Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-10-20
DIPHTHERIA AT HAGERSTOWN.
Charged to Water supply PurGinG
Registration Lists.
Jurisprudence Of The Evening Star.

Special Correspondence Of The Evening Star.
HAGERSTOWN, Nd. October 10, 1890
The democrats made a lively onslaught
on the registration lists of Hagerstown at
the final sitting of the registrars for cor
rection. They succeeded in swearing off
800 of disqualified voters, thereby making,
as they claim. a gain of 2U over their re-
publican friends. They are elated at this
and boldly assert that if their well-laid
plans prove as successful proportionately
in the remaining twenty-three districts CT
the county they would wipe out the 100
majority claimed 10y the republicans on the
face of the lists when the enrolment of
names ceased, and would have quite bal
auce to their credit. y nice point of law
arose in several cases during this ''Swear
iUg-off process. and will have to be de-
Cidod by the court. The point made was
that a man should not be disfranchiscd b.
cause OF conviction of larceny by
magistrate. The law provides for disfran-
ChiScmeut for this UffenSe unless the party
is pardoned by the governor. The court of
appeals. in a recent decision, held that
magistrates had no jurisdiction in such
cases, and that conviction could only be in
the circuit court.
The ravages of the Giphtheria which has
prevailed here for some time. are becoming
alarming. The latest reports. made ycstcr-
day. show that it has made its appearances
at the Orphans Home, where there are a
large number of children, and where one
death has already occurred. One of the
public schools has been closed, and the
school commissioners appealed to to adopt
stringent regulations governing the others
with reference to pupils from homes where
the disease is or has been. The health
beard is working heroiCally, and is using
every means known to science to cope
with it. Especial attention is being paid to
the sources of water supply. Numerous
wells have been closed. Even the old
oak Spring-HagerstOwn pride for many
VtarS-SitIIated in the heart of the CITY. and
at which the oldest inhabitant quenched
his thirst when a boy, has come under the
ban, having been found unfit for use, and
ordered closed to the public. Warning
cards are displayed in all sections of the
city, and an order was issued this morning
meut of the law prohibiting the cOmmn-
CLING with those who reside in infected
houses, or to promisCuously pass in and out
of houses upon which diphtheria cards are
posted.
In addition to the large brewery and ice
plant now in course of erection in HagerS-
town by foreign capital the HOcter Brew
ing Company of Columbus, Ohio, will erect
here at once a mammoth cold storage plant
similar to the one that they established at
Winchester, Va.
y large match plant is to he started in
the lower end of the adjoining county of
Franklin. Pa, with capital of 100000. 1t
will give employment to about 100 hands,
and it is stated that it will be independent
Of the trust
The apple crop Of this county. now being
gathered, is simply immense, and eastern
and western buyers are in the market pur-
chasing freely at 81 per barrel for the
whit apple and 81 - for the red. embrace
ing the York Imperial and Ben Davis
varieties The Hancock district is making
heavy shipments, which will alone by the
TtlS. Farmers have realized from 500 to
$1,000 for their crops