Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1891-09-01
Local MisceIIany.

Mr.. WeslyP. Bell is B. & o. night
operator at Shenandoah Junction.
The Supreme Court of Appeals
meets in Charles Town tomorrow.
Mr.. c. We Taylor has painted a
handsome sign for Mr.. b. A. Wolpert.
The Citizens Fire Company expect
their handsome new steamer this
week.
Forty or fifty cords of Dry Oak
Wood wanted by W. f. & t. p.
Lippitt.
The Middleway Guards leave to-
day for the State encampment at
Gypsy Grove.
When you visit Baltimore stop at
the Maltby House, where will be
found tirst-cIass accommodation and
exceedingly low rates.
Thanks to Mr.. Harvey N. Dorsey
for New York papers containing full
accounts and illustrations of tile re-
cent great Park Row disaster.
Mr.. o. BeIlman, of Hagerstown, is
placing steam heating fixtures in the
dwellings of Messrs. George Wash
ington and Forrest w. Brown.
n We return thanks to Messrs. Palm
Dbaum & Bro. for neat memorandum
buok-verY convenient and contain
ing aluableinformation for reference.
The Washington Sharp-Shooters
took up the line of march for home
last Friday, after a delightful camp
at Green's Mountain House, near
Harper's Ferry.
Two mares and colt-valuable
animaIs-belonging to Mr.. f. G..
Butler, were killed by the southboud
express train on the n. & w. r. r.
on Monday night of last week.
The office of the jefferson Lumber
and Manufacturing Company has
been handsomely fitted up, and is
supplied with an elegant solid walnut
desk of the Company's own manu-
facture.
The Charles Town Bark Mills of
the Geo. Campbell Company booked
last week single order for twenty
thousand bales of their product
They are busy on export orders for
England and the Continent.
Mr.. A. G. Wynkoop, President of
the Charles Town Real Estate Elk
change, in connection with his other
offices, has opened branch office at
Hotel Connor,'' Harper's Ferry,
with Mr.. Frank W. Drew as clerk.
y Messrs. Becker Bros. have been
shipping large quantities of peaches,
grapes and other fruits from their or
chards and vineyards on the east side
of the Shenandoah in this county,
From three to four hundred baskets
Aof grapes is their average daily ship
Dment at MilIville.
Mrs. c. F. Thomas had another
night blooming cereus in bloom last
Friday evening. Eleven flowers were
out and presented a rich appear
ance, whilst the perfume was ex-
quisite. Mrs. Thomas takes great
delight in3the cultivation of flowers,
and has fine collection of them.
Fighting, we understand, was the
chief characteristic of last Sundays
excursion TO Island Park. Some five
or six thousand people were present,
and blood and beer flowed like water.
For the sake of the good people of
Harper's Ferry, we hope there will
be no more Sunday excursions to Is
land Park.
Mr.. L. D. Getzendaner's fine horse
1" Captain" which we mentioned last
week as having been so badly burned
in the destruction of his stables, had
to be afterwards shot and killed,
there being no hope of his recovery.
Mr.. G. also lost i'll the recent fire a
lot of fine harness, upon which there
was no insurance.
A one hundred yard foot race was
\ run at this place last Saturday, be-
, tween Mr.. Fred. Gunther, of Charles
Town, and Mr.. VIM. Grant, of Win
chester. The course was over JEFF
ferson avenue, on the Charles Town
and Washington City Improvement
Company's extension. The contest
was close, but the race was won by
Mr.. Gnnther, and the laurels awarded
to Charles Town.
The stable of David Simmons. col
ored, was burned about o'clock last
Sunday morning. Fortunately it was
quite calm, otherwise the damage
must inevitably have been much more
extensive. Whilst the building and
contents were not worth much in the
market, yet they were /" Uncle
Davy's all in this line, and the loss
falls heavily upon an aged and hard
working colored man.
Our enterprising friend Mr.. Chas.
w. Brown has kindly presented us a
Charles Town souvenir coffee spoon.
1t is something handsome, made of
solid sterling silver, and whilst it
does not bear, as our neighbor of the
Free Press suggests, an inscription
setting forth that John Browns
first victim at Harper's Ferry was an
Industrious, inoffensive colored man, ("
yet, it has in the bowl the name of
John Brown, and representation of
his hanging upon the scaffold at this
place, whilst the handle is handsome
ly ornamented with the historic name
of "CharIes Town, w. Va The
many visitors, to our town-some of
them John Brown Brown worshippers,
and others not-have frequently ex-
pressed a desire for some souvenir to
fokp owoU with tbnp, rTI,o on+o,