Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-06-29
HAGeRSTOWN NEWS GRIST
MANY CITY PEOPLE VISITING MARY.
LAND MOUNTAIN RESORTS.
Game Warden Arrested for VIOLATING
Fishing Laws-Bfg Peach
Crop-BOy Drowned.


Special Correspondence Of The Evening Star.
HAGERSTOwN, Md. June ~. 1900.
The present season in the Blue Ridge
mountain resort region opened up most
auspciously. Many of the hotels are al
ready well filed with guests. Nearly all
of the cottagers from Washington and Bal
timore have arrived and taken possession
of their summer homes. The bookings OF
the leading hotels and boarding houses are
large. and the indications for successful
season are bright.
Arrangements have been made for the
dedication of the Robert Rennert Memorial
Chapel. which stands near the Buena Vista
Springs Hotel. early IN July. The chapel
was erected by Mrs. Robert Rennert Of
Baltimore In memory of her husband. It
cost about 5000. and is non-sectarian, the
interior plans being such that 1t can be
used by either Catholic or Protestant.
An arrest which is causing much COM
ment. especially among the bass fishermen,
is that of Samuel Fiery, a prominent gen.
tleman of this country. and one OF the coun-
tvs game wardens, for violating himself
the fish law, which provides a penalty for
taking from the waters bass under ten
inches in length. To allow him time to go
home and harvest the hearing of the case
has been set for July 3. 1t is attracting
considerable attention, and the final out
come is looked to with much interest.
Charles Munson twelve years old, son Of
Jane Munson. living near Great Cacapon,
was drowned in the Chesapeake and Ohio
canal at lock SO. a few miles west Of Ham
cock, this county. He lost his balance and
fell into the canal and was drowned be-
fore he could be given any help. His body
was recovered near where 1t disappeared
Mrs. Charles Beard, very estimable
lady of Chewsville, this county, is in a
precarious condition from the bite of a
copperhead snake. which was coiled up In
a chickens nest, and bit her in the hand
while she was searching for eggs Her
arm swelled to twice its normal size, and
her body is greatly discolored.
AS indicating the immensely of the peach
crop in this section is the fact that Hagers-
town dealers in baskets have sold thirty
season. These baskets are enough to hold
10000 bushels of peaches.
Rev. S. E. Bateman, formerly OF Hagers-
town. has been installed pastor of the
Calvary Lutheran Church, Philadelphia.
After extensive repairs decorations and inn
provements this church was reopened and
rededicated Sunday last.
The fifth annual conve rtion of the Mary
land Bankers Association will be held at
the Blue Mountain House on Wednesday
and Thursday, July II and II. The Penn
sylvania Association will attend on the
second day. 1t Is predicted by some that
during the discussions b. these bodies ac-
ton may be taken that will have an I'M
portant bearing in politics in the states
represented.
A wedding at which the principals In
Guiding the officiating minister, were deaf
muteS, occurred this morning at the home
of Mr.. Samuel F. Lowman, Leitersburg,
this county, when his daughter, Miss Alto
May Lowman, a teacher in the Maryland
School for the Deaf at Frederick, was mar
ried to Mr.. John S. kavanaugh of Balti-
more. assisted by Rev. ictor Miller.