand a full supply FJRESH MEATS, --SUCH ow to how will new patent index ouisjsiementfi; for 1S83. PnCCS below ubU Price. JPteaeant of uigliiy improved Imnd la iwres GKKKX GKOCKRTEK AXD COITSTKT fKODCCE. Thanking- the public for the patronage be- stowe-1 upon the oW firm and soliciting- a continuance of the same, I am Yours. C.

L. 8TULL. The stand fonneriy occupied by Jacob MU' er dld2w. TO JUST and forms of Reformed Church, in handle case: also new stock of PrJ 1 5 1 1 11 prarer: also full-took of other books of worship, at Smith's book and stationery store. dSdlw TM nthe new books published this year, and at low prices.

Will bepleasnd to fin orders for anything not in stock. Kespectfully. David H.Snilth dSdlw THE BEST Bibles; large, small and cheap, at Smith's. oar fearfal Improved, jfrioe. 56 ouo 0 store win tonight aun and finds a resting place tbe oooe in a rare while a watch, made uae- by Ion 8 contact with salt water.

comes to excite the dredger the blis tering regret that it cannot be wki or pawned, and quite frequently kniv-s strange sLajxj and tustwt out of all blance to join forces with biu Of broken Klaaa, cut the feet of the dredger who unwarily along the bottom of the scow. Twice the harbor OrtiUgw have brought up. within the past year, a bright-blade-i kuife showing us point and edge a corroded stam, as though blood had -stuck there Once the sharp of the scoot cut off uotn reel of drowned man. 'and the tido earned the bajy beyond the reach of grappling hooks A human hand with one of the fingers bruised as thouirh a ring had been torn from it bv erVat forte, fell out of the WOOD several months ago. The dredgers thought that the man from whose arm the hand had been torn had been led down to a dock while intoxicated, and robbed and thrown overboard by the members of a gang.

It LS a common practice, but the dredge rarely disturbs the body M. A Immense dr stretched across We Narrows would witch a multitude of Straugc and mysterious tilings. It woulu be a tea times more ghaMly than a morgue. There is a tra ditioii that years ago a murderer was touvieted by a blood-stained knife brought up a dredge. The uames and dates are lacking.

Another tradition says that a draiger once brought np his own runaway daughter from rue tottoni tbe river. A ghastl? bruise on her temple told the story of her death. The dredger beat his brains out against the barred door of an insane asylum two years later. He had lived sane long enough to rourdor the man that ran off with his daughter, and a merciful court sent him to an asylum IrLrv Utoana A third Mood-curdling tradition is to the eflectMhat a dredger a against another mn alert at of the wbolifw realm and arvuwl 00, tre with hi. reiodt-er team, might wi-(t of narenta br the aimple Santa of all C-krirtiau lauda, taking all ailapw ana many nauiM.

Santa by kiwirn amon, the Dutch i. e.tb* people of Holland. In he L. fichTolm saint of Hub chih "vitzerland he la Sami Klaoi, in he is called Siwoer Klaua, In the oralberg be known as Zemmiklay but here he a uoguey who i little children into hi. aack.

In Lower he is Kiklo or Xiglo; in the Trrol he called the Holy Man. In Bdsisoi he Sunder Klrw. In Hanover, Holrtein and Hecklenburg known Claa. In tii name is in the Engebirge Nt Peter who comes round to dwtribule to the little Jiwt as it clearly apjieanj that the major- ly of Ctiri-tiaa factival Wrraikon haj It will en Churth, Nortk of Canada, nd African 500 expected attendance. Church a token of Tht Mrtfcodaf ua -vill.

to origin, so it is quite reasonable to connect the Christmas of which Santa Claus a fiuuiliar type with the toms of heathen at ll.o period of the year. When christ.amty he- oune the religion of the Roman empire and in time of the civilized world it powerfully modified the observances and the birth of Christ a prominent feature, but the of the olden days still lingers. Thu. the Feast of the Egyptian was celebrated abaut tiie sixth of Jan- The Komans had their saturnalia in reception wifi be beTd in Flnt MetiT Church, ooraer mad Far. ette ctreeta, which ie eald to hare iginatodfroa the old Lorely Meeting Howe.

