Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1882-06-06
LOCAL INTELLieEEcE.
WANTED "A few loads of Good Wood.

Court was cOucladed last Wednesday.
Isaac Fouke, Esq, has built snall br;cl
dwelling upon his lot in rear of the Jail ward
Mr.. II. A. Burton has erected largo,
handsome new sign. Painting by Mr.. Au,
Mr.. John Il. Bishop last week put IN
hnc iron awning frame in front of the store
of Mrs. G. T. Thomas.
Mr.. Thomas Brown, residing upon tho
farm OfCol. R. P. Chew, was severely stricken
win paralysis one day last week
Mr.. Jas. W. Butt has contracted to put q
III I'm Root on the dwelling of SIr. George
nAtfis' near hyersto@n, in this county
ar HendIey Milstead, one Of our oldest
citizens, and who has. been sick for some
time, has been very i'll for week or SO pact.
Hon. Henry S. Walker, one of the Re-
gents of the West Virginia Univorsity, with
his wife, registered at the Carter House last
Friday.
Mr.. James ". Butt is erecting two more
frame tenement houses for Messrs Wc;.rick
Weller, on their lots nesE their foundry and
mschiue shops.
Bishop Keeuer is designated to preside
over the Baltimore Annual Conference. II
b. Church South. at it's meeting in this
place in March next.
Mrs. Margaret Douglass, after spending
six months with her children at St. Lou;s,
no, has returned to Chsrlestowa, naI taken
up her abode at the Carter ouso.
Two heavily loaded passenger trains, of
eleven oars each, brought excursionsts from,
Washington, over the B. & O. L. r., to
Island Park, Har2er's Ferry, last Tuesday.
A match game of base ball was played at
Shepherdstown last Saturday, between the
Red Stars, of thia place, and tho Shepherds
town Club-ouT boys winning By 81 to -.
A very valuable COW belonging to Mr. W.
l.. Hedges vas struck BY b. K Q. freight
train, near Cameron Station, Saturday night,
and injured SO severely that she had to he
killed.
Hon. D. Is Lucas VIII attend tie raee,ins
OF the Board of Regents of tina West Vir-
giuiA University this week, and will deliver
the address at the University Tournament at
Aorgantown, TO- Elorrow.
We have received, With tie compliments
OF Miss Nettie r. Hs:nes, an Invitation to
the commencement exercises Of tho WzyDee>
Soro Fems'e Seminary, to bs held Ju1c 9th
and 9TH, for which we return thanks
The coa1a:en cement ezerc;=ca ST Storcr
College attracted large number Of visitors
to Harpcr's Ferry last week. Two hundred
tickets to that point we're sold ~ Mr.. a. D.
Barr. Agent OF the i. & O r. e ST Charles
town.
The contract for erecting the brick walls
of the rev Coax handy Southern Matho3ist
Church near Mcohsnicsto~n. in this county,
has been awarded to Mr Geo. ". Mock,
and work will be commenced upon the same
very shortly.
At the lee; meeting Ct the Executive Com.
nittee fer the States OF Maryland aud " Is.
Virginia, of tho Y II. G. a, i; was decided
TO hold ;he ucxt ConYont;on in Char!c<to7:n,
beginning on the l2h of October aud con,
tnuing until the 18th.
The balloon, on last Wednesday night. did
not ascend as high as ii might had it pot
turned upside down and burned 50 rapidly.
but tho ino display OF f-e,rs 05ks and en;hu-
sissai of The boys amply made up for slight
do"nward tendency in the balloon.
1t is hoped that tho services of d;.tia-
guished Southern General wi!! be securad to
deliver an address st Tie Floral Decoration
at Edge, Hill Cemetery neg, Saturday. If
so, prompt and general notice gill lie given
tho people Of the eoR0;y 10y hsod bills.
Tho Presbyterian Csaorni Assembly at
Atlanta adjourned CA Mondzy R:..tt. Of last
week, to meet at Lexington, by, On tho
third Wednesday in May. 1889. Rev. 4. G.
Hopkins, OF this place, delegate f.om Win
chester Pfosey terry, returned hor:e last Thurs
day.
A little girl aged about nine years, daush>
Ger of Mr.. ". A. Riley, residing in the edge
of Clarke county, ncsr Summit Point, vas
severely kicked BY G colt one day last week,
and 1t was at first feared was fatsiiy Injured
at last accounts, however, her condition was
somewhat better.
On Tuesday and Wednesday last our pco.
pie were Afforded an opportunity o! Witness
ing the almost marvellous operation Of The
Little World" mechanical wo nder, sornc-
thing on the order Of the world famed S.ras>
burg clock. and we'll worth moro than the
price of admission to seo
We return thanks to Chas p. Hatch,
Esq, Genl Freight & Passenger agent, for
copy of the Tourists and Excursionists'
Guide Book to Summer Homes in the Moun>
tAias of Firginin, on the line of the Norfolk
q Western r R.-a handsomely illustrated
and crcditabio publication
Mr.. James Eagan, of this county, showed
US on Saturday last specimen of wool, p
inches iu length, fron the she4r;ng of one