Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1908-10-06

1900
Il The frame of the new barn on M
Thornton Perry's ''Hill Farm" has beel
partly raised.
| See William Bestor's flowers, at tn
Hamilton hotel and on the Fair grounds
when you go to the Haeerstown Far.
The trees are being cut down and th'
.Paradise' lot cleared off preparatory t.
breaking ground for the new postoffcs
building
/ Sunshine Hawks will give an evening
of Hamor and Pathos Mt Powhatan Col
llege on Tuesday evening. October 27, al
s D. m. Admission rs cents
| Mr.. H. Miller, at No. ia West Liberty
street has an attractive sign above his
saloon door. presented to him by the
Standard Brewery. Baltimore.
Powhatan College. now one of the lead
| ing institutions OF learning in the State.
opened with an enrolment of consIdera-
bly, over one hundred students.
Mrs. VIM. Champbell will attend the
tuberculosis Congress in Washington
City as a delegate from West Virginia,
appointed by Governor Dawson,
Deputy County Clerk Chas. A. John
son is entertaining the members of the
County Court at Dinner today at his
residence, 900 East Liberty street.
Mrs Anna Rouss, wife of DIR A H S
Rouss, who was operated upon at DR. K
E VennIne's Hospital fer appendicitis,
we are pleased to learn. IS improving.
The foundations of the new Office build
ing opposite the courthouse and the new
dwelling of Rev DR. A c Hopkins on East
Washington street have been completed,
and the first floor joints are being set.
Mr. B. F. Dooley is slate roofing the
tower of Mr. Lew Porter's dwelling, and
also roofing the new dwelling of DR..
Walraven and buildings for the new
Stone and Lime Company at Millvllle.
A steer belonging to Deputy Sheriff
S c Young broke through shed floor
and fell down into an ice-house out on
the .Cassilis" farm last Sunday; and a
derrick had to be brought into requisi-
ton to draw him out.
The Ladies Auxiliary of the Baptist
church will hold festival in Rouss Hall.
beginning Monday evening, November
2. serving supper on Monday evening.
and dinner and supper Tuesday. Oys-
tiers, ice cream. cake. etc, will also be
served.
DIR. and Mrs. William Neill have issued
invitations to the marriage of their daugh-
ter, Mary Virginia, to Mr.. Morrell Keith
Neville. of North Platte. Nebraska, on
Wednesday evening. October Fl, at g
o'clock in Zion Episcopal Churce, Charles
Town
The High School team was defeated
IN close game of foot ball last Saturday
by the Charles Town team. the score being
II to 10. 1t is expected that another
game Will be played next Saturday be-
tween the two teams. Turn out and see
good game.
Messrs l. A Osbourn and Marcellus
Kercheval left yesterday morning for the
Shenandoah, armed with fishing tackle,
etc. ETC. Deponent saith rot what they
will bring back. but we learn that the
large new truck of the Goetz Harness
Works has been engaged to go down
and bring home the haul.
The new dwelling house of Mr.. H. G.
Page, on South Mildred street, is near
ing completion. and will be ready for oc-
cupancy before Christmas. DR.. Pittman
and family have vacated the house re-
Gently sold by him to Miss Mary Alexan-
der on South George street. and will oc-
cupy the dwelling near the Doctors
dairy barn until his new brick
house in the same neighborhood is com
pleted. Miss Alexander took possession
of her house on Thursday.
The Jefferson Circuit Court will con
vene on Tuesday. October 20. The petit
Jurors drawn tor the term are: c w
Carter. Silas Clipp, George Dittmeyer
lanes w McGarry. Chas T Engle. E W
Myers, Howard Burton. Robt N Duke
B F Fulk. Geo w Shull, P Humrick
house. ] w Eddy, w N Buckles, ] Frank
Weller. T t Perry, c D Keplinger, t I
Howell. w N Grubbs, Benz Hartzell,
| H Cooke, H A Goetz. Jas A Edwards, r
w Moller. c c Henkle, Geo d Rissler
Jacob N Znn. G Myerly. S M Darling
| ton, X Dunaway and Amos Dunlap.
| The mobiles of the Mystic Shrine O
this locality expect to have rousing bis
time on the goth of this month. the oc
casion being a visitation by delegation
of about seventy-6ve Shriners from
OSIRIS Temple. Wheeling, who will es
cort some thirty or forty pilgrims acros
the burning sands. This will be the big
qest event in Masonry ever known il
i Charles Town. and visitors are expected
not only from Wheeling, but from New
York, Frederick City. Harrisburg. Ha
perstown, Martinsburg. Winchester. Har
risonburg. Front Royal and Their places
| Mr.. James w. Hanna. of Odessa. Mo.
| has been visiting his aged mother. Mrs
Mary Hanna. on the Leetown road. ant
his brother Mr.. D. w. Hanna. in town
, Though a native of the county, MI
Hanna has been living in Missouri sine
lrss4. He served in the Confederat
army under General Joe Shelby IN tn
southwest during the War Between tn
States, and since then has been engage
in stock raising. His mother Mrs. Mar
Hanna. Is, perhaps the oldest woman j
Jefferson county. having passed her got
i,;rthday Her extreme age has rendere