Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1876-03-14
PEN, INK AND SCISSORS.

members.
= The Democratic State Convention will
be held at Charleston June 9Th.
= Richard Fl. Dana, Jr, has been ap-
pointed to take MIR. Sohenck's place as
Minister to England.
- An aged Mems Home" took FIRE in
New York, Tuesday, aud 8 of the aged in
mates persisted in the flames
- Ex-Governor Letcher was stricken with
paralysis in Richmond on Thursday week.
The last report represents him somewhat better.
= NIessrs. Young aud Phillips, of Berry,
vile, have invented an improvement upon
their cheese knife, and obtained patent for
the same.
Judge Taft, of Ohio, who was defeated
for the Gubernaturial nom n alton of that State
by Governor Hayes, has been nominated and
confirmed as Belknap's successor
- 1t is announced from Columbus that the
republicans iu Ohio are enthusiastic for Hayes,
and most of them sanguine he will be the
nominee for President at Cincinnati.
= volunteer military company has been
organized at Grafton, and named the Goa
Perton Grays" in honor of Hon. Allen r.
Caperton, United States Senator from this
State.
- The Indianapolis Sentinel, o Hendricks
organ, looks upon the Connecticut democratic
platform as indicatin: that the Eastern de,
m0cracy are weakening on their resumption
proclivities.
- At a meeting of the Hendricks Club in
Indianapolis member reported that in at
tending two democratic State conventions in
the East he had found strong undercu1rent
in favor of MT. Hendricks.
- From Indiana comes a report that the
labor reform party there, whose convention
meets shortly, will nominate Judge Davis, of
the United States Supreme Court, for Presi>
dent, and Nathaniel p. Banks for Vices
President.
In the Circuit Court of Rockingham
county, Va. on Tuesday the jury in the case
of Early Us. The Virginia Midland and Great
Southern railroad, for breaking his leg in
July, 1873, gave verdic, of 81, $50 in favor
of the plaintiff.
= Gen. Belkuep was formally arrested on
Wednesday by Maj Richards and taken to
the Police Court and no entered into re-
cognizance in S25, 900 to appear from day t.
day at the Criminal Court of the District to
answer the charge of bribery.
A correspondent of the Wheeling In
teHigencer, presenting ticket for the cons
sheraton of the Republican State Convention,
suggests the name of John j Jacob of Har>
dy, as fit and proper person to be nominated
by that Convention, for the Court of Appeals
The New York Commercial IlJrsrfiscr,
republican, regards the choice of St. Louis, as
the place for holding ,he democratic national
convention the first knock down tor Gov
Hendricks. 1t thinks he is stronger in Ohio
than Thurman, and stronger in New York
than Tildeu.
On Sunday night week the residence of
Rev. Thomas FL. Gltewood, Baptist minis
ter, who resides in Amherst county, Va, was
burned to the ground with all its contents. by
an accidental fire, and son of the minister,
aged ten years, who was sleeping in the house,
was suffocated and persisted in the flames
An indianapolis, Ind, correspondent
says: "!f Governor Hendricks should be
nominated for President by the dem ocrats the
work of the recent republican convention will
have been a vain one. For nothing in this
platform and ticket or in any that could be
made could succeed in Indiana against the
tremendous enthusiasm that nomination would
create"
- The New York Sun makes mention of
present made in 1877 | by Gen ingalls,. then
Assistant Quartermaster General, U. 8. A.,
to Mrs. President" Grant of a gold watch
said t" be worth $4,000. and calls attention
to the fact that since this present was made
Gen. Meigs, the quartermaster general of the
United States army, has been sent to Europe,
and Gen. ingalls, installed in his place.
- The San Francisco Bulletin says of the
depreciation of silver: ''The demand for the
trade dollar in China is no longer equal to the
supply of the minis here and at Carson, and
the result is an over>abundance of that coin
in circulation. This coin is now subjected to
discount of from four TO FIVE per centum :;
and this discouating is carried on in almost
every branch of business Even conductors
on the street cars now refuse to take them for
their face. and subject them to a discount of
ten per centum."