Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-01-09
HAaEnsrowH NEWS dR1sN
Items Of Interest From Western Mary
land and Vicinity.


Special Correspondents Of The Evening star
HAGERSTOwN, Nd, January 8, 1903.
Ten shares of the capital stock Of the Kee
Mar College, this city, were sold IN front OF
the court house Tuesday for 1915 per share.
ders, Mayor Henry Holzapfel. r., and D..
w. Doub. The bidding was very spirited.
as this stock gave the purchaser controlling
power in the institution. Mr.. d. w. Doub
was the purchaser.
Another corps Of Baltimore and Ohio en-
gineers has arrived at Hancock. this
county, and have begun stalking on the
excavation work on the Baltimore and
Ohio extension at this end.
Western Union telegraph men are in Ham
cock stringing three additional wires They
have been working westward from Hagers-
town for the past month.
The county commissioners here yesterday
arranged with Allegheny county to meet at
Hancock on January 10. to examine the
bridge over Siding Hill creek, near Trails
mill. Washington county agreed to pay
one-half of the cost of repairing. The AL
leghany county commissioners, however,
want a new bridge and telephoned to know
the cost, about $1,000. Before agreeing
Washington county decided to inspect the
premises and have conference:
The fee for recording in the court clerk $
once IN EaSerStOWu -tQe $lO,UUU.UVV LiOl y
gage made by the Western Maryland rail-
road to the Bowling Green Trust Company,
New York. was $70.50 The record consists
of sixty-two printed pages.
Thirty-four shares Of the stock OF the
Hagerstown and Sharpsburg turnpike were
sold on Tuesday for $24.50 per share. show
ing a decrease of 80 cents per share under
par.
A recruiting Office has been opened in the
City Hotel, Hagerstown, in charge of Capt.
p. NJ Damon, assisted by Sergt. Dionne,
Capt. Torrens and Private Daugherty. En-
listments will be made for the United States
Marine Corps.
There has been a decided rise in the price
of poultry in Hagerstown during the past
few weeks. Turkeys. alive, 15c. pound
dressed. 20c. pound; chickens, alive, II to
12c. pound. The intense competition among
hucksters forced them to pay 1Oc. pound for
chickens to poultry raisers.
The funeral Of Martin Edward Sprankle,
who died in the City Hospital, Baltimore,
from injuries received at Emory Grove by
a Western Maryland engine, will take place
today in Rose Hill cemetery. The remains
arrived in Hagerstown this morning.
w. d. Byron & Sons, Williamsport's tan
merry firm, on Saturday evening gave their
employees an advance Of ~ per. cent on
gave their men an advance. This year they
have kept pace with other progressive In
situations and given their employees furth-
er share Of the profits.
Quarterly distributions Of the school funds
gives Washington county, white schools,
81, $3.50. 70; colored, $339.4O.
Mrs. Nancy Rowland, Potomac avenue.
this city, who will be 100 years old next
September. is in fairly good health, al
though her hearing and eyesight are some
what impaired. She has seen 100 Christ
masses and 100 New Years.
Mr. William Thurston, Mr.. J. H. Michael
and Mr. Henry Moor, all three pages in the
House of Representatives, have returned to
Washington after spending the holidays at
the home of Mr.. Thurston in this city.
Mrs. BERTHE Spade of Washington is visit
ing her father. Mr.. w. E. Taylor, Williams
port
Miss Edith Mandavil Of Garfield Hospital
has returned to Washington from a visit
with Miss Flora KGehler, Prospect street,
this city.
Mr.. William Maisach Of Hagerstown has
gone to Washington to engage in business