Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1889-11-19
SPIRIT OF JEFFERSON
Local Miscellany.
Circuit Court begins to-day.


Oniee.
Walter Avis is in the store of Mr..
WIN. Kahn.
Two men had big bear on exhi-
sition on our streets last Friday.
Tie Cbarlestown boys enjoy foot
ball on the Park lot when the wealth
er permits.
DR.. John p. Bishop visited BaIti-
more and Philadelphia last week, to
purchase holiday goods.
George Pierce, colored, was killed
on the b. & o. R. R. at Engie's
Switch yesterday afternoon.
Viii some of our subscribers who
pay their subscription in wood be
DE kind enough to bring US some at
once?
Mr.. C. w. Taylor has been paint
ing the outside wood work of the
Carroll building, corner Main and
CnarleS streets.
We have superb stock of Stoves,
suitable for parlor. office, chamber,
Kitchen, &c., &c. Call and see
thA. EARxsHAw & DooLEx.
Mrs. Mary Il. Bane has purchased
of Mrs. SalIie f. Hannah about thir-
ty acres of land lying along the
Charlestown and Leetown road.
She Morgantown Ne,o Dominion
says: Prof. Brooke has purchased S.
A. Posten's dwelling house on Wiley
street, the price paid being $500.
Mr.. F. L. Beller is about erect
ing a dwelling for Mr.. Ed. Phillips.
on West street, between the resi-
dences of Mrs. VIM. Phillips and Mr..
Louis Diehl.
Mf. j. w. Glenn is now prepared
to do all kinds of haul: &, and fur
hish the best of tab and hickory
wood on short notice. Read his card
in another column.
The people of UviIla will hold oyster
and meat snppers on the nights of
November 28th and Both (Thauks-
giving night and the night foIIowing)
to raise the balance Of the debt on
their new hall.
BY the new schedule of the S. V.
r. r. to go into effect November "a.
We understand, trains will pass
Charlestown northward at about s
A. NJ, and s p. NJ, and southwark
about A. NJ. and II midnight.
Read the advertisement on our first
page of Libbey. Bittinger & Miller,
lumber dealers. of Washington. Our
readers cannot go amtss in buying
from this firm, which is one of the
most reliable and enterprising in lie
countrY.
The pupils of Stephenson Female
Seminary held interesting exercises
At Friday evening. Miss GIrnett
Pendleton and Miss Nellie Campbell,
of the corps Of teachers, were in
charge. The programme consisted
of music, recitatfons, dialogues, &C.,
end was very entertaining,
Mr.. John w. Roberts has now on
hand large supply of harness of his
own manufacture, with general as
softment of AL goods in his line, en-
hracing carriage robes of all grades,
collars. saddles, brides, whips, &c.
Will also manufacture to order. If
you want nice outfit before the hoI-
idsys, give him cali.
The members of the Charlestown
Operate Association we're Joined
last Thursday evening by the Misses
Page, Miss Castleman and Mr.. Sam.
Taylor, of Berryville, Va, who will
assist in the rendering of the Chimes
of Normandy" and the opera was
thoroughly rehearsed. Mr.. Taylor
takes the part of Grenicheoux Miss
Castleman, Jermaiue; Miss Annie
Campbell. Serpolette, L. Il. Dinkle;
Old Gaspard; A. D. Barr, Henri and
ALLEN Campbell, the BaiIIi. These
characters, says the Democrat, are
now well versed in their parts, which
in the rehearsal were rendered most
treditabIy. This opera will win for
CharIestown talent quite d reputation
and will certainly be a credit to
Madame Ruhl as an instructress.
The County Court, at its recent
regular term, appointed as Road Sur
veYors John w. Gardner, Jr., in Pre-
einct No. 2 of Charlestown road dis.
trict, f. C. Tabb in precinct No. 2
of Middleway district, Thos. j. West
in Precinct No. of Kabletown dis
trict, Stephen NARROW in Precinct
No. of Harper's Ferry district,
and C. NJ. Folk in Precinct No. / Of
Shepherdstown district. TheCharles-
town Water and Manufacturing Com
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