Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1890-04-15
Local Miscellany.

SuOlce SJentS Furnishings Just
opened, at kahn's.
Mr.. Thomas L. Hess has purchased
the Mccoy property in Bolivar.
The Shenandoah Milling Company
has just received nice assortment of
Window Shades, very cheap.
Mr.. VIM. Hopkins has neatly sod
ded the yard of the dwelling of Mr..
Mason Hiedwobl, occupied By Mr..
George Watson.
Mr., Geo. F. Anderson erected q
neat porch and steps on the west side
of Mr.. d. S. Hughes building occu-
pied by Mr.. G. E. Hughes.
Desirable hotel property at Sum-
NIT Point for rent. See advertise
mcnt of Messrs. Beckwith & Green,
attorneys, in another column.
If you look through our columns
and read our locals you won't hest
tate to go and spend your hard
earned money with S. d. HirscI,man
& Co.
Thomas, the twelve-year-old son
of Mr.. Jno. j. Jobe, whilst wrestling
with one of his brothers Tuesday
evening last, broke a small bone in
his left ankle.
Mr.. S. w. Lightner has purchased
the Harper's Ferry Mill property,
and we are pleased to learn that the
milling business is to be revived at
This well-known location.
We carry an elegant line of Night
Shirts, made extra long and of the
very best of cotton. Prices are
lower than you can make them for, at
S. d. Hirschman & Co.'s.
DIR. d. NJ. sch@ffcr has located at
11e1tar's in this county. We COM
mend him to the good people of that
locality, and wish him much success
in the medical profession.
Our former townsman Mr.. j. A.
Raum, OF Bridgwater, Va, has pur-
chased the stock of merchandise in
the Summit Point store of Mr.. f. C.
Butler, and will go into business at
the latter place.
Mr. j. c. Holmes has the hand
some improvement to the dwelling of
Mr. j. Ed. Burns well under way,
and it promises TO be job rejecting
credit upon the contractors skill
both as an architect and mechanic.
Sir. S. Il. Brill, organizer, requests
us to announce that Farmers ALI
ance meetings will be held at Kear-
neysviIIe on Thursday night, April
18th; at Halltown on Friday night,
April 18th; and at Dunfeld's Depot
on Saturday, April 10Th, at p. NJ.
'.Uncle" Billy Hill, the q Old Re-
LIABLE" requests us to inform his
white friends and the public in gen
eral that he is still in the field in the
white-washing business and will do
werk in that line, as heretofore, in
the best manner and at prices as low
Us the lowest.
Mrs. Ann Locke, widow Of the late
Elisha Locke, who was one of the
noted California .'forty-niners' died
Suddenly at her residence at the
White House Spring in this county,
last Saturday morning, of pneumonia,
aged about 70 years. The funeral
took place on Sunday; interment in
Edge-IIilI Cemetery in this place.
The interior arrangement of the
post office has been changed by Mr..
]. C. Holmes, and the result is
vast improvement in the inside light
for the postmaster and deputies,
without Inconvenience to the general
public. Mr.. Higinbotham says he
will keep the Office open a little later
at night, so that there will be no ne
cessity for rush in order to secure
the night mail.
Mr.. Jas. II. Langdon, wcll-known
merchant of BerryviIle, Va, and a
former citizen of this county, died
at his home in that place last Friday
night, aged about 81 years. His re-
mains were inferred in Edgc-Hill
Cemetery in this place on Sunday,
and were given burial honors by the
Masonic fraternity and Red Men, of
which orders lie had been an es-
teemed member. His funeral was
largely attended.
We had the pleasure Of announcing
in our last issue the arrival of Mr..
W. S. Kennedy and his estimable
family as residents of Charlest0wn,
and copied from the Hagerstown
Globe very favorable comments Of
him. We understand that he pur-
chased from Mr.. VIM. Simpson an
acre of ground along the B. & o. R.
r., fronting on the Leetown road,
where he contemplates erecting a
grain elevator, and probably flour