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CHURCH NOTES.


Rev. A. C. Hopkins preached at Stras-
burg and Cedar Greek on Sunday last.
Rev. G. y. Campbell preached in the
Presbyterian Church on Sunday morning
Rev. l. r. Mason, Of Shepherdstown, and
Rev. Dallas Tucker, of this place, exchang-
ed pulpits last sunday.
An adjourned meeting of Winchester
Presbytery will beheld in Charlestown on
Tuesday, June 4, at 81 p. m.
Childreu's Day will be observed by APP
propriate seryices-principally by the chill
dren- the NJ E. Church, South, in
Charles,ovn, June 2nd
Bishop Peterkin viii visit Ripon June LIST,
Charlestowu, Mountain Mission and st.
Phillips June %, Harper's Ferry June Sd,
and Shepherdstown June 9th.
Rev Frank Dixon will preach in the
Baptis, Church at Winchester, next Sunday,
in consequence Of which there will be no
services in the Baptist Church here.
Quarterly Meeting for Jefferson Circuit
was held at Beulah on Sunday-Rev. DR..
Smi,hson preaching morning and afternoon.
The Lords supper was administered.
The Catholic Church in this place will be
opened for service on Sunday next, and will
be consecrated. The services will be con
Quoted by V. Rev. \. Van de Vyver, and
Eminent Rev. John J. Murphy, Of George
town College, viii deliver dedication sermon.
First Quarterly Meeting for Charlestown
Station was held in NJ L. Church, South,
on sunday last. Rev. Dr. Gardner preach
ed in the morning, ana the Presiding Elder,
DR.. Rumsey Smithson at night. The Love
Feast was held on Monday night. In the
afternoon DR.. Gardner preached at Bethany
e
This is the way correspondent Of the
Winchester Nc,rs tells of some building go
ing on at shannon HIP in this county;
I'm the vicinity of Shannondale much
money has been paid out to laboring men by
the erection of fine summer residence for
Mr. G. b Rouss Besides the contractors
tor the building, the foreman, Mr. Bauman,
of New York CITY, told me that he frequent
ly gave work TO forty men on the grounds,
paving 90 each not less than one dollar per
dav. and to some. more. The house, l was
told, was English planned, and it is model
of beauty. have never seen prettier To-
cation than this-about fifty or sixty acres
of land slopiDg TO the edge of the Shenau-
andOah, planted with twenty thousand shade
and ornamental trees besides the many
thousand blooming and foliage plants.
Twenty-Five dollars worth of garden and
flower seed have been bought TO plant this
wear. About four hundred fruit trees, OF
different varieties, have been planted. just
bv the side of this place Milton Rouss, Esq,
a resident of Jefferson county, has an or
chard of four thousand apple trees alone.
A term of Circuit Court. Judge Duckwall
presiding. began on Tuesday. The Grand
Jury indicted the following persons:
John Williams, ored,-FelOuy.
Henry White. black as Erebus, -Misde-
meanor
William Roy, white.-Misdemeanor.
Lee Twymau, Samuel johnson and Ellis
TAYLOR. co,ored, -Misdemeanor
Lee Twyman and Honey Johnson, color
ed.-sma.l boys but with regulations as
great scamps-indicted for Felony. The
Judge asked She mother of one of these small
boys If she had employed counsel, and sup
plemented his inquiry by the remark that
she ought TO have employed a good hicko-
ny stick