Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-08
HAGERsToWN NEWS GRIST.
Items of Interest From Western Mary
land and Vicinity.
Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.


HAGERSTOWN, Md, May T. 1903.
The county commissioners yesterday open
ed the bids for building iron bridge
across Beaver creek at Seigman's Mill The
contract, it is understood, will be awarded
In few weeks to the lowest bidder after
some preliminary arrangements at the
bridge site are made.
The cement mill west of Hancock own
ed by Bridges & Henderson, was burned
to the ground Monday. The fire started in
the Office. The mill was not in operation
at the time. The fire is thought to have
started from a defective flue in the office.
The loss is estimated at about $4,000, in
Surance $500. l. is understood the mill
will be rebuilt.
The Washington Building Lime Company
of Frederick has leased of the Hagerstown
CoOperage Company the latters stave mill
at Big Pool, the yards and dwelling, and
bought the stave making machinery and
stave wood on the timber tract, which con-
tains about 461 acres.
Fires started by incendiaries in the Blue
mountain, Just east of Waynesboro have
burned over ], 500 acres and destroyed i'm
menSe quantities of timber including 1000
acres recently purchased by the forestry
commission of Pennsylvania. The loss will
be near $4,000.
E. "A. Pry planted this week 25,OOO hills
of cAnteloupes on his farm, near Keedys-
Vile, and he expects on an average five
a large yield of the product, Jacob Hoover
in the same locality planted 10000 hills.
The fine pipe organ now nearing COM
pletion at the Moller Organ Works, this
city, will be installed in the Reformed
Church, Greencastle, ready for dedication
Sunday, June r.
A number of land owners on the noun
tain in the vicinity of the Blue Mountain
House, have been asked by Baltimore par
ties about rights of ways for a trolley line
from Pen-Mar to Lake Roger.
Drs. Henry B. Jacobs and Warren Buck
er of Baltimore, who represents syndicate
that Is considering the project of estab-
fishing a consumptive sanitarium on the
South Mountain, visited the mountain and
drove to number of points The purpose
is to establish an institution such as Penn
sylvania Is establishing at Mount Alto. 1t
is not the intention to use Buena Vista Ho-
tel. reported.
Maryland Chassis, Reformed Church, con-
vened Tuesday evening in ST. Johns
Church Clearspring. Rev. F. w. Bald, pas
tor Forty-fve ministers and thirty-seven
elders constitute the relief members hip
The Chassis will be In session a week
Miss Mollie Adams, living along the pike
below Funkstown, has gone to the Pasteur
Hospital in Baltimore for treatment for a
dog bite. Miss Adams was bitten by a
shepherd dog at her home last week, and
1t was thought advisable to take her to the
hospital to be treated.
A total of 224 deeds and mortra pes were
filed at the court house, HaeerstoWn dur
ing the month of April
The Clearspring Acetylene Gas COMPANY
has been formed and will be Incorporated as
soon as Judge Witzenbacher arrives home
to sign the papers The company's object is
to manufacture and sell acetyIene gas for
illuminating, fuel and power purposes.
kavlin l.. Whitson, son of Moses Whit
son. Hagerstown, has been promoted to
first lieutenant in the regular army. He is
now stationed a. Fort Leavenworth, Kan.
Washington county fruit growers report
the apple crop this year will be good but
the peach crop very short. Many peaches
that escaped the freeze are now, for some
cause. dropping off,
Rev. DR.. J. S. Schick and Elder Ephraim
German of Washington are attending the
Reformed Chassis at Clearspring this week.
Miss Sarah Angle has returned to Wash
ington from week s visit with her parents,
Sheriff and Mrs. s. p Angle, this city
Miss Elizabeth Byers has returned to her
home at Wflliamsport from Washington,
where she spent the winter.
Miss Agnes Hawkin, who has been visit
ing at her home, Williamsport, returned to
Washington today, accompanied by her
mother.