Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1876-02-29
CHARLEsTOsWNs w va EsDAY, FEBRUARY. z
Spirit Of 5fffcrsulr,
CharlestoWn, Jefferson COnnIy, Keaf Va.
TUESDAY ,M0RsING. FEi;I.UARF %. 1916 Z
PEN, INK AND SCISSORS.

- The English volunteer force now CON-
cists of 238.26l rank and file, OF whome 1885,
700 efficient. as e.. iiss-oa9 sH
= The Congressional race is opening out
in the Third District between M6ssrs: Heres
ford, Walker aud Kenpa. a -s" ...s's=--
= Tea Culture is continually gaining
ground in Georgia, many families never using
any but the home raised article.
= White rabbits, three feet long and IF,
teen Inches high, with cars seven inches long,
are found in Garrett county, Nd. d
= The total income of the Prince of Wales
from all sources is about S5I5,000. The
Princess receives besides 50,000
: Uncle Sans unimproved property nea>
sures l, ISL, 900, 600 acres, Aud still our
cities crowded with tramps and loafers.
"A pctrifsd alligator twelve feet long has
been found at SaRdusky, Ohio, by workmeu
who were blasting in order to lay water pipes.
= There is said to be about $50 founderies
in the United States engaged in the manu-
facture of stoves aud furnaces, using annually
500, 900 toaS of iron.
= The prod uctinn of pig iron in the United
States in 1875 was about 2100, 900 tons net,
q falling of of 600, 900 tons as compared
with the previous year. '-'
"A new Industry. that of drying eggs,
has been set on foot at Passan ON the Danube,
and the Prussian military authorities are about
to give the product trial for soldiers rations.
- Horace Grceley's advice to Go West"
glaring swindIe. The fact that the In
dams have been living Vest all their lives and
are still poor, with scarcely enough clothes to
hide their nudity, proves this.
= The Lowell CMass.) C,urier. republican,
says: Blaine may plant aud Bristow. may
water, but William TecumSeh Sherman is
going to walk off with the Cincinnati nomina>
ton, and he will be elected just as easy"
= In 1875 property to the value of $780,
328, OPS was destroycdrby fire. About half
of this loss sustained by the insurance
companies. Seventy five per cent. OF the ar6s
were caused by carelessuess or inceudiarisrn.
= The total area of Baltimore city, iu-
Guiding laud aud water, is $500 acres, or
IA SO square miles. OF this the land area
aud the water area is /, $40 acres, or 2.09
square miles. .a aaisa7tsrasnsl d &c
Tho new. census Of Texas showsthat the
State has population of about one million
two hundred and seventy, Gve th6usa9d,s.as
compared with population of eight hundred
and eighteen thousand five hundred and nine
teen in 1870 o " a"
- At Decatur, Illinois, recently, CONS
pany which has been boring for coal found
vein of fue coal at depth of six hundred
feet, and vein of brine, containing large
per cent. of salt, just above. Mining will
! begin at once. '''A
A single grain of wheat, accidentally
dropped in garden in H"veringham, Eng
land, last spring produced G3 car. and 5000
grains of probably the largest yield
ever known, but showing what good cul;iva.
tiou can accomplish.
: Statistics show that only one railroad
passenger in I ,0GG, 000is killed, md only one
| to 500 600 is even so much as bruised. In
tho year 1874 only one person was killed on
all the Massachusetts railroads, while seventy.
six were killed by accidents in the city of
Boston.
A general railroad law is before the
Maine Legislature. 1t provides tllst any mum
Der of persons not less than ten, a IN sjority to
| reside in Main, may form railroad company.
| with capital of not less than SIC, 600 milo
for every mile of 4 feet 81 inches gauge, and
$4,000 for narrow gauge.
The country stOrekeerer said, "Uere,
my friend, those balls of butter l bought of
| you last week, all proved to be just three
ounces short of pound " And the farmer
inuocently answered, "Well, don't see how
that could be- for l used of your poand
bars of soap for weight. How do you ac-
count for it 2"
1t is stated that the famous and long
| sought for Plauches La Plata mine in Arr
IONA, which Spanish history says yielded pure
silver in such huge pieces two huadred years
ago, that the crown couf,csted it for its own
| use, has been fouad By man named Crutz
about ninety miles southeast of Tucson, near
! the Sonora line.
- The Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
! Company has plan under consideration look
| ing to the shipment of iron ore FROM Bote
tourt county, Va, to Huntington. for the use
! of all the furnaces in the Ohio Valley. The
| ore, it is said, can be delivered at Wheeling
at cost not exceeding SIS per ton. It is
claimed :h4t ton aud three-qu1rters will
make ton of iron. ''e l7'.-7
= The Buffalo (New York; Express
| loosely directs public attention TO the fact
that General Grant is sure of third term,
whsteyer the course of the national convention
may be. The fourth of March falls on Sun
day in 1877, and in accordance with usage,
his successor will not be inaugurated until
Monday. the 18th. During the intervening
Sunday President Grsut will begin and end
his third term.
: The Irish census. just published. gives
the following religious statistics Roman
Catholics. 4,l50.857; Protestant Episco-
palians. 661, 1898 Prosbytsriaus. 497 GAS ;
all others, 95064, Since 1861 the proper
ton of Roman Catholics has diminished per
cent; that of Eriscopalians aud Presbyterians
has slightly increased. The reduced number
of Catholics is in great measure acco united
for by emigration. sz-as -.-..s
"A man was engaged TO repair a small
bridge near Little Rock, which cost to build
$500 Re charged for his work 5000; scrip