The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-01-18


President Franklin D. Roosevelt and
/. sham battle staged at Sharps-
burg. The enumeration was held
under the auspices of the Washing
ton County Historical Society.
The society will place a marker
at the grave of Jacob Friend, the
! first settler at Williamsport. A COM
mittee has in hand the erection of a
marker at Zion Reformed Church.
where Jonathan Hager, the founder
of Hagerstown, is buried in the
graveyard in the rear of the church.
! The marker will be erected on the
lawn between the church and the
4 parsonage and facing North Poto-
mac street. Another project is the
marking of the place at the Baker
home near Keedysville, where Hen
ry M. Stanley recuperated for sew
eral weeks after his discharge from
the army at Harpers Ferry After
he recovered Mr.. Baker took him to
Harrisburg where he continued his
/ journey as famed war correspond
ent and the rescuer of Livingston,
in Africa.
The official naming of the aircraft
carrier, "Antietam," at the Phila-
delphia Navy Yard, was an accom-
plishment of the society the past
summer. A number of persons offic-
tally connected with the society at
tended the launching. The Society
has also purchased number of war
bonds.
One of the outstanding accomp-
hshments of the Society was the re-
cent acquiring of the original Jona-
than Hager home, purchased Jointly
by the Histoical Society and the
City of Hagerstown.
Just Picked Up.
Wyand's grocery store, 638 Poto-
mac avenue, bears the unique dis
tinction of having been in the same
business, at the same location, by
the same proprietor-O. j. Wyand--
for Al consecutive years. Morris
Ditto and Raymond Donaldson, have
been long time clerks in the store,
Mr.. Ditto for over 30 years and Mr..
Donaldson for Al years.
go Years Ago,
A bill to place General Grant on
the retired list of the army was
passed in the Senate on Jan. IA, but
lost in the House on Feb. Is. The
House then passed the bill on March
4.
The Washington Monument at the
National Capital was dedicated on
Feb. 81, Hon. Robert c. Winthrop
delivering the chief Grafton.
Grover Cleveland was inaugural
ed the 22nd President of the United
States on March 4.
An attack was made upon the
Chinese at Rock Springs, Wyoming,
when a mob maSsacred SO of them
and forced them to flee for their
lives; further assaults were made
upon them, both at Rock Springs
and Seattle. The representatives
of the Chinese Government at
Washington demanded that the ring
leaders be punished Five China
men were murdered in Idaho and a !
second outbreak occurred in Wash
lngton Territory The grand jury
at Rock Springs failed to indict the
perpetrators. The President issued
a proclamation against Chinese out
RACES on the Pacific Coast The Sc
at1e grand jury brought indictments
against persons for anti-Chinese dis
turbances.
William H Vanderbilt, favorite
son of the Commodore, died sudden
ly at his New York residence, aged
GA. He left fortune estimated at |
Congress voted a pension of $4,000
per annum to the widow of expires
ident Grant.
The National expenses for the
year were $255, 1859, O12; the debt was
S l,907 ,54O,580; the imports, $500, 49,
l73 and the exports $784,4O6,414.
In the closing month of the year
1885 Ito be exact Dec. 17) the
great fire in New York occurred,
causing an estimated loss of $4,000
600. The fire which started at Pearl
and Merchant streets, destroyed II
blocks. The Merchants Exchange,
Post Office, and the South Dutch
Church were among the most prom
inent places in the big metropolis
destroyed.
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