Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-10-24
HAGERSToWN NEWS GRIsT.
Items of Interest From Western Nary
land and Vicinity.
Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.

Special Correspondence Of The Evening Star
HAGERSTOWN, Md. October %. 1902
A first mortage for s5OO00OOO on the
Western Maryland Railroad Company was
filed Saturday In the clerks office here The
same mortgage had to be filed in Baltimore
and the counties through which the road
runs. Ii was executed to the Mercantile
Trust Company of New York and Is TO Sc
cure an issue of $50. 600 coo of 4 per cent
hfty-year gold bonds. There was tre-
mendous movement of soft coal on the
Reading railroad, and the yards at Ship
pensburg Sunday were blocked part of the
day. Every crew that could be reached was
IN service at Harrisburg, and the Philadel-
phia, harrisburg and Pittsburg brought in
tWenty-tour trains almost every one OF
winch was composed of large cars of soft
coal The men at Shippensburg were kept
busy receiving the cars from the Cumber-
land Valley, and the traffic was enormous.
1t is the greatest day the valley has had
more and Ohio.
The Pennsylvania Glass Sand COMPANY
OF Plttsburg, a combine. has purchased the
plant of the Hancock White Sand Company
OF Hancock, this county for 500 OOO, thus
securing a practical monopoly of sands used
In the manufacture of glass
Special services Of an interesting charac-
ter were held this week in the A M e
Church at Wiiamsport, this county. TO
celebrate the lifting of debt of thirty
years standing from the church. Susan
Edwards, the oldest member of the COW
gregation, burned the mortgage and then
gave a history of the church. Rev George
A Davis. to whose untirng efforts the
debt has been paid, had charge of the serv-
ices.
Entertainment for the delegates to the
Maryland synod. which will convene Thurs
day In St Johns Lutheran Church. this
city, has been secured. The first business
session will be Friday morning
w. P. Jones of Washington inventor OF
a patent incubator and brooder. may come
to Hagerstown and establish a plant for
the manufacture of his goods.
There are six new cases of smallpox in
the vicinity OF Mercersburg and there is
much alarm thereover
The Norfolk and Western has Distributed
wire along the road from Roanoke to
Hagerstown for the stringing of a fourth
line for telsgraphic use. There are now
three wires and the business pressure is so
great as to demand the fourth wire
There is a large shipment of cattle over
the Norfolk and Western railroad from the
southwest. Many thousands have recently
passed northward through Hagerstown.
Most OF them have been dehorned which
renders their transportation much more
easy.
Heavy frosts in this section Of the county
have been reported Last night thin ice
formed on shallow streams
Mrs. Minnie G. Smith of Hagerstown who
had been visiting in Washington. has re-
Miss Sarah Angle and Miss Cherry Moses
of Washington visiting Miss Angles
parents in this city
Mr.. Clinton M. Stahl and Mr.. Newton
Edmonds of Washington are the guests Of
Dr. ]. E. Pitznogle, Hagerstown.
Mr.. Charles r. Garlinger has returned to
Washington after spending the fair week
in this city.
Mr.. Frank He'll of Washington is visiting
friends in Hagerstown
Mr., Howard sperrow, employed in Wash
ington, is visiting his family, this city
Mr.. Charles Saylor and Miss Estella Cato
have returned to Washington after a pleas
ant visit of week with Mrs. Frederick
Thomas. East Washington street. this city.
Mrs. w. l. Calver, Washington, is visit
ing friends in Hagerstown.