Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1891-02-24
Local Miscellany.

SPlHtT, ONCE
Choice Glover Seed for sale at the
Rink Hardware.
Sale bills printed neatly and cheap
iy,at tue SPIRIT office.
100000 Brick for sale. See adj
vertisement of VIM: Phillips & Sons.
New lot of Buggy Harness, Sad
dies, &C., just received at the Rink
Hardware. 2t.
New lot of Burpee's Garden Seed
at the Rink Hardware. Call aud leave
your orders.
Mr. w. T. Ramey's aocks ofsheep
have been raided by dogs several
times recently.
Mr.. VIM. Wilt on last Thursday
shipped carload of sheep which
averaged 125 II
Jefferson Commandery, No. s,
knights Templar, will meet next
Tuesday evening, at q o'clock.
bIessrs. yesterday & Co. are maxi
ing UP five thousand fruit cans, look
ing forward to big fruit season this
year.
MIR. Geo. 7. Light has in his store
window a beautiful. hawk, mounted
for Mr.. Chas. L. Dawson by Mr.. Bas-
sett Mitchell.
Mr.. David a. Henry has bought
tile Southwood farm, containing 160
acres, from Capt. Eugene Baker, pay
ing $50 per acre for it.
Mr.. Allt's dwelling is being erected
on lot sold to him by MIR. Z. p.
Lippitt-the first sale made of sim
gle lot in the new addition.
Mayor Brown means to be fully up
with the boom. and is having the
front of his store aud: dwelling re-
painted, by Mr.. w. w. johnson.
Letters are advertised at Charles
ton for VIM. A. Beckham, J. w. Coff-
man, N. Conrad, Lee Phillips, Geo.
Smith, VIM. Taylor and Davenport
& Wallace.
Mr.. f. b. Souders has beautiful
live eagle, which measures seven feet
from tip to tip of wings. TWAS shot
and captured last week by Mr.. Ger
ard Rissler.
See auctioneering card of Mr..
Francis j. NTcGrnth, in this issue
BIr. McGrath is lively auctioneer,
and has had considerable experience
in the business.
One freight train ran into the rear
of another at the west end of the B.
& o. trestle at.Harper's Ferry, last
Wednesday, and caused considera-
blc wreck. No lives were lost.
Mr.. F, L. BelIer has been making
alterations in the Hooff store-room,
under the Sr1R1r office, and putting
it tn.order for Messrs. Gibbs, Loeff-
Ter & Wood, real estate agents.
Work is progressing rapidly in
excavating for the foundation for
Superintendent Allt's dwelling, which
is located on a beautiful eminence a
short distance west of the Ransom
mansion.
Messrs. VIM, Phillips & Sons are
erecting a dwelling for Mr.. John Tay-
lor, on tue southern end of Charles
street, and are furnishing material for
dwelling for Mrs. Julia Young, in
the same locality.
Mr.. James Phillips, Waterman at
the crossing of the B. & o. and N.
& w. railroads, at the edge of town,
has near the watch-house some six
teen cartridges, which he has trapped
and is feeding through the winter.
The Washington Rifles" is the
name of new military company or
ganized at Abingdon, Va. Our
former townsman Mr.. t. H. Mason,
of the Vtrgintdn, belongs to it and is
member of the committee on con-
stitution and bylaws. g
Dir. T. P. Lippitt has contracted
to wainscoat the hall of Col, r. p.
Chew's handsome residence. Mr..
Jno. o. Johnson, who has done some
excellent work in that line, is exc
cutting the contract. 1t is to be of
cherry and will be fine job.
Mr.. Frank NJ. Logic was admitted
to practice in the Circuit Court last
week, and his professional card APP
pears in another column. We are
pleased to note the entrance of our
young conntyman upon the profes-
sion of his choice, and wish him much
success therein.
Mr. W. w. Inskeep, of Cumber-
land, Nd, has been appointed man
ager of the Shenandoah Milling Co..
store. Mir. Inskeep formerly repre-
sented Robert Simpson & Co.. of
Wheeling, and for the last two years
has been employed in Mr.. L. NJ. Shep-
herds large dry goods house of Cum
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