Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1876-11-21
PEN, INK AND SCISSORS.


Rich deposits of gold have been dis
covered within short distance of Danyille.
Virgins.
John T. Trego has purchased the Berke.
ley Springs Hotel, at Berkeley Springs, West
Virginia, for s35, 600 cash.
= The people adopted the Constitutional
amendments in Virginia. One of them was.
no man should vote who had not paid his poll
tax.
The Count Of Paris has sent $50 to the
Southern Historical Society of Richmond.
Va, with request for a certificate of life
membership.
"A New York Correspondent of the Phil,
adelphia Times suggests Hon G. J. Faulk-
ner for Attorney General of the United States
under President Tildes.
- Beavers have made their appearance in
large numbers in Cumberland and adjacent
counties of Virginia, AID along the tributa-
ries of the Appomattox river.
The vegetable aud mineral exhibits COM
prised in the special displays of West Virgini,
an dOregan presented at the Centennial, have
been presented to the Philadelphia author
tiles.
= Philip DA1r, now in his 105th year.
walked from his home. five miles distant from
Front Royal. Va, on the It'll instant. and cast
his vote for Tilden, Hendricks and reform, at
that precinct
= Hon. j. NJ. Bennett, of CIarksburg,
West Va, last week sold to some Pittsburg
parties tract of coal land in Calhoun and
GiImer counties in this State Tho amount
realized from tho sale is sos 0G0
Governor Jacob has issued his procla>
duly elected q. the recent election, as Circuit
Judge OF the Fourth Judicisl District, to fill
the vacancy caused by the death of j. w. F.
Allen.
Mr.. George D Horder, of Appomattox,
has effected the sale of one of his gold mines,
embedded in that county, to a northern i'm
for 100000. He owns three other mines
in the same couRty, each Of them being of
equal value.
II The st. Louis Globe Democrat suggest,
that if distinguished citizens of both politi-
cal parties" ore to so to New Orleans to assist
in the count, Mr.. Carl Schurz ought to 90 by
all meaBs, IS he is distinguished citizen OF
both political parties"
- During the official term of the Centen
NAL exhibition the Ry-Wheel of the Corliss
engine. which ia thirty feet in diameter, In ade
1855, 800 revolutions, at which rate any
point in its circumference travelled during
tina. time forty thousand one hundred and
forty seven miles.
The official returns from all the coun.
ties and cities in Virgini. give the TrIden
electors l4O.6ll, and the Hayes electors Co.,
75S-majority in the State for the Tildsn
electors 43 ,S33 for the constitutional amend
ments, 30Sl4 Gov. Kcmper's vote was
l2O,738; Hughes, 95 MINORITY for
Kemper p, $50. Conservative net gain 49,
644.
= The country is to be congratulated, in
the opinion of the Washington Star. that the
even balance of parties in the next House of
Representatives will tend to break up abscn>
teeism. Last session, owing to the large mas
jority of the dominant party, beth Democrats
and Republicans abscnted themselves, seem
ing to think that their presence would not
affect the result of votes on legislative mea-
sures. and in consequence there was scarcely
day of the session when more than two
thirds of the members were present.