Tbe general of the conference will be eoodoetoi 1ft. Verne. MrtboSn founded Oxford, EngUnd, founded Oxford, England by John and Wealey inl729- UM 1784. lube first wrmon in that city WM br John King, in 1770 the pdrit a 1 Woek On At the Book-roome on Baltimore 8t the Methodwt Historical eociety dia- a number of of promj- nent of tbe church bat relief the greatertcuri- ojuty the polpit need in 1762 by Robwrt Strawbridge, at the hooae of John Evan of San'i Creek, thia a i insu or iaud in Urbana district 11 Wuo bo Sh. improucd.

Price. n.a. who supposed they weresnb- I 51 redr ln co-operative societies, I Court or Market street. Ptf day a nave xonnd they had leaned upon a broken I small pocket account book. A liberal reward I mint- will be paid fonts return to National Life and Maturity Association i itjcnmsi anoinur dredger for many years, hoping for ven- trpanpB at 90 TUod in proved.

uu. I A snui11 brick dwell These policies are issued located on East Third street. No. 92: each payable in 5 years from a tenant. Ap- 1 are one of the beat navlmr fa- I "int.

dfidlw- C. te est pay v-esticente that can he made. Beference inebrener i Co Frederick. Md. Forcircuiars giving full information call on or address W.

H. DUVAIX, Agt near.Erookrtlle. AT carloads of Frwco, Hotne and Stcn Tirth PtMta. G.T.KOffLEXBERG. Adamstown.

FOR decSdl Get a chance before all are taken, iMd, Smiles from in Kocfeville. JekTMcf I ARE AT.WATS Ixr- AND CHKAF. OJLO late day. We bareano "mde show" PKACTICAt-- A A OPP03ITB JUNIOR HALL. Boots and Shoes made to order.

end you the fact us to show A. C. of Undnear Cickenon SUtton. brick hooae on West Pmtricfc 44 Two-story brtck house on 8PBCIAI.TT. Merchant Tallorlnr and AJCD GOODS! --AT- oe.

The-lowest prices for fine goods yon Tler seen; do not bay until yon see oar stock. FlaJd Flanael SnrrragTi, Ajrmvcre BLACK AXB COLORED CASHMBBSS, STLK VELVETS CHEAP. The tailorTajf business la conspisuoua for Inhig-h style and qaality, which every one O. V. Stanffer very cordially Invites the public there, He has the fashions.

chanres are but fair. 4fi? enc ndEn wowtwla nich he wanto you to inspect. And meltons, tweeds and caseimetM trrom which you may select. A the elegaaoa And cats and fits so neat. ONLY 13 Harper Brosu, of harea Smith.

And he does bis work And if you onoc Mr. Staaffer sure yea tr-- a', other. Thpog-h be yoar fr.eod. o-other TXTST TOUR ATTENTION', IF TOU PLEASE -who desire the lightest and fastest run- I insM inelrowonthe not fail to come and see the Silent Feed Xo I 1 giMraoteed to pleaae. For speed, durability and I Md.

geance. At length between the jaws of the to fasten a loose rivet, the faws closed on him and he wa-s swung ut over the Then the dredge went out slowly, and the last thing that the dredger saw of earth was the face of his murderer graning triumphantly the edge of the scow. These traditions have no facts to make them real, but the dredgers beiieve in them. An old Spanish proverb says: "For the character of the people look in the bottom of the York would find much of a character in the bed of the ro-er, or the slip adjoinintr the mouth of the sewers. When tbe closes over the unlawful deeds done in tte darlmras or the night, only the dredge can bnng it to life.

