Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1883-08-14

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Agricultural Fair meeting, Friday,
August 18th, at the Courthouse, at
I'll, A. n.
Mr.. VIM. Hines is painting and
pcnciling the building of Mr.. w. S.
Merchant.
The Martinsburg Episcopal Sunday
School will picnic at Island Park,
August 18th.
Excursion to the Luray Caves on
Friday, August 18th. Fare for the
round trip, 1925.
A large number of persons from
here attended the Vaudeville Camp,
Meeting last Sunday.
The work of grading Samuel street,
near>thc residence of DR.. j. V. Sim
mons, is in progress.
Excursion of Southern Methodist
Sunday School, of Winchester, to
Island Park, August 3Oth.
The Supreme Court of Appeals
will convene in Charlestown the first
Wednesday in September.
Mr. D. s. Hughes is having build
ing erected for cigar factory, in rear
of his residence on Main street.
Vegetation is now suffering here
from drouth. Some indications of
rain as VIC go to press, Monday.
Mr.. H. a. Burton informs us that
he has taken this season, from six
stands of-becs, All lbs. of honey.
Who can beat it?
The Y. NJ. C. a. will hold meet
ing at their Room, Gee HalD, next
Sunday afternoon, at O'Clock. All
are cordially invited.
Festival and garden party by the
ladies of the Lutheran Church at
Unionvillc next Friday and Saturday
evenings, August 18th and 18th.
Mr.. VIM. p. yesterday has bought
OF the yesterday estate, for $1,000
cash, the dwelling on the northwest
corner of West and Congress streets.
A Mr.. Hooffmaster fell from a rick
of hay or wheat on the farm of Mr..
W. F. Weirick, some days ago, and
broke leg Dr. Starry was called
and rendered attcntion.-F'ree Press.
Deputy Sheriff Moore requests us
to state that the names of Messrs.
Martin I. Furry and Nathan Barnes.
Jr., should not have appeared in the
delinquent list of MiddIcway district,
recently published.
a little boy, aged about 10 years,
son of the late Capt James Russell of
the B. & o. r. R., (who went down
in the terrible Narrow Passage dis
aster several years ago, was run over
ny runaway horse, on High street,
Harper's Ferry, last Tuesday, and
killed.
The enterprising people of the Bull
skin neighborhood on the S. V. R. R.
are raising stock with which to erect
a large depot and warehouse at that
point, and the railroad company has
agreed to put in a siding for them, so
that they anticipate the time, in the
near future, when they will have
frst-class station.
Mr.. Joshua Cavalier, one of the
best known and most highly esteemed
citizens of this county, died at his
residence in Bolivar, on Thursday
night last, aged about GO years. He
was man of much public and private
enterprise, honorable and upright in
all his dealings. and his death will be
generally regretted.
The annual examination of Teach
ers of Public Schools for jefferson
county took place in CharIestown
on Thursday last. Examiners John
Hess, Esq, County Superintcn-
dent, and N1cssrs. r. w. Morrow and
S. w. Lightner. Over sixty appli-
cants were examined larger num-
Der than ever before in this county.
Mr.. J. w. Stoncbraker, of Uagcrs-
town, was in Jefferson last week, can
wasting for the celebrated Fertilizers
of j. w. ,Stonebraker & Co., of that
place. We have had most satisfac-
tory dealings with the head of this
firm for years past, and we can cor
daily endorse his reliability and cour-
teous manner of intercourse with his
patrons.
Last Thursday, whilst Mr.. Kuhn
was absent i'll Frederick on business,
goods to the value of four or five dol
lars were stolen out of his showcase,
as he states, by some grown young
white boy, of respectable parentagc.
Some of the goods, Mr.. Kuhn says,
have been returned, so that he will
withhold names this time, but he de-
sires us to give warning that such
thing had better not occur again, or
the law will be enforced to its fullest
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