Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1891-11-17
Local MISCELLANY.
lrcuit Court met yesterday.


The Thanksgiving turkey is ripen-
ing.
Office.
Star gazers enjoyed the lunar eclipse
Sunday night.
Bear in mind the Lot Sale at shen-
aDdoah Junction tomorrow.
Rock Candy Drips--an excellent
table article--at S. S. DaIgarn's.
Letters are advertised at Charleston
for j. E. Burns, G. E. Hughes, Sadie
! johnson and Della Seal.
Bear in mind the Fair and Suppers
for benefit of the Charles Town Cor
net Band, to be held the first week in
December.
"Skirmish at Harper's Ferry is
the title of new game for children
-'and which will be sold throughout the
country for the holidays.
Samuel S. Smeltzer, a member of
the Staunton bar, former mayor of
that city, and few years ago res
ident of this place, died Thursday.
The Harper's Ferry Sentinel says:
1.-The Charles Town Mining, Manufac-
turing & Improvement Company is
square and liberal and deserves the
success it is achieving
Mr.. Caldwell, the genial and en-
ergetic electrician employed by the
City Electric Light Company, is push
ing forward the work of that COM
panY with commendable energy.
Mrs. Gertie Smith Herr, formerly
of this place. wife of Mr.. David
Herr and sister of Mrs. John Q.
Fleming, died at her home in Bal
timore on the 9TH instant, aged TWEEN
ty-one years.
JOHN" Mrs. AmbIer's old sorrel
horse, died last Saturday. at the adj
9anced age of thirty-three years. He
was faithful animal, and was at one
time owned by Gen. Pegram of the
Confederate army.
Messrs. Jno. C. Weller & Son, of
the Jefferson Foundry and Machine
Shops, have just put in an excellent
iron cellar door at our residence. 1t
is a good job, durable and neat-such
as this old reliable firm is capable of
turning out at all times.
The City Electric Light Company
sis erecting nice set of poles. We
Euppose the enterprising managers
will have them painted, as have our
progressive neighbors in Martins
burg, and they will then in meas
ure be ornamental as well as useful.
Lewis Queen, coIored boy, was
tried before Justice Howell yester-
day on charge of stealing pair of
pants from the store of Mr.. B. A.
Wolpert. He was found guilty, and
under the new law will be sentenced
to fine and imprisonment at hard la
Dor as the justice may direct.
Mrs. Sencindiver on the occasion
of her recent visit to Baltimore pur-
chased some very pretty Christmas
novelties, which she is now opening
for inspection. The stock embraces
some very attractive fancy articles,
Japanese wares, &C., which will be
found well worthy Of an examination.
In addition she has added to her
stock full and elegant line of en-
broidery, rope and other silks of al
most every imaginable tint, to which
she invites attention.
The ladies of the Baptist church
will hold an entertainment at Shen-
andoah Junction, beginning on
Thanksgiving day and. continuing for
three nights. On Thanksgiving day
a dinner fit for king can be had for
90 cents, including oysters, turkey,
&c. Thanksgiving night and the two
nights following fine supper and
every refreshment can be had. Come
and aid good cause and have a good
time. Entertainment in Blackford's
Hall, and for the building of a Bap-
list church at the Junction.
Accepting a kind invitation from
our enterprising friend, 60 mine host"
Elliott, we were on Friday entertained
at the new Watson House restaurant.
We found the rooms nicely fitted up,
neat and clearly, with all necessary
appendages, and the new French
cook, Mr.. Louis Geienot, an adept
in the art of tickling paIates. The
usual eatables and all kinds of game
in season will be served at this res
taurant, and both proprietor and OPP
orator propose to keep first-class
establishment, in which we wish them
much success.
The Town Council last night au-
thorized the mayor to make five
year contract with the City Electric
Light Company for lighting Wash
ington Hall, the Council Room and
Engine House. The conditions of the
agreement are in substance that the
Electric Light Co. shall supply the
hall with fifty 16-candle- power mean
descent lamps, by metre, at one cent
per lamp per hour, and furnish three
16-candle-power lamps in the Coun-
Gil Room and Engine-House at 85
cts. each per month--the town to pay
actual cost of putting in these three
lights, and the Electric Light Co. to
Z eput in the necessary wire and appa-
ratus for Washington Hall for S75,
TO be paid by the town,