Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1899-10-31
items Of Interest.


Senator r. c. Burkhart was elected Pres
ident OF the State Horticultural Society at
its meeting at Charleston recently.
AIR. Robt. T. Barton has been chosen
mayor, by the city council of Winchester,
to succeed the late ohm J. Williams.
We learn that Mr. John O. Wilson, of
Summit Point has sold his farm in that
vicinity fer 81 500 cash. The purchaser is
Mr.. John Hulyer. The farm contains about
100 acres.
VIM. A. Fulk has bought the undivided
interest of Charles Rodgers of eooacres
lin the !" Sunnyside farm. near Kear-
1,eysville. this county, owned by the late
Mrs. Virginia Stephen.
Judge john j. jackson. during his re
cent term of the u s. Court at Martins
burg, was banqHelted by ex Senator
Faulkner at "Boydville.n The banquet
was attended 10y the court officers, the
visiting attorneys and II number of the
local bar.
Capt. H. C. Getzendaner has moved
with his family from the homestead of
the late Col. Morgan to the Fitzgerald
house on Prospect Avenue. A. c. Nor
gan will move into the mansion house.
. [Shepherdstown Register.
The Fish Commissioner has sent to
Berkeley county one Thousand FISH. Five
hundred were placed in the pond of Mr..
John Kilmer near AIartinsburg, and the
remainder in the pond of Mr. o. b. lie
fever at Bunker Hill. The fish are of 9
rainbow trout variety.
L. c. Gerling, ex-sheritf of Berkeley coun,
ty, died on his way from Baltimore to
Martinsburg Wednesday night. Consump
ton was the cause He had been in Balti
more for treatment. Mr.. Gerling had been
a member of the City Council and in 1885,
was elected sheriff on the Republican ticket
serving four years.
Mr.. Richard ]. Hamilton, son of the late
Gov. William T. Hamilton, has acquired by
purchase of a majority of the stock the con
trolling interest in the Hagerstown Mai
newspaper. He has been elected president
as well as editor, and will dictate the policy
of the paper. He has been editor of the
paper six or eight years.
The law Department of Washington
and Lee University has received dona.
ton from Mr. lsnac WIZ OF Stauntun
Va, for The establishment If u,free >chol
nrshir in the senior law Glass in honor oil
his son, Mr. Louis a. Wiz, a graduate
in the academic and law departments OF
l
the University. who died a short time ago
a fri,nd of Mr. William A. Martin, ol
Mechauicsviile, Fnuquier county, Va,
w,ires the Baltimore eunthat MIR Martin
is still in vigorous hcs.liil aud wrrks reg
uiarly at Ills traie.of u whcclwrglt. Mr.
Martin is one of the two surviving jurors
of the John Brown trial in this town in
1859, the other being MIR. George W
Boyer, of Browns Crossing, this county
Mr.. Boyer, as heretofore stated, WAS re
Gently the victim of masked men who Ell
tered his houte, ASSAULT d and bound him
and his wife aud piIlaged the premises.
The fp.Iawing is from the iI;gerstown
Mail: The Terrell ladies, near Charles
Town, j tTer-on county, realized 50 900
IN their nprlecrop. They shipped 500
barrels AID led 30 extra hands for twe
weeks They baked 20 !onvts Of read
every day They are worker aud have
GOO acres of land Miss Furlty, of this
city, assisted them. They had fancy
sheep at the fair Several attempts have
been made t" rob them, bat they shoot
straight. Miss Julia once escorted col
ored marauder to Jail at the point Of a
pistol They live alone. They have just
bought another farm.