Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1873-12-16
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County IrEMs.-Fromth the Shepherdstown
Register of Saturday we clip the following
itcms:
The Reformed Sunday School will hold
their Christmas Tree on Wednesday evening,
the oath instant The Methodist Episcopal
Sunday School also contemplate having q
Christmas Tree during the Holidsys
Ladies Fair--The fair for the benefit of
the NJ q. Church. South; will be held at
Cook Hall, commencing Christmas Eve-
There will be dinner on Christmas day, and
also on Saturday. Supper and Oysters every
evening during the Fair.
Thie0ing.-We learn that on Saturday
night Of last week some person or persons
took a. hog and sheep from the. premises of
| Mrs. Charles Moler, residing about two miles
Southeast, of this town. The hog was taken
from the pen, and the sheep from the stable.
CHRISTMAS Tree.-The Lutheran Sunday
School of this place. intend having a Christ
mas Tree in the Lutheran Church, at 81
o'clock, on Christmas Eve, (Thursday 25th, }
to which the public are invited. The exer-
cises will consist of music, addresses, and dis.
tributou Of gifts.
Cs.Christmas Eve" comes on the 9th in
this locality; but we suppose Zit,le's 100
Year Almanac has made change.-ED
SF1R1T.1
Corrections-Not Dead-In our last issue
we stated upon what We thought. was good
| authority. that Mrs. LeviMiller near Scrabble,
from whom an ovarian tumor was removed by
DR.. Tanner, some weeks since, had died, but
we are glad to Learn that she is recovering
rapidly, being able to walk about her resi-
dence.
Peatooh Appropriat;on.-Upon the appli>
cation of Prot. McMurrap, DR.. B. Sears,
through his agent in this State, Col. B. Byrne,
has appropriated $500 to the Normal School
at this place. This,fund is to be used exclu
sively for the purchasing of books. The
money will be drawn by the County Superin-
tendent of Free Schools
MAD NIoNKToN. by wilkie Collins, Author of
| The Woman i'll White" "The Dead Secret"
Hide and Seek, Miss or Mrs. % Etc.
WILKEE CoLL1Ns.-The presence in this
country Of this great English novelist i'm parts
an Immediate interest to his writings among
| American readers, which renders the new, low
price, and handsomely printed edition of I.
Is. Peterson & Brothers both valuable and op-
perfume. These epterprisiug publishers have
placed on our desk copy of his MAD
MoNKToN and other stories, which brings
together IN one cover many of his shorter
stories. which are among bis best productions,
aud will cause thousands to read it who have
never done. SO before. Price only SO cents,
with lite,lik portrait of. the author on the
cover. The great popularity of 'sWikie Col
Inns" novels in this series, comprising "Mss
or Mrs. z" Hide and Seek, .'The Dead
Secret, "After Dark" ''The Stolen Mask, !"
"Sister Rose, ".''The Yellow Mask "sBasil :;
or, The Crossed Path" "The Queens Re-
venge," ,"Mad Monkton." aud sSights A.
Foot" have never been excelled They are
for sale by all Booksellers, or copies will be
sent, postpaid, by the Publishers on receipt
of price. Send to T. y. Peterson Il Brothers,
Philadelphia, Pa, for one of their New IL
Illustrated Catalogue. sent free to any address
Qua MAILs.--UndeE the recent railroad
changes, the mails now strive at aud depart
from the Charles.o,vn postofice as follows:
ArriOals. :.
From the East, West and South, via Har-
per's Ferry, at $50, y. NJ.
From Rippon and Kabetowu, at $50, A.
! NJ.
Valley Mail, via Winchester, a, COG. p NJ.
From tho East and South, via Baltimore
aud Washington, at 1l:O7, A. N.
Departures.
Eastern Mail, via Harper's Ferry and old
route 3. Il o. r. R., closes at 1910, A. NJ.
Valley Mail, via Winchester, closes a,
1915, \. NJ.
For Rippon and Ksbletowu, at II, A. NJ.
For the East. West and South, via Harper's
Ferry, at $50, P. NJ.