Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1906-12-25
Local Miscellany.
Corn wanted at the SPIRIT Office.

A Jefferson telephone has been placed
in the Palm Hotel.
Mr. Frank Welsh bagged four more
wild ducks on the Shenandoah last week.
A negro named Robert jenkins was
arrested at Kearneysville last week.
charged with assaultlng white woman
at Uniontown. Pa.
The Kabletcwn Sunday School will
hold Christmas entertainment at the
church on Friday night, December rs,
at 7:3o O'Clock,
Messrs. Moore and Moore have favor
ed us with sets of excellent calendars.
both handsome and serviceable, for
which we return thanks.
The Middleway Sunday Schools will
have entertainments as follows: Episco-
pal. Christmas night; Methodist, We'd
nesday night; Protestant. Thursday
night.
The young ladies' of Powhatan College
gave Library Reception Thursday
evening. Guests We're present from
Frederick City, Luray. Front Royal and
other points.
DR. d P Fry. formerly of Middleway,
but who has lately resided in Hedges
vile. is talking of locating in Charles
Town. We hope he may come, and wish
him much success.
Mr. Walter Clipp. who has already
caught two hawks in a trap on the farm
of the Misses Eagan, caught another one
last week The parties who have offer
ed prizes will please send them in.
Mr. Geo d Baumgardner, near Hall
town, will make sale on Thursday, March
7. 1907, of all his stock. farming imple
ments. ETC., from both the Henderson
farm and his home place. This will be
an exceptionally large sale of good
personality.
Invitations have been issued by Mr..
and Mrs, Thomas NARROW to the mar
riage of their daughter, Miss Mabel
NARROW, to Mr.. Jacob Swagle Henkle,
the marriage to be solemnized at noon on
Thursday, December 27. at ,Sunnyside, :"
the home of the bride. near Halltown.
A dance will be given Friday night
by Miss II Davenport, in Rouss Hall,
About twenty-five couples are invited to
be present, Programs will be used for
the first half of the dance. Chaperones:
Mesdames William Campbell. Hugh Nc
Cormick, Arthur Davenport, w H Will
son and VIM NELL
VIM. Phillips Sons have located their
office in building of Mr.. M. Scott Well
Ter, nearly opposite their old stand, and
will continue business there until they
rebuild In the meantime they will coz
tinue to fill orders from their large stock
of material in warehouse and stacked
near the belt line
Mrs Bette Snyder. mother of County
Commissioner N. T. Snyder. died on
Friday morning last, at the home of the
latter near Shenandoah Junction. at an
advanced age Funeral services were
held Sunday morning. at her late resi-
dence. Burial in family burial ground
near Shenandoah Junction.
Mr. VIM A Mcintyre late of Martins
burg but formerly of Middleway, died on
Thursday last at the residence of his
daughter, Mrs P N Brilliant, in the lat
ter place aged about SO years. He is
survived by ore son and four daughters;
/ also two brothers. Richard w, of Shen-
aud ah, and Joseph. of Martinsburg.
Messrs Conklyn Brothers have install
ed new gasoline engine at the coal and
wood yard of Messrs. John. c. Burns &
| Co., and along with it they have also in
stalled saw and wood-splitting ma
chine. These improvements place
Messrs Burns & Co, in position to fiji
orders for sawed and split wood at short
notice.
From Mrs NJ S Michael, Qhrough hei
daughters.) and Mr. and Mrs Jacob H
Noler, (through their daughter,) all o.
the Shenandoah Junction vicinity. VIZ
have been favored with two fine turkeys
! We have been thus kindly remembered
by these two worthy families for mum
Der Of years past. They are of the sal
Of the earth, and we wish them all tn,
happiness that the joyous luletide sea
son may afford.
Oar highly esteemed old friend, Mr.
| Harry G. Niceley, Of Philadelphia, is no
now in the hat business as OF yore, Il
all the same he has not forgotten to fl
us out the past week with a good and be
coming BIT of headgear, for which w
return many thanks. Harry was one o
the pioneer Jefferson county boys IN EN-
barking for one of our great cities. and to
day there is not in the City of Brotherl
Love : more stalwart and deserving cit
zen than he.
Iohn Pope and John Fadeley, of Hall
town. got IN an alteration Friday attel
moan at the cfess pond of Mr.. O'Brien
and later in the evening they met an
another quarrel took place. Fadele
claims Pope pulled pistol, shot into tn
: air and threatened to kill him, and ths
he then drew his pistol and shot Pop
twice, once in the back and again in tn
side Of the head, but not making yer
dangerous wounds. Fadeley came her
Saturday morning and gave himself NJ
and is beng held to await developments