Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1905-08-29
Local Miscellany.

typhoid fever.
. A party at Hillsboro purchased ful
car of ewes of Wall last week.
Messrs. Clevenger and Rodeffer pur
chased ewes of Wall Saturday.
Mr.. w. S. Morriss has moved to the
dwelling house at the gas works.
Messrs. Davis & Emmert are frescoing
| the Wainwright Free Baptist church.
Wall was in the Jersey City market
last week with several loads of lambs.
Miss Laura c. Butler has been APP
pointed teacher at Rippon for the third
term.
Mr.. John F. Sechrist will install a
steam heating equipment in the National
Hotel.
Mr.. Marge Stanley and Mr. Larue each
purchased a band of ewes OF Wall last
week.
Mr.. Geo. H. Hagley is moving his
lumber yard to the lot north of the JEFF
fefson Mill.
Mr.. c. E. Miley has graded for side
walk IN front OF his residence on South
Water street.
Thieves entered the saloon of Mr.. t.
E. Chamblin and carried off stock to the
value of $50 or $40.
Mr.. c. F, Wall shipped several cars Of
cattle and hogs of his own raising to Bal
timore last Monday.
Mr.. w. w. Johnson is painting the
woodwork of the front of the Briscoe
property, adjoining The Palm.
MIR. Frank Welsh, of near Daley, has
been suffering from blood ulcer on his
knee, but we are pleased to see HIM Out
again.
Mr.Charles Derris building fine barr
on Mr.. |. Fl. Strider's Traveller Rest
place, near Kearneysville, occupied by
Mr.. J. t. Campbell.
A barn on the Grove Henkle farm a
Dust's Crossing was struck by lightning
early Friday morning and destroyed with
contents of wheat, hay. etc.
Mr.. w. w. Frazier, large sugar re
finer and capitalist. of Philadelphia ant
Germantown, purchased load of eve.
of Wall for his home last week.
| Invitations are out for the marriage O
Miss Laura Lavinia Knode and Mr.. c
]. Derr. both of the vicinity of Moler's
ceremony to take place August 81.
The Methodist ladies of Beula will
J hold lawn party at the church on Fri
day and Saturday nights. Sept and 9
Proceeds for benefit OF parsonage fund.
Mr.. 7. J. Orndorff, of Winchester, hat
the end of one finger of his left hant
mashed off at this place yesterday morn
ing, by marble base falling upon hi
hand.
Riding and Driving Club were delight
fully entertained last evening at g Me
dia," the beautiful home of Maj. E. H
Mcdonald.
Mr.. William Hicks, probably the old
| est resident of Charles Town and nov
several years up into the nineties, had ;
fall last Wednesday and has since beef
critically iii.
Visitors to Washington City. or persons
who may be going there for few days
may obtain pleasant, home-lfke accommo
dations, conveniently located. with Mrs
NJ. V. Dorsey, (nee Miss Virgie Swan, a
1907 H. street, n w.
Mr. F. ]. Manning, after inspecting
several punches of ewes in Jefferson
Clarke and Berkeley counties. claimed
that Walls ewes outclassed anything h
had seen, and he purchased full D. D
load that had just arrived,
Mr.. and Mrs. Raleigh Dunaway. o
Leetown, announce the engagement o
their daughter, Virginia, to Mr.. VIM
Boyd Licklider. of Kearneysville, wed
ding to take place September 10 in th
NJ. E. Church South, at Leetown.
Our popular colored friend Rev. c. R
Wills found the season OF the meeting O
his Baptist Association here last week
fruitful time in the marriage field, he be
ing called upon to perform the marta
rite for no less than full half doze
loving couples.
Married, at the residence of the officia
ting minister, Rev. !. H. Wolff, in thi
place. August 20, 1905, Mr.. Wade H
Brown to Miss Minnie Lee Brown. bot
of Martinsburg, and Mr., Thomas Alber
Dleffenderfer to Miss Maude E. Tire
nary. both Of this county.
Messrs. John A. Emmert, OF this place
and Charles S. Hilbert, of Washingto
City, on last Thursday caught one of tn
finest strings Of bass that has been take
out OF the Shenandoah river this season
They caught fifteen fine fish, SIX of who
! weighed about three pounds apiece.