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Answer each other in the mist.
-Tennyson
The Presbyterian Sunday School win
hold their Christmas entertainment on
next Thursday night, December 26th,
1T p. m.
News was received here yesterday Of
the death Of Miss Ella Trapnell in
Maryland, ! sister of the late Joseph
TrnpneIl.
The Travel Club met last week
with Miss Anna Riddle. 1t will meet
this afternoon at Mrs. Thomas r.
Moore's.
The Sunday School Of Hardwood will
hold its Christmas entertainment. in the
Hardwood School House on Thursday.
afternoon, December 26th, at 2 O'Clock.
The A. B. Department Store has the
most complete line Of toys in Jefferson
County, which they are selling at very
reasonable prices. Our readers will do
well to see them first.
The Patriotic Order Sons of Ameri-
ca, of Kearneysville will hold an
oyster and meat supper at Kearneys-
vile on Friday and Saturday evenings,
December 20 and II, in Trump's hail.
1t in doubt what to buy the Fiddies
for Xmas go to the A. 3. Department
Store, where you will find wonderful
collection Of toys. Santa Claus him
self has sent some orders there for his
Charles Town pack.
Be sure and use the Confederate
Xmas Seals cold at Brown & Hoof's
for the Arlington Monument Fund, 20
!. seals for l0c. During last year the
Lawson Bolts Chapter of this place
contributed $50 to the Arlington non
ument fund.
Fifteen thousand rainbow trout
from the United States Fish Commits
sion's hatcheries at Wytheville, Va,
were deposited in the Shenandoah
river near Mverstown last week. Mr.
Charles E. Harris received the trout
at Rippon station and had them plac-
ed in the river. The fish were ship
ped in twelve ten-gallon cans
Miss Maine Childs. of the Summit
Point vicinity, had her arm broken by
the upsetting Of buggy in which she
aud her brother were riding. which coli
l,ded with another buggy few nights
ago. DR.. Albin gave her attention and
she was brought to the Charles Town
Hospital.
There will be two services in Zion
Church on Christmas Dav. Admins
trAtion Of the Holy Communion at 1880
4. M, and Morning Prayer and Sermon
at IL o'clock. The Christmas service
for the Sunday School will be held on
Sunday, December goth, at $50 p. M.
and the Christmas entertainment for
the Sunday School will be, held in the
Parish House on Friday, December n,
at Z o'clock.
b MessIs. VIM. Phillips Sons closed
negotiations with Mr.. VIM. M. Burns.
for the purchase of thirty acres Of tim
her on the Beavers farm recently sold
to Mr.. Burns. This body of timber con-
tains large quantity OF white oak which
the purchasers will convert into framing
material. Messrs. Phillips Sons will
Install saw mill outfit in the timber
!: in January to fill orders for frame stuff.
The entire tract will be cleared of trees.
Mrs. C. N. Coleman entertained
Lawson Bolts Chapter of the Daughters
OF the Coufederacy GU Thursday even
ing last. 1t being their regular meeting
evening number of interesting papers
were read. describing the Convention al
Washington, for the benefit ofthose who
did not attend. Mrs Coleman's parlors
were beautifully decorated with the
Confederate colors. Punch and cake
were served during the evening.
An Italian, aged about 80 years, fell
while carrying box Of dynamite caps
at the plant of the Standard Coal &
Lime company, at Millville on Wednes.
day of last week. The contents of the
box exploded and burned and manned
him in fearful manner. The unfort'
driven five miles to the hospital here,
The physicians at the hospital pronoun
4 ced his wounds fatal. He died the mex