Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-08-28
HAGEkSTOWN HAPPENINGS.
Politics In Washington County-Resto-
ration Of the G. and o. Canal.

Ccereapondsnce Of TIE EVENING stan.
HAoERsrowS, Aug. "a.
At the very beginning Of the campaign foI
the coming fall election the republican centra
committee finds itself in an awkward position.
Its chairman, Mr.. 8. F. Culbertson, was ap-
pointed several months ago to Q position in the
internal revenue service, with headquarters al
Philadelphia. Its secretary, Mr.. George T,
Leighman, died last fall, while more recently
the treasurer Of the committee received an
appointment in the internal revenue service
and 10 on duty in Baltimore The committee
therefore, finds itself without head. and with
no one OF official authority to call it together
As the democrats have already called county
convention. 1t is necessary that this committee
should be moving. The only way out Of the
difficulty which now embarrasses the republican
committee is that the members, including one
representative from each OF the twenty-three
districts Of the county, call the committee
together by common consent
Alex. R. Hagner, member Of the Washing.
ton county bar, has been appointed United
States commissioner for the fourth circuit in
and for the Maryland district to succeed Mr.
Albert Small OF Hagerstown.
A meeting Of the citizens Of williamsport
and the surrounding country was held last
evening to take action with reference to the
1t was largely attended and was presided over
by Victor Cushwa, esq. After q general dis
cussion committee was appointed to formu.
late q call for meetings to be held in each dis
trict OF the county to elect ten delegates to a
convention TO be held in Hagerstown at date
to be hereafter named, to take action toward
the restoration of the canal as q waterway.
Suits have been entered In the adjoining
counties Of Franklin and Adams Pa, against
the Western Maryland railroad company. The
matter to be settled is the right of the western
extension Of the Western Maryland railroad
company to occupy and use without compen.
sation the embankments and trucks Of the old
Tape Worm (Thaddeus Stevens road), made
nifty years ago by the commonwealth Of Penn
sylvania and then abandoned The right il
denied by the land owners and asserted by the
company as successors to all the rights OF the
commonwealth As the question is new and
close, affecting other interests besides those
directly involved, the course Of these suits will
be watched with great interest
Mr.. Rowland Hoffman, while blowing in q
field at Antietam near the old historical Dunk.
ard church a day or two ago, unearthed a skel-
eton-that OF q confederate soldier, The re-
mains were in an excellent state Of preserve
ton.
The farmers Of Washington county can now
count on the corn crop to fill up the shortage
in their wheat yield. A large percentage OF
the crop was planted early and is now 80 ma
tured that unfavorable weather would not affect
the yield. Reports from every section are IA
vorable for an immense crop.
Miss Jennie Mudd and Miss Mollie Mudd Of
Washington. who have been visiting in Clear
Spring, this county, have returned home.
here in the past two days are DR.. Charles A.
Ball, Charles Roman, George O'Neal, G. M.
McClary, B. T. Bruner, A. Barnes and Miss
Barnes. B.