Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1879-01-07
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and all the ice-bouses 10 ,hls vicinity are near
about 6IIed.
Gov. Holiday. of Virginia, paid brief
visit TO Charlestown during the holidays.
We return thanks for our bettcr,half, to
Mr.. j. C. Holmes, for handsome holiday
present.
We tender our acknowledgements TO Mr..
Jno. g. Haines for a Christmas Gift of q
package of excellent Cigars.
The Week OF Prayer will. as customary,
be observed by the Churches in Chsrlestown.
Sac programme in another column.
pump has been placed in tho now we'll
on the corner of Liberty and West streets.
aud plentiful supply CT water is yielded
go far.
An invitation has been accepted by tho
Hon. W Il. Trsvers to deliver Lecture for
the God Tempars-time and subject to be-
hereafter announced.
Claude. our FIRST Junior, requests US to re
turn thanks to orr clever and enterprising
young merchant friend, Mr.. Nimrod Trus>
sell, for beautiful and useful holiday gift
Col. John I. Gibson has purchased of
Messrs. Mason and Trapnell, Trustees, two
of the dwelling>houses erected by Mr. A. w.
Hawks. on the Southern suburbs, of Charles
town. paying 5000 for the two.
Charlie Barritt didn't exactly ''take the
bull by the horns" but he did the next
thing to it yesterday a wild COW
By the horns, on Main street, and held her
uusl the butchers could rope her.
Five candidates for admission to the Free
Will (Colored) Baptist Church were i'm
me.ssd 10 Evitt's Run, near the Foundry of
Weirick & Weller, on Sunday lnst-ice in
abundance. md the thermometer bordering
on Zero. Ugh!
The frame building of the McE|roy
heirs, ca Main street. near the Presbyte,
fr 40 Church, md occupied by some of SIR
Mcknight's employees, was partially des-
troyed by FIRE on the morning OF the 9th
u:timo. Loss, several hundred doliars-no
insurance.
The Holidays in ChsrIe=towo woro passed
with almost unusual quiet aud gond order, if
we may excep. 4 lieu ty between three
railroad hands, not .citizens of the town,
which occurred on Tuesday night last. in.
which one of the number-C Cam pbell- was
severely boston hy tie oshcr two.
The track of the s. V. r r. was compile
ted to the outskirts Of chepherdetown on the
fir. DAY of the New Year, and the arrival of
the "Faic!ax" at the old burg was the occs-
sion of large n,senba-e of all classes Of
this population of n"r sister towo who gave
hearty w"'cnno tn ihr railroad party.
On Mondsy creuir@, E,cc n:bcr 23I, Alex
""der r. Psudeiou. ED "i the Winchester
Bar, delivered his lecture on "The Philos
ophy Of Work aud Of Leisure" He was n>
troaucvd by Mr.. Charles Davies io neat
l,,.e speech. His lecture MAS listened to
and erjoyed By very large and attentive
audience.
Bills havo been circulated and posted cali
ing for a meeting to-day, (Tuesdly,l in the
Supreme Court Room at the Court House.
TO organize the new Jefferson County Build
ing Association, No. 4 Let all who have
subscribed or propose to take stock. attend
and give their voices in the selection Of a
good Board Of Directors and other officers.
a little daughter OF Mr.. Henry Shepherd
came near being run over by the S. V. l. Il
cars at Shephcrdstown, on New Years Day.
She fell upon the track aud the car wheels
were close upon her, when some one grabbed
her from the jaws of death and prevented the
occasion of the entrRuca Of the new road into
Shepherdstown bcipg marked by a frigbtful
accident.
Mr.. Gustav Brown, with his accustomed
full-hapded Iiberality, presented Us with a
magnificent Fruit Cake last week AS ofteo
as the Holidays come and go, with unerring
certainty. as surely do We become the recip-
ent Of a favor at the hands of this clever
confec,ioner May prosperity ever cast upon
him her brightest rays, aud happiness crown
all his years t7.
The retirement of Logan OSburD. Jr. from
the mercantile business at Kabletown, has
been followed by his uncle, Robert Osburn,
Esq, late of California, taking charge Of the
store and conducting the business in tho in
,erest of Logan Osburn, Sr., and himself
Logan Osburn, Jr., has removed to the form
er residence of his father, and will devote
himself to the farming interest.
AS indicative of tho severencss OF the
"oold snap" with which We have been Wis
tied during the past few days, we give some
of tile ranges of the thermometer in this
latitude. December 23d. ISo above Zero !;
9th, l2o; 18th, 100; goth. DO 81, 200 !;
and ON tho Sd of January, So below Zero.
And it is not warm enough for the SUP to
rostt an egg yet.
The swampoodlers paraded through