Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1891-04-28
Local Miscellany.
County Court May A.
Circuit Court MAY 10.

A large, nearly new Tent for sale.
Apply to A. d. MiIey.
None better, few as good, as the
Cinderella Cook Stoves.
Forepaugh's Show will exhibit in
Martinsburg next Friday.
Thirty-tiye persons were registered
at the Carter House last Friday.
Mr. Geo. +. Walkers sheep were
attacked by dogs few nights ago.
A pretty new awning adorns the
front of Messrs. Burns & Shugert' S
store.
Mr.. Gustav Brown is arranging to
place fine soda fountain in his con-
fectionery store.
The farmers say blowing is hard
now, the ground (not the farmers)
being very tight.
Mayor Brown has nice new avn
ing in front of his confectionery store
and ice-cream parlors.
Mr. T. j. Shipway is enclosing the
lot of Mrs. Hannah Heidwohl's with
substantial new fence.
aIr. John Burns seems to be ahead
in corn planting, having already
planted some forty or fifty acres.
Mr.. VIM. HINES has neatly painted
the front and interior woodwork of
the C. NJ, NJ. & L. Co.'S office build
ing.
Let all damp cellars be well aired
and lined. Don't neglect this, and
an epidemic of disease may be
avoided.
The N. & w. R. r. cattle pens.
tool house, watch box, telegraph
poles and cattle guards have been
whitewashed.
VIM. Phillips & Sons have made a
portable frame upon which the c.
NJ, NJ. & 1. Co. will swing their
large office map.
Mr.. D. A. Phillips is erecting a
neat iron fence in front of the prop
erty of Mr.. Geo. Washington, on
East Main street.
The Lippitt house has been re-
moved from North George ST., and
that extension WILDE at once graded,
curbed and paved.
The Norfolk and Western railroad
will sell round trip tickets to the
Southern Baptist Convention, which
meets at Birmingham, Ala, May 8.
Mr.. Troutman has the head and
seven-pronged antlers of a SPLENDID
buck killed in the Rocky mountains.
B The specimen is to be mounted for
the "HoteI Powhatan.
Miss Maud Wentzell is in charge
of Mr.. j. s. Renner's store Mt Har-
per's Ferry during Mr.. RS tenn
porary stay in Charlestown, in charge
of his fathers store here.
Judge D. B. Lucas has had planted
rock maple trees on both sides the
H. F. and CharIestown pike from
Halltown to Warm Spring road, a
distance of about one mile.
Changes in our Office, preparatory
to the reception of our new presses,
have delayed the issue of this num-
Der of our paper, for which we are
sure eur readers will excuse us.
Mr.. McGrath opened his auction
sales last Saturday night, and rat
tied off good lot of shoes, furniture,
&C., disposing of some excellent bar
gains. Auction sales every Satur-
day evening.
A meeting of the Real Estate Ex-
change, at the office of Wynkoop,
Walter & Co., in the Maxwell build
ing, is called for this (Tuesday) eve
ming, at y O'Clock. A full attend
ance requested.
You will never lose your keys if.
you carry key chain such as has
been presented to us by our enter
prising jeweler Mr.. Chas. w. Brown.
1t is both pretty and convenient
Get one and try it.
Clean up your premises and sur
roundings, whitewash your fences
and outbuiIdings, and if possible do
little painting-any and everything
that will give Charlestown its very
prettiest appearance by the date of
the coming lot sale.
Miss ]. Dial. Rowan & Co. will
open their new Notion and Fancy
Goods Store, in the room of Mrs. j.
B. Brown, opposite First National
Bank, next Monday. They have n
nice display of fine goods, worthy of
the special attention of the ladies of
the town and vicinity.
The ladies are preparing for
sumptuous entertainment May 10, IA
and 10, for the benefit of the Inde-
pendent Fire Company, and all who
attend the lot sales will find good
fare near the place of sale on the
ground of the G. NJ. NJ. & L. Co.,
as well as at Washington Hall.
The Adams Express Company have
moved their Office to the n. & w.
depot. Mr.. Adam Bowman will con-
tlnue to deliver and gather all matter
offered to and from any point within
the corporate limits free. A call book
Will be found at the Carter House for
calls off of Washington street. Call
cards will be displayed by residents
on Washington street.
Superintendent r. w. Norris is
fearful that some accident will nan
pen from blasting on the Belt Line
and at other points, from the large
number of visitors who crowd that
vicinity about the hours of II noon
and 6P. NJ, when the blasts are set