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711 Indexed Records Spanning 1730 to 1977

December 7, 1880

7 Dec 1880

Ireland and Her Troubles.

IRELAND AND HER TROUBLES.Irish Land System. Editor Spirit of Jefferson. —- You will very much inform me, and, I have no doubt, many of your readers, if you explain what the causes are of the present […]

May 29, 1880

29 May 1880

Charles Flanagan, well after illness.

We were glad to see our young friend Mr. Charles Flanagan in town again, last week, after having recovered from a long and serious attack of illness.

October 7, 1879

7 Oct 1879

Death Notice, Mary Hunter

DIED. Near Charlestown, September 30th, 1879, of Scarlet Fever, FANNIE AMELIA, youngest daughter of D. H. C. and A. A. Beckham, aged 2 years. “She is not dead, — the child of our affection. — But […]

September 6, 1879

6 Sep 1879

Special Commissioners’ Sale

SPECIAL COMMISSIONERS’ SALE OF A VALUABLE FARM, IN JEFFERSON COUNTY, WEST VA. By virtue of three several Decrees rendered by the Circuit Court of Jefferson County, West Virginia, on the 26th day of April, 1878, on […]

April 19, 1879

19 Apr 1879

Carts being made for Flanagan Lime

Mr. Good and Mayor Ray have been quite busy this week in making carts for Flanigan’s limestone quarry below town.

May 4, 1878

4 May 1878

American Union attempts to block appointment, anti-Catholic grounds.

The Order of the American Union At Work.The hatred of the Northern Republican for a Catholic church is only matched by the hatred of the carpet-bagger for the county jail. It is well-known that some years […]

April 20, 1878

20 Apr 1878

Bishop Kain & the Incendiary Press.

From the Wheeling Register.Bishop Kain and the Incendiary Press. “Bishop Kain has prohibited the West Virginia Catholics from taking the Irish World.” The above paragraph has been floating around in the papers for several days without […]

April 13, 1878

13 Apr 1878

“Irish World” Forbidden for Catholics

Bishop Kain has forbid the circulation of the “Irish World” among the Catholics of West Virginia.

December 8, 1877

8 Dec 1877

Annals Of The War

General J. D. Imboden, Confederate General, gives a lengthy account of General David Hunter’s incendiarism, while he had command of the Federal troops in this Valley, during the late war; from which we extract the following […]

August 11, 1877

11 Aug 1877

Hunter/Sherman/Bragonier Trustee Sale

TRUSTEE’S SALEOn Saturday, August 18, 1877OFVALUABLE LOT,NEAR Shepherdstown, West Va.——– By virtue of a Trust Deed executed by Oliver Sherman and Jas. H. L. Hunter and Mary E. his wife, to Joseph S. Bragonier, trustee, bearing […]

July 7, 1877

7 Jul 1877

The Friday Murder Mystery

THE HEARING AT HAGERSTOWN– DETAILS OF THE CRIME, ETC.[Reported for the Baltimore Sun.] HAGERSTOWN, MD., June 27, 1877.– James Gardner and J. W. Grove, who are in the county jail at this place on suspicion of […]

July 7, 1877

7 Jul 1877

The Boatmen’s Strike

The blockade of boats belonging to the striking canalmen has put a stop to all travel on the Chesapeake and Ohio canal. There is a squadron of about forty boats used for blockading purposes, and so […]

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