Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1878-10-01
LOCAL IHTELlIGEAcE.

LIZ u la AGe,
MATTERS IN BRIEF.-Some of our Wood
paying patrons will oblige US by sending us
a load or two of good Wood, as early as
possible.
An Excursion train to the Frederick
(Md.) Fair will be run the 10th instant.
The Maryland Institute Exhibition, at
Baltimore, will open October I'd, and close
November 9th.
Tire Hagerstown (Md) Fair will conn
faeuce Oct. 18th, we return thanks for COM
p!imentary ticket.
Blank Declarations, Notes, Rent Contracts,
Deeds of Bargain and Sale, and Deeds of
Trust, for sale at the Spirit Office.
Mr.. A. 5. Baird, of the wholesale drug
house of Boykiu, GARNER & Co., Baltimore,
and native of this place, was in Charles
town last week.
The name of the party who bought the
Thomson farm, as mentioned in our last,
should have been John W. Roberts, instead
of JAS. j. Roberts.
President Hayes, Gov. Holiday, Gen. W.
ii. E. Lee (who will exhibit some fine
arc to attend the Winchester Fair.
Mr.. Elliott, of the Taylor Hotel, Win.
chester, Va, will take charge of hotel at
Bucyrus, Ohio, shortly, aud Mr. Robbins will
resume the management of the Taylor.
Mr.. b. E. LIE isenrinS rem tilted S4.65 last
week, to the Mayor of Baltimore, for the
benefit of the Yellow Fever Sufferers, max
ho
Z. O. for the cause.
The name of Mr.. D. F. Shoemaker, of this
county, is upon the Reception Committee of
the Winchester Fair, whose duty it will be
tn receive the President, Governor and other
distinguished guests
Mr. Gee H. Hagicy has had brick pave
ment put down in front of his dwelling on
Charles street, aud a new stone Sidewalk has
been laid in front of the City Hotel stable
and lot. George street.
i Goldsn.i.Es has been cast purchasing his
Fail Stock OF New GaodS Cor tie twin
Trawts, an3 peEnr- o'4y r.v is rA"ze
'sza.. ts.- t's-s &
a,,.: l"~.;.-,, ,,4rcenou-s we're dsap>
. ,;,,seJ /" an expcoje, excursion Of coIored
Old Fellows frop. Washington to Charles
town on "Wednesday last 4 Good many were
IN town, however. and the members Of the
Order here paradsd the streets.
Go to Young B1rton's to have your Clocks
Watches and Jewelry repaired, for he is the
man that can repair them. Try him and you
will certainly be satisfied with his good work,
as well as his moderate charges. Call and
see him. Sign, large Watch aud Spectacles.
A large number of hogs are dying in this
county, from cholera or Some other disease.
Mr. T. ~ Kirwan, of II,rpcr's Ferry, has
lost sixteen out of twcuty-eight fne large
hogs, within the past few days, end some OF
the remaining ones are sick MFR. John II.
Shewbridge. near Summit Point, has lost
50 hogs out of As.
Iron has been laid on the S. V. r r.
nearly to the Clarke line, and will probably be
completed that far to-day. Nearly the entire
portion of the road upon which the track is
laid has been ballusted, and the work at the
crossing of the Main Stem of the b & o. R.
r.. near Dufied's. is nearly ready for the iron
ADD track laying towards Shcpherdstown.
Angus W. Mcdonald, Jr., bright and
promising lad of eighteen years, the only son
of Maj. A. w. Mcdonald, of Bcrryville was
seized with cramp and drowned, whilst out
swimming in the James river, at Norwood
/ High School, on Friday last. The deceased
-Sas nephew of the wife of Judge T. G.
Green, of the West Virginia Supreme Court
of Appeals, who resides in Charlestown.
A. the Lutheran Fair in progress at Har-
pcr's Ferry, a Templar Jewel is being voted
40 ''the most popular Sir Knight of Potomac
Commandery, No. 5, Knights Templar."-
Oliver Kemp, Capt Dan'l O'Boyles, w. F.
Landers and G. II. Hopwood candidates.
Voting will be kept up until to morrow night
Votes 10 cents each. Mr.. A. D. Barr is re-
ceiviug votes at the Charlestown Depot, and
will be pleased to forward any amounts con-
tributed in this way to good cause.
Oysters came "a usual with the beginning
of the months of ::'R's," and the business of
serving them is now in full blast at the ell
egant Saloon of our friend Gustav Brown,
where they may be had done up in any GUS
tom.ry style, with all the most desirable con-
diments. We had the pleasure, on Saturday
evening, of partaking of Mr. Browns gen,
erous hospitality, and can from pleasant ex-
perience venture TO assert that his saloon is
one of the most attractive to be found any
where, and his Oysters always good and pal
atable.