Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1905-10-17
Local Miscellany.

Office.
Wall will ship fat stuff at the N. & w
Saturday.
Wall sold over one hundred stock cat
tie last Saturday and Monday.
Mr.. Samuel Roberts. residing neal
Nippon, died suddenly last night,
Mrs. B. D. Gibson entertained invited
friends at luncheon Wednesday.
Mrs. George Porterfeld entertained al
cards on Monday evening OF last week,
Mr.. B. F. Dooley is slate roofing the
new dwelling of Messrs. Rider and Fin.
nell.
Contractor Rohr has the building OF
Mr.. D. S. Hughes on Eagle avenue un.
der roof.
Messsrs. Wall and Morrow exhibited
some fine mules at the Hagerstown FaiI
last week.
Mr.. Berry Rodeffer disposed of very
fat bunch of cattle this week at al cents
per pound,
Mr.. John w. Daniels. farmer living
near Shepherdstown,d died Tuesday even
ing, aged so years.
Mr.. ]. A. Manuel has handsome and
serviceable new transfer wagon. procur
ed for him by ]. VIM. Willer.
{. F. Wall sold to VIM. Wilt hand
some bunch of Kentucky stock cattle
that will average 1850 pounds.
Mr.. Arch l.. Woody, of this place
carried off two premiums on buff cochin
chickens at the Hagerstown Fair.
Contractor John o. Johnson has the
Robt. H. Phillips and Mrs. Howell
houses we'll on toward completion.
Jones & Joiliffe advertise largely their
new fall stock. They handle clean. hon.
est, reliable goods. and name drawing
prices.
Messrs. Webster & Morriss have taken
out their grocery department, and now
have a nice. up-to-date meat store from
front to rear.
Messrs. Beller & Hardy have the COM
modious new Westinghouse of Mr.. Geo.
H. Hagley on North Samuel street near
ly under root.
Mr.. T. d. Webster has erected an adj
dition in rear and made other important
Improvements to the dwelling of Coun-
Gilman r. D. Shugert
VIM. Philips Sons have contracted to
furnish material for one large building
in Sharpsburg. Md, and expect to fill
another similar order there.
The name of Mr.. Theodore A. Brown,
instead OF Mr.. Chas. w. Brown, should
have appeared as a director of the new
Cabin Building Association.
Another gang of Italians came in Sat
urday night to work on the dam for the
Winchester and Washington City Elec-
trio Railway plant, near Millville.
Miss jamie Strlder has resigned her
position as teacher of the Mt. Hope
School, and has accepted a position as
teacher in Clarksburg in this State.
The old stone pavement along the
property of Mr.. H. w. Locke. on South
West street. has been torn up prepare
tory to laying new brick sidewalk
Mr.. w. A. Higgs, in addition to the
handsome cottage recently erected by
him near the N & w. R'y. will erect
two more dwelllng-houses next spring.
Mr.. Geo. w. Armentrout will lay brick
sidewalks in front of the properties of
Mr., w. It. Whiting on West Congress
street and Mr.. c. E, Miley on South
Water street
Mr.. Cruger w. Smith has sold the
handsome dwelling property lately occu-
pied by Mrs. Romeyn B. Ayres, on
South Samuel street, to Mr., H. J. Mil
Ter; for $1,000.
| Drs Neill and Hurst on Saturday am
putated leg of Aunt" Maria Allen. a
place, now at the County In6rmary. af-
| fected with senile gangrene
Tie Baptists are putting new floor in
their Sunday School room and making
other substantial improvements upon
their church building. The ladies OF the
church will have the parsonage painted.
Bernard Russell, son of the late Jesse
Russell, died on Sunday. October s al
his home near Vaudeville. leaving two
sisters and six brothers. one of the for
mer being Mrs. Thomas Bradshaw Of
the Summit Point vicinity.
Officer Mock has force of hands en-
ployed making excavation to investigate
the possibility of town sewerage by way
of the cavity which carried off the big
leakage from the water main near Miley
Bros. coal yard last winter
i See new fall advertisement of the we'll
known and reliable firm of Burns s
) Shugert They call attention to thei
new stock of the most correct fabrics 70
fall and winter wear, in varied assert
ment. millinery ladies jackets. beautifu
: rugs and other excellent articles.
, Everybody going wild on sheep. My ad
vice is to buy few cattle at prevailin
prices The cattle market is in better ton
at this time than last year. In German
the peasant class of people are starving TO
I meat. If the duty on American meats
abolished by that country, which it will
d almost compelled to do we will have niue
1 better market for our medium and commo
. cattle than we have had for years.
c. f. WALL.