Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1889-03-22
BRIEFS.


day evening for ladies. Both sexes,
however, are cordially invited.
On Sunday morning the new service
adopted by the Lutheran churches all
over this country will be introduced
in the Lutheran Church at Shepherds
town. There is considerable differ
ence between it and the old form of
worship.
Tempted by the fine weather of the
latter part of last week and the first
of this number Of persons planted
their early garden seeds. The snow
that is falling steadily as we write on
Thursday morning is not calculated
to do them much good.
The Chesapeake & Ohio Canal is
now ready for business. The tolls are
the same as last year-40 cents per
ton toll and cents wharfage, with 10
cents rebate for coastwise shipments
from Georgetown. The prospects for
business are fairly good, although no
large coal contracts have yet been
made.
The following church notices for
Sunday have been handed us: Rev.
b. F. Bausmann will preach at Ripon
at 10 30 Il. M; Rev. H. G. Mcdaniel
will preach at Shepherdst ywn at TO- 80
a. m. and Mt. Wesley at p. H.; Rev.
A. A. p. Neel will preach at Union
vile at II q. In. and Bethesda at $50
p. III.
Messrs. Slavery, Luke, Quigley and
Armstrong are here this week on bus
mess connected with the b. & O.'s
change of route through town, and
also, it is reported, to attend to the
preliminaries concerning the erection
of a paper mill to consume the pro-
duct Of the two large pulp mills
Harper's Ferry Seminal
Last Saturday while colored man
was ''tamping"a blast near Sharps-
burg, at the quarry for the govern
ment road, by some means the pow
der became ignited and blew the
charge into his face. His injuries
were of a very painful character, but
not at all serious DR.. Russell attend
ed him, and says his eyesight will be
saved.
The X. ID. Mclean and Marie Pres
colt troupe will give a performance at
the Academy Of Music in Hagerstown
next Thursday night, March 2Sth.
They will appear in "Virginius," one
Of their strongest plays, Mr.. Mclean,
Of course, taking the leading charac-
ter. The railroad company will prob
ably arrange to return passengers to
Snepherdstown after the play is over.
We understand that the Sharpsburg
and Boonsboro Turnpike Company
proposes to macadamize the road be-
tween Antietam Station, where the
new government road begins, and the
bridge across the Potomac river at
Shepherdstown. If this should be
done it would make a fine drive be-
tween 1.-THE two sections of country.
And it would be a popular one, too,
if the tolls on the bridge were put
down to reasonable rate.
Mrs Bush, the aged mother Of Prof.
Bush, of Shepherd College, met with
an accident q week or two ago at her
home in Gilmer county, this State,
that will probably make her cripple
for the balance Of her life. She was
walking to church when she slipped
on piece of ice, and, falling, dislo-
Gated her knee. The same limb had
been injured some time ago, and the
doctors say that there is no hope that
it will ever be Of any use again. Mrs.
Bush is about 81 years Of age.
Hon. l.. E. McComas is at his home
in Hagerstown with a view OF obtain
ing much needed rest and relief from
hungry office-sseksrs, by whom he
was ovsr-run in Washington. In
this, however, he has mlscalculated,
for each mail brings him scores of
letters, while the hotel registers show
that he is receiving calls from the
faithful Of almost every hamlet within
the bounds of hisIconstitusncy. The
Hagerstown Herald editorially calls
upon the people to give Mr.. McComas
a rest