Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1881-03-29
LOCAL i%aTElIIaEMGE.


gardening yesterday.
Several inches of snow fell here on Satur.
the Same day.
Mr.. Julius O. Holmes, we understand. has
contracted to erect several moro depots on
the s. ". r. r.
The new plank walk on Samuel street is
being extended along the Baptist Church
sot, to Congress street.
The Luray AdOance says that s'it is ru-
mored that the s. v. R, r. Co. have pur-
chased the Shenandoah Iron Works."
Persons who desire to pay their subscrip-
Sicns to the Spirit in Wood, will please
ofing 1t at once, as VIC need it very much.
Winchester Presbytery will hold its next
meeting at Elk Branch Church, in this
p. NJ.
a communication to the Shepherdstown
Regists suggests John q. Strider, ESQ.,, of
this county, for President of the Chesapeake
d Ohio Canal.
Subscribers to the Spirit who may change
their residence the LIST of April will please
notify US promptly, that we may send their
papers to their new address.
The house and lot at Keep Tryst Furnace
in this county, advertised by J.. Garland
Hurst, D. s., was sold on Thursday, 70 Mrs.
Randall @. Wood, at 500.
Dir. Jas. ". Butt, of this place, has COM
menccd and is progressing rapidly with tho
construction of the new church building for
the colored people of Bolivar, contracted for
a short time ago.
We are requested to announce that the
Rev. MT. Taekett and Mr.. Jas. j. West will
deliver Temperance Addresses at Mt. Hope
School>Houso, on Saturday evening next,
April Cd, at 7.30 o'clock.
Brother little, of tho Shepherdstown
Register, was in Charlestown on Monday of
last week, and called to see US. We were
pleased to see him, as we always are, and en>
Joyed his visit very much.
shenandoah Junction" has been very
properly made the name of the new posts
Office at that point, instead of ''Neill's," as
first designated. Mr.. John H. Fertney is
appointed postmaster, Uice Mr.. james Comfy,
resigned
Several of our subscribers, hitherto upon
the Duffeld's Depot list, have notified US to
change their address to tho now post Office
at Shenandoah Junction. Any others who
wish us to make a like change will please
notify US.
Geo Fl. Hagley is rcmodcling and reno.
waiting his establishment, preparatory to the
opening of his Spring Stock, to which the
attention of the public will DO especially
called in a few days. Wait for tho opening
and give him a call.
conference OF the Young Mems Christian
Association will convene in CharIestown on
Friday, April Is, 1881, and continue Until
the following Sunday. There will be from
fifteen to twenty visiting members from diff
ferent associations.
Dir. Darnell, of the new photograph gall
lery, has monopolizsd considerable attention
from the young, and even older folks of cur
town. during the past few days, with his
mastery operation of an elegant byciclc, tho
first exhibited in Charicstown.
The s.. V. r. r. will be connected ct
Luray by tho time this paper reaches our
readers, giving a continuous unbrokcu link
of about 40 miles, from Hage rstown, Nd,
TO Wayuesboro, Va, oil of which will be put
in complete running order within tho next
two weeks.
A handsome and substantial new grocery
wagon, for Mr. A. j. Hecker, of Baltimore,
has just been turned out at the Jefferson
Coach Factory of Mr.. John E. Hilbert, in
this place. We are pleased to see the worth
of our homo workmanship thus attested by
orders from abroad.
The old dwelling house on the farm of
Mr.. Arthur II. Allen, near Ripon, in this
county, occupied by Mr.. John shaull, took
ire on Friday week, from a defective fue.
Most of the furniture of Mr.. Shaull, the oc>
cupaut, was saved, but the building was
totally destroyed. No insurance.
Mr.. Olin Bcall, town Agent of the S. V.
r. R., is now prepared to sell tickets, via
the Shenandoah Valley aud Pennsylvania
Railroads, and their connections, to all parts
of the United States. Schedules and maps
furnished travellers, showing at a glance the
different routes of travel, and exact time oc-
suPied in reaching any given locality.
The attention of our readers is called to
the advertisement of Messrs. Darnell &
Foltz, which may be found in this paper.
These gentlemen have opened a Photograph
Gallery on the north side of Main street.
three doors west of the Presbyterian Church.
aud are prepared to do all CLASSES of work
in their line. They have already, during
their brief stay in our midst, proven them>
solves to be good artists, and polite and &C,
commodating gentlemen. We therefore feel
no hesitation in commencing them to public
favor.
An effort is being made to establish in