Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1880-03-30
LOCAL IETELLIGEHcE.
MATTERS IN BR1EF.-coRN aud WOOD


erected at Charlestown by tho B. & o. R.R.
Co.
The Valley COnvOcation of Episcopal
Clergymen will meet in Martinsburg to-
morrow.
The Rev. j. W. Tongue, of the NJ. e.
Caureh South, preached in tho Presbyterian
Church on Sunday morning.
The next meeting of Winchester Press
bytery will be held at Bunker Hill, Berkeley
county, beginning April 2lst
The Convention of the Greenbsck partv is
called to meet at Charleston May Goth, aud
not May 18th, stated in our last.
Mr.. G. b. Rouss, of New York, formerly
OF this county, has contributed 500 towards
the telescope at the University of Va.
Messrs. Trussell & Long have gone to Ball
timore to purchase their new Spring Goods,
which they will shortly have the pleasure of
displaying to their friends aud customers
The Sash Factory of Mcknight & Co., of
this place, was sold on Tuesday last, by Spe-
cial Commissioners Travers, Beckwith and
Baylor, for Sc, O2O-Mr. John McKnight
purchaser
Hon. D. B. Lucas, of this county, has been
invited to deliver an address before the State
Educational Association, which will meet at
Hinton, in Summers county, on the 9th of
August next.
Judge Edmund Pendleton died at his
hSus ia WiaahAsta-, on Friday Last Ha
was a lawyer of prominence and Gne abilities
but had retired from active practice during
the past few years.
The "Hopeweli Mill" property, on the
Shenandoah river iu this county, was sold on
Thursday last, by Bcpjamin Lacy. Assignee
in Bankruptcy, for So, 900 Hon. Jas. A.
Gary, of Maryland, purchaser
Geo II. IIagley has gone east to lay in
large stock of select Spring Goods, and will
be prepared next week to offer the public
zoe variety of all articles in :he Boot aud
Shoe, Hat and Cap, and Notion line
Mrs. Mary E Davis has in contemplation,
we understand, the immediate Improvement
OF her dwelling, corner OF Main and Water
streets, with the. attractive addition of an
open glass front to her millinery department
A parcel of land, consisting of about II
acres, near CharIestown, belonging to Mr..
Geo. W. Briscoe. was sold on the 18th in,
slant, by Special Commissioners Travers and
Moore, to MIR. W. g. Carroll, at S:SS per acre
Mrs. Armcntrout has removed her Ladies'
Variety Store aud Mantua- Making establish.
meut to the west rooms of the building of
MIR. johnson, next door tn the Millinery cs
tsbii>hment of Mrs. Mary L. Davis, on Main
street.
Mrs. Alice Russell. wife of lir. VIC
Russell, Jr, of Winchester, daughter Of the
I'se Rev. NOrSnl Wilson, and sister in. law OF
Mr.. w. ". B Gallaher. OF the Free Press,
died suddenly at her homo in Winchester
on Friday morning last.
The property of S. Howell Brown, E<q :,
consisting of the fine Spring Farm" Of
1862 acres near Char'estown, and l65 acres
of mountain woodland on the east side of tho
Shenandoah river. has heen EnId to Col. A.
Boyd, OF Philadelphia. for $40. SEQ
The present town counciimen of Shen.
herdstown are nominated for re. election, by
a writer in the Register, on the ground that
''they have saved the corporation during
their term of Office, by reduction in salaries.
aud serving without compensation, a sufficient
SUN to pay the interest on its bonded debt"
The Passion Week services, held at Zion
(Episco2aD Church during the past week
were unusually Interesting. Bishop Peter
kin was present during the latter part of the
week, aud on Sunday confirmed cl.ss of
eleven persons, The Easter Offering of the
Sunday -Sshool Children, on Sunday afe.
moon, was es usual, a most attractive feature
of the services.
The injunction against The Shenandoah
Valley Railroad was dissolved by Judge
Turner last week, upon the basis previously
proposed by the Railroad Company-viz ::
the deposit by it of sufficient sum of money
with tie Receiver of the Clarke Circuit
Court, to await the Gnal adjudication of the
questions of damages in controversy. Trains
are now running regularly as before, between
Shepherdstowu and Riverton.
Among the prominent persons OF the legal
fraternity and others who visited Charles
town during the past week. were Gov. Hol-
liday, of Virginia; Hon. Jas. A Gary,
Henry Stockbridge and Benjamin Lacy, Of
Maryland Vice President Boycc, of the S.
v R. R; Hon. C. j. Faulkner and Il. Bnvd
Faulkner, of Martinsburg; Hon. A. r.
Boteler, Geo. NJ. Beltzhoover and j. s. Bra
gonier, of Shepherdstown Charles Davies
and Jas. D. Butt. of Harper's Ferry.
CIRCUIT CoUar.-The Spring term of the
Circuit Court of Jefferson, Judge j no. Blair
Hoge on the bench, began on Tuesday last.
The following were the Grand Jurors:
H. Is. Davenport, foreman; David Howell,
F. J, Manning, Esrom Sitter. w. G. Ramcy.
Isaac Strider, Abraham Harris, Charles Ii :.
Knott, George W. Hall, Leo II. Moler, n.
H. Willis. II. W. Cri,tcnden. L H. Cham.