Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1871-09-12

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consequence Of Ill health Judge jackson will
not hold tho term Of tho u. $. District Coa,t
at lhi. place commencing On tho 9lIh ofths
mouth, but will bold term during tho fall,
at time that will be couyeuiEu! to tho pub
lie, suiiors and bar
[GWksJwg Coapratire,
PLAYNG ELIJAu,-A coloroi man, named
Geurgc Troupe in Alexandria, Va, recently
attempted to play Elijah ani &c, fol by tho
ravens. Twowccksago he leit his employer.
dressed inhi, Sunday clothes, saying hO would
work for man no more, as the Lord had prom,
i,ei to provide Tor him. lie was found nearly
Starved to death ugl so weak tha' 10 could
not crawl haviu: eaten only two ptacAC, aud
pear in twelve days. Not sUuglc raven
calne to iocl him,
- The solemn prosrc', Of a funeral process
sion in Rochester, y Y, was stopped blythe
health officers The body was eSlmlpcI and
smaI plx vas tho declaration, There was a
general hcgira, in which priest aud bearer, led
the van away from the scene. Tho man who
owned the helr,e mounted ouc'of tic horses,
turptd the other lOu.e, aud left the cadaysr
with The board of health around it
- Tie Postmaster General has made the
postcialc at Winchester, an Office for tho is
.lc Of ra,n,otlers payable to bcncdci1ric'
in the United Kingdom Of GrJat Britain aud
Ireland by the Pos, Department Of that coun
Try, aul ~, tie paymcn: Of postal orders To-
mi'lei from the above named Kingdom
through the Exchange Post Office Of Ntw
York
- Ac,sof generosity like the followinga arc
50 rae it isa pleasure to put them upon re-
cord ahcurhey do occurs The terrible hail
storm which swept over portions Of Burlington
county, y j., some tine since, was very
severe On the crop, ct a hlri.workins mau
who rented farm Of Quaker hiy At an an.
uuAl rental Of 81 200. 1hc lady called upon
h,ruuaul, and said: 81 have heard OF thy
misfortune. aul clnc over to cuWmj...ralc
with ihro." "ics, maam, is very uniur.
iupa.a for me-" Are the buildings injured
uu,hE No; very hide well, thco
urcl uot be coucer1cl abnlt the rent
Seeing thy loss, ;hce ucel uOt lay TIC auy
tcut this year.
Tile prof, on a rcceut Corner in wheat
in Ciic,gp Is calculated Is the Untrue 20.
that ciiy Al, twenty two per cent, per month On
ILcmrncy paid Inio'hcpoO!, which wa formed
lb,u, ibc fret Of August Thcamount club
lei wa, 100000, aud the variation III tue
price Of wheat was about twenty cents.
y letter Irum Onnsa county says:-
Grape culture !. beginning to he matter Of
interest herrab1pt aud rrub,hIy " D PROVE q
prominent interest wi Ja,. Walker, OF
Madison, hi,a crop Of die iJui; this season,
which ho snip, Nu'ihwad, sud wi! amount
to 100000 pounds in We .aI,'
Woml accounts are tn received ou
Persia A. one point the deaths are said 20
average ;w, hlalgcl anil iuya DAY. EU'j'
BE-, is completely suspended aDI tAri,'i.is
and Nusd.men as' ent4mp't IN the mu1'
njrs; the army {, d,,.1udgl, aud .iurG, ani
nuuIaloLs haze destroyed tho a',iJ aad
g'l,n.
49, Daairl Webster "a Of ogri ulpro -
"Na mar /, 50 bi.h o., ~ b, iGGsren!aat q
the ,lcre. Ut ,ui. great interest, and urnau
T., Fl, i.,y as uo' Go calrc',d hyi ry~fu.fs
oi decline. The cultivation Of 'hc ciF,O l.
the m3,t important labor to mlq.'
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