Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1889-02-26
Local MISCELLANY.

per gallon, at G. E. Hughes.
Horse Bills printed handsomely
and cheaply at the SPIRIT Office.
Hon. B. D. Gibson will please ac-
cept our thanks for additional Leg
islattve documents.
Mr. Frank Homsher, of this coun-
ty, has been appointed weigher of
mails on c. v. R. R.
Mr.. II. o. Talbot purchased a
pair of $500 coach horses at the Mc-
Murray sale, in Frederick City, last
Tuesday.
When you visit Baltimore stop at
the Maltby House, where will be
found first-class accommodations and
exceedingly low rates.
The new and beautiful scenery and
other improvements will be an addi-
tional attraction at Washington Hall
this (MOnday) evening.
The Charlestown Cornet Band cell
ebrated washington's birthday by
discoursing good music upon our
streets last Friday afternoon.
Prof. Adams All Star Specially
Company and Monster Gift Festival
at Washington Hall, Friday and Sat
urday evenings next, March 1st and
I'd.
The New Orleans Picayune says OF
Miss Myra Goodwin: ''She has a
smile as fascinating as Joe Emmett
and face fresh with the sweetness
of girlhood.
Mr.. Frank Jones, as Isl Perkins, -
at Washington Hail, this (NIonday)
evening, is supported by an excel
lent company and the 81 Per-
kins" Orchestra of ten solo artists.
Thanks to AIr. Charles W. Brown,
jeweIer, for couple of beautiful
business cards, whereon are match
safes phosphorescent on the face, so
that they are luminous in the dark
and easily found.
The north, bound train on the
Shenandoah Valley Railroad ran into
a car loaded with steel rails near
BentonvilIe, Va, Friday night. The
engine and express car were thrown
down an embankment, and engineer
Hiram Wallace and Fireman See
hollis, both of Hagerstown, we're
scalded by escaping steam.
At Martinsburg, w. Va, early
Thursday morning. Michael Heating
in returning from a ball attempted
to cross the B. G o. Railroads. yards,
and in climbing overs moving train
was thrown underneath. His limbs
were considerably bruised and in
places the flesh was torn from the
bones. His injuries, it is supposed,
will prove fatal.
Isl Perkins, IS it will be pre-
sented at Washington Hall this
(Monday) evening, Feb. %, by Mr..
Frank Jones and his excellent com
pany. supported by the ISL Perkins
Quartette of singers and the cele-
brated Isl Perkins" Orchestra of
ten solo artists, is considered the
leading Domestic Comedy OF the day,
introducing many real novel and
amusing incidents of farm life.
The Charleston Nonparen classes
Delegate G bson, of this county,
among the 'heartless bachelors" AS
to portion OF this Indictment Mr..
Gibson would probably have to plead
guilty, but as to the other that might
depend upon the construction of it.
IL meant to imply lack of tender
feeling for the fair sex, we enter a
demurrer in his behalf; but if in
tended to signify that he has lost his
heart, so to speak, we fear he would
lack friends bold enough to deny the
soft impeachment.
We stroIled into the RoselIe shops
for a few minutes last Friday, and
were pleased to find everything there
abouts humming with busy industry.
Messrs. BeaII & Miller were loading
two cars with sawed walnut table leg
and baluster timber, for shipment to
New York, and a full corps of en-
ployees were engaged in saving and
getting out more for future shipment.
Wagons were being unloaded with
the logs in the rough, and every
thing about the shops and yard, as
we were gratified to see, bore live
business air-a gratifying contrast to
the condition there not long since,
when all was silence and inactivity.
Rev. A. C. Dixon, of Baltimore,
has been holding revival services in
the Baptist church in this place for
the past week. He is an eloquent
and forcibIe speaker, imbued with
fervent zeal in the Masters cause,
and his sermons Gone each afternoon
and evening dailvN have attracted i'm