Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1890-05-13
Local MisceIIanY.

OOA potaCiOu eiSCGiOH On 1uuFSudS
of next week.
The Postoffice is opened on Sunday
only from $3.50 to ia NJ.
Excavations are being made for
Mr.. w. S. Kennedy's elevator.
Mr.. w. w. johnson is painting the
ROuss building at Shannon Park. .
The office of Messrs. Geo. Camp
'bell & Co. is being handsomely fitted
up.
Don't fail to read the Shenandoah
= Milling Co.'s new advertisement in
this issue.
Messrs. Geo. Campbell Z Co. sent
about twenty additional bark peeIers
out yesterday.
= Mr.. Geo. F. Anderson is building
an addition to the rear of the store of
Mr.. D. s. Hughes.
Increase of pension has been grant
ed James Mansfield and James Bin
co, of Harpcr's Ferry.
Mr.. E. L. Belter has the new house
Of Mr.. w. F. Weirick, on East Lib
ertY street, under roof.
Letters are advertised at Charles
ton for j. W. Coffmau, c. II. Pagan
and Mrs. A. E. Kennedy.
N1r. silas Baker, of Shenandoah
county, Va, is cIerking for the Shen-
andoah Milling Company.
Mrs. Burton has an elegant line of
Gold and Silver Watches, in which
great bargains are offered.
Thanks to the Baltimore San for a
copy of the ballad dedicated ny it to
the new cruiser Baltimore.
The pupils of Stephenson Female
Seminary will go on an excursion to
Che Luray Caverens tomorrow.
Mr.. Geo. L. Rissler slipped in his
barn-yard and broke a small bone of
1Sane of his legs, one day last week.
Wood is an article we need very
much just now. and if some of our
patrons will send us load or two we
will he much gratified.
i. When you visit Baltimore stop at
re NIaltby House, where will be
found tirst-class accommodations and
exceedingly low rates.
A game of base ball Between the
second mines of Summit Point and
this place will be played at Summit
Point next Saturday afternoon.
Barnum's Mammoth Show, giving
the Destruction of Rome by Nero, :"
will appear in Washington City on
Wednesday and Thursday of this
week.
The new baptismal font presented
to the Episcopal Chapel at DuGield's
Depot has arrived from j. & r.
Lambs, New York, and is bean
tiful piece of work.
Mr.. VIM. A. Davis has about com
pleted the painting of the elegant
country seat of Col. H. B. Davenport,
making this fine property one of the
handsomest in the county.
A gang of seven negroes, charged
with the recent frequent thefts of
bacon, &C., in this county, were ar
listed and brought to Jail, from the
Harper's Ferry ncighborhood, last
Sunday morning.
See advertisement in this issue of
timetable Bag Tie'' and Universal
Cough Syrup" and Universal Lima
ment," by Messrs. j. w. Carder &
Son. The first is of Importance to
farmers, and the latter concerns all
classes and conditions of society.
Captain Briggs, of Bolivar, while
returning home on western train on
Saturday last, attempted to get off
at Island Park and thus shorten the
distance to his home the train gave
jerk, throwing Mr.. Briggs violently
on the road, breaking two of his
fingers and rendering him uncon-
scious for some time.
A man by the name of Haylang
was run over and killed about quar-
ter of a mile north of Shenandoah,
Va, (Milnes,) by train No. 4, of the
Shenandoah Valley Railroad Thurs
day night. The crew of the train
were not aware of the accident until
reaching Shepherdstown, when con-
ductor Walter Hutchings received a
telegram from the train master at
0EShenandoah. Upon examination of
the train and running gear of the
train, splashes of blood, pieces of
flesh, clothing, &C., were discovered.
The engineer of the train says he did
not see the man and was surprised
hen told of the accident. Haylang
was supposed to have been beating
his way north.