Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1903-03-17
Personal rlention.

Miss Amelia Hopkins is sick, with scarlet
fever, at Parsons in this State.
Miss Bette Beekham has been visiting
Mrs. II. E. Lafevre, near town.
Mr.. and Mrs. John B. Henderson, Jr.,
are at Mrs. Schuyler Crosby's.
Col. Forrest w. Brown made profess
sional visit to Martinsburg on Wednesday.
Attorney Geo. NJ Beltzhoover, Jr., spent
Sunday with his parents in Shepherdstown.
Bishop A. w, Wilson has been for a day or
two guest of his sister, Mrs. W. w. b.
Gallaher
Inspector Julius c. Holmes left Thursday
on an official trip to Harrisburg and Williams-
port, Pa.
Mrs, Nettie F. holland will go east this
week, to purchase new spring and summer
millinery.
Miss Eliza S. Gallaher left Thursday to-
visit friends in Washington, Norfolk and
Richmond
Mr.. and Mrs. d. J. Howell, Of Alexandria,
spent day or two last week with Mr.. Sam
uel Howell
Cleon Moore, ESD, presided as special
Judge in the Berkeley circuit court last
Wednesday.
Miss Marie d. Moore has returned from
Rappahannock county, Va, and is at Mr.. J.
A. Bearings.
Judge d. b. Lucas and daughter, Miss
Virginia, spent several days last week in
Martinsburg.
Senator VIM. Campbell, wife and children
are temporarily sojourning at Mr.. George
Porterfeld's.
MISS Gertrude B. Blake, of Brucetown,
Va, has been visiting Miss Dove Feagans,
at Wheatland
Miss Sadie Whitmore has returned from
visit to her sister, Mrs. Harry Middlekauf,
at Staunton, Va.
| Mr. and Mrs. II. N. Watson came from
York, Pa, to attend the wedding of MIR.
Watson's sister.
| Mr. Marshall Mcdonald came Saturday
from Morgantown, suffering with an attack
of walking typhoid fever.
| Mr.. Geo d. johnson, the popular Lee
town justice of the peace, is suffering from
the effects of broken collar bone.
| Mr. A. G. Wynkoop went to Martinsburg
Thursday, to attend meeting of the Eas-
| tern Panhandle Underwriters Association.
| Miss Ada Goode, of Clarke county, a for
mer pupil of Powhatan College, will enter a
Richmond hospital to become trained nurse
Miss Cora Hayslett, of Wadesville, Va,
who has been visiting Miss Carrie Gardner,
at Leetown, returned to her home yesterday.
! Miss Griff Moler, accompanied by her
niece, Miss Grace Moler, has gone to visit
Mr. and Mrs. H. G.. Knapp, at Allegheny Pa.
4 Messrs. E. G. Wilson and Robt, r. Smith
attended the Combination Sale of Short
Horn cattle on the Hagerstown Fair Grounds
| last Thursday.
| We were pleased to meet our former
townsman Mr. J. Frank Briscoe, popular
landlord of the Alton Inn, Front Royal, in
town on Friday.
| Rev s. NJ Engle, of Parsons, has been at
his old home near Bakerton the past week,
and for day or two has been guest at the
| Presbyterian manse.
| Miss Ella Engle has been quite i'll with the
family of Mr. Robt H. Phillips. She is
cared for by Miss Eleanor Kable, a profess
sional nurse, and is now better.
DR.. Jos. E. Claggett, an eminent physician
of Baltimore, formerly of Harpers Ferry,
was stricken with apoplexy on Monday of
last week and has since been critically i'll.
The Clarksburg Mail says Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Alexander have taken one of the
new Mulberry street houses and after next
week will be at home to their friends there. !"
Our former townsman Mr.. Geo. w. Lam
bright, now one of the leading and most
solid business men of Knoxville, Tenn,
spent several days last week with Mr.. II. H.
Cooke.
Mr.. Burns Huyett, who has had typhoid
fever at Morgantown, came Wednesday to
his home near Wheatland, accompanied by
his father who has been with him for a few
days past.
Mr.. Chas. E. Rosenberger and wife and
i Mr.. Edgar Rosenberger, who have been Wis
ting Miss Annie Watson and sisters, near
Leetown. left Wednesday for their home in
North Dakota.
Adelegation of our Charles Town Shriners
including Messrs. Chas. W. Brown. NJ E.
: Bolinger and Gustav d. Brown will leave to
day for Washington City, to attend big
meeting of the famous Almas Temple in that
} city tonight
! Mr. David L. Wageley, of Connellsville
Pa, came Sunday to join his wife here and
spend few days in the old home town. Mr.
and Mrs Wagely have host of friends here
who have been very 10th to lose them from
} Charles Town
Miss Hattie Conrad has been visiting he
sister, Mrs James NJ. Kavanaugh, in Har
} risonburg, Va, and attending the marriage
t of her cousin, Miss Bessie May Conrad t,
Mr. David F. Fort The bride is a daughte
of Mr.. and Mrs. Alex n Conrad, formerly o
this county.
Those who came from elsewhere to atten,
the funeral of Mrs. W. A. Roper were: Mr.
and Mrs John W. Reed. Of Purcellville, Va.
Misses Lily and Bessie Hedges, Mr.. and Mrs
John Schultz, Mr. Marshall Roper, and Mr.
Harry Schultz. of Brunswick, Nd; Mrs
Andrew Glaize, of Washington City; MI
and Mrs. John Baker and daughter, Mr.. am
Mrs. Albert Roper; Misses Lucy and Myrtl
Roper, Lawrence Roper, Mrs Jennie Cooper
daughter and son, of Baltimore.
OF the transfer of Capt Craighill fror
Wheeling. w. Va, to Mobile, Ala, til
Wheeling Telegraph says;
The residents of Wheeling will regret
learn of Captain Craighill's departure. II
has made multitude of friends during til
time he has been stationed here He is
courteous and affable gentleman, as well {
an efficient officer. He was thoroughly
v accord with the movement for the improv,
ment of the Ohio river. He was a niue
sought man by all those interested in IL
:. On to Cairo movement on account of b
knowledge of the river and the effect IL
= locks and dams would have on the stream