Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1885-06-09

tOWu lISG week.
SHENANDOAH MILLING Co. have just
received a ase of Fancy Seersuckers,
and have reduced the price to Sc. per
yard-formerly 124c.
Mr.. Charles p. Wilson, of Summit
Point, this county, has been granted
9 patent for a fire escape and also one
for a door for grain cars.
Mr.. Perry PulLz has contracted to
do some repairs upon the mill of Mr..
I. N. Renner, and to build a new
elevated forcbay for the same.
A carload of buTaloes passed over
the Shenandoah Valley railroad, en-
route from Texas and the indian
Territory to Jersey City, n. j., few
days'ago.
Superintendent HoImes stopped OF
at Charlestown last Thursday, enroute
from Washington southwark, to in
spect public work st New Orleans
and Mobile.
MILLING STORE have received a
large invoice OF Salt Fish. Herring
in bills, half bbls,, and by the hum
dred; Mackerel in bbis., half bbls.,
Quart. bb!s. and kits; Salt Shad.
The Rev, Frank McGee, of Grocer
Seminary, Pa, has accepted the cali
to the passionate OF Baptist Church in
this place, and viii! take charge of
the same about the 1st OF September
next.
We were pleased TO have . call,
last Tuesday, from our esteemed
c~ountyman and Fort Delaware prison
comrade, Joseph 3ic1rurran, ESQ,
of Shepllcrdstown, ti,an whom there
are few better men.
MI. Joseph Baker, son of Deputy,
Sheriff Eugene Baker, LETT Charles
tewn on Thursday last, to settle in
Bowling Green, Caroline county, Va.
The best wishes of his many friends
here attend him to his new home.
The Ladies of the Oakland ii. E.
Church, South, will hold q strawberry
Festival for the benefit OF the Church,
at Mount Hope School House, on
Thursday and Friday evenings, June
18th and 18th. The public are cor
daily invited to attend.
The ladies Of the NJ. Z. Church
South will serve Strawberries and
Cream, &c., at Washington Hail, on
Thursday, Friday ana Saturday of
this week, for the purpose of raising
funds to Iiquidate indebtedness upon
their parsonage building.
A. large number OF U. S. regular
troops have been passing here over
the S. v. II. r., both nortiward and
southwark, during the past week, en-
route to destinations in accordance
with orders changing them from one
military station TO another.
Several of our young countymer
are:becoming quite proficient in by,
cicIe management. Dir. y. S. Crit,
linden made the run from Ripon tt
Charlcstown, last Wednesday, in fifty
minutes, after only having the ad,
vantage of a few days practice.
The Free Press EDITORS pantry, We
learn, was broken into last Wcdnes-
day night, and robbed Of two hams O.
bacon. We sympathizc with oul
neighbOr, but who ever before hearc
of a country editor possessing two
whole hams of bacon at one time?
Mr.. Jas. w. Butt sells the Univcr.
sal Metal Putt Pomadc, a German
preparation for cleaning tin, nickc.
and other metals, and the Grown
Paste Stove Polish, both of which,
from practical knowledge, he is abb,
to guarantee to be excellent articles
Try them.
County Superintendent Hess ane
the Presidents of the various Board.
of Education in the county met il
Charlestown last Tuesday, and SC
iccted Mcssrs. VIM. II. Deck ant
Jesse A. Englc as examiners to as sis
the County Superintendent in tn,
next annual examination of teacher
of public schools.
The Winchester papers note til,
death, at Augusta, Ga, on Sunda,
week, from rheumatism, of Mr.. Jane
Kemp, a relative of Mrs. Geo. W
Taylor, of this place, aged 80 years
Mr.. Kemp had been in the employ 0
the South Carolina Railroad for som,
years. His remains were brought t