Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1903-08-04
Local Miscellany.

County Court met yesterday.
Morgan's Grove Fair September I, 2,
and 4.
The Baptist Sunday School will hold
their annual Picnic August 20.
Shannondale waters cts. per glass OF
for sat L. D. Getzendaners store.
Mr.. w, B. Davis has finished painting
the dwelling OF Mlley Bros, on West
Congress street.
Messrs. Davis & Emmert are painting
buildings of Messrs. John S. yesterday
and Geo. w. Thomas.
Messrs. Woodford & Currie shipped
Friday, from Altoona Stock Farm, ninety
two fat hogs averaging sII poands.
Mr.. John o. Johnson is erecting foi
the Episcopal church Deaconess Build.
ing at st. Andrews, on the Mountain.
Messrs. c. w. Conrad, John L. Burns
and others of the Wheatland vicinity
have lost CONSIDERABLY in hogs from
cholera.
Little Miss Josephine Catchings gave
a number of her young friends very en-
joyable party at Maplehurst Friday
afternoon.
An unknown colored man was struck
by a B. & o. train on Monday OF last
week at Mr.. ID. G.. Henkle's place and
fatally injured.
Eighty-one tickets were sold at the
Charles Town station of the N. & w. R'y
Sunday morning for the excursion to the
colored camp meeting at Conococheague.
Married. at the parsonage of the M. E.
Church Sonth in Charles Town, July 27,
1909, by Rev. b. F. Ball, Thomas Ruther-
ford and Mrs. Sathonia Sylvia. of liar
pers Ferry.
Mr.. and Mrs H. G. Knapp and little
daughter, and Misses S. G. and Grace
Moler were thrown out of a carriage on
the Berryville turnpike yesterday. but
no serious damage done.
The Hagerstown and Charles Town
base ball clubs crossed bats here Wednes-
day afternoon. Score s to 5 in favor of
the home team. A return game will be
played at Hagerstown tomorrow.
Mr.. VIM. c. Clipp has erected a com
bined barn and barracks on his farm
near Dufields. The building is 81 by 81
feet and besides having stables for horses
and cattle, it contains spacious gran
airy for storing cereals.
DIR. A. p Thomson, at Summit Point,
we understand, has sold this seasons ap-
pie crop for S., 900. We have also heard
II estimated that Messrs Milton Rouss
and Jas. A. Clipp may easily get SIS, 200
for the products of their two orchards.
Mr.. L. L. Page, for number of years
past a popular teacher in the Charles
STown Colored Graded School, will not,
as was reported, go TO Harpers Ferry to
accept position at Storer College, but
will retain his position here, much to the
qualification of all our people.
Boating on the Shenandoah river has
become quite fad and some new and
pretty boats have been placed there.
Among those having boats are Misses
Louise Baylor, Lettie Amber, Bette
Snblette, Messrs A. S. Allen, Thornton
Perry, It. c. Bowling. E. E. Cooke, and
Milton Rouss and DIR, Neill. Two of
these boats arc run by power and the
others are row-b boats OF steel, cnnvas and
wood.
Capt Chas. E. Baylor's horse, Captain
Goodwin, got out of his stable a few
nights ago, and next morning was kicked
on hind leg by a horse belonging TO
VIM. Phillips Sons with such force that
the leg was broken. Nothing could be
done for him, and Captain Baylor had
him shot. The horse was seventeen
years old and had belonged to Captain
Baylor since he was yearling colt. and
he was much attached to him.