Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1875-03-23
A Great Farmer in Georgia.
IFrom tbe Atl.nta Herald.I


Col. Lee Jordan owns aud cultlvates 10000
acres, the original cost of which was $780,
600. He has 500 laborers, but is gradually
adopting the tenant system. He raises twice
as much corn as he needs. Six overseers SUI
perintend the plantations, and raise from l,
400 to 2, 900 bales of cotton. No fertilizers
are used, as Col Jordan believes them to be
productive of catsrpiligfs. Formerly he spent
1890 per annum in guanos and phosphates,
but now makes his.own manure. DIR. IA. FL.
Coleman does>the practicerof the plantations
on the following plan: lie assesses each
head ola family SIS year, whether he rs
sick or not; andFthus, by taxing each man.
lightly. it is made burdensome on none. He
is a-good physician, and sayssthat it is the
healthiest country he ever saw. Only two
adults died last year out of over thousand
SOULS. TIE preaching is done on the same
plan. There is negro preacher on 1000
salary, who rides about the country in his
two=horse buggy, as fat as bishop and as
happy as prince He charges SO head
for dealing out salvation the year around. aud
with membership of 500, never gets less
than So, 900 per annum out of the place. He
lis Republican, but sticks to the Gospel with
q fervor that only such salary could inspire.
CAPTURE OF AN ALLEGED BuRGIAR-
On the night of February 10 last, the resi-
deuce of Hon. L. Lowndes, a wealthy citizen
of Garksburg, West Virginia, was entered
by burglars, and robbed of money and bonds
amounting nSthe-aggregate to over $4,000.
The work was so neatly accomplished that it
was almost impossible to get any clue to the
perpetrators. As last suspicion fell on three
or four men who left 'Glarksburg soon after
the burglary. and descri ptions were sent to all
the principal cities of the country. On Thurs
day last. says the Cincinnati Commercial, de
'tectives Frau Mitchell and Fred Ampthauer,
of that city, got on the track of a man named
Arthur NJ. Page. who had been passinga few
days there. He lived fast life, spent his
money very freely, and seemed to have plenty
OF 1t. His appearance corresponded very
closely with description of one of the sus
pected burglars, and the officers resolved TO
arrest him. They learned that he had gone
to Dayton, aud Tuesday they followed him
he was found at a notorious bagnio, near'the
Fair, grounds, and. after desperate resistance.
taken into custody He was taken to Gin
cinnati. where he was held to await a6vices
from Clarksburg.- Rheeiing Reg. Mar, Is
yRENCoUNTRE.- Narch 15.-A
personal rcnccuntre took place this morning
| between Mr.. James COwardin, editor of the
/!isp0tch and Mr.. A Fulkerson, member of
the House of Delegates from Washington
county. It appears that MIR. Cowardin, who,
in company with two gentleman was walking
along Vain street near the p0stofice, was &C.
costed by Mr.. Fulkerson. with the remark {:
This is Mr. Cowardin I believe" when Mr.
| G. Immediately answered, eyes, sir. and you
are the scoundrel Futkerson; know you"
At this remark Mr. Fnlkerson either struck
| at, or drew back to strike Mr. G. with a cane
when the latter closed with Fulkerson and
seized him by the throat short scufile en-
sued, when friends interfered and separated
them. The difficu ty originated in remarks
made by Mr. Fulkerson. in the House of Del
egates, sometime since. in regard to the edi-
torial columns of the Dispatch. to which Mr..
| Cowardin made some severe personal re-
joinders ZACH contempt is expressed at Mr..
Fulkerson's conduct IS he is young and ro>
bust man, and MIR. Cowardin is over sixtv
years of age. and was entirely unpreparcd
either with cane or weapons for tho assault
Later news announces the arrest Of Mr..
Fulkerson and Mr.. James P Cowardin. son
of the senior Mr.. Cowardin, on the charge of
/ being about to engage in duel or otherwise
break the peace. They were both before
police justice. when, after investigation they
were placed under bonds IN one thousand dol
lars each to keep the peace.
THE MCCORMICK TELESCOPE re-
tracing telescope, ordered some tour years
ago of Messrs. Clark & Sons, of Boston, BY
Mr. Leander J. Mccormick of Chicago, of
| McCormick-reaper fame, and which is de-
| signed present to Washington and Lee
University, Lexington, Va. is now nearly
completed. 1t is to cost $4,000 in gold and
it is claimed will be the largest and most eff
fective instrument of the kind ever constructed
The instrument has an aperture of twenty
six inches, and the object>glass weighs $50
pounds; the glass with the tube in which it
is inserted weighs about ton; the whole
weight may be roughly estimated at four or
Eve tons, aud It has fUcan length of thirty>
three feet The objective alone, when COM
pIeted, is worth s25, 600 and is capable of
magnifying power of 1000 diameters. though
owing to the interference of the atmosphere a
power of over 500 will seldom be used but
even this will increase the surface OF the oh
ject viewed to 50, $50 900 times it's natural
size. Mr. Mccormick is a native of Rock.
bridge county. Va.
THB "HousEkEEPER OF Qua HEALTH.
The liver is the great depurating or blood
cleansing organ of the system Set the great
housekeeper of our Health at work and the
foul corruptions which gender in the blood
aud rot out, as it were. tho machinery of life
| "A al. H.