Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1874-12-15
The JANUARY NUmBER of Psterson's

THE JANUARY NUMBER of Pstersoa's
Magazine, is just received. "As Good as
Mother" the principal steel>plate, is one Of
rare beauty. Even Unto Death is an un>
usually powerful story, by Frank Lee Bene-
dict illustrated by another first-class steel en-
craving. The double>sike. colored steel FASH
ion plate, and the Berlin pattern, the latter
printed In ten coTors, are alone worth the price
of the number; but beside these. there are
about forty wood eugravings, with music,
stories, noyelets, poetry, sc. This Magazine
claims to be both the cheapest aud best. The
terms are but two dollars a year to single sub
scribets, postage free, with great reductions
to clubs, and superb premiums, including an
extra copy Of the Magazine, to persons getting
| up clubs: Specimens are sent gratis, if writ
ten for, to persons wishing to get up clubs
Address Charles j. Peterson, 306 Chestnut
Street, Philadelphia, Pa. q.
TIE ROAD TO HEALTH.-Cleanse the
stomach, bowels and blood from all the acrid,
corrupt aud offensive acctmulations which
produce functional arrangement, and You re-
move the cause of most diseases which affiict
the human family, and thus save large doc
tors bills. The most cffectual and reliable
remedy for this purpose is found in DR..
Pierce's Pleasant Purgative Pellets. No
cheap wood or paper boxes but kept fresh
and reliable In tials.
High livers. those INDUCING In ease and
pleasure, and those of sedentary habits, can
prevent Boils, Carbuncles, Gout. Red Skin,
Fruptions, Pimples, Constipation, Piles,
Drowsiness, Bilious. and other conditions in
duced by such habits, by taking from four to
six of DIR. Perce's Pleasant Purgative Pellets
once week, or. better still one or two each
night. They are sold by dealers in medi-
cines.
SUDDEN DEATH OF A CoLoRED PREACHER.
Rev. Joseph Gross, colored Methodist
| preacher on Bridgewater Circuit, dropped
dead by the side of his buggy in Mt. Scion,
Augusta county, on Sunday morning last,
about o'clock. He had been complaining
for some days, but was not thought to be Sc
riously i'll, having preached the Thursday,
Friday and Saturday nights before, and was
to have preached in Mt. Scion on the day of
his death. He is represented as an earnest,
faithful. Jealous preacher, about So years of
| age, and leaves family. His remains were
sent off on the train to Georgetown, D. G.,
Where ne mad been raised.
Iochinghom, Register.
PUBLIC SALEs.-The attention of our read
eEs is directed to the following Public Sale
| advertisements in this paper:
Thursday, December 22d-Personal Prop
erty, by Peter Grim.
( Thos c. Green and Joseph TrapneII, Special
| Commissioners.
Su'art1ny, January Blacksmith Shop
and Tools, by Thos c. Green, Trustee.
Frjdoy. .J"amnry 29M-Reai Estate by
| G. j. Faulkner. 7. 9. Green and A. E. Ken
ncdy, Special Commissioners.
History OF MISUNDERSTANDING of our
exchanges are publishing the fact that Mr.. c.
| VI. Gibbons is collecting materials for a His
tory Of Winchester. IF they would add a
| line, saying that he desires all the information
that any former citizen of Winchester. or any
one else, can in,part, they would confer IA
vor upon the author, and perhaps aid ma
terialiy in the work. Yin. Times.
EEg~ John w. Garrett has been reelected
president of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
|
sition. An offer of increased salary from the
nominal 81, 900 year received by Mr.. Cars
rett, while the salaries of other railroad presi>
dents of important lines range from ten
thousand to forty thousand dollars year, was
declined.
rs" Hon. Cbas. J. Faulkner has been in
vitcd to address the democracy of New York
CITY at the Manhattan Club Room on Tuesday
the Goth of December, when we hope he may
avail himself of the occasion to indicate the
true policy of the democratic party at this
interesting crisis of its history.
[.Nnr'i"sb~ry Statesman.
Ezs~ The Free Press says: Wednesday
seems to have been clog Killing Day.
Some fne animals were slaughtered, as will
be observed by the following weights four
0 months old pigs, of C. W. Kellinson, aver
aged 2l0}; three of Capt. John J. Lock,
weighed 1888 two of J. E. Duke, $50; one
of G. Fl. Galaher, 2474.
R2- a serious difficulty occurred at Vicks>
burg, Miss, last week, the result of an at
tempt of several bodies of armed negroes to
take possession of the courthouse in that city,
where the negro sheriff was held under arrest.
The negroes were repulscd with great loss of
life on their side, and all is now quiet.
o. TIE Gift Concert at Denison has met with
unparellcd success. Tie remainder of the tick
| cts are in the hands of Agents, who have re-
| ported them nearly all sold. We confident