Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1881-06-21
LOCAL IATELlIGENcE.

& Co.
Rev. j. E. Armstrong and family are
boarding at the Carter House.
Summer visitors arc already coming into
charlestown in large numbers.
Rev. 7. B. Shepherd will preach at Ka.
bietcwn on Sunday afternoon, 26,h inst at
81 O'Clock.
Persons who desire to pay their subscrip-
slons to the Spirit in Wood, will please
bring 1t at once, as wo need it very much:
1t was Anna Meade, and not Lucy, who
came near being precipitated into the we'll
at Capt. Flagg's, in the accident mentioned
in our last.
Rev. Pike Powers, of Richmond, father
in-law of Rev. DR. w. a. Meade, preached
in Zion Episcopal Church on Sunday last.
morning aud evening.
Thomas Fl. Bragg was safely conveyed to
the penitentiary at Mouudsvillc, last week, by
Deputy Sheriff Morgan and Deputy County
Clerk Gerard d. Moore.
Mr.. w. E. Taylor, of W%illiamsport, Nd,
has leased the City Hotel, Formerly the
S%appingtou,) 10 this place, and will take
possession in a few days.
The Rev. DR.. Huntington, father>in, Jaw
OF WIN L. Wilson, Esq and President of
Columbian University, of Washington, D.
c. preached in the Presbyterian Church ON
Sunday morning last.
h eSecond Quarterly Mseting for Charles
town Station, 81. E. Church South, was held
on Saturday and Sunday last. The Rev. J.
E. Armstrong, Presiding Elder, preached
during the meeting.
The Southern Methodists of Winchester
District contemplate a grand District Sunday
School Picnic, to be held near Shepherds,
town, during the session of the District Con.
ference at that place, in August next.
The scholars of Berkeley Female Semina-
~, accompanied by teachers and friends,
spent Tuesday last at Island Park, Harrer's
Ferry. On Wednesday the Frederick City
Nqemen visited the same popular resort.
DIR. Samuel C. Snyder, some years ngo a
resident OF CharIcstown, and we'll Known to
our older citizens, died in Memphis, Tenn,
a few days ago, aged 81 yesrs, and his re,
mains were Inferred at Georgetown, D. C.
Mrs. Ann Amelia Morgan and MIR. -
Dunn have bought one lot each of D. i.
Lucas, Specials Commissioner, in Lucss's Ex
tension to Halltown, and are going to build
upon them during the sumrer and autumn.
Judge Faulkner resumed the session Of
the Jefferson Circuit Court on Wednesday
last, and in an sble opinion overruEcd the
motion for a new trial 10 the ~fIarpcr's Ferry
Bridge case. The term was cene:aded on
Saturday.
Prof. st. Geo. T. Brooke, of the Law De-
partment of the West Virginia University,
and Mr. E w. Bedingcr, law student of
the same, have returned to Charlcstown for
the vacation, and have been warmly wei.
coined by their hosts of friends.
Miss Jennie Crane, daughter of Col. Jos.
Crane, of this county, was among the re-
cipicnts of marks of distinction aud prizes
ut the recent commencement of the Stanford
(ky) Female Collage, presided over BY
Mrs. 5. O.. Iruch.rt, 4 nOtivc Of J, fcrson.
Among the recent graduates oG the Lu-
therviIle (Md.) Seminary, vas Hiss Louise
NJ. Leisenring, granddaughter of Mr.. Cid
con Leiscnring, of this place who also re-
ceived the first honor for "deportment. ex.
ceilcnce of conduct and proficiency in
study"
We return thanks for au Invitation to be
present at the commencement exercises of
Broaddus Female College, at Clarksburg-
Glass. of 1SSI-Ahissimun. ct Oo.imum
fetimus: Miss Cora Clayton Shepherd, of
Observation-Disclosures of Rev. T. b. Shep-
herd ; Miss Isabella Turpin Willis, and Miss
Lille Davis, of Clarksburg.
Messrs. j. Bartlett and j.. P. Scott, who
have. been stopping at this place for the past
wo5mouths as law students under Hon. D.
d. Iucas, will take a trip to the mountains
on next Tuesday, stopping at Oakland, and
will visit on a fishing tour the Black Fork of
Cheat. After rusticating for ono month,
they will return to their studies.
Winchester Presbytery has granted the
Rev. w. G. Campbell, of Harper's Ferry, a
letter of dismission to the MONTGOMERY
Presbytery, and he will shortly assume
charge of the Big Lick Church in that
bounds. Harper's Ferry charge will be sup,
piled by Mr.. W. D. White, a graduate of
Union Theological Seminary and duly IL
censed as a Probationer for the gospel min,
istry.
Our venerable neighbor, Mrs. Catharine
Rohr, walked over to our residence on We'd
nesday afternoon last, and spenta pleasauthour
with US. Mrs. Rohr is the oldest citizen of our
town, having reached the advanced age of
81 years, aud though naturally somewhat
frail in body from the weight of her we'll
nigh a century of life, is we'll preserved in
mind, and converses freely aud iutclligently
with those with whom she may be in com-
:pany.
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