Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1873-12-09
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LOCAL InTEIl-iGENcE.
To Qua cousfaY PArnoss.-Adopting
the Language of an exchange, We need hardly
remind our country patrons that the money
pressure is very great, and very oppressive,
and how the people in towns and cities, who
have to buy everything they consume, feel it
mn most st. sensibly No class, perhaps, realize the
strlngency to greater extent than newspa.
perpublishers that do credit business-some.
thing which, by the way, they never ought to
90 Their ,. bills outstanding against parties
are comparatively small, though, ucry nunaer-
Gus, and scattered over wide extent Of coun-
try making it exceedingly difficult and ex-
pensiye to collect them, while large propor>
ton. ton are never paid. But, hard as the times
are, the expenses of publication are not di>
m'nished, and they have to be paid regularly,
In cash, or the work of publication must
cease. We would therefore respectfully urge
all who know themselves to DO in debt TO this
establishment, and who feel any interest in
The Success of the SPIRIT OF JEFFERSON, to
remit, at least, portion Of what they owe
~ II those WHO owe US have no money and will
send pork, beef, flour, corn, potatoes or wood,
wo Will receive these at market rates. We
make this proposition in spirit of accommo>
dation, hoping that it will be responded to in
IKE manner. Some of our sedead-beats,"
who will pay nothing, we must cut off and
thatsspeedily.
The editor CT this paper has been breven-
ted, by disability and cousequnt confinement
indoors for some days past from making per-
sonai appeals to some of those indebted to
this Office, and therefore hofes that this mod-
est request will not as has been the case too
often heretofore, be passed by tnhceded
Wednesday morning last, about g. o'clock,
which was occasioned by the burning of the
frame wing of the stone house of Mr. Benz
.Jamin Tomlinson, in the occupancy of Henry
L. Brooke, Esq corner of Liberty and Law
renee streets. The FIRE department and citi-
'zens promptly repaired to the scene of the
'conRagration, and although unable to stay the
destruction of the wing, prevented the main
building from being destroyed. The origin
of the fire is unknown. Loss about $3.50
covered by insurance.
There was one thing demonstrated at this
fire that should receive the immediate a,ten-
tiou of our City Fathers, and that is the utter
insufiiciency of the quantity of hose at present
in our possession for the successful combating
of a fire of any considerable extent. The
fire department should be provided with from
five hundred to one thousand feet of good
hose, and that at once. We hope this matter
will receive serious AID prompt consideration.
PORK SrEALEus IN LIMBo.-Two gen.
tlcmen of color, enjoying the respective cog
nomens of Barney Brooke and Reuben Try
man, were brought into town on Monday
night of last week by Constable Langdon,
under commitment from .Justice R;sser, of
Osbora District, and lodged in the county
-J7i!, to await a reqnisition from the Governor
of Virginia. The specific act for which these
negroes (who reside in this county, were ar
rested. is that OF stealing a porker from
brother citizen of African descent in Clarke
county, Va, by the nae,l0 of Scott Robinson,
n search warrant, were found on the premises
of the criminals. The hog had been killed
in tho pen of the owner, taken some distance
thence, aud then skinned 4 lot of fowls
which had been stolen from neglbors in the
vicinity, were also found at the abode of these
gentlemen.
LARGE HoGs.-A number of large hogs
were killed in Charlestown last week, although
the number and excessive weight of large
hogs in this vicinity does not seem to be as
great this year as usual. Among those killed
we learn of the following: Two belonging to
Mr.. H. o. Talbot, weighing 454 aud 44s
lbs; Capt. John J. Lock, two weighing $40
and BIS; Mr.. F. ". Souders, two weighing
327 and 246! /; Mr.. Mason Hough, one weigh
ing 36l Mr.. Geo. w. Kellinson, four weigh.
ing 500, $40, 317 and $50 and Dr. j. John
son, four averaging $50 lbs. each.
FAIR AND FEsTIvAL.-OuF readers should
bear IN mind the Fair aud Festival advertised
to be held at the new Church near Renner's
Mill, commencing to-day The cause for
which it is held-to procure funds for tho
completion of the Church-is most lauda-
BILE one, and we trust that the ladies having
the affair in charge will be we'll patronized
during the progress of the entertainment.
ACC1DENr.-Mr. w. p. c. Woody. form.
erly of this place but now OF Piedmont, and
brakeman on the B. & O. Il. r., had his
right hand slightly mashed on Sunday week,
at Grafton, West Va, by the tender uron
which he was standing coieing in contact with
car upon another track. The injury, though