Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1873-06-17

RoUss, BELL & Co.-The, now deservedly
popular house of Rouss. Beli& Co.. with Its
wholesale department. at 81 Broadway, and
Its six retail branches, situated in various im-
porfant thor6nghfares convenient Co the most
densely populated and best frequented por-
tons of the city, furnishes a notable example:
of success consequent on the exercise of com
mercai sagacity and enterprise aud the adop>
ton OF a judicions system of advertising. Its
branch at 435 Grand erect has become re-
markable as the favorise resort of the thrifty
and discriminating shoppers of the East side,
who invariably find ut this Well>filied store.
which disposes Gifts entire stock aud re-
plenishes it nearly every fwenty>tour hours,
every article in the dry goods, carpet and OIL
cloth lines which can be obtained in any other
quarter of the city. This firm, having so
many branches in this city and elsewhere,
necessarily makes large purchases They can
take larger lots than most of their competitors.
Large capital and ready markets, therefore,
afford them advantages not possessed by less
fortunate or less extensive dealers. Hence
they can avail themselves of occasions when
bankrupt stocks offered at sacrifice or
when heavy lots are thrown on the market
during panic, as occurred very recently on
the failure of a large carpet house in Phil-
adelphia, when Rouss, Bell & Co. bought the
entire stock which had been thrown into the
auction rooms in this city, and are at this mo-
ment retailing it atErates twenty-five per cent.
below those at which carpets Of corresponding
qualities and patterns are disposed of by the
most noted jobhing houses.
Ne,o York Ne1os, 1May 2Sth.
The metropolitan Store" of this place, as
is we'll known, is one'of the branches above
referred TO, and its gentlemauly head, S. NJ.
Timberlake. Esq, with his competent corps
of assistants, is now offering some of these
grand auction bargains to tho citizens of
Charlestown and vicinity.
STATE TEACHERS Assoo1Ar1oN.-We re.
ceived, on last Saturday, note from one of
the members of the Executive Committee of
the State Teachers Association indicating
that it will probably be found expedent to
change both the time and place of meeting
which have been heretofore agreed upon and
announced. Additional correspondence and
consultation with the members of the Asso>
citation has developed the fact that the con-
venience of the greater number will be better
served by postponins the meeting until the
latter part of August or the first OF September
than by holding it at the time previously Sc
lected. The question as to the date of the
meeting being thus re-opened it has been
thought best to re>open also tho arrangement
as to place. 1t is the desire of the teachers
and the friends of public schools generally to
make the approaching meeting of the State
Association a complete success, both in the
number of those in attendance and in tho
benefits received, and we look to the Execu-
tive Committee to make such arrangements as
will best promote these ends
Wheeling Register, June 9M.
LYNCH LAVA correspondent of the
Wheeling Registcr, writing from New Mar
tinsville, Wetzel county, in this State, under
date of the 18th instant, says:
Last night about 2 c'clock number of per
sons, all disguised, painted red, etc, went to
the house OF John Jennings, one Of tho no.
torious characters who has long infested these
regions; took him from his bed and right in
his own house and in the presence of his
family, shot him full of holes, killing him al,
most Instantly. His VIII. clung 10 him, and
tried 10 put hersel! between Jennings and
the firing, and in doing so, received, acci-
dentsEly, two shote, one in the wrist and the
other III the thigh, wounding her, but not
fatally. NJ ote besides the family was pres
ent at tho time except Mr.. jesse Morris, of
this county, who was staying all night and
was sleeping up stairs.
CnARLEsTowN, CIV. VA) CAR WoRKs.
On flondaJ last, we met otr friend Col r.
p. Chew, the present Mayor of Chariestowr,
in company with a number Of gentlemen on
their way to sec John W. Garro,t, in order to
present to hin! certain inducements to build
car eolks III their town. The Colonel in
formed us that Charlestown would give ten to
twenty thousand dollars and twenty acres Of
land to any company that would erect car
foctories and guarantee to work hundred
hands. They were of the opinion that if
such could be accomplished it would be of
great service to the town, and cause other
works of enterprise to spring up in their Wis
cinity. This is liberal offer and We hope
the gentlemen may meet with SUCCESS.
Frederick Citizen
FATAL AcoIDENm.-Wcw we're sorry TO learn
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