Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1891-03-24
Local Miscellany.

being McAdamized.
Mr.. n. Palmbaum has gone east to
purchase Spring and Summer Goods.
Letters are advertised at Charles
ton for John Howell and Charles
Lawson.
Messrs. Earnshaw & Dooley are
tin-roofng the large Westinghouse
of Mr.. Jas. III. Ransom.
Mr.. Geo. Fl. Hagley left yesterday
for the eastern cities, to purchase
spring and summer stock.
The C. NJ, NJ. & 1. Co. have con-
tracted for the establishment here of
an extensive spoke and rim factory.
The Charlestown Cornet Band dis
coursed good music upon the Watson
House portico last Saturday evening.
@ Mr.. John H. Hall is now serving
the public with nice fresh Kale. On
sale daily at the store of Mr.. S. S.
DaIgarn.
Mr.. F. L. Beller will next week
remodel and improve the front of Mr..
Geo. H. Hagley's Temple of
Fashion"
A nice line of Eyaporated and
Dried Fruits-Apricots, Peaches,
Apples, &c.-jdst received by Lip
pitt Renner.
Washington City parties will short
ly erect number of cottages on the
beautiful Bolivar Heights, adjoining
Harper's Ferry.
See new advertisement of Messrs.
Reed & Long, enterprising dealers in
gain, hay, coal, implements, &c., at
Rippon in this county.
Messrs. w. F. & T. p. Lippitt
have been awarded the contract for
erecting the G. NJ, M. & 1. Compa-
ny's fine office building.
AR. C. W. Taylor is painting the
room under the SPIRIT office, to be
nsed by Messrs. Gibbs, Loeffler &
Wood, real estate agents.
Prof. A. w. Hawks, of Baltimore,
will exhibit Mrs. JarIey's Wax Works
here tue latter part of April, for the
benefit of the Baptist Sunday School
iYanted- Old-tlme mahogany fur
niture, clocks, mirrors, brasses, &C.,
cheap for cash. Address John Treb-
lig, 9 North Howard ST., Baltimore.
The Sunday School of Zion p. E.
SSurch will have its Easter services
next Sunday, at $3.50 P. NJ. The
offering will be for Domestic Mis-
sions.
Mr. AIbertus Spencer, of Harper's
Ferry, will build house opposite
that place capable of accommodating
> hundred laborers On the c. & o.
Canal.
The Brick and Tile Company got
tieir machinery started up last week,
and made few thousand BRICK
They expect to get well under way
this week.
Mr.. Harry Wilmington is receiv-
ing and opening his stock, at the
Hirschman room, corner of Main and
Charles streets, and will be ready
for business in day or two.
Ladies, clean your kid gloves with
Mather's Glove Cleaner, for sale only
by Burns & Shugert-where may be
found a full line of dressed and I'M
dressed kid gloves in all the most de-
sirable shades.
The contract for constructing
1 be elegant tHotel Powhatan" has
been awarded by the G. NJ, NJ. & 1.
Co. to Mr.. j. C. Holmes, the we'll
known builder of hotels at Oakland,
Md, and Luray and Roanoke, Va.
:. Mr.. Thos. G. Hosick, of Youngs-
Gown, Ohio, will visit Charlestown
about the LIST of April, for the pur-
pose of organizing Shorthand and
Typewriter School. He will come
well recommended, and would like
to get up good class here.
Mr.. L. 81. Blessing is erecting a
two-story frame building on North
Mildred street, near the B. & o. de-
pot, Mr.. Herbert Blessing being the
contractor for the work. The lower
part is to be store-room, wherein
BIZ. b. will open stock of groceries,,
notions, &C., and the second story
for dwelling purposes.
Mr.. Chas. S. Stephens, of New
York, the genial and go-ahead Presi-
dent of the Shenandoah Brass and
Iron Works, was in Charlestown last
week and gave us a pleasant CALL
He found, as he informed us, every
thing working along nicely at the
Brass Works-machinery in full blast
and orders coming in rapidly. Su-
1erintendent Ait will go to Balti-
more to-day to bring on an addi-
tional force of brass workers. Sec
rotary George Porterfeld is looking
after things in his department with