Washington County Maryland--History

For the Herald and Torch.

Messrs. Editors:—Another victim has been sacrificed on the altar of Anti-Americanism. Jacob Miller, Lock keeper at the Locks near Hancock, has received notice that his services are no longer required by the great Anti-American party. He is to leave on the 1st of January; yes, turned out in the middle of the winter, although the Canal Company have no use for the house before the navigation opens in the spring.

A Fine Mill in This County Reduced to Ashes
Vast Cloud and Flame Pile High in the Air Heavy Loss For Williamsport District.
A Dwelling-House Nearby is Also Destroyed.

Charles A. Warfield of A
Commission Merchant
and Forwarding Agent
At Williamsport

WAR ON THE CANAL.

The Williamsport Banner, of Saturday, gives the following particulars of the affray, among the workmen on the Canal, noticed in our last:

A Fatal Accident.

Wednesday last, as we understand, a young man, named George Fisher, aged about 20 years, accidentally fell, as he was leaving a boat at the “Four Locks” in this County, to step upon a plank leading across a race, and struck his head against the plank, with so much violence as to cause instant death. A Coroner's inquest was held, and a verdict rendered in accordance with the facts.
 

More Proscription.

A Man Drowned.

McCoys Ferry across the Potomac River is first mentioned around 1835 by the canal company as a place for a warehouse to be built to receive cement for the construction of the locks. On October 10, 1862 Confederate General J.E.B Stuart used this crossing, and the large road culvert that was built under the canal, to travel up toward Chambersburg and gather provisions while causing havoc along the countryside. In 1890, company records still list a warehouse being operated by Frank Winter just above McCoys Ferry.

The Potomac Higher Than Ever Before—
Wreckage of the Canal—
Vast Destruction of Personal Property and Ruin of Homes and Business—Speedy Restoration of Railroad Travel and Traffic.

Constables Sale