Evening star., 1896-01-28
AFFAIRS IN GEORGETOWN
improvements in the Lutheran Church Be-
ing Made
Death Of nm Esteemed Young Man
Many Other Local Notes of
General Interest.

The congregation Of the West Washing
ton Evangelical English Lutheran Church,
corner of 32d and. @ streets, have been
making considerable improvements in their
house Of worship, tending to modernize the
building until a new structure can be erect
ed. The boom for a new building was start
ed about year ago. and though the OBJ
1ect has not been lost sight of. very little
has been done toward starting a fund
What money has been raised has been used
to improve the interior OF the place. One
OF the most-nceded improvements was the
location of a furnace system for better
heating, and in line with this a-yestjbule
mas been constructed around the front door
to keep the cold blasts of winter from str;k-
ing those seated in the rear of the church
externally, the greatest improvement has
peen IN the removal of the unsightly wood
en- picket fence which, for over a quarter
OF OF century, has inclosed the small area
or church land on the south and east sides
Ihe ground will be terraced and sodded
and will greatly improve the general ap-
pearance of the church.
Under the spiritual guidance of Rev. STAN
ley Bliihelmer, the ch.rcn has enjoyed an
era or prosperity never before known The
congregation has been enlarged consider
aoiy, the Sunday school Increased material
ly, and number of church societies or
ganlzed, Which are 1ourjSh:ng.
Mr. George Schlosser, jr., died last even
ing shortly before IL o'clock, at the residence
OF his parents at 1888 32d street. after a long
iiiness. The deceased was not quite twenty
Tour years of age, and was cut down in his
prime with dread consumption. For two
years he has been suffering with the dis
ease, but his last hours were apparently
painless, the patient being conscious to the
last Quiet in his ways and always gentle
manly IN ms conduct, he was model young
man, and his untimely death will be regret
ted by many who knew him we'll For the
past few years he had been employed by
tne Georgetown and Tenleytown railroad,
anu anu Was regarded as one OF the most skilled
men in their employ. He took up music as
a pastime study and was an accomplished
cornetist. Another sad thing in his death
hes in the fact that he was engaged to be
married to well-known young lady, and all
through his last illness and up to the time
of his death she was by his bedside, tender
ly assisting to aid him and prolong his life
as long os possible, it being known that he
could not recover.
The funeral will be held Thursday after
noon at o'clock from his late residence
Inc religious rites will be conducted by Rev
Mr. Bourne, pastor of Grace Church, who
attended the deceased in the last hours of
his life. The interment will be at Rock
creek cemetery. The pallbearers will be
selected from the ranks of his friends.
Water Famine.
In spite of the rain of last week. there
appears to be a scarcity of water in the
section of country surrounding George
town on all sides. This scarcity is felt by
the drying up Of numberless wells. a
strange thing for this season of the year
In the summer time. during the extremely
not spell, most Of the wells dried up, and
the recent cold wave seems to have had ex-
acty the same erect. In many sections of
Montgomery county the complaints are
heard regarding this. The scarcity of
water is general in the county, and some
wells which have never before been luown
to dry up have ceased to furnish water
Around Rockville and Potomac this is par
ucularly So In Virginia the same COM
plant arises, and in one day last week no
less than five wells dried up I'm the inn
mediate vicinity of Rossyn. The famine in
this respect has existed for several Meeks.
Notes.
The reception that was to be given by
the ladies of the West Street PRESBYTERIAN
Church at the parsonage tomorrow evening
from until 10 o'clock, has been postponed
on account of sickness in the family of
Rev. Dr. Walter Alexander. The date of
the postponement will be announced later.
Mrs. Lucy Bowles, an aged and well-re-
spected colored woman, died Monday morn
ing after long illness, at her residence
No. 2i62 P street. The deceased lacked but
few months Of being ninety-two years of
age. Her funeral will be held tomorrow
afternoon at B O'Clock at Mt. Zion NJ. E.
Church, on 29th street.
Miss Malseed of Philadelphia is visiting
her cousin, Miss Hill of 1898 NJ street.
Arthur Campbell has been appointed
night station keeper at No. station. He
VIII start on his duties this evening
Policeman Ward returned to duty this
morning.
Midweek prayer meeting service will be
evening a ha q
p. Church