Evening star., 1900-04-27
HAGERSTOWN NEWS GRiST
PROSPECT OF FINE PEACH CROP IN
WESTERN MARYLAND.
Plans for New Railroad - Death Of 8
E. Shindel-To Celebrate
July 4.
Special Correspondence Of The Evening Star.
HAGERSTOWN, Md, April 26, 1900.

Speclal Correspondence OF Inc r-NeniuE
HAGERSTOWN, Nd, April 26, 1900.
Mr.. E. A. Pry of Keedysville, a peach
grower on an extensive scale and the owner
of several fine peach farms, says the pros
poets are good for the best peach crop in
the history of Washington county. He
thinks the failure of the crop last year
gave the trees a rest which has resulted
In strengthening the buds this year. Mr..
John Adams. the veteran peach grower
OF the Smithsburg belt, speaking in this con-
| nection, said to The Star correspondent that
| from all Indicate there will be an abun-
dant crop of peaches this year. The frost,
he says. did not hurt the buds in the
past seasons. and everything in fact seems
| favorable for fine fruit and plenty Of it.
A movement is on foot which will give
this county additional railroad facilities.
Citizens of Fulton county, Pa, bordering on
Washington and Allegany counties, Md,
have organized for the purpose Of building
branch railroad from the main line of
the Baltimore and Ohio either at Hancock
or Cherry Run, this county, to McConnells-
burg, Pa. Severa! Of the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad officials and a number of
prominent citizens of both states have re-
Gently gone over the ground preparatory to
locating the route.
s. f. Shindel well-knOwn and highly
respected citizen of Hagerstown. was strick-
en- with paralysis yesterday morning and
died an hour afterward. He was seventy
five years Old. He leaves a wife, four sons
and two daughters, all grown, Mrs James
Hammond Of Washington being one of the
latter. The deceased was an unc.e of DIR.
Z. NJ Shindel. mayor of llaGerstown.
Owing to the great scarcity Of work on
| the Chesapeake and Ohio canal caused by
| the strike in the mining regions number
o. WilliamSport and Sharnsburg boatmen
| have taken their mules and gone to plow-
ing for the farmers.
A rush sRtpment Of flowers. intended for
"a weddlngSreception. passed through Ha-
gerStown a day or two ago from Philadel-
rhia to Durham. n. G.. arriving over the
| Cumberland Valley and going south over
| the Norfolk and Western railroad These
| flowers weighed 1870 pounds. 1t was the
| largest shipment of the kind that ever
passed through this city.
| Judge Stake has drawn the jury for the
| Monday May II. There are 1870 cases on
| the trial docket and thirteen on the civil
| appeal docket.
! Rev. J. II. clayton, who had been for
| several weeks conducting ovangelistic meet
! irgs in the First BAPTIST Church, this city,
| has returned to Washington.
| HagerstOWn is to have great ce1ebra ton
| July 4. That day has been selected for
| the dedication and mounting in the new
| park presented to the city by eX-Mayor
| Bloom of the Spanish cannon lent by the
| awarded to the keeping of Hagerstown by
| Governor Lowndes in recognition of hav-
| ing furnished the greatest number of SOL
diers for the Sp.nish war There will be
| speeches by prominent gentlemen and a
! parade of Grand Army men and firemen,
| and In the evening a grand display of fire
| works and a general jo!lification.