Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-09-26
HAGERSToWN NEWS GRIST.
Items Of Interest From Western Mary.
land and Vicinity.

Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.
HAGERSTOWN Md, Sept. 3D. 1902.
In the United States circuit court, Balti-
more, Judge Golf appointed r. Lindsay
Coleman, New York city; Albert A. Pope,
Boston, and John A. Miller, Newark, re-
ceivers in Maryland for the American Cycle
Manufacturing Company of New Jersey.
The receivers bond was fixed at 10000, and
they are authorized to continue the business
of the company for three months. The as
sets of the cycle company in Maryland are
stated to be the Crawford factory, in
Hagerstown, valued at 500. 900 and mer-
chandise on hand valued at SS7, 71432.
The county commissioners of Washington
county Cancelled the last lot of outstanding
call bonds. amounting to $3.50. AS this
cleans up the call bonds the commissioners
will redeem no more bonds. having set S70,-
100 aside for the redemption by the Balti-
more trust companies of the remaining So
100 of outstanding bonds at their face value
as they fall due.
Preparations are being made by the Balti-
more and Ohio railroad for raising that por-
ton Of the line which lies between Han
cock and Cherry Run, in order to do away
with the annoyance caused every spring by
the Potomac river getting out of it's banks.
The farmers in this section are through
cutting corn and are now getting the ground
ready for seeding. Unless it rains they
think it useless to seed, for the seed will
| perish. fdSluTo IS very SnOTl, some are
feeding their cattle the fodder already
Many peaches, cantaloupes and lima
beans are being shipped to the cities from
here. The largest shipment of peaches
hauled by one car was 1880 pounds. One
of the shippers realized $3.50 from a bushel
Of lima beans in the city.
Specimens of quartz from Mann, five
miles north OF Hancock, this county, have
caused considerable interest. Many think
that rich deposit of silver has been found
MN do J. h.
! corn fields and vegetable gardens at Han
cock, this county.
The Gettysburg Compiler has changed
ownership and become the property of
William Arch. MCLEAN.
Albert Z. Davis, ex-sheriff of Jefferson
county, has made an assignment to George
Harris, trustee. The assignment was due
to the failure of j. Garland Hurst another
ex-sheriff His debts, which amounted to
about $500, are preferred, and those as
indorser came second.
Troops G and H. I'd Cavalry. Z. s. A.,
with fifty-fve men each, and the 4th Bat
terry, Field Artillery, 100 men, passed
through Hagerstown Tuesday morning. en-
route from Gettysburg to Fort Myer. Major
Schuyler Of the ID Cavalry is in command
of the troops.
Benjamin p Duval, Okerville, Fulton
county, north of Hancock, died at his home
tege was leaving the house few days ago
his widow, Mrs. Nancy Duval, aged sixty
nine years, gave way to grief and died
within an hour.
Rev. ]. c. Koon, rector of ST. Thomas
Episcopal Church. Hancock. has received
notice from the secretary of the vestry of
the Church Of the Good Shepherd Houlton.
Me-, where he preached for month this
summer, that he had been unanimously
called to the rectorship of the church.
Rev. H. E. Cotton has declined the call
to the rectorate of the Episcopal church at
Quincy, Mass. This is the second call de-
ciined since he has been here. one being
from an Episcopal church in Paris, France
Invitations have been issued to the we'd
ding. on September 3O of Miss Marie
Athene, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. H. NJ
Eldridge of York. and Charles Francis
Polack, brother Of A. v. Polack. of Hagers-
town.
Miss Mary Harriott. graduate Of Wilson
College, was married to Rev. James H.
Boyd and will accompany him to Egypt
mission field.
DIR. c. L. q. Anderson, Washington, is
visiting his home in Hagerstown during this
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. M. Greenawalt and Mrs.
Lewis Schindel of this city are visiting in
Washington.
Miss Jennie Metcalf, Washington. Is visit
ing Miss Agnes Buckley, Williamsport. this
county.
Mrs. Lissie James and Miss Mamie Buzz