Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1890-01-28
SPIRIT OF JEFFERSON.
Local Miscellany.
County Court met yesterday

Office.
Our farmers have done agoOd deal
of blowing for spring crops.
There was a heavy snow-squall
here last Thursday morning.
Mr.. VIM. Ktmes is painting the
new building of Mr.. c. L. sbugert.
Roger Chew shot beautiful white
hawk in front of the courthouse yes
terday.
Messrs. Earnshaw & Dooley are
tin roofing the new dwelling of Mr..
D. w. Hannah.
Ben. Branson, a we'll known col
6red man, is very i'll of pneumonia,
superinduced by la grippe.
Potomac Commandery, No. 5,
Knights Templar, meets next Tues
day evening, Feb. 4th, at u o'clock.
Mrs. Derry, widow of the late
Philip Derry, of Harper's Ferry, died
last week, near Halltown, at an adj
Sanced age.
We see by the Los Angeles (Cal. }
Daily Herald of the 18th that Mr.,
Stuard Hirschman has bodghtanother
lot in that city, for 81 900.
The Fitzpatrick Family of Merry
Makers and Swiss Bell Ringers gave
n pleasing entertainments in Washing
ton Hall last Thursday night.
Messrs. yesterday & Co. are tin
roofing the dwelling of Mr.. Mason
Heidwohl, and Mr. WIN. A. Davis is
doing the painting of the same.
Travers, little son of Recorder
w. L. Hedges, was struck on the
leg by a larger boy few weeks ago,
and has since been an intense sufferer
therefrom.
The her-house of Mrs. "A. A.
Hughes was broken into last Thurs
day night, and nine chickens, be-
longing to Miss Laura Hughes, were
stolen therefrom.
TAere have been some very severe
cases of la grippe and pneumonia
resulting therefrom in this locality,
notably those of Miss Maria Hum
phreys, Mr.. S. H. Higinbotham and
Mr.. Michael NTcMahon.
The stockholders of the shenan~
doah Milling Company on Friday re-
elected the old Board of Directors,
As follows: d. j, Sloan, d. w.
Sloan, Vim. R. Percy, Geo. II. Tur-
ner, p. II. Daughtrey and David
Sloan.
We accepted an invitation to par
take of the hospitality of mine host
Wyatt, of the Carter House, last
Friday, and found everything in nice
trim; Mr.. w. hetng well assisted by
Mr.. and Mrs. DIiIey in the household
department.
Mr.. Stuard Hirschman, on the oe-
casion of his recent western business
trip, passed through Arizona, and
was shown numbers of petritied trees
in that locality. We return Thanks
for a fine piece, taken from a collec-
ton of fragments brought home with
him.
The out kitchen of Mr.. John
Burns took Arc from a spark from
the chimney, last Tuesday, but fortu-
nately the flames were distinguished
with but little damage. Building in
sured with the Washington & Alex
auder agency, who promptly ordered
the loss to be repaired.
Mr.. Harry Benner, whilst on horse
back last Thursday, shot gray ca
gle which measured 6 feet z inches
from tip to tip of wings. This makes
the second one of the birds killed in
this locality within a month, and
both we're secured by Mr.. F. B. Sou
ders, to be stuffed and mounted.
AT meeting of the shareholders of
jefferson Building Association No.
TO-" the following board of directors
and officers were CHOSEN: Directors
Nv. C. Carroll, T. W. Tomlinson,
Albert DiehI, VIM. Neill. S. Hirsch-
man, S. c. Young and Gerard d.
Moore. DR.. William NeilI was chosen
President; CIeon Moore, Solicitor,
and c. Frank GaIIaher, Secretary and
Treasurer.
Notwithstanding many of our ex-
changes will persist in having him
dead, Mr.. Funk. the brakeman who
was so badly injured in the recent S.
v. R. R. wreck at Chew's Siding, is
still alive, and has SO far recovered
as to be able to dispense with the con-
slant service of professional nurse.
Mr.. Gardner, the engineer injured in
the same disaster, has resumed his
duties on the road.
Miss Mary Dangherty died at the
residence of Capt. Geo. II. Flagg, in
this place, last Thursday morning.
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