Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1880-05-25
L ockL INIEILIeENcE.


at the Spirit Office.
Senator ingalls,, of Kansas, dined at the
Carter House ON Sunday week.
The government sale of the Harper's Ferry
property will take place to-day.
An excursion party from Charlestown Wis.
tied Shaunondale Springs on Friday last
a car load of ice was received here last
week from Washington, by Mr.. Leisenring
of the Carter House.
VIM Burnett, Esq, is suggested for Pres
ldent of the County Court, by writer in
The Shepherdstown Register.
The scholars of the Martinsburg Public
Grammar School made an excursion to
Byrne's Island on Saturday last.
The West Virginia Republican State Con-
Vention, to nominate State ticket, will be
held at Grafton, on the 30,h of June.
The b. & o. r. +. Co. will issue round
trip tickets at reduced rates, to delegates and
other persons who wish to attend the Grafton
Convention.
Mr:F. P Lynch has had the Circuit Court
Clerks office handsomely calsomined, and it
as now as bright as a new penny, and hands
some as parlor.
We return thanks for an invitation to &C,
company the students of Eastman College on
their annual excursion down the Hudson,
from Poughkeepsie to New York and return.
A carrier pigeon belonging to Mr. II. A.
Burton was turned loose at the S. " R. r.
depot on Thursday morning, and no difficulty
IN returning at once to Mr.. Burton's resi-
deuce.
See the advertisement of Mr.. Isaac Lows
enstein, Merchant Tailor, of, Frederick City,
Md. Mr.. l.. offers to the public a fine line
OF goods, and guarantees a perfect fit with
every order.
Rev. B. S. Highley, of this place, will
lecture, by invitation, at Hillsvile, Carroll
county. Va, on Internperance, on the even>
ing of June Sd next and will preach the
previous Sabbath. at Mountain Plain.
The Rev. G. S. Liugamfelter will preach
in the Presbyterian Church at Harper's Fer
~ Sunday next, at 1920 A. NJ. and 8 p. NJ.
The morning services will be adaptad to chil>
dFen. All are cordially invited to be present
The false -work for one span of tho S. V.
* L. bridge at Shephcrdstown is being put
up. and it is expected to erect about one span
of the bridge per week until it is completed,
which will be about the 18th of July.
The new open front put in the store-room
of Hughes & Locke, by Mr. Jas. W. Butt,
is exceedingly handsome, and with the at
trsctive new counters aud shelving. in pro-
cess of construction, it vii! be Que of the
finest in the town.
Tho baltimore San has entered upon tho
44th year of its prosperous and useful career
1t is one of the most deservedly popular
newspapers OF the country, aud we, with its
hosts Of apprcciative readers, wish it abun>
dant and continued success
A change of the time table of the V.
Il K took place yesterday, By which trains
now pass Charlestown northward at GIG and
1880, A. NJ, and 7:05. p NJ; and south,
ward at 7:10, a. NJ, and 1915 and S:45, =.
NJ. Will give full new schedule next week
Mr.. VIM. j. Bell, of Norfolk, Va, form>
erly Of the firm Of Rouss, Bell & Co., of New
York. died suddenly whilst on a business
visit to the latter city, few days ago Mr..
Bell married Miss Keenan,, Of Winchester,
and his remains were taken there for inter
ment.
Sec change of time in schedule of the
Valley Branch of the b. & o. R. r now in
effect. BY this change, passengers taking
the $3.50, A. NJ, train, make close connec>
tlon with express on main stem through to
Baltimore. An express train also leaves
Baltimore at 400, P NJ, via Washington.
passing Harper's Ferry at about o'clock.
Rails have been laid for the connection of
he
Cumberland Valley, one half mile south of
Hagerstown, Md, and in q few days con-
struction trains will be at work aiding in
making tho road bed at that end of the line,
and by the time the grading is completed to
tho Potomac, the track will be laid and ball
lasted.
Mr.. Thos. w. Mitchell, the popular clerk
of Mr.. j. Ran Rodrick for number of
years, has had the Market House corner
store>room renovated and painted up in
artistic style, preparatory to opening in few
days grocery aud provision store. He is a
worthy young man-always at his pos. of
duty, and if energy and industry are founda-
,tion>stones to business, we arc sure that his
present undertaking will prove success.
fSA. N4OOoI"ISAS OCullSt, from
London, will leave Charstown for Summit
Point to>day, and from there 60 to
Shepherdstown Monday next, intro
ducing his wonderful discovery in Grouu d
Pebble Convex Concave Peroscopio Optic
Spectacles. They are represented as
ntfording a wonderful protection to the Eve,
and magnify tho object-enabling the mos,
infrm to see with comfort and exactness.-
He also has Near.Siohted q laSsas tb,t -,