Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1885-08-18
Local Miscellany.

NSO' L" 3AuueISOu Is eFecGlng
an awning frame in front of the store
of Mr.. C. F. Wall.
farmers Stock and Agricultural
Association meeting at Moler's Cross
Roads, August 27th.
Edward Souders cut his leg very
severely with a broad-axc, whiIsthew-
ing posts, n day last week.
The Rev. Joseph Englc, of Berry
vile, preached in the NJ. e. Church
South on Sunday morning last.
The Presbytery of Winchester
meets at Gerardstown, w. Va, on
Wednesday, September 10th. at d
p. N.
The School Board have had the
yard in front of The female public
school in this place enclosed with a
paling fence.
The pulpit of the Presbyterian
Church was occupied, on Sunday
morning, by the Rev. w. L. OuId, of
Frederick City, Md.
Capt. w. II. Kable came down from
Staunton last Friday, to attend the
burial of his mother, at Edge-HiIl
Cemetery in this place.
Gen. David II. Strothcr-Iatc Con-
sui General to Mexico-and wife are
in Charlestown visiting the mother of
Mrs. Strother.-Frce Press.
Street Commissioner Avis has had
a force of hands at work during the
past several days, cleaning up the
streets, removing weeds, &c.
The Free Baptists (Colored) will
hold a Camp meeting at Shenandoah
junction, in this county, from the
18th to the 23d of this month.
Messrs. Armcntrout & Tutwilcr
have laid a new brick pavement for
MIR. w. C. Carroll, in front of the
store of Messrs. Burns & Shugcrt.
About fifty persons from Charles
town attended the Concert given by
the ladies of the Episcopal congrega-
ton at Summit Point, last Tuesday
night.
The "Gate City Guards" of At
lanta, Ca, passed here owe the S.
V. r. r. last Tuesday, on their re-
turn from attending the funeral of
Gen. Grant.
"A party of about twenty lady and
gentlemen summer boarders at Har-
per's Ferry drove to Charlestown last
Wednesday, and took dinner at the
Watson House.
Patents were granted last week to
NIessrs. Hendricks & Shepherd, of
Shenandoah Junction, for a grain
drill, and to NJ. S. Weller, of Charles
town, for a spoke socket.
The new Button Steam Fire En-
CINE for the Independent Fire Com
pany is to be shipped from the fac
tory to-day, and is expected here the
latter part of the present week.
The Rev. w. G.. Egglcston. pastor
of the NJ. T.. Church South of this
place, has been absent for two weeks
past. visiting Harrisonburg, Raleigh
Springs and perhaps other points.
Members of the Y. NJ. CA. of
Shcpherdstown conducted interesting
services at the Baptist Church in this
place on Sunday afternoon last, and
in the Methodist Church OIL Sunday
night.
The steam drcdge employed on the
upper division of the Chesapeake and
Ohio Canal has been ordered to Har-
per's Ferry, where it viii! be used in
cleaning out recent sand washcsi in the
canal between that point and Viewer
ton.
Bub Hall, a colored boy, was COM
mittcd to Jail on Friday by Justice
Howell, 20 await the action of the
next grand jury, on n charge of
stealing a pistol from the carriage of
Miss Laura Stridcr, on the street in
this place.
We were pleased to receive q call
just bcfo,e going to press yesterday,
from Mcssrs. Charles r. Norris and
John ID. Ryon, two, of a pleasant par
ty of young men from Lecsburg, who
are sojorf rning for a few days at
Shannondale Springs.
Excursion tickets over the S. V. r..
r. to Roanoke, August 10Th, to wit
ness a game of Base Ball there, be-
tween the yirginias of Richmond and
the Roanoke Club, at the low rate of
1878 for the round trip from Charles
town, Shephcrdstown or Berryville.
Mr.. A. NJ. S~ponccllor, of this coun-
ty, sowed last year two pounds of a
new variety of wheat from Pcnnsyl-
vania, called the " Martin AMBER