Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1891-01-27
Local Miscellany.

Next Monday will be Ground; Hog
For fine Horse Bills come to the
SPIRIT Office. s
Oranges at Gustav Browns are
cheaper than apples.
Sale bills printed neatly and cheap
ly at tue SPIRIT office.
DIR. j. V. Simmons cut his hand
severely with carving knife.
Snow fell here last Saturday night
to depth of six inches or moro.
.T74 The new addition to Charlestown
will have miles of McAdamized
streets.
Earnshaw & Dooley are tin roofing
the new dwelling of Mr.. John Nc
knight.
Letters are advertised at Charles
ton for A. G. Hopkins, Annie Shcetz
aud John II. Hostler.
80 ~. Mr.. VIM. N. Wood was last week
elected Vice President of the Charles
town Real Estate Exchange.
Oranges, Pine-apples and Bananas
just received at Gustav Brown's.-
Oranges as low as 15c per dozen.
q Mr.. 1ippitt Renner desires us to
inform the public that he sells no
Intoxicating beverages, but only soft
drinks.
Messrs. Earnshaw & Dooley and
Mr.. John Ii. Bishop put up the fine
new range for Mr.. Elliott al the Wat
son House.
oa Guy Bros Minstrel Troupe gave
an elegant entertainment at Washing
ton Hall last night, TO full aud over
lowing house.
The dwelling of Eliza Taylor, col
ored, caught fire last Tuesday, but
the flames were extinguished without
serious damage.
The house and lot of Mr.. R.H. Butt,
in Middleway, sold by f.. w. Brown,
Trustee, was purchased by AIr. l..
c. Lucas, at $3.50,
When you visit Baltimore stop at
the MaItby House, where will be
found tirst-class accommodations and
exceedingly low rates.
The property of Mrs. Lucy Wy
song, in Middleway, was recently
sold to Thos. Locke, Esq, through
Mr. V. NJ. Firor, real estate agent.
The c. NJ, NJ. & L. Co. have ar
ranged with the Water Company to
have water piped through several of
their streets out as far as the belt line
railroad.
Thanks to Dlessrs. Wynkoop. Wal
ter & Co. for copy of the Almanac
of the MARYLAND Life Insurance Co.,
for which Company they are the To-
cal agents.
Thanks to Messrs Washington &
Alexander for handsomely gotten
up plat of the lands of the Charles
town and Washington City Improve
ment Company.
We return thanks TO Hon. B. d.
Gibson for copies of the first report
of the Commissioner of Labor of w.
Va, and report of the Board of Di-
rectors of the w. Va. Reform School.
The machinery, &C., for the brass
works plant has been shipped from
New Jersey, and twenty employees
from there will arrive here tonight,
to get things in shape for early OPP
Grafton.
Mr.. Seymour II. Lands, of Mill
vile in this county, was on Tuesday
last married to Miss Birdie E.
Sprecher, of Eakle's Mills, Md. Our
former townsman and his fair bride
will have the best wishes of many
friends here, of which number we
claim 10 be one, that their happiness
may be complete and unending.
Mcssrs. r. A. Alexander and F.
W. Brown have returned from their
recent business trip to Wheeling,
Uniontown, Lancaster, Philadelphia,
Baltimore and other points. They
readily disposed of ten thousand
dollars of stock of the CharIestown
and Washington City Improvement
Company, which they had agreed to
place, and found the stock of the
Charlestown NJ, NJ. & L. Co. quoted at
q premium and in demand.
The Council has agreed upon some
amendments TO the town charter,
and forwarded them to our Dele
gates in the Legislature for adoption.
The amendments recommended con-
template the adjustment of the cleo
tive Office of recorder and the sub
stitution therefor of clerk to be ap-
pointed by the Council and mayor
pro tenn to serve in the absence of the
mayor; that one councilman shall be
elected in each ward annually, the
term of Office remaining two years as
at present, except that those elected
in 1892 shall draw lots for the long
and short terms; that the mayor and
counciImen shall each be owners in fee
of real estate in the corporation of
the value of $3.50 over and above all
elcumbrances thereon that the west
EN- portions of the first and second
wards shall be separated by the Sum-
NIT Point road, instead of the Mid
dleway turnpike as at present; that
there shall be three commissioners of
roads, streets and alleys; that no
member of the council shall be ap-
pointed clerk, treasurer, assessor or
street commissioner; and that the
council shall he entitled to all the hene-
fits of chap. AZ of the Code of West
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