Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-07-10
HAGERSToWN NEWS GRIsT
Much Damage Done in That Section by
Recent Storms.

| Special Correspondence Of The Evening Star.
HAGERSTOWN, Md, July 9, 1903.
| The series of storms that have prevailed
over this portion of the county during the
| latter part of last week and Sunday were
| the most damaging in many years. Ha-
gerstown was the center Of several Of these.
| Lightning struck in a number of places.
Persons were stunned and buildings dam
aged by bolts. From all over the county
come reports of the lightnings work. The
rainfall was the heaviest recorded in years.
Clearspring and vicinity were visited by a
| terrific rain storm Sunday night. In the
east end of the village there a cloud
burst. The damage was largely confined
| to flooding corn and wheat fields and gar
dens
Two young men from York. Pa, narrowly
escaped drowning in Lake Roger, near Pen
mar Saturday afternoon. They were out
| on the lake in small canoe, which cap
sized in about fifteen feet of water. Neither
of the young men could swim and both
| were going down when assistance reached
them.
DR.. VIM. Mann Irvine, president of Mer-
cersburg Academy, has contracted for a
| dormitory which will cost about $780, 600. 1t
will accommodate several hundred stu
dents, all of whom will be under the con-
| troll of the faculty and will break up the
| promiscuous lodging around town of the
young men.
Messrs Maynard Shawen and Robert
Small of Washington arrived at Williams
port on Sunday on steam launch on the
| Chesapeake and Ohio canal. They are on
| an outing of several weeks. Mr.. Shawen is
| a son OF the late Oscar S. Shaver, formerly
| of Hagerstown.
The official program of the fourteenth an
| nual reunion of the Reformed Church, to be
held at Pen-mar Thursday. July 16. has
| been issued.
| One of the first farmers in Washington
| county to thresh was David R. Hager, su-
perintendent of Bellevue Asylum. The yield
was average of thirty-five bushels to the
| acre, which is said to be exceptionally good.
Allen Smith, living near Smithsburg, cap
| tured a strange bird, believed to be spe-
cies of water crane, along small stream
ured four feet from tip to tip of it's wings
| and three feet from tip of the bill to the
| end of it's tail. The bird is snow white and
has long legs and long neck.
Rev. G.. A. Snyder, this city, celebrated
his fifteenth anniversary pastor of Christ
Reformed Church Sunday. A large au-
| dience assembled to hear the sermon. Con-
CALCULATIONS were offered upon his untiring
| labOrs.
Rev. A. O. Mullen. formerly of Smiths
burg, has accepted a call to the Lutheran
charge at Ardmore, Pa.
Miss Rachael Corley has returned to her
home at Washington from a visit at Ha-
gerstown.
Miss Locille Wright has returned to her
home at Washington from visit in this
city.
Mrs Edward Oswald and two sons of this
city are visiting DR.. and Mrs. Shade at
Washington.
The Misses Artz of Washington are visit
ing the family of Levi Beachley, near Will
Transport.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. A. McClain of Washing
ton are the guests in the family of Justice
Hawken at Williamsport.
Mrs. Benz. NJ Delhi, this city, is visiting
at Washington.
Mr.. David Angle of Washington Is on
business trip at Hagerstown.
Mr.. George E. Huber of Hancock, who
has been connected with the Everett Re-
publican, has gone to Washington to accept
a positions