Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1881-01-18
LOCAL lgTELLIeEHcE.

hATTERs IN BRIEF.-Mayor Siifer has
added another lot of handsome pictures to
his pfsYious collection. aud variou. are the
surmises as to how his widower mansion
will be next adorned.
A letter for Mrs. John ". Tavsuor ia
advsrtised as being in the shepberdstowp
post Office.
We return thanks to hon. Tbos. J. West,
State Treasurer, fer a copy of his Report for
the fiscal years 1879 aud 1889,
A saall flock eff p~artridsescame into town
on Sunday last, their visit ne doubt. being
superiuduced by the severe weather.
ar. Joshua l. Beaver, who renewed from
Charlsstowa a number of yeara ago, died at
his residence in Lexington, Va, aged Is
Jears, on the 4th instant.
Col. Charles T. O'Ferrall was married
NedHssdsy evening in Richmond to Mrs.
Jsanis W. Dauforth, at the residence of hsr
brOsher'in-law, Hr. G E. Wiuge.
"A Gypsy camp was established in the
Herbert woods, near town, last week, and
the usual avecations of horse trading and
fortune telling were piled by the men and
women of the party.
Don't delay to supply yourself with some
OF our baresins-we viii: be with you only a
few days longer, and you will miss it when
We are gone. COMBINATION Co e STORE.
sign of the Red Flag.
The Sacrament of the Lords Supper was
administered 10 the Presbyterian Church on
Sunday, with preparatory services Friday and
Saturday preceding. The Rev. 3. 8. High
ley preached SUNDAY night.
Mr.. 10y, the agent of the Chambsrsburg
Nurseries, has loft Charlestown, but orders
for trees. shrubbery, Sc, will be received
and forwarded, in his absence, by r.. b.
Lucas, keepsr of Edge Hill Cemetery.
Ga Thursday last the reef of the stable Of
Mr.. John T. Colston foil in from the exces.
sive weight of suew upon it, and on Thurs-
day night the carpenter shop of Capt. D. II.
CoskriIl met an even more disastrous fate
from the Same cause.-The entire building,
save the front, being smashsd.
1t has beon arranged, we are informed. to
hold the annual supper of Malta lodge, A,
f Il A. NJ, Oh Friday night asxt. at the
Cartsr House. Several prouiucut n,snbers
OF the Order from slAs are ezree:cd to
add interest to tho oecasios, making it, as it
should be, an intellectual as we'll as a nate
rial feast.
Hsa. D. B. Lucas visited Annapolis last
week, and argued hefore the Maryland Court
Of Appeals, in behalf of Mrs. Margaret A.
Smith, of this place, the cases of Church,
Extension of the Methodist Epi,copolChureh
ct. al, Us. Smith, and Saith as. missionary
Society of the n. + Church ct 81, in which
1t Is hoped that Mrs. S will receive final
Judgment for from ten TO twenty thousand
dollars.
We are ploasod to nots the fact tlIet eur
clover end eoterprisiag 9cs!ers, M.sars Lip
pitt K Co, have, during 'he scarcity of ~nnd
sisee the partial blockade Of tbs rusds By
enow, retra'Dcd from rsisiug their prices tp
an exter''"nsts rate, rs they 0isht hare
taken sdvnstsgo of the necessities az the
times and done. This fact spnskS we'll for
fhe1. and shoaid be remembered BIZ our
people in the future.
Mrs. Haenah Lee Alexander was stricken
with paralysis at her hons is this place on
Tuesday and d:cd on Wednesday. l2tA in
slant Shs was the daughter Of the late
Bushrcd G. Washington Eud noth7r of Hr.
r. A. Alexander. The Free Press very
appropriately remarks that ''in her were
eoabised the gentle and nokie traits that
make up tho true, lovnb!a aud adairshle
woman. aud tid;pSa of her sudden -dccesse
will saadea the ke.rts OF many in this xDd
ether eommunitics."