How many bodies weighted with lead lie in the mud beneath six fathoms of water how many bodies float out to sea' no man can know. How greatly the number of discoyered dead the number of unknown dead reported by the police can never be estimated. Other than ghastly things, however, come up the dredge, Down the bay a few days ago, a big crab was found in a copper kettle, and an eel was found confined in a long-necked bottle, much too small for him. While still young be had made the bottle his home, and had grown so rapidly that he could not get out. A lizard crawled out of a rnatw 6t 3 urn Cr in Burline-slip, and a big found in a ra p.

A three-foot shark came np on end of a fishing fine, and two itinc rays were- found dead in a crabtwrt dip- net. Hammers, hatcbcta, saws, adzes Piwes of ship's stoves, pots, kettles, table dishes, and various articles of ship's ontfittmgs seem to strcvr the bottom of 7T- Fcw of emare of Only the new ones pay the for his trouble for fishing them out of the mud the stow. Those that of no value he.p fiil up the when the scow is dumping. jme tlrnc the future they will be drwlgod that the --TM iviuiuaiia in when the temples of Saturn were decorated as our Christian churehw are today, and it was the custom of the Roman, to salute each other with BO.VA SATUJWAMA corresponding to a "Merry Christmas" and to give their amicis.) and Yule-log of the navuiu. corrwpondin with the Peace and good-will to all men, and the blazing logi of tml.iy, were heathen customs and are still re- t.iiiiu.1 in Sweden, in which country a severe punishment is prescribed for any violation of the peace, or fcudj xtween Cht ut mas Ere and Epiphany The mistletoe is a heathen legacy.

In Bavaria, Styria and in many parts of Germany the present tutelary spirits, thegloomr before the building of the log meeting hooee. Tki. reverend tleman credited with kmting introduced Methodiam into America, buried in 1ft. Olivet Knoxvllto of fm ttawa. Dec.

aoli- tnde of onr little Tillage wu MOM. what disturbed Snndaj laat br the arrival of a runaway conple from MorriBonville, Va, They were united in the holy bonda of luiruuj Fran Holle and the benevolent Eckhart may may be shown to be directly derived from the corresponding deities of the Twelre Sights of tbe heathen Saxons. But to return to Santa Glaus. In Germany the adrent of Christmas is announced to the juveniles by a benevolent spirit, the Christ- chOd, who is usually accompanied by an evil spirit, variously known as Euprecht, Kla- bauf, Bumpanz and Hans Trappe. The eril spirit or bngbear, has for his special offce the questioning and scaring of the haughty children, while the Christ-child the presents to the good In Denmark the bugbear is furnished with a mask having two large and hideous jaws, which are violently pulled together by street.

Frederick; JERSEYS--JERSEYS-- JERSEYS. best 1,50 Jersey in Frederick, Elegant at MTereJaant; Ti Tbe leadjae-bouse. aaJ fioina; the larnn Merchant TaUonug trade in Frederick. Va toava now in stock fail fcne ot KZWWTSTKK SCITCrGS. department ts under the man 01 the well kuowa aa3 popular cotter, Mr.

G. W. T. HAKLET, Thirty experience cocO- Tours tra.y. FRESH GOODS- Fine layer and cookinc- Fifra.

French Prunes yery Sne.) Nuts of all hinds. Florida Oranges, Lemons. London layer aad cookinir Bananas. Malaza Orapes. These (roods are all new (no old stock) and win be sold at low prices.

Fresh- Confectionery Received Daily. J. E. BOWERS, class Cutter to sro to own. Inqmre at once at this office.

in want Xew Hifrh AnnSingjer Machine ml 0 ror in lots to snjt the acres adjoin. e. on the Jc R. Herbert Fresh ner now PreP'wsdto serr everv MyJe in man by tbe jn Conrt OPP.CITT HALL. '-X.

Jik jrn and finish cap the climax. Pnces lower than ever. 1 JOB finest work at the lowest prices. Printing of every deacnpuoa A TWO-STORY FRAME HOUSE, wtth six Market Street; between fa rid 8th, a desimole location fora reaidenre. form tl011 the Iat retorted trom Ausfrahais a ma'-hin'a for producing rain stormy Jt ift intended to force a rain supply from tho cloud, dunnsr a pcnod of drouth.

