Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1873-04-29
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Coasocation.-The Valley Con vocation, of
the hpiseopal Church, will convene at this
| place on Thursday next, the Both Instant
There will be preaching morning and night
during its session.
"a eeiafat.-We .reere. to state that Mr..
oharles b Line,Eof this town, sustained a
severe fracture of the collar bone, few DAYS
ago, by a harrow falling upon him, while in
the act of loading it upon wagon.
Big Bass.-Jacob Keesecker. lad of l6
years, of this town, caught with hook and
line, in the Potomac at this place, on Tues,
day: last, ten bass fish, weighing 231 pounds.
in the aggregate. One of which weighed d
pounds and four and half ounces, and
another pounds.
Released iron. .Jaa.-At the instance of
Justice VIM. b. Daniels. the Tailor, Rober.
kimball has released Robert Barr, of Lou>.
doun county, who was committed to Jail by
the said Justice few days ago, as vagrant.
upon the application of his brother, and taken
home to Loudoun county.
Temperance Meetng.-A ccording to au-
nouncementa temperance meeting was held
in the Lutheran Church on Tuesday evening
last. Rev. A. A. p. Neel addressed the meet.
ing, at some length, in behalf of the Friends
of Temperance, taking as his subject, .Do
unto others as you would be done by" At
the close of his speech, Rev. DR.. Andrews
read an extract from the opinion of Sir Henry
Thompson, distinguished English physician.
upon the injurious effects of alcoholic and
fermented liquors.
"MoGuL" ENaINEs.-A Cumberland COR
respondent of the Baltimore Sun says:
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
have received and placed upon their road for
use on the third division, (from Piedmont to
Grafton, which has the heavy grades over
the Allegheny mountain region, eleven of the
extra large and powerful engines known ma the
.'Mogul," or Consolidation pattern These
iron monsters weigh between 40 aud SO tons,
and have double the power of the largest
.camel>backs" in use previously. Twenty
live in all (tonrteen more to be furnished)
have been contracted for with the Danforth
locomotive Company of Paterson, ~ j. at a
cost of SIG, 500 each. The Mount Clare
shops are also making six of the same pattern
and size, and will continue to manufacture
them until all divisions and branches of the
road shall be supplied, to NEE. the needs of
its heavy freight business, which increases
constantly.
RoBRING THE MAILs.-For months past.
the popular and reliable publishers, Nlessrs
Hunter Co, of Hinsdale NJ H., have been
annoyed and dismayed at the immense losses
OF valuable letters which were daily occurring
Aided by the chief Detective and two special
Z. y. Agents, they have at last the satisfac.
ton of see ing the thief-a night clerk in the
Boston p. O.-"behind the bars" aud he has
confessed all. Messrs. H. & Co.'S losses have
been enormous; in fact, no exact estimate
can at present be made. The thief carefully
examined, aided by light every letter, and
took every one that contained money He
was caught in the act and arrested, and, if he
gets his dues, will board with the State for
from i've to ten years. Meantime the pros
porous business Of Hunter & Co goes on with
Its usual energy, promrtness and care and
those who have lost money by mail will now
see just mhcre ii trent, aud avoid giving the
blame to honest persons.
BuRNr TO DEATH-.d ShocLing n6uir.-
a Smoking occurrence took PLACE ON Tuesday
the 10Th instant. on lsaacs Creek, near Pug.-
t"wn:. ~ this county. An aged lady, Miss
Ca; herine Leisure the victim Tt uppears
'nst shr must have hcen sitting with her back
to the fire. when her clothing was ignited.-
Unfortunately there WIS no one in the house
at the time but herself At the time Of the
accident she was Keeping house for Mr. John
Light, aud the fire was first discovered by his
grandchi'dren, who ran away and gave the
alarm. 1t was, however, too late to avail
anything and the old lady, after lingering un.
til about o'clock the same day, in the great
est agony, died ,WacAesfer News.
SEVERE ACCIDENT james, little son of
Rev. Mr. raharl, met with severe accident
one day last week. lie is pupil at the Shen-
and"ah Valley Academy, and before school
hours was playing with The boys when he fell
down breaking his arm. 1t was badly broken
the bone standing almost at right angles
Capt. Nelson, one of the teachers at the in-
stisution tried TO place the arm in proper po>
stIon, but failing, proposed to have him car
ried home, but the brave little fellow refused
to be carried, and walked home though suf-
fer'ng excruciating pain. DR.. Love rendered
the necessary medical assistance and the little
fellow is doing we'll Winchester Ncms.
SERIOUS ACCIDENT AND EsoArE.-The
Rev. Mr. Hanson, rector of the Episcopal
church in this city, being on a visit with his
inmi'y to friends house in Hedgesville, the
nurse was playing with his youngest child, lit
tie Johnny, very interesting boy, on the
second floor of the porch, and unthoushtedly,
we suppose, leaned against the balustrades
which being somewhat rotted, gave way pre-
cipitating the nurse with the child iu her
arms. backwa to the ground, a distance of
fifteen feet. bruisng and breaking her collar
hone but fortunately without in jury to the
child AfartiasLn,y Statesman.
SNAKE.1N A BED.-One day last week, as
Mrs. Kate Heck was engaged in making the
beds in her house, she found in one of them.
snugly ensconsed between the shee,o, a small
house snake. His snakes.ip appeared to en-
joy his comfortable quarters hugely, and
seemed 10th to vacate, but was quickly yanked
out with pair of tongs, and despatched.
Boonshoro' (Dii) Odd Felio,o
-"Bily Anderson as he is so Familiarity
called, of Harper's Ferry, is in the city at
tending the session of the Grand Lodge of
Odd Fellows. Yesterday as he was marching