Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1884-05-10
BRIEFS.

Mr.. S. P. Humrickhouse Is having the
front part Of his house on Main street re-
modelled OH the inside. Messrs. G. w.
Humrickhouse & Son are doing the work.
The force of employees on the line of
the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal has been
cut down to the lowest possible minimum
to insure efficiency, and also at the wharf.
A reduction of % per cent will also be
made in the salaries of those employed in
the collectors office ut Cumberland.
Representative McComas saw the Post
master-General Tuesday in relation to the
fast mail facilities for Baltimore. The
Postmaster-General said he would make
the trip over the Western Maryland Rail-
road with Mr.. McComas either the latter
part of this week or early next week.
Reno Post, G. A. R., of Hagerstown,
has made arrangements for the proper
observance of memorial day at Antietam
National Cemetery OIL Friday, May 30.
| The orator of the occasion will be Edward
S. Garhart, of Danvillc, Pa. Gen. John
A. Logan, of Illinois, will be present and
! deliver an address.
The annual meeting of the stockholders
of the Shenandoah Valley Railroad COM
pany was held in Roanoke, Va, on We'd
nesday. Hon. 4. r. Boteler, a director
in the company, and Mr.. j. II. little, who
represents the stock of the corporation Of
ShepherdStown, attended the meeting.
Mr.. B. +. Harrison also attended.
The missionary services of the Lutheran
Sunday School of this town were held last
! Sunday evening in the church, and were
interesting and appropriate. The super
intendent announced that the amount of
money collected by the school during the
month of April for missionary purposes
amounted to $3.50, good collection.
A carload of Baptist ministers and their
! families, OF Georgia and Tennessee, passed
through Shcpherdstown Tuesday after
noon over the Shenandoah Valley Rail-
/ road, en- route to Baltimore, 20 attend 4
conference of that denomination now in
session in that city. This probably ac-
| counts for the rainy weather which has
been prevailing.
The Supreme Court of this State, which
has been in session in Wheeling, has adj
! journed until June 4. Judge Green rem
dercd 4 decision affirming the judgment
of the Circuit Court of Mineral county in
imposing Il fine OH the Baltimore and Ohio
! Railroad for running freights on Sunday.
! The railroad company was found guilty
in the court below, by jury, and fine
was imposed.
Two young men, George and Dan Fulk,
residing near Swan Pond, this county,
drove into the Continental yard and
| hitched their horse about six O'Clock
Saturday evening. Returning at nine
O'Clock they found their horse and
buggy gone. Making search all day sun
day and Monday, at length they found the
horse and buggy in an alley in the west
ern part of the city.-MdrtinSbrg Herald.
The Lutheran Church, known as the
cold Dutch Church." situated about two
! miles from Madison Court House, Va,
has been thoroughly renovated, the inte-
rior being beautifully frescoed, and was
redcdicated on Sunday of last week, Rev.
r. c. Holland Ga former pastor), Of Mar
tinsburg, preaching the conservation SER
mon to a large congregation. The build
ing is l44 years Old, having been erected
in l740.