The apparatus is in the form of a. baHoon with a charge of dynamite attached underneath jt. The balloon is to he sent into the clow 1 and when there the dynamite is to fired by a. wire connecting it vjth the earth. A tnal of this novel is to be given upon the dry denote of New l-ouih Wales, and "the result is looked forward to with mtorest by sorae of the residents of that colony.

bock," locally applied. I the Harta Moon, tains a similar custom is obserred. In France the "Jesns-bambin" or Christ-child personally distribute the presents, being rep- represented by a beautiful maiden dressed in white robe, aod of course accompanied by the bugbear or demon. In July the children are generally allowed to select theii own presents daring the week preceding Christmas, which are subsequently distributed by the "Bambino," corresponding to theChristrcbikL In Eogland tbe Christmas cnstome are to all intents aod purposes similar to our own, except that the day after Christinas is a universal holiday when the gifts of Santa Clans are compared by the little ones in a round of visits. Santa Claus hag never appeared in bodily form to the watchful little ones of England and America.

In Kussia and Bohemia, however, he appears in the bodily presence of a venerable old man; riding on an ass, carrying a basket on his arm and a birch rod in in his hand. In the Netherlands the visit Santa Claus is looked for bv the children mSt lc holas Eve (Dec. 15) instead ot on Christinas eve. The children meet before going to bed and sing the following lines, mplonnsrSt Nicholas or Sander Klaas to et fall from the chimney tops; Sunder Klaas da srode Bloot Bnnsr mi nixt Zuclrerblood Juickt toTeel un nich to niinn Stnict in mint- Schortcn in. These lines of fasUrd German will not irove much ol a puzzle to the juvenile Gcr- ian readers of the NEWS.

Let them trv heir hand. York. contracting were Mr. Qeo. HoHenzy A.

M. Warner, tbe cwnmoor took the E. Boilky, killed a pen of hogu, in number laat week. tmtUmrt tipped the beam at 407, the lanmt at 420 Jbs. C.

W. Scharitw kSEdoM that weighed 418 Wilcozon and Hattie Yinfimtn uf Frederick, who have raiting fiienda here, have retnrned The Lutheran Sunday-aekoal making preparationa for tU Ohrift- maa Snttr who been vuitine in Har- ntmt to A of Olivw Cromwan MTB. Mary 8t, Oyr who married Gen. tbe general the U. S.

Army, to one of four liTing of the Protector of of England. The genealogy it like Oliver Cromwell died ui 1068 had born 1899, grandaon Henrr came to Baltimore dFviTffmZdfl ttar to Mary Oromwdl. botnln 1828. She afterward. becuM Mra.

St. Oyr, and recently, after acting the wearer, wbenc. th'e JeepeTforSin bock," In the hfctrS? 1 tains a similar custom i T. 8 O1I1 Wife. The re- became aecond wife.

Tlie gaining rende in Louu and Baltimore. on. Huxley tbe follawioir what a fnTl- grown man and how toi. abpold be Thw mwi ought to ltf J. w.

Lonra. COFP MTTTWT -f. pa, wh.ch i win pu-chlTM 1 pnlr f-JIcMunay cSrn Factory. continued young evarything created has somau but pon honah, it's deuced hard to 1 ft, don't chsr "Yes, 1 the Young lady lndc World. It Is said that the colored men who ollow oystering on Hooper's laland eet themaelvee ap at public auction' each week, and go with the captain who offers them the highest price, which sometimes amonuta to eight or ten dollars pe, week.

Old oyatormen saj that the present beaaon ie the beet paying one that tbey erer engaged in. Year by year oysters are becoming scarcer, and year by year 1 experence and skill in oyrtennen are becoming more necwwry elements of success. of too, is advancing each year; thorn that three yean ago were worth bat fifteen cento now Wng worth ttor A good story of tbe and great wtic-n he threw off jumped out ttair KTaporated pencfaesare said to be sop- plantinz the earned fruit. Tbey ale Dfc. ft.

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