Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-07-05
FROM FREDERICK.
Progress Of the Proposed Gettysburg
and Harrisburg Railroad.

Correspondence of THE EVENING STAR.
FREDERICK, Nd, July 8.
The board of managers of the Frederick
County agricultural society are making ar
rangements to improve the fair grounds here
for the next annual exhibition in October.
Machinery hall will be repaired and will proba-
bly, be used for dancing on July 20, the occa-
sion of the annual harvest picnic of the farmers
of Frederick county.
The Frederick mercantile association has
received several important communications
within the past few days relative to the Wash
ington extension of the Gettysburg and Harris
burg railroad Col j. c. Fuller. the president
of the company, writes that the line of the first
survey is now within IL miles of Washington
but that this route will not be decided upon
until others have been tried, the desire being
to secure the shortest and most direct route
from Gettysburg to the national capital He
will arrange to hold conference with the
business men of Emmitsburg and Frederick
relative to having the route made via these
places. He says he is backed in the enterprise
By Jay Cooke to the amount of $500, 900, and
only needs 100000 additional to construct the
new road. Liberal offers and inducements
will be made to him by the people of Frede-
rick and Emmitsburg 1t is likely that if the
road is built through this county it will absorb
what is ut present known the Emmitsburg
railroad company, now operating miles OF
track between the connection with the West
ern Maryland railroad and the village of EN-
mitsburg.
The depressing effect upon trade in Frede-
rick by the loss OF the county bridges across
the Monocacy, and the fact that the new
bridges in course of erection cannot be COM
pleted before next October has led the bust
ness men here to protest and to urge upon the
county commissioners the immediate construc-
ton OF temporary bridges at the most impor-
tant points. Hundreds of country people are
cut OF from communication with Frederick ex-
cept by driving from 10 to Is miles ont of their
way. The work of rebuilding the bridges at
Ceresville, on the Liberty pike, and Frederick
junction, on the Georgetown pike, was begun
yesterday. M.
The big brewery of Falk, jung Il Borchert,
in Wauwatesa, Wis, was totally DESTROYED by
fire yesterday afternoon The loss is 81 600 600.
aud two hundred men will be thrown out Of
employment.
In the hustings court of Danville, Va. Mrs.
Annie Smith has made application to Judge
Aiken for necessary certificate to enable her to
undergo the legal examination as an applicant
for license to practice law in the courts of
firginia-the first case of the kind in that
| state.
Two negroes, Prince Fleming and Richard
johnson, were hanged at Quintman, Miss.
Wednesday for the murder OF negro named
John Taylor. They died protesting their in
nocense.
The vestibule train east bound on the
Chesapeake and Ohio railroad was wrecked by
a slide in cut yesterday George W. walsh,
| the oldest engineer ON the road, and his fire.
man., who name cannot be learned, were
| killed.
| Rockland and Frseport Me-, had centennial
| celebrations yesterday.
Dennis Donovan, twenty-five years old. ac-
cidentally shot his brother Thomas, four years
younger, at their home in Philadelphia Tues
day might, ind was 30 overcome with remorse
that he cut his throat with razor. Both men
| VIII die.