Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1906-05-08
Local Miscellany.


Henry DUNN has installed a Jefferson
! County phone in his bakery and confec-
tionery store.
Messrs. Wooddy & Baker have laid a
crossing over West Liberty street at lit.
Parvo avenue.
Mr.. Lewis Albin has moved into the
Miss Ann Doyne Smith house on South
George street.
G. F. Wall disposed of five mules last
week-two span for the Peach Orchards
of West Virginia.
Mr.. Clayton L. Haines is announced
as candidate for Town Councilman
from the First Ward.
Officer Mock had force of hands en-
gagged last week in finishing the grading
on West Liberty street.
Decoration of graves will take place at
Harper Cemetery. Harpers Ferry. on
Wednesday, May SCAT p. m.
| Messrs. Woody & Baker have laid a
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Mr.. H. w. Lock. on West street.
Mr.. Thos. {. Ennis hasmoved into his
recently completed dwelling. corner of
Samuel street and Second avenue.
Miss virgie Wageley. daughter of Mr.
and Mrs H. M. Wageley. died April rs.
at her home IN Leetown. aged II years.
. It. E. Chamblin has moved his saloon
to the room formerly occupied by ]. L.
Pentz, corner Of Washington and Charles
streets.
| DR.. 7. M. Miller has sold his young
orchard of ten acres on the Bloomery
turnpike to Mrs. Mary c. Mathena, fer
SIC
The young ladies of the senior. junior
and sophomore classes of Powhatan
College went on straw ride to Harpers
Ferry Yesterday.
Mr.. Chas. H. Moore has changed his
telephone service. He now has a Jeffer-
son phone. and is ready to talk to any
| Poit VI thS S7uhtys
shenandoah Tribe, l. o. Red Men.
have ordered forty new costumes to be
furnished for their coming fair and 4th
of July celebration.
Contractor M. ]. Rohr is erecting
an addition to the rear of Mr.. H,
A. CAROLS saloon in the Brown and
Porterfield building.
county. Pa. spent several days last week
with {, F. WALL and purchased a carload
| of stock hogs of him.
Mr.. Thomas w. Coleman has been
appointed principal of the Shenandoah
Junction public school, to succeed Mr..
Randolph Moler, recently resigned.
Mr.. L. L. Wageley, at DR.. Pittman's
drug store. has an elegant outfit for franz
ing pictures. with fine samples of mould
ing to select from. See advertisement.
Mr.. E. G, Wilson has planted out a
twenty-five acre orchard of apple trees,
all winter varieties, on his farm. :" The
Hermitage, three miles south of Charles
Town.
i Mr.. Geo. w, Bush had fine colt
seriously cut by barbed wire fence Sun
day evening. DR.. c. H. Branner
S .wed up the cuts and gave him necessary
attention.
A Hungarian named Bockcasy, EN-
ployed by railroad contractor. wa:
struck and instantly killed by Balt
more and Ohio passenger train at Duff
fields Saturday morning.
i Second Ward voters will supper
Councilman R. d Shugert for reelection
Mr.. Shugert has been a faithful ant
Jealous public servant, looking well afte
: the interests OF his ward.
A slight blaze at the gas house abou
one o'clock yesterday was occasioaed b,
some person carelessly throwing light
ed match into a gas tar receptacle. N
: serious damage was done.
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Shenandoah Junction to Roanoke t
@ become yard master for the N & w
2 His place as night man at the Juuctio
has been filled by his brother. Levi
g Yates.
Mr., Samuel E. Mason, son OF MI
Henry Mason of the Kabletown vicinity
= and an employee of the National Tub
. Co. of Wheeling. fell from the top OF
furnace on Monday of last week and wa
: killed.
AdIutant Geo. H. Hagley has receive
from Capt M. J. Billmyer an invitatio
2 from the Southern Soldiers Memoir;
Association to Jefferson County Camp
u. C. v to attend Memorial Day exc
: clses at Shepherdstown. June 2.
Messrs. George and Milton o. Rou.
4 have started their launch for the summt
l. season on the Shenandoah river. TT
0. first trip was made last week. and tt
boat was taken up the river as far as M
III William H. Wilson's place, distance
y ten miles.
~ Mr.. William NJ. Weller, OF Hagestow
aged 10 years. dropped dead in his blac
= smith shop Friday while eating a pie'
! of pie The deceased was brother
10 Messrs ]. c. and NJ. S. Weller. of tn
of place. and his first wife was Miss Ell,
It. Nichols. of Charles Town.