Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1879-02-25
Loo AL IMTEIIIGEHcE.

MATTERS IN BRIEF.-An attempt by some
party to enter the cabinet>maker shop of Mr..
T. c. Rust, one night last week, was frus-
trated by . gentleman passing on the street.
Lent commences tomorrow.
We return thanks to Auditor Miller for
copy of his Report for 1S77-7S.
Delegate W. II. T. Lewis made brief
visit home last week, and was in Charlestown
on Saturday.
Winchester celebrated the 22d of Feb
ruary with parade of the Light Infantry
during the day. and torch-light procession
of the Friendship and Sarah Zane Fire Com>
panies at night.
The "Old Saw VI i'll property, belonging
to Mr. Geo. a. Rick amore, in Berryville,
Va, was burned on Wednesday morning last
cause supposed to have been accidental
Insurance of 1000 in Loudoun Mutual
We arc requested to announce that Mr.. j.
W. West will deliver Temperance Lecture
at Lectown on Friday evening next. at seven
o'clock. We hope the people of Leetown
and vicinity will give him good audience.
Mr.. Speese has opened an Oyster Saloon
in connection with the City Hotel. lie has
been procuring the largest and finest oysters
in the she'll, and they are served up in
different styles to suit taste by Mr.. John
HELLER, al experienced hand at the business
The Good Tempars had expected to be
favored with lecture on the evening of
March Sd by the Hon. Chas. Jas. Faulkner,
bu. owing to professional engagements he is
unable to be with them at that time. They
have the promise, however, of lectures from
Mr.. Faulkner and the Hon. Jno. Blair loSe
some time during the month of March.
difficulty between Mr.. Edward Nc
Clone, of Bolivar, and some boys Of that
place, few days ago, originated by the boys
teasing the old gentleman in some way, re-
suited in Mr.. McGlonc receiving q severe
blow on the back of the head with piece of
brick. lie has since been in critical con-
iition, but at last accounts was improving
title.
The police, on Wednesday night last, dis
covered George Lee. colorcd, famIliur char
actcr to them, at late hour under suspicious
, circumstances. He Immediately made tracks.
and being ordered to halt and n t doing so,
he was pursued, and, after few warning
shots had been sent after him, captured and
taken to the lookup. No proof being
brought against him, however, he was re-
leased next uo1niag.
Mr.. James NJ. Manning, whom our older
citizens will remember as having gone out
with the California party from Jefferson in
1919. has just been heard from by his broth>
CT, n. W. Manning, E-q He has been alb
sent for thirty years, and had not been heard
from for nearly twenty, and had almost been
given up as dead. When heard from just
before the war. he was in San Francisco,
Cal; he now turns up at Eureka. Nevada.
The falling of lighted chandelier in the
CITY Hotel dining room, on Thursday even
ing last, caused considerable excitement and
for q brief period tho most serious apprehen
sions. As it was, the burning oil ignited a
table, chairs, &c, but the flames were speedi-
" e1.inguished not, however, without subs
iecting Mr. Speese to loss, in broken table
ware, damaged chairs, etc, of probably fifty
or sixty dollars.
The next session of the Baltimore Confer
euco, NJ. f. Church South, will be held at
Salem, Virginia, commencing March 9th
The Rev. S. G. Ferguson the able and popu>
lar pastor hero for the past four years,
preached his closing sermon, before crowded
congregation, on Sunday night last. The
rules of the church will not permit his return
for another year, but this prayers and good
wishes of the people Of Charlestown will ac-
company him wherever he may go.
\ new iron bridge across the Shenandoah,
a. Harper's Ferry is projected. Messrs.
j. S. O'DonnelI, Murtha Walsh, G. J.. Ny
ors, James McGraw, George ". Green,
Thomas A. Kirwan, Joshua Cavalier and
Thomas W. Beale, incorporators, have APP
piled to the Secretary of State for a certf-
cato of incorporation under the name of the
"Hnrper's Ferry Bridge Company" and it is
proposed to raise stock at once to the amount
sl5, 900 or ,000-sharcs at $50. The
stock of tho old Shenandoah Bridge Cons
papy, We are informed, paid as high as %
per cent. dividend, and averaged II per
cent; aud the new bridge, it is confidently
expected, will pay equally as we'll. The
location for the new bridge will be made
nearer the mouth of the river than the old
ono.
LIST OF ADVERTISED LETTERS remaining
in the Post Office at Chariestown. Jefferson
county, w. Va, February %, 1879.
Mrs. Sophia Ingersoll. Miss Mar tina Rob