The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1951-07-12

day, October 8, 1854"
A barn on the farm of j. Stone
braker was burned with all of its
contents, embracing about 400
bushels of wheat, not yet threshed,
belonging to Samuel Craley, the
last years cropper, whose loss was
estimated at $1,000. The value of
the barn was not stated. The fire
was brought to be the work of an
incendiary.
There were coined during the
month of August, 1864, at the mint
in Philadelphia, four million and
forty thousand one-cent pieces, and
three million, one-hundred and thirty
thousand two-cent pieces, together
of the value of 100000 It was
stated that this immense coinage of
cents had been going on monthly at
about the rate of last month, for
more than two years, and ''yet they
are so scarce in circulation as to
render the change. of a five-cent
note a great difficulty"
The Chambersburg (Pa.) Repos-
tory told of the arrest of a man in
that town, whose name was Smith,
as follows: Smith, on coming to
town, and reviewing the destruction
(the burning of Chambersburg) re-
marked in the presence of our citi-
zens, that it was great pity the
rebels did not turn the entire place.
He was taken before Provost Mar
shall MCGOWAN, and sufficient testi-
mony being adduced he was sent to
| Jail, and afterwards to Fort Miffiin.
A soldier stepped into store on
the square one evening and while
the proprietor was engaged in wait
ing on lady, quietly picked up a
hat that was on the counter and
walked off with it, without so much
as saying, "by your leave"
The following was on account of
a sad occurrence near Tilghmanton:
'"The Federal troops have num-
Der of dispatch stations between
this place and Harpers Ferry. One
of the posts is at the barn of Joseph
Palmer, in the immediate vicinity
of Tilghmanton Two of the court
erS were at a barn on Saturday
night and while there one of them
laid down his gun Ga seven shooter,
Spencer make), which is also a self
capper One of two small boys,
sons of Mr.. Palmer, aged 9 and II
years, respectively, in the temper
airy absence of the soldiers, picked
up the rife and began examining it.
While so engaged one of the soldiers
stepped in and requested the boy to
lay down the gun, saying it was
dangerous for him to handle. In
complying with the request, the
lock struck the floor and the rife
was discharged, the ball passing
through the bowels of both boys, in
stantly killing the elder one. The
younger, in great pain, survived 48
hours, when his wound also proved
fatal"
This was headed 'Mend Your
Ways" Our attention has frequent
ly been called to the bad condition
of the pavements in this town and
we have been requested quite a
number of times to speak through
our columns in relation to them
Some people have an idea that an
editor must necessarily become the
supervisor of the town and point
out the improvements necessary to
be made and condemn and have re-
moved all nuisances, etc. We have
no objection, indeed It is a pleas
ure to do all that can to promote
all the interests of the town, but as
we have Mayor and Council whose
| duty it is to attend to all such mat
tiers, we think all complaints of this
nature should be made to them.
While on this subject, however, we
would take occasion to say that many
of our side walks could be improved
at very slight cost, and there are
number we could name whose
ways need mending"
This was under the caption, "The
Draft-Our Quota" Washington,
Septenber II. 1864. to Colonel Will