Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1876-02-01
Spirit Of ycffcrsm,
Charlestown, jefferson CoGnly, We.t Va.
rUESDtT N0RNlNG. FERRVlRI !. 1S.s.
PEN, IE& AND sGISs0RS.

- Governor John F Hartranft WAS in-
augura,ed as Governor of Pennsylvania on
Tuesday
= The Virginia republican State commit
tee hiss selected Lynchhurg aud the l2,h of
April for their convention.
In Aabanra they are having violets, but
tercups crncuses. japnnicss, strawberries, and
the plum trees are iu iulFblonm.
-Secretaries of granseSin Virginia, Who have
ordered goOGs for the mem Scs, have been assessed
regulsr sample merchant nK of 500 each uader
the State law
= Philip Randolph Meade. son of Rev r
r Meade aud crsndson of Bishop Meade,
died Of epilepsy in Charlottesville, few days
ago.
A. NJ Bowman. of Augusta county. Va.
has been off red $500 for two s"ws, by AN
Ohio breeder, to be exhibited at the cen,
teunial
- II. C. laughing of PhiIsdelphi., has
purchased "Hawthorne." the residence of
N.rh. Il Meade, near Winchester, Va, for
1910
: sprightly little son Of Mr. Thos. wynkoop.
o. i'ouooun county va. lei! INTO hare o. boil
hog, ; verelr scs !dcd that he died the
saIne evening of the accident
- Hon. James B Beck has been elected
United Safes Senator from Kentucky tn sue,
ceed Hon john W. Stevenson, whose term
expires March 3, 1877.
- SIR. Richard X Li,tletou, of Lnudoun
county. Va, mas portrait of Charles WASH
nugrOn. brother of Geuegal Washington, and
tounder of ChsrleStown.
- At the Memphis election ON the 18th
uit., over two ;houSand roiored men went to
the polls and v'ted the entire democratic
ticket without solicitation.
Ar a republican legislative caucus 1T
AuGu>ts, Maine, resolution was adopted
tina, Hon. jas G. Blaine is the chuicc of the
republicans uf Maine for President
- The friends and admirers Of the late
General Francis T. RIsir have ordered
colossal bronze bust of him, which will be
placed in one Of the public parks of St Louis
The An:i"tHm p Arer Com a-ny of H,e-rstn vn
has contracted with the mIusEer OF the HDstet:er
B"Ieis c,ncern. IN FItt.burg. TO furnish rwrive
thnu AID reains al paper. tor which il s receive
ono II sl-n received si"Rl order las; week
from Fn'iade!PhiS for fifty tons OF paper.
-Four ncgroesall couies>ed cotton gin snd
house burners, were forcjbly taken from the
Cnshama county. Miss, jul a. Friar's Point.
before dawn on the 10Th ult., and shot dead
by masked mob
- All the gods to be shown bv T ,yrt nt
the centennial have arrived az Philadelphia
Australia and adjacent colonies have recently
shipped three hundred tons of goods, and 81
cases were shipped hy stesmer from Cape of
Good Hope few days ago.
- In conformity with the ruling of Chief
Justice Wato aud United Sta'es District
judge Bond the receivership oi the Che>,.
rcake and Ohio Railroad Company, held hy
Henry Tyson, Terminated Thursday week, aud
Gen. ". q. Wickham tonk charge under an
apr"intmenr a. receiver by the Circuit Court
ut the cry of Richmond
The H"n Au.u>sus Schelf, chaifman of
the Datiou.i dcm"crafIc cuniDirtee smnounces
that meet bg OF this committee will he held
in Washington city. "u the 22d Of February
ue1t ut WHICH meerirg cali viii! be issued
Tor hoid!n. national democratic convention
t" nominate candidates for President and Vice
President Of the Umi'ed States