Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-04-25
FARM LABOR SCARCE.
Men Are Working on the Canal and Railroad
About Hagerstown-OtherN News.
Correspondence Of The Evening Star.

Men Are Working on the Canal and Railroad
About HaGerstown-Other News.
Correspondence of The Evening Star.
HAGERsTowN, April "a, 1891.
The employment Of SO much labor on the
Chesapeake and Ohio canal the Potomac VAL
lev railroad and Baltimore and Ohio railroad
yards at Brunswick has produced a very
serious scarcity of farm labor in this county.
These public works pay S1.25 per day for I'M
skilled labor. which is more than the farmer
can offer, and the consequence is that in the
county it is hard to find farm hand who can
be hired.
Hagerstown is making rapid strides as a man
ufacturing center and is constantly adding to
her industries. The latest addition is that Of
the removal here from Norristown. Pa, of a
factory for the manufacture of iron pipes of all
descriptions. The capital stock Of the company
is go 900. One of the home land improve
ment companies has donated five acres of land
upon which to erect the buildings. which will be
commenced at once. The main building will
occupy 5000 square feet and the furnaces and
minor buildings $4,000 feet. The enterprise
will employ 100 men and thirty skilled men
with their families will be brought here from
Philadelphia. The company will manufacture
wrought-iron pipes of the smallest size up to
pipes ten inches In diameter. There are but two
and the other one in Richmond. Va.
Col. II. X. Douglas, recently appointed to
the vacant judgeship of this circuit, has ac-
cepted the Office and entered upon his duties.
The judge has consequently rendered his resig-
nation as colonel of the first regiment, NJ. n. G..
Some feeling is being manifested here and in
the adjoining counties Of Pennsylvania at the
failure of the legislature at Harrisburg to
honor the memory OF Jennie Wade, female
hero at Gettysburg. who was killed by rebel
sharpshooter's bullet while baking bread for
the Union soldiers. Miss Wade was lovely
girl, beloved by all who knew bel, and the legis-
lature was petitioned to appropriate 81 900 for
a monument to her memory. The bill was in
troduced and has just been negatived.
DR.. j. Z. Swallow of Hagerstown has pur-
chased for AGO q slate farm Of 160 acres in
Berkeley county, VIVA, which he proposes con-
verting into big peach farm.
The Hotel Hamilton Of this city, the "haven"
for runaway couples, was the scene yesterday Of
another wedding of this Characteristic con-
tracing parties being Miss Gertrude NJ. OAR
berry of Martinsburg, WA, and Mr.. Hezekiah
G. Bowling of Philadelphia. The ceremony
was performed by Rev. E. II. Delk Of Trinity
Lutheran Church.
Mr.. and Mrs. Duval and Mr.. John Emmert of
Washington are visiting friends in this city.
Rev. q. W. Snyder Of Harrisburg, Pa, has
received and accepted a call to the pastorate
of the Reformed Church at Boonsboro, this
county.
The Post Office Department at Washington
has ordered the discontinuance OF the post
office at Grimes Station, on the n and W. rail
road. this county. In the future mail matter
will go to Lydici, three miles north, on the
same road.
Mrs. Clara E. Lewis of this city has applied
for a divorce from her husband, Denton Z.
Lewis, upon the ground Of infidehty.
William Mowery, Elias F. Bussards and Mrs.
Mary Anders, all of this county, have been
granted original pensions by the depar tment at
Washington.
Mr.. Frederick G. Warner, proprietor of the
Potomac House at Clearspring, this county.
and brother of Mr.. John Warner of Washing
ton. is dead, at the age of ffty-one years. He
passed away suddenly, being in his usual health
up to q few moments OF his death. He leaves
quite competence to his widow and children.
During the past two days this section has
been visited with terrific wind and rain storms.
accompanied with vivid flashes of lightning and
deafening claps OF thunder. Considerable dam
age was done in the uprooting of trees, the
blowing down of fences and outhouses. In
Hagerstown several houses were struck by
lightning and badly damaged.
Rev. W. s. Il. Metzger, pastor of the Lutheran
Church at Funkstown, this county, has received
a unanimous call to Dillsburg, Pa, which he
will accept.
John Miller, who gave his residence as Wash
ington, d. c., languishes in jail here for the
larceny OF several pairs Of pincers. b