Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1892-05-17
Local Miscellany.
team Galloping Horses in town.


at Light & Watson's.
Children's day at the merry-go-
rounds, next Saturday afternoon.
The Brick and Tile Company have
turned out another fine kiln ofbrick.
George street is being curbed from
North street to the B. 6, o. railroad.
The C. NJ. n. & 1. Co. have moved
into commodious rooms i'll their hand
some new Office building.
The cornerstone of the new Bap-
fist chapel at Shenandoah Junction
} will be laid on Friday, May 81,
If you need tonic try Light &
Watson's Beef, Wine and Iron.
Equal to any and surpassed by none.
The spring medicine for purifying
the blood. Use Light & Watson's
DCompound Extract of SarsapariIla
The Watson House will have
handsome new bus out the last of the
week, and will reduce transfer fares
to 10 cts. within the corporation and
% cts. outside.
When YOU visit Hagerstown stop
at the Baldwin House and you will be
assured of good fare, comfortable
quarters and courteous treatment, at
reasonable rates.
Mr.. Jas. w. McGarry will have
another sale of lots at Shenandoah
Junction, to take place on Monday,
Nay 80, instead of May %, as here
tOfore announced.
The clay pigeon shooting match
last Thursday resulted in a score Of
13 to in favor of Messrs. Bishop
and Davenport, as against Messrs,
Moore and Getzendaner.
HelIoI Where did you get those
shoes? AT the Milling Co.'S Store
They have the best $500 $500 $500
and $3.50 Mems Dress Shoes in the
county. Besides they have Roker
for S1.25
Mr.. J. C. Holmes is pushing the
interior of the Hotel Powhatan rapid
lY toward completion. Meanwhile
the hotel grounds have been nicely
graded and enclosed, and ornamen-
D ted with shade trees.
The lady friends of the Charles
Town COrnet Band will give Lawn
Party in front of the courthouse on
the afternoon and evening of Memo
rial Day, Saturday, May 18th. Pro-
i, ceeds for the benefit of the Band.
Mr.. Harry E. Slower, in Hagers-
town, carries an elegant line of Wall
Paper in latest designs, pictures, pic
ture frames, easels, window blinds,
&c. His prices are very low, and it
gives him pleasure to show goods.
a telegram received here yester-
day by Mrs. w. c. Carroll announced
the death, in Colorado, of her
brother, Maj. VIM. NJ. Locke, for
merly of this place, and that his
remains would be sent to Charles
Town for interment.
We have communication mailed
I'M Charles Town which has no res
ponsible signature. If the writer will
send his or her name TO this Office
we may publish the article. Our
rule, of course, is not to insert COM
munications unless accompanied by
the real name Of the author.
The Custer property at Summit
Point was sold on Friday last, by
Especial Commissioners Baylor,
Green, Brown and EngIe, as follows:
Lot No. l, with frame dwelling, to E.
T. Plat, Trustee, for 81 700; No. 2
TO A. G. Steptoe, for $685.: and No.
3 to f. L. PIatt, Trustee, for SIS.
Mr.. VIM. Davis has finished paint
ing the commodious new building Of
Dir. james McGraw, on Shenandoah
street, Harper's Ferry. There are
twenty-eight rooms besides the post
office and store, and the painting in
Includes fifty-seven doors elegantly
grained in walnut and other items to
correspond.
Within the past few weeks the en-
ergetic firm of w. F. TT. p. Lip
pitt have been doing very extensive
business.g and all hands have been
considerably rushed to fill the many
and still accommodating orders
Lumber and material have been fur
nished for house on the farm of d.
NIeuuSuulnSi G"O uOuScS aG 11oL pei D
Ferry, two in Shepherdstown, and
n full car load of framing, &c. for
= building at Shenandoah Junction.
They have also supplied lumber, etc.
for the improvements to property of
DR.. A. p. Thompson and new house
for DR.. Davis, both at Summit Point,
and finished the new house for Mrs.
White in the same locality. In their
mill, work is now being gotten ready
for a new porch for Mr.. Frank We'll
Ter. dwelling for Mr.. Henry DUNN
and a house for VIM. Koiner. The
contract for building the large ware
Mouse to he used by Reed, Long &
Manning has been assigned to this
firm and they have already COM
menced its erection. The new dwell
ing of Mrs. Jas. Langdon, at Kable-
town, which was begun the latter
part of April, has been completed
Fhese gentlemen give employment
10 large number of persons, having
now on their pay roll twenty-six
names.