Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1891-11-03
Local Miscellany.
County Court met yesterday.

Circuit Court November IL,
Corn and Wood wanted at this
office.
Sale of Lots at Charles-Town Nov.
and ..
Wall Paper and Furniture at G. E.
Hughes.
Letter advertised at Charleston for
Anna Campbell.
The C. M, NJ. & 1. Co. is Mead
amizing Third avenue.
Mr.. John T. Trussell is erecting a
dwelling on First avenue.
Work upon the foundation for DIR.
Ranson's office is progressing.
The Baptists have broken ground
for chapel at Shenandoah Junction.
= G. E. Hughes is receiving his fall
supply of Furniture and Wall Paper.
Largest assortment of Carvers, Ia
BILE and Pocket Cutlery, at Rink Hard
ware.
The corporate authorities are Nc
Adamizing Charles street between
Main and Congress.
Mr.. VIM. N. Wood will remove his
office to the room in east end of Mrs.
Maxwell's building.
Three persons were immersed by
Rev. NJ. 5. Read, in the Baptist
church, on Sunday last.
Mr.. John II. Bishop is doing the
plumbing work for the office building
of the c. NJ, 81. & L. Co.
Go to H. NJ. whittington's for your
Currants, Raisins, Citron, Nuts, &c.
All new, and at low prices.
Mr.. Shipway is putting down a
good plank walk along Third avenue
and in front of Hotel Powhatan.
More than eighty pupils-twenty
of them boarders-are upon the rolls
of Stephenson Female Seminary.
The B. & o. R. R. Co. is putting
in set of scales on its main track
near the Charles Town freight depot.
The C. NJ, NJ. & L. Co.'s fine of.
p fee building, for which the Messrs.
Lippitt are contractors, is nearly I'M
der roof.
A neat stationary awning has been
erected in front of the store of Mr.. S.
c. Young-tin roofing by MIR. Jno.
w. Russell.
, Mr.. Jno. o. Yates brought into this
county few days ago, from south
west Virginia, one of the finest lots
of cattle ever received here.
Mr.. John T.sColston has greatly
beautified the appearance of his farm,
&c Burnlea," by whitewashing fenc-
ing, painting outbuildings, etc.
Mr.. Burns, of Burns & Shugert,
went East last week to purchase Win
ter Millinery, Wraps, Furs and Dress
Goods, and other seasonable articles.
In addition to their large class of
vocal and instrumental pupils in
Charles Town, Madame and Miss Ber-
tina Ruhl have fine class in Berry
vile.
Singer Sewing Machine agents ex-
hibited an elegant line of machine
work here last week. The exhibits
were excellent, and were much adj
mired.
{" Gen. D. HeHebower, of this
county, and Col. Jno. w. Dodd, of
Berkeley, will cry the Charles Town
lot sales-both being stockholders in
the G. NJ, NJ. & 1. Co.
A cow belonging To George Wash
ington, colored, was killed a short
distance below the B. G o. depot, by
the Winchester Accommodation train,
on Monday night of last week.
The pIastering of the Hotel Pow
hatan is nearly completed. the porches
are under roof, and being ceiled and
painted, and contractor Holmes is
pushing ahead to have things in good
shape there by sales day.
Mr.. Elliott, of the Watson House,
requests us to announce that he is
prepared to entertain a good number
of visitors to the lot sales this week.
His rooms are good and comfortable,
and the table, as usual, will be sup
piled with the best that the markets
afford.
The Charles Town Cornet Band has
been receiving some valuable acqui-
sitions to its membership. The latest
is new band master-Mr. Richard
Welsh, a musician of considerable
reputation, who has served as band
master on the U. S. men-of-war Brook
lyn and Pensacola.
Shenandoah Junction is to have a
water supply. Messrs. A. L. 0s-
bourn, S. l.. Williams, A. d. Os-
bourn and C. w. Brantner have
purchased and are putting in a
Rife hydraulic ram at the spring
of Mr.. R. w. Morrow, from whence
water will be forced to the dwellings
on the west side of the N. & w. and
north of the b. & o. road. tits also
contemplated to supply water to
houses in the McGarry addition and
to such others as may want it. We
congratulate the people of the juno
ton on having among them these
gentlemen of enterprise, and trust
that this is but the beginning Of
larger things for that locality.