Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-01-17
HAGERSTOWN HAPPENINGS.
The Town Wants a Full Pledged
MayOr-Other signs of Progress.

MayOr-Other Signs of Progress.
Correspondence Of The Evening Star.
HAGERSTOwN, Jan. 49, 1894.
Hagerstown seems to be determined to
have all the adjuncts of a city. even II
the outside districts-and they are num-
erous-disputes her claims. The mayor, r.
j. Hahn, gets the munificent salary Of q
cents per day. This is to be remedied and
a bill has been sent to the Maryland legis-
iature, now in session, for power to in
crease the salary to 1000 a year, and to
invest the mayor with magisterial powers.
who shall hold a police court and discharge
the functions now performed by police JUS
tices. The matter meets with favor. To
meet this emergency, "city hall'' is de-
manded, and a bill for this purpose has
gone to the legislature, also bills empower
ing the city council to increase the eff
cheney Of the fire department by a paid
marshal and one also granting an in
crease of the police force. These measures
Will increase somewhat the taxes of our
property holders, but should they pass the
legislature, must be submitted to public
vote at the coming spring municipal cleo
ton for ratification. A sewerage system
is also one of the contemplated improve
ments and the legislature has been asked
TO grant power to make COMBINATIONS for
lands &c.
Employees of the Chesapeake and Ohio
Canal Company are now being paid off.
MeSSrS. G. l.. Nicholson, the manager and
j. Graham Pearre, paymaster, who re-
Gently made tour of inspection of the
canal on horseback, started out yester-
day FOR the purpose Of paying the employees
OF the waterway.
The old st. PauIs Reformed Church and
the Oak Spring sites, will be the place for
the city hall, if the legislature grants the
proper power. These properties are on
Franklin street and the latter is already
owned by the city.
Justice Alfred ID. Merrick, Of Hagers-
town. recently rendered a decision which
Is causing considerable commotion in the
towns of this county. He decides that there
are only two corporations in the county
Hagerstown and Smithsburg-and that the
other pretended corporations are not only
Invalid. but ridiculous In form. This de-
cision grew out of a corporation at Funks-
town, the chosen officers imposing penal
ties. the right of which were denied.
from pure "cussedness or hard times, -
burglars are cutting large swath in this
vicinity. Daniel Rohrer's store at Rohrers-
vile. was burglarized on Sunday night the
thieves carrying off quite quantity of
merchandise, also gun and revolver kept
Upon the premises for its protection. Sam
uei Rowe's store at Harper's Ferry. was
also invaded and several hundred dollars
worth of merchandise carried Off The mer-
Grant tailoring establishment Of Mr.. T.
w. Brendle. Greencastle. was also entered,
but few shots from a revolver in Mr.
Brendle's hand put them to flight. The
grocery store of Mr.. VIM. Funhouser. was
burglarized at an early hour Sunday morn
Ing. then fired, the building and contents
being consumed. The loss is almost COW
cred by insurance
Boonsboro. which has outstripped the
county seat by getting an electric railroad
running from Keedysville. where 1t makes
a junction with the Washington county
branch of the Baltimore and Ohio rail-
road, a distance of three miles, now wants
bank, and Is likely to get It, Twenty
five thousand dollars Of the capital stock
has already been subscribed.
Edward knode of Funkstown this coun-
ty. was arrested last evening by United
States Deputy Marshal VIM Chrissinger,
charged with improperly using the United
states mail in sending a letter to VIM
Schi1dtneek, Of the same place. contain
Ing vulgar obscene and indecent lam
guaGe. knode gave bail before United
States Commissioner Alex. R. Hager for a
hearing on Monday next