Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1905-09-12
See Theodore's new ad.

Mr.. John S. yesterday has opened {
bar in the west room of the Nationa
Bank building.
Messrs Davis & Emmert are paint
ing the mansion of Mr.. w. w. Rouss. al
Shannon Hill"
The Brotherhood of Locomotive Fire.
men viii hold picnic at Island Park
on Saturday, September 10.
$50 tickets were sold for Morgan
Grove Fair at the N. & w. station al
Charles Town last Thursday.
Mrs Louis Diehl has growing in hel
yard and nearly matured a lemon which
measures twelve inches in circumference,
DIR. H. r. Moore, oculist. of Washing.
ton, will be at The National Hotel on
Saturday. september 10. Eyes exam,
ined.
Policeman James A. Smith had one OIL
his hands badly bitten by hog which
he was transferring from one pen te
another.
Charles William Zombro: aged years
and months, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Geo
William Zombro, of near Rippon. died
August "a.
MIR. Marshall ]. Rohr. of this place
was robbed of a gold watch and Mason
ic charm on the street in Washington
City this morning.
Thomas Peyton. aged II years. was
operated upon at DR.. Venning's Hospi
tai for appendicitis last Tuesday, and
is since doing we'll.
Mr.. c. L. Ramsburg. of Ohio, and
Miss Anna Mary Simmons were mar.
ried Wednesday at the manse by Rev.
DR.. A. c. Hopkins.
| Our former countyman Mr.. Richard
Bowler, of Lynchburg. we are pleased
to learn, has been promoted again in the
! N. & w. R'y service.
Miss Laura c. Butler has declined the
school at Rippon and has been APP
pointed teacher in the public school at
Charleston in this State
Several more engagements and i'm
provements of business buildingsin town
are on the program for the near future.
Charles Town is forging ahead
Frank Hooff. the popular little tele-
graph and telephone messenger. fractur-
ed bone in his arm by fall Yesterday.
DIR. Neill gave him surgical attention.
Miss Sadie Trussell has been appoint
ed delegate by the Leetown Chapter, u
d. c., to the State Convention, which
meets in Shepherdstown September 20.
Little Florence Morgan, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs A. M. S. Morgan of this
place, was the first prize winner at the
Morgan's Grove baby show last Friday.
Mrs, V. L. Thompson has sold her
farm of about so acres, about two miles
north of Shepherdstown, to J. B. Posten,
Of the Summit Point nelghborhood, for
$4,000.
Mr. Frank Welsh. ona of our enter
prising farmer friends of the Daley vi
cinlty, on yesterday favored us with a
couple of fine pumpkins, for which
we return thanks,
Contractor NJ j. Rohr will put new
modern front in the east Dalgarn store
room, in which, as soon as this work is
completed, Mr.. c. H. Herbert, late of
Martinsburg, will open and 10 ct.
store.
Some views of town and surrounding
country. taken by Mr. {. G. Hayward,
photographer. corner of Charles and
Washington streets, have attracted a
great deal of attention. The work is well
done.
We were pleased to meet our oldfriend
Mr.. George L. Rissler in town on Friday
Mr.. Rissler is IS years of age. hale and
hearty, and has been continuous sub
scriber to the SPIRIT OF JEFFERSON for
many years.
Mr.. Fillmore Robinson has completed
the foundation for large barn on the
Wysong farm occupied by Mr.. w. R
Loutham, and will commence to-day the
foundation for similar structure for
Mr.. S, R. Sagle.
Mayor Geo. Il. Lights PAGER, IN. d.
which had been entered in the $40 class
at the Timonium races on Wednesday.
met with an accident that resulted in the
horse breaking his leg at the ankle. The
animal was valugd at $500.
Prof. E. S. Cox, of Parkersburg. who
was here looking after the opening of the
Charles Town Male Academy, decided
that the number of pupils to be secured
here would not justify him in giving up
his home school and abandoned the
project of opening the academy this fall
The engagement is announced of Miss
Eleanor Winder Berret, of Sykesville
Nd, to Mr.. William Dec. Kessler, OF
Pensacola. Florida. Miss Berret is a
niece of Mrs: Z. N, Campbell, of this
place, and former student at Stephen
son Seminary. The wedding will take
place October a.
Mr., Brady Shoemaker reports the fol
lowing record of wheat threshing Will
his machine in the Rippon neighborhood
1000 bushels from a. m until Ais D
m. for County Commissioner DAME
Hehebower; 400 bushels for AuctioneeI
Thos. j, West in 34days. For the latter
work the thresher was moved eight times