Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1884-09-26
BRIEFS.

trees Is literally gray with 1t. In town
the housewives are waging continual war
against it.
Rev. D. N. Moser will hold communion
services in the Lutheran Church on Sum
day. He will be assisted by Rev. T. w.
Dosh, d. D., of Salem, Va, who will
preach morning and night.
Tuesday morning large barn on the
farm of George A. Miller, in the Will
Transport district of Washington county,
was destroyed by fire, the result of the
careless handling of matches by children.
The barn contained sixty bushels of
wheat, hay and farming implements.
The lo7g-continued drought is causing
much Inconvenience and loss in many
sections of the country. Ponds and cis-
terms are drying up, pasture is getting
very short, and the ground is too hard to
pillow. The cement mill Of Bridges &
Henderson, at Hancock, Md, has been
obliged to shut down for lack of water.
The Potomac is lower than it has been for
a very long time.
Suit has been brought in the United
States Court of Claims by the Chesapeake
and Ohio Canal Company, claiming
5000, damages from the United States,
alleged to have been caused by the con-
struction of the Washington aqueduct and
is proposed extensions. General B. F.
Butler has also entered suit for The Great
Falls Manufacturing Company, claiming
damages from the same cause.
Mr.. John w. Garrett, of the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad, is seriously i'll at his
summer residence at Deer Park, Md, and
his family has been summoned to his bed
side A dispatch from Deer Park at LIS
a. m. Thursday, says: GA. this hour Mr..
John w. Garrett is sinking rapidly, and
his death is expected at any moment. lie
is passing away quite calmly without suf-
fering, and surrounded by the members of
his family"
The Baltimore Jowaalof Commerce says
this about the probability Of All advance
i'm the price of wheat: "Whilst it is quite
evident that all the surplus wheat Will be
required within the next twelve months,
and that low prices are likely to obtain
throughout the crop year as compared
with other years, still there will he a
point from which the market will GER
tainly react and reach a higher plane more
;.l 81, Of
POiIutins the POtOmnc.-Many OF
the farmers living along the banks of the
Potomac river have recently lost numbers
of hogs by cholera. They tumbled the
carcases into the stream, and they were
left to float away. The number became
so great as to occasion serious alarm.
among the citizens of Washington, who
use the water from the Potomac for all
purposes. The health Office of Washing
ton City, with view of preventing any
future disposal Of carcases in this manner,
has issued the following circulars for dis
tribution among the farmers on the line
of the river:
To the People Of the Upper Potomac:
Reports come to us to the effect that
cholera among hogs is prevailing eXten-
sively along the Potomac river, ana That
many of the carc;tses are thrown, by some
of the inhabitants, either into the river or
the adjacent canal. A partial examine
ton shows that there is some truth III
these stories, and further examination Is
to be made.
As most people know, to deflc the water
of the river by the carcascS OF such dis-
eased animals is contrary to law ana eN-
tremely injurious TO the health OF the III
habitaEts all along the river, anu cspe-
cially to those of Washington, who derive
their water supply from that source.
1t is therefore considered but matter
of prudence to call upon officials and good
citizens generally on either side OF the
Potomac to aid In the investigation of tho
facts, and, if the practice aforesaid is
found to prevail, to lend their prompt and
energetic aid fol lis suppression, invok-
ing, if necessary, the laws of the States
ana OF the DlStTlCI
Will YOU not, in the interest Of the
health of the people, give this subject such
attention rs you are able, and report at
once such facts rs come to your knowledge
in connection herewith, and oblige
SMITH TOwNsHEND, NJ. d.,
Health Officer, District of Columbia.
DR.. Rose, of the Agricultural Depart
ment aU Washington, was in Shepherds
town on Tuesday inquirinS into the above
subject. He ascertained that there had
been very large number of hogs thrown
into the river in this vicinity, the persons
who did it having no idea of doing wrong.
One man had thrown in forty-eiSht dead
hogs. All good citizens will accede to the
DOCTORS request that they will dispose of
the carcaSes in some other way hereafter.
Speaking of the various cures for hog
cholera, DR.. Rose stated that he had eX-
pcrimented with number Of cases, and
believed there was no cure. He said the
disease was caused by a parasite, or insect,
and what would kill the insect would also
kill the hog.
Lights I'm the Rarn.-Itis estimated,
says an exchange, that nine-.enths Of ali
fires are caused by carelessnesS. The
season is approaching when the lantern
is frequently used in the barn, and we
give word Of caution. Never light
lamp or lantern of any kind in the barn.
Smokers may include their pipes and