Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1876-02-29

The ie'-ga.hersrs pro6ted by the cold snap
last week and housed considerable ies nm
Thur'day aud Friday.
Two farms of Mr.. Jno. G. Shirley were
sold on Friday last by Messrs. Green and
Trapnsll, Special COmmissioners-Trac. No.
l. containing 1921 acres, to R. ". Shirley.
at $50, aud Trac. No. 2, containing els
acres, to Jno. W. Grautham, at S27.6o-
deemed very low price.
Boards for the paper boxes used in Clark's
Spool Cotton mandatory, are being supplied,
in lots of so tons. by the Va. Paper Mills, of
Halltown, which have resumed operation.
Bishop Marvin, who will preside over the
Conference at Winchester this week, aud who
lie pronounced to be the moot brilliant orator
of the Southern Methodist Bishops, is ex-
pscted to visit Charlestown. 1t is also ex.i
pectsd that tie Rev. DR.. James A. Duncan,
of Randolph Macon College, will lecture here
after the adjournment of Conference.
The commOdious Grand Jury Room of the
Court House is being fitted mp in good style
By Messrs. D. II. Cockril & Son, for use
when both the Circuit aud County Courts are
in session at the same time.
County Court will begin on the Goth, and
the Circuit Court on the 2Sth of March.
Mr.. W. s. Merchant has purchased from
Mr.. Jere Harris. aud shipped to Baltimore
two bseves, one of which weighed ISIS lbs,
and the other l 9l5 TBS, gross
The stockholders of the V.R R. Co.
meet in Front Royal on the 4th of April
eve belonging to Mr.. j. b. Page of this
county. gave birth to three lambs a few days
ago. Eleven ewes, belonging to Mr.. Pages
have produced seVenfeen lambs.
Mr.. Jas H. Conklyn brought us five hens
on Saturday, aud two of them laid eggs in the
wagon, en- route. Good chickens.
A foul chimney set fire to the roof of the
residence of Mr.. Alfred O. Damon. on Thurs
day. The fire was promptly extinguished.
The Rev. N. C. Bracket aud the colored
folks held political Convention in Charles
town on Saturday aud took up collection to
Wheeling.
Daniel W. Border, of this county, was
amOag the recent graduates at Bellevue Hos.
pital Medical College, New York.
JErFERsoN LITERARY SoCrETY.-Notice tay-
lag been given that Dau'I B. Lucas, Esq, would
deliT~r = lecture before this Association on the
"Heroic death O. Woman, y Human Sac
rilice," a large audience assembled in wssh:ng
ton Hall Friday evening to hear ne lecture. Bat
= IRct .ra1 hat H.
copied the invitation to deliver this lecture
which hc prepared ten years ago. ard had not
seen SINCE he became painfully impressed wirh
the fact that it was of the productions of
chs NJ" of enthusiasm" He had now rived
at the ''aEe Of work. and had not had the time
TO prepare entirely new~I,cturc. He could
not in justice to his audience deliver this pro-
duct'on OF his ''age of enthusiasm" before an
Ass"cia ion which las heretofore only heard
tho carefully prepared addresses of gentlemen
who had selected their Speciaties as the sub
jccts of their discou:ses. twas the design of
the Association that lcetH-eTs should select MS
far as practisabl" their own peculiar sp :ciaI;es.
And therefore tho lato Rev d Andrews had
lectur-d before the Association upon Tempo
ance-a subject 10 which he had devoted his
lie: the Rev DR.. Guard, recently of Baltimore,
had s,.ec:ed Natural The r'ogy: the Hon Alox R.
Buteier. one of the Crntoncal Commiss;on ers
for tho S.atc OF West Va. had selected tho Gen.
tenn:a:. "and no one could deny that lie had made
the Centennial his spec, atty; Mr.. CnaI. Da-
vies, of Harpor's Forty, had delivered an elab-
o-ate:J prepared and an eloquent aud instructive
lecture upon one of tho most celebrated of his
fellow couutrynen = Richard Brnsley Sheridan;
so. too. Col. F. M. Holiday of Wine: ester ad
boen for many years close studrat of meta
physics, which formed - larVe part of the basis
OF his lectdre on True Culture" In view OF
these facts Mr.. Lucas declared that lie could not
feel himself justified in attempting to lecture
beto:e the Association on that evening. But
rather than that tho audience should dispense
without hearing any Thing whatever, ito would,
with ther permission. read some original Mad
r.EH!s,H Whc h sc defined DC s.Iove poems with
4 moral" Accordingly he Madrisals were read
and Judging rom the n. ed attent.on o: tile
audience from the bekinuiup o tle conc Ius:on of
the reading. we should say that the evening was
much enjoyed by e.ery one. hero was any
t""llng of diEAp pom: nen, it only from the
h'rhly wrought desire 20 hear de :ngu.s-,ed a
SPEAKER and f.teratcur Mr.. Lutas del.vera
carefully prepared lee: ure Upon a subject of ,,x
own selection
baltimore CONFERENCE.-The annual
session of the Baltimore Conference of the
NJ. f. Church South will be held in the Brad>
dock>street church, Winchester, Wednesday,
March lst. This conference which comprises
within its limits 3l3 churches and a member
ship of IS 334, will be represented by about
$50 preachers and lay delegates. The session
will probably occupy abou; seven or eight
days. Bishop Marvin, of ST. Louis, Mo-,
will preside.
An extra train will be run on the Valley
Branch of the b. Il o. r. r. on Sunday uexr.
Fare for round trip from Charlestowu to Win
chester and return, IS cents.
LEcTUREs.-Those vino desire to etioy an in
telectuAI treat should not fail attend the Lee
lures Of the Rev. Oscar L. Flippo Mt washing ton
Hall. Monday and Tuesdry evenings of this weeS.
The nnhiecta nf M Elinnn,n Inntnrnn nr0 :. e..