Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1876-02-29
Spirit Of afffrrsolr,
PEN, INK AND SCISSORS,

cists of 2s8.26l rank aud file, Of wLOms 1ss,.
700 are efficient. -rzs s.- 'lssrcea s6
= The Congressional race is opening out
in the Third District between Messrs. Heres
ford, Walker and Kenna. iz'. %. " 'ie'is=
Tea Culture is continually gaining
ground in Georgia, many families never using
any but the home raised article.
White rabbits three feet long and ff,
teen inches high, with cars seven inches long,
are found iu Garrett county, Md
: The total income of the Prince of Wales
from all sources is about S575, 600. The
Princess receives besides $4,000.
= Uncle Sans unimproved property nea>
sures l,154, 600, 900 acres. Aud still our
cities nrc crowded with tramps and loafers
"A pctrifsd alligator twelve feet long has
been found at SaRdusky, Ohio. by workmen
who were blasting in order to lay water pipes.
There is said to be about $50 fouuderies
in the United States engaged in the manu-
facture of stoves aud furnaces, using annually
500, 900 toas of iron.
- The produ of pig iron in the United
States in 1875 was about 2 100, 900 tons net,
falling of of 100000 tons as compared
with the previous year. 80
"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"
was glaring swinde 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 (Mass.) Courier, republican,
says: Blaine may plant aud Bristow may
water, but William TecumSeh Sherman is
going to walk off with the Cincinnati nomina>
tion, and he viii be elected just as epsy."
: In 1875 property to the value of $780,
328,0 was destroyed by fire. About half
Of this loss was sustained by the insurance
companies. Seventy five per cent. OF tho irss
were caused by carelessuess or inceudiarism.
= The total area of Baltimore city, iu-
cludiDg land aud water, is s, 800 acres, or
II 53 square miles. or this the land area
embraces I 800 acres, or IL a square miles,
aud the water area is /, $40 acres, or 2.O9
square miles. zs1 "a aai!a7,srslGsh isie
= Tho new. census Of Texas shows that the
State has population of about one million
wohundred snd seventy Eve th6usaad,szas as
compared with population of eight hundred
and eighteen thousand FIVE hundred and nine
teen in 1870. 5-
At Decatur, Illinois, recently, CONS
pauy which has been boring for coal found
vein of fue coal at depth of six hundred
feet, and a vein Of brine, containing large
per cent. of salt, just above. Mining will
begin at once. -'"' ''. '7'As
"A single grain of wheat. accidentally
dropped in garden in lowering ham, Eng
land, last spring produced G3 car. and j, 900
grains of wheat probably tho largest yield
ever known, but showing what good eul;iva-
tiou can accomplish.
= Statistics show that only one railroad
passenger in :, 900, ,0OOis killed. und only one
to 800 600 is even so much as bruised In
tho year 1871 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 tflst any mum
Der of persons not less than ten, ma jprity to
reside in Main, may form railroad company,
with capital of not less than SIC, 600 milo
for every mile of feet 81 inches gauge, and
$4,000 for narrow gauge.
The country storekeerer said, "Uere,
my friend, those balls of butter bought of
you last week, all proved to be just three
ounces short of pound" And the farmer
inuoceatly answered, "Well, l don't sec how
that could be, for l used ono of your poand
bars of soap for a weight. How do you ao>
count for it z"
1t is stated that the famous and long
sought for PIanches La Plata mine in ArI-
IONA, which Spanish history SAYS yielded pure
silver in such huge pieces two huadred years
ago, that the crown couf,csted it for its
use, has been fouRd 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 uet exceeding SIS per ton. 1t ia
claimed :hAt ton and three-qulrters will
make ton of iron. 'rs 77'
= The Buffalo (New York; Express
jocosely 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 5th. During the intervening
Sunday President Grant will begin and ead
his third term.
- The Irish census, just published, gives
the following religious statistics Roman
Catholics. 4,l50.857; Protestant Episco-
palians. 661, 1898 !; Prosbytsriaps, 497 GAS;
all others, 95064. Since 1861 the propor-
ton of Roman Catholics has diminished per
cent; that of Episcopaliaps and Presbytsriaus
has slightly increased. The reduced number
of Catholics is in great measure acco united
for by emigration. 49,, ~.
A man was engaged to repair small
bridge near Little Rock, which cast to build
$500. He charged for his work 5000; scrip
vas then worth ten cents, and he received his