Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-09-08
HAGERSTOWN NEWS GRlST
Jacob Marcus Accuses His Wife of
Bigamy.
Big Barn Burned-Break in the Canal
-Orndorn-HankeyW Wedding
Railroad Wreck.
Special Correspondence Of The Evening Star.

Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.
HAGERSTOWN. Nd. September Z. 1899.
Jacob Marcus of Hagerstown, formerly of
Pfttsburg. swore out a warrant at Cumber-
land charging his wife with bigamy. Mar
Gus worked at the jewelry business and
kept boarders in Pittsburg before coming
to Hagerstown Philip Heck. one of the
boarders, and Mrs. Marcus. he says, be-
came overfriendly, and on August eloped,
going to Romney. w. Va, where they were
married August ..
Last Saturday he received letter from
his wife stating that she was married to
Heck; that she would like to have their
two children, and that although she had
lived with Marcus eight years she had re-
Gently learned she was not legally married
to him. Marcus has a marriage certificate
showing he married the woman at Somer-
set, Pa. On receipt of the letter he wired
Mrs. Heck she could get the children If she
would meet him in Cumberland; but she
failed to appear, and Mr.. Marcus has now
gone to Romney and will have her arrested.
The large barn of Isaac Stoner, situated
near Marion, was destroyed by fire last
night Two horses two cows last years
wheat crop, all of this years crops and all
of Mr.. Stoner's farming implements were
consumed entailing loss of $500
"A SERIOUS break occurred III tne (neSd-
peake and Ohio canal three miles above
WilliamspOrt. near the Sharpless ware
house. The break extends five feet below
the bottom and is nineteen feet in length.
All navigation has been suspended during
the repairs. which will require four days
time and an expenditure of 5000 or $500.
Jacob Bishop, well-known citizen of the
Beaver creek district, dropped dead in one
of the fields of his farm. His death is
thought to have been due to heart disease.
He was a widower with one grown daugh-
ter, who survives him.
One of the worst wrecks that ever occur
red on the Western Maryland railroad took
place at the junction at Willamsport,
where a freight train of eightyfour cars
broke and then came together again. Six
teen cars were completely demolished, and
many others more or less damaged. The
wreck Is a bad one. and will cost the rail-
road many thousands of dollars.
A brilliant social event the wedding
at noon yesterday at st. Mary's Catholic
Church, this city. of Miss Louise H. Orn-
dorff. daughter of the late eX-Mayor w. F.
Orndorff of Hagerstown. and Mr.. Anthony
Hankey of Boston, Rev. Father j. Brod-
erick, pastor of St. Martins Church. Balti-
more. assisted by Father Dugan of ST
Plus Church. Baltimore, and Father Rab-
bia of St. Mary's Church, this city, officiat-
ing. Miss Adella Dyer of Washington was
maid of honor and the best man was Dr.
Walter Faunce of Boston. The ushers were
DR.. Walter Rogers and Mr.. Jos. l. Rogers
of Boston and DR.. Preston Miller and Thos
B. South of Hagerstown. The bride is an
accomplished vocalist, known in musical
circles in Washington. She has sung with
marked success in concert, and was for
some time contralto in the Baltimore
Cathedral and synagogue of the Baltimore
congregation and later in the Philadelphia
Cathedral.
VIM. j. Highbarger, proprietor of the
City Hotel at Sharpsburg, this county was
seriously burned yesterday evening and
the interior Of the hotel badly damaged by
fire, as the result of a barrel of whisky
becoming fgnited from a match which Mr.
Highbarger had lighted to enable him to
see in drawing some of the contents The
prompt efforts of citizens saved the build
ing, and Mr.. Highbarger from burning to
death.
DR.. John J. Smith of Chambersbure is
thought to have contracted anthrax from
several cows that had died of the disease
and on which he held a post-mortem
Eruptfons have appeared on his body