Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-11-22
HAGERsToWN NEWS GRIsT.
Items of Interest From Western Mary
land and Vicinity.

Special Correspondence Of The Evening Star
HAGERSTOWN Md, November q, 1902
In consequence of an appeal from the
Cumberland Valley Railroad Company to
the Pennsylvania Railroad Company for
crews to operate its freight trains the lat
ter company has posted notices for volun-
teers to make up eight crews-engineers.
firemen, conductors. brakemen and fiagmen
The notices say fiagmen will be given con-
ductors' positions and brakemen will be
made f1agmen. The men will be given six
months leave of absence. The Cumber-
land Valley railroad will not receive the
first of Its new engines until February In
that month 1t expects to receive two. 1t
has placed orders for Twenty-Five all of
the large, heavy, freight pattern. The re-
naming twenty will be supplied during
1903. ..---..
The board of pension examiners for Ha-
gerstown will hereafter meet on Wednes-
day of each week. instead of the first and
third Wednesdays of each month, as here
tofore An order to this effect was issued
from Washington In compliance with re-
quest made by the board. For some time
the number of claimants presenting them
selves for examination at each meeting of
the board has been greater than the ex-
aminers could dispose of. Drs. w. B. Nor
rison, C. r. Scheller and W. NJ Nihiser
compose the local board.
A telegraph Office will be established at
71-mile siding on the Cumberland Valley
railroad, just this side OF Maugansvile A
house has been erected there and instru-
ments put in ands a 'semaphore erected to
signal trains. " 80
Two new papers, have recently been
started at Gettysburg. tSThe one Is a daily.
called Progress, andsis published by A. P.
Seilhamer; the other Is semi-weekly
known as the Gettysburg News, the pub
fishers being Messfs. Ba.rbehenn and Little
Auctioneer Fisher sold this week in front
of the court house, this city, twenty-one
shares First Natiopal Bank stock, par $40,
for $35.75 a share,h.
Seven lock pouches are sent out from the
post Office in Hagerst6Wn twice day ON
post offices supplied are Funkstown, Beaver
Creek. West Beaver Greek, MapleyilIe
Smoketown and Booiesboro' The pouches
for Smoketown and Beaver Creek are
hauled about mile from the trolley The
mails leave here al S:io a m. and $40 pm.
burned over and destroyed several hundred
acres of timber The fire attained such
proportions that the residents had to turn
out and fight 1t, and 1t was hard work to
prevent the flames from reaching farm
houses near by.
William Law, resident of Cayetown.
this county, but who Is now serving a SEN
tence of fifteen years in the penitentiary at
Bismarck, NJ d., for killing the town mar
shall there has written his family here that
he will be pardoned in a very short time
and will come home at once. Law has now
served eleven years of his sentence
Because of q scarcity of engines the
Western Maryland railroad Is unable to
handle the freight delivered to it by the
baltimore and Ohio, and the yards are
blocked. Over 800 car loads were yester-
day moved to Paramount and stored on
sidings until engines and crews can be se-
cured to haul them away. -. u
A telephone message from Mercersburg