Evening star., 1901-09-21
HAGERsTOwN NEWS GRIsT.
Decision Against a City Ordnance
Unique Wedding.

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| Special Correspondence of The Evening Star
| HAGERSTOWN, Md, September -. 1901.
Judge Stake has rendered an important
| decision against the officials OF Hagers-
town. The Western Maryland Railroad
Company filed q bill for injunction to re-
strain the mayor and the council from fur
ther prosecuting a suit against the railroad
| company for maintaining stock yards with
In the corporate limits. The contention
made by the town was that IL was within
the authority of the municipal authorities
to suppress them. The town ordinance
provides that 1t shall be unlawful for any
railroad company to maintain stock yards
within the municipality. Judge Stake held
that the ordinance was invalid. The ord-
nance does not say anything about the
stock yards becoming Offensive, and there
fcre nuisance. Upon this point, the
court says, the town has control.
Patterned after the customs of the church
there Will be a wedding. in some respects
out of the ordinary. in the Reformed Men
monte sanctuary, near Waynesboro'. Sun
day morning, September %. The contract
Ing persons will be David Shoemaker who
lives near Hagerstown. and Miss Carrie
Reyer. daughter of the late William Reyer
or Paramount, this county. This will be
the hrst wedding in the new church and
Bishop Jacob S. Lehman of Chambersburg
will go there to officiate at it. Before the
ceremony he will preach a sermon on matr-
mony and will impress the young people
about to be married with the solemnity of
their compact. After the sermon the mar
riage ceremony will be performed.
The prohibitionists OF Washington county
met In convention at Hagerstown and NOM
mated full county ticket The state plat
form was adopted and resolutions were
passed denouncing the brutal assassination
of President Mckinley, extending sympathy
to the bereaved widow. demanding the
overthrow Of anarchy and suggesting that
ha col fS
than all else breeder and abettor of an
archy.
The draping Of buildings public and pri-
vate, out of respect for the martyred Presi-
dent Is not confined to Hagerstown. but
every town In the county shows evidence
of mourning. Many houses are draped in
black. flags at half-mast and in many win
dows can be seen pictures of President Nc
kinley draped in mourning
business on the Chesapeake and Ohio ca
nal continues highly satisfactory During
the month Of August the coal shipments to
Wllliamsport amounted to 11,S19 tons and
the miscellaneous tonnage to 4S1 tons. the
receipts for the month amounting to S3179
The Hanover syndicate and others. who
recently purchased the Maryland Telephone
Company Of Hagerstown. have absorbed
the Winchester Telephone Company
through Jefferson and Berkeley counties
w. Va. The Maryland line connects with
the Winchester line at -Shepherdstown.
Mr.. Garnett F. Snyder, graduate of the
Hagerstown Male High School, class of 1901,
has gone to Washington to enter Columbian
College.
Mrs. Nyman and daughter Mrs Ralph
Jefferson and Master Fred Lomis of Wash
1ngton are guests of Mr.. J. Harlan Smith,
South Potomac street, this city.
Miss Sallie Angle and Miss Agnes Tomp-
son OF Washington are visiting at Hagers-
town and vicinity.
Rev A. B. Station OF st. Paurs United
Brethren Church, this city, is visiting at
Washington.
Miss Katie Welinger West Church street.
this city. who has been I'll for some time
Is on a visit to her sister, Mrs ]. O. Mon
tague, Washington