Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1890-07-22
Local Miscellany.

The Teachers Institute will meet
in Charlestown July %.
The B. & o. Railroad has placed .
steam mcrry-go-round on Island
Park.
Miss Mary S. Haines will reopen
Der School for small children Sept.
Sd, 1890.
The annual picnic of the Catholics
of Martinsburg will be held at Island
Park, July 90.
Mr.. VIM. A. Davis has completed
The painting of the dwelling of Mrs.
Julia Kennedy on South Lawrence
street.
Charlestown and vicinity maintains
its popularity as a summer resort.
and city visitors are numerous in our
midst.
A crop of wheat partly owned by
Capt. Jas. w. Glenn, of this county.
was burned in Clarke county, Va,
last week.
Miss Fairlie Washington will open
3 School for Boys, preparatory to the
Academy, September 10th. See adj
vertisement.
When you visit Baltimore stop at
the Maltby House, where will be
feund frst-cIass accommodations and
exceedingly low rates.
The jefferson County Medical So
ciety met in Charlestown last Tues
day, and adopted . constitution and
transacted other business.
Mr.. John Donohoe, of Harper's
Ferry, was on Tuesday overcome by
the heat in front of the Court House
in Hagerstown, but soon recovered.
1t will be seer by card elsewhere
that Capt. Geo. H. Flagg is a candi-
date for nomination for County Clerk
reports to the contrary notwith-
standing.
The Charlesto@n Male Academy,
a w]ell-known and m~eritorfous fnstitu-
ton of learning, Mr.. Edmund r.
Taylor principal, viii reopen Sept.
18th next
The Shenandoah Valley Railroad.
Company recently bought ten new
cabin cars-fve for each division
and the trainmen do not have to bunk
in freight cars now.
Agame of base ball is to be played
here tomorrow afternoon, on the
Lock and Tomlinson lot, east of town,
between the Harper's Ferry and
Charlcstown first nincs.
Last Thursday was a scorcher, the
thermometer registering 81 in the
shade. a good shower at night,
however, broke the drouth and low
cred the temperature some degrees.
Charles Washington. of Shepherds
town, recently died in the peniten-
tiary. Washington is the youth who
was sent to the penitentiary less than
4 year ago for the burglary of Mr..
r. NJ. Billmyer's store.
The largest fruit farm in West Vir-
sinia is the Becker farm, near uar-
per's Ferry. 1t contains 5000 april
cot trees, $4,000 peach trees, 5000
plum trees. 1000 miscellaneous fruit
trees aud 5000 grape vines.
Regular meeting of Malta Lodge.
No. so, A, f. & A. NJ, next Friday
night, at s O'Clock, at which time the
District Deputy Grand Master will
pay his official visit. Two candidates
TO be raised TO the Masters Degree.
The Citizens Fire Company had
their anniversary parade last Friday
evening, headed by the Charlestown
Cornet Band. Capt. Russell had his
men well in hand, and their marching
and various e|volutions we're quite
creditable.
Mr.. S. II. Lands has been ap-
pointed postmaster at Millville in this
county, DIR. Z. G. Gaskiu having re-
signed in his favor. Mr.. lands will
also take part with Mr.. Jas. H. Gore
in operating the MiIlvi!Ie Mill, lately
IN charge of DIR. Gaskill.
See advertisement of watches,
clocks, jewelry. &C., at a sacrifice,
by Mrs. NJ. Vandalia Burton. These
goods must be disposed of, and Mrs.
Burton offers them at astonishineIv
low rates-at and below cost. The
assortment of children's earrings is
especially attractive.
Helen, aged about nine years,
daughter of Mr.. Hess Scarlet, of
Harper's Ferry, met with a painful
accident last Saturday evening. In
attempting to kindle a fire with coal
oil, the can exploded, enveloping her
in a sheet of fame. Before assist
ance reached her she was too badly
burned to recover and died from the
effects Sunday evening.