Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1888-07-24
Local Miscellany.


summer stock.
Col. VIM. A. Morgan has been en-
joying few days of camp life at
Knots Island on the Potomac.
When you visit Baltimore stop at
the Maltby House, where will be
found first-class accommodations and
exceedingly low rates.
Capt. Nat. Conrad threshed in one
day, recently, from the barn of Mr..
Robert Chew, l ,037 bushels of Fultz
wheat-a yield of 26 bushels per acre
on the land from which it was cut.
The Teachers Institute will hold
its session at the Courthouse in this
place next week. The meetings prom
Use to be very interesting, and as
many of our people as can should at
attend.
A party of young ladies and gen.
tlcmen from this place, chaperoncd
by Mrs. DR.. J. V. Simmons and Mrs.
DR.. w. F. Lippitt, Jr., have gone to
Shannondale Springs: to encamp for
ten days.
The Shenandoah Valley Railroad an
nounccs the inauguration of the daily
through Pullman palace buffet veSti-
buie sleeping car service over its line
9etween New York and Memphis via
Chattanooga.
Mr.. Rein Cross, weil-known and
highly respected farmer living on the
dividing line between jefferson and
berkeley counties, about three miles
from ShcphcrdStown, died on Monday
morning of last week.
DR.. L. l.. Wager had valuable
mare gored to death Ivy bull few
days ago. The same animal was
attacked by Z steer upon our streets
about two years since, fortunately at
that time without serious injury.
Capt. W. c. Dutton, of Ports
mouth, one of Eirginia's ablcst or
ators. will speak in the Courthouse
this [Monday) evening at O'Clock,
in behalf of the l. O. G. I. Those
who fail to hear Capt. button will
miss 4 treat.
A valuable sorrel horse, aged about
twelve years. was stolen from the
barn of Mr.. $. Howell Brown, near
this place. last Friday night. y fine
sorrcl mare was stolen from Deputy
Sheriff Eugene Baker, near Lee
town, the same night.
Mr. ID. W. Lincoln will lecture in
the Courthouse next Saturday night
at O'Clock, and Sunday evening
ut 3 o'clock. Mr.. Lincoln is a beau
tifuI speaker and all who come out
to hear him will spend a pleasant
hour. Ladies cordially invited.
The uniforms of the Cornct Band,
received last week. cost within frac-
ton of two hundred dollars, so that
the band boys will have about thirty
dollars, in addition to the sum re-
ccivcI from their recent entertain
mcnt, to raise to complete payment
for the same.
4 writer from the Confederate
Soldiers Home at Richmond to the
Winchester Ne'rs refers to Gen.
Terry, of the Board of Visitors, as
90 Il kind man, 4 graduate of the V.
NJ. Institute Of the same class of Col.
Allen and 1t. Col. Frank Lakeland
of the I'd Virginia infantry"
The S. V. r. r. will give another
grand excursion to Pcn-Mar on Fri
day, July 27th. Excursion train
will pass Charlcstown at s :23, a. NJ.
returning leave PEN Mar al ) 20, Pm.
Round trip tickets from Ripon SI.0O,
CharIcstown 90 cts, Shenandoah
Junction so cts, and Shepherd stown
40 cts.
The United Life and Accident In
surancc Company, represented by
Mr.. J. Ogden Murray, general
agent, and Mr.. Davenport Wiltshire
sub-agcnt, has paid Mr.. w. II.
Brown $50 on accident incurred be-
fore his policy was received from tie
home Office of the company, and az
most before he was insured.
a basket picnic will be held by the
friends and members of the Metho-
dist and Lutheran Sunday Schools of
JviIla on Saturday, July 2Sth, in the
grove adjoining the Lutheran Church.
Addresses will he delivered by sew
eral gentlemen. and every effort will
be made to make it an enjoyable oc-
casion for both old and young. A
cordial invitation is extended to all.
At the meeting of the Town Coun-
Gil on Monday night of last week, B.
G. Washington, Esq, appeared be-
fore the body and stated that the
prospects were that if the town would
guarantee 4 support to the amount of
5000 per annum for water for fire