Evening star., 1901-12-13
HAGERSTOwN NEWS GRIsT.
Indictments Against Saloon Keepers
New Industry for the City.

Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.
| HAGERSTOWN, Md, December II, 1901.
| Judge Stake of the circuit court of this
| county imposed fines upon the saloon keep
! ers convicted at the present term of court
| of Illegally selling liquor on Sunday. All
] of the seven dealers had previously pleaded
| guilty. Five of them had two cases each
| against them. In the cases where two in
| dictments were found against one dealer
| fine of $50 was imposed in one Indictment
| and a stet entered by the state in the other
upon payment of costs in both cases, as
! has been the CUSTOM The court said here
after no stets would be entered in cases
| where more than one indictment was found.
! The fines imposed aggregated $3.50 and the
costs S9o16.
| The American Manufacturing Company
| of Waynesboro has made an assignment for
| the benefit of creditors. At a meeting OF
I the board of directors a resolution was
passed embodying the following facts:
lowing to sundry losses and misfortunes
| the corporation is unable to discharge its
| debts and liabilities" The American Nam
ufacturing Company was Incorporated IN
1882 manufactured fruit dryers and dealt
| extensively in lumber. The board of di-
rectors embraces some of the most sub
stantial men of the community. The COM
pany had capital of $4,000
A small packet, on which party OF
seven Washington sportsmen came up the
canal to Williamsport, was tied up below
the lock at that place, and when the water
commenced to recede the craftwas beached
and partly filled with water. After being
pulled into the canal the boat nearly sank,
damaging the provisions and contents. The
occupants will spend some time hunting
and trapping along the river.
Intelligence has been received here that
Rev. A. c. &eary, formerly pastor of the
Reformed Church of keedysville. this
county, dropped dead of heart disease at
FiSherSYille, near Harrisburg, Pa, where
he was pastor of q Reformed congregation.
He had been in seemingly good health, and
his death was a great surprise to his
friends.
Another industry has been projected I'm
Hagerstown, the National Door and Win
dow Company of New Jersey having de-
cided to move its plant here. The Land
and Improvement Company donated S1o.-
600 site in the west end addition, on which
a building 100X60 feet will be erected. The
plans for the building are now in the hands
of local contractors and work will begin
shortly. 1t will employ 70 or 100 men.
A statement Of the receipts and expendi-
lures of the Hagerstown fair for the sea-
son of 1901 shows total receipts were S2I,-
211G9, an increase of 81, 106 10 over the re-
ceipts of 1900. and the largest ever taken in
by the fair. The expenditures leave bal
ance of S5,0iS61. This money will probably
be applied to improvements.
The presiding elder has removed Rev. J.
III. Thomas from the pastorate of St
James A. NJ. E. Church of Chambersburg
and has sent to that place Rev. Paris
Baker from Mercersburg. Rev. Thomas
has gone to Philadelphia. where he will be
joined by his family
Granville S. Hames, president of the First
National Bank of Westminster is dead at
his home near Union Bridge. after an ILL
ness of several weeks. He was seventy
eight years old.
On the mountain in the adjoining county
of Bedford, Pa. seventy-ive deer have
been shot this season
NJ. III. Huyett has been appointed post
master at Huyett, this county, vice Joseph
Grimm. resigned.
Mr. Lester Snively of Washington IS at
keedysville visiting his sisters and recu-
perating his health. having recently re-
covered from severe attack of typhoid
fever