Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1900-03-06
Items of Interest.

The Winchester firemen Will erect a
monument over the grave of Gen. Daniel
Morgan, in Mount Hebron Cemetery,
a Confederate monument will be I'M
yelled at Union. Monroe county,w. Va.
in May next. tits a granite shaft, costing
81, 500.
Mr.. Ridgway, of the Middleway vi
cinity, had leg broken last week by
being thrown from a horse. DR.. d. P.
Fry set the fracture.
tits announced that Judge L. N. Taven-
ner, of harrisburg, will be candidate
for the Democratic nomination for Gov
ernor of West Virginia.
Bishop PeterRin says it is the intention
of his church to extend its work into ev-
cry part of West Virginia, this being
made possible by the election of a bishop
coadjutor.
Judge Okey Johnson, dean of fine law
school of the West Virginia University,
has sold nearly 500 acres of his timber
land near Headsville, in Mineral county,
to the United Leather Company.
The sum of S47 was realized at the re-
cent oyster supper for the benefit of a
Confederate soldiers monument in Mid
dleway Mr.. Charles Broadway Rouss
headed the list of contributors with a ten
dollar bill.
c. H. Miller, of Harrisburg, Pa, has
been awarded the contract by the Build
ing Commission of the Rouss City Hall
for the erection OF the new public build
ing in Winchester. His bid was S4S, 252. IS
for the building complete, and it is to be
finished by January I, 1907.
A Baltimore newspaper telegram from
Harper's Ferry says that Paul Evans, of
Philadelphia, was in Leesburg lately, or
ganizing the Harper's Ferry Power Com
pany, and purchased the Hanson farm.
in Loudoun, opposite the Ferry, for ter
minal facilities for an. electric road to
Leesburg.
a corps of civil engineers are working
on the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad survey
for new track which will run from the
Opequon. east of Martinsburg, to Engle's
Switch, near Harper's Ferry. This will
be fourth track, three tracks being now
used as far as Shenandoah Junction, but
the freight traffic is so heavy that new
track has been rendered necessary.
The complete novel of the. Marcl, SsI1,,
Lippincott'' =, SIS Ililcantiy named The
SLauow of Man" 1t is by E. w
Hornung, who has made a new success
with each new story. THE Shadow of
Man will doubtless win him fresh
laurels, for it is compact, clear-cut, and
thrilling. with love romance that runs
through it and binds togher the threads
of romance.
Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly for
March is fortunate in its leading feature,
which Is an elaborate and finely illus
trated account of " The British Army,
at Home and in South Africa" by Major
General Nelson A Miles, commanding
the United States Army. General Miles
reviews and analyses the imperial British
military organization in all its branches,
and with particular reference to the OF,
stinate war now engaging all its energies
in South Africa.
The clothing store of ]. Davis Billmyer,
in Shepherdstown, was Quilted by fire
Thursday afternoon Mr.. Billmyer was
alone in his store when he discovered the
blaze behind the counter, and in attempt
ing to extinguish it he was painfully
burned about the face and hands. The
FIRE proved to be a stubborn one and was
only extinguished when the place had
been deluged with water. The damage
TO the building was not great, but the
stock of clothing, notions, etc, is almost
total loss from the effect of the fire and
water. Loss covered by insurance.
Shepherdstown is to have a corporation
election on the 18th inst, and the contest
will be quite spirited. Two tickets are
in the field. One headed the Citizens
Ticket" is composed of the following
gentlemen: For Mayor, J. S. Bragonier;
Recorder II. s. Baker; Councilmeu, G.
T. Hodges, John r, Keys, ]. w. B.
Frazier Vim. N. Sheetz, L. H, Remnant:
for license; against license, The other
ticket is the" Peoples Ticket" with the
following candidates; Mayor, r. G. Mil
Ter; Recorder, James Rightstine: Council
men. G. 7. Hodges. ]. D. Billmyer, NJ.
E. Spohn, L. w. Pofinberger, ]. L..
Cookus; for license; against license.
OF the many pretty calendars for 1900,
the Little Sweetheart Art Calendar
the best for the home Its six section S
of bright, pretty children's faces will
cheer and gladden. any household. There
are six beautiful groups. in water-color
designs, by Frances Brundage, the IA
nous painter OF children; each group in
II colors and size 1oxI24 inches, on fine
Whatmap paper; bound together at top
with silk ribbon, making the prettiest
and most artistic collection of water-color
reproductions ever issued. Each of the
SIX sheets contains two months dates,
being a complete calendar of the year
1900. This calendar is sent free to all
subscribers to Frank Leslie's Popular
Monthly for 1900, the giant of the one
dollar magazines, together with the
November and December numbers, 1900.
| or the January and February issues, 1000
Frank Leslie Publishing House, 141- A
Fifth ave, N. Y.
In noting the recent sudden and unex-
pected meath of Mr.. Daniel Getzendar-
ner, the Shepherdstown Register saws of
him: Though n man of strong couvic-