Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1877-01-23
PEN. INK AND SCISSORS,


Just married woman eighty. five years old
= Governor Colquitt, of Georgia, is a
jealous Baptist, and breaches every Sunday
to the negroes whom he employs.
The entire coffee crop of the world of
last year was 100000, 900 pounds, of which
the United States imported onc>third.
= Every place in Vermont where liquor
is sold as beverage is by law declared 8
common nuisance, and the keeper is subject
to fine of $500
A popular Boston clergyman is cclebra
ted as having been happy and fortunate
person on. Christmas day. He received
twenty six pairs of slippers.
= The exports from Richmond. Vn., for
tho year 1876 amounted to IS U46 6G6,
against So 254 600 in 1875. The imports
for 1876 were S2l4, 755, against S563, G69 IN
1875.
- DR.. Spicer Patrick, living near Charles
ton, Kauawha county, W Va, now in the
S6th year of his age. has been member Of
the Masonic Fraternity for CT years, having
joined that order in 1912.
- Gov. Stannard, of Missouri, n strong
and earnest Republican. and who has been
houored by that party with many positions of
honor, has declared his opinion that TiIden is
fairly elected and should he iuausurated
Madison Doom, the watchmnn who elected
negro of bad character from tho railroad
depot in StauDton, Va, for disorder!y con-
duct, and vas sentenced therefor, By Judge
Rives, of the u S. District Court, under the
civil rights bill, to Imprisonment, has been
pardoncd.
- The Governor of Virginia has approved
an &C. to authorize the supervisors of Clarke
county TO issue new bonds for its subscription
of 100000 to the capital stock Of the Shen-
andoah Valley Railroad Company also an
act to amend the charter of the Clarke County
Cooperative Company.
- Messrs Moody and Sankoy having FIN
ished in Chicago, begun their evangelical
work in Boston last week. They are to
preach in that city three mouths. The
Tabernacle for the exercises has been com>
pletcd, covering an urea Of 10 coo feet, scat
Ing 6,G00 people and costing $4,000.
x Gen. John J. jackson, for the last fifty
years identified with the growth and history
of Parkersburg, W. Va. died Monday morn.
ing week, at his home. in that place, after
brief illness, aged IS years. He was the
fathe. of Hon. John J Jackson, Jr.. United
States district judge for West Virginia.
- Philip p. Bliss, the hymn writer au~
thor of "HoI1 the Fort "Thc Armoc
Bearer" "A1most Persuaded" and scores CT
other popular hymns, was On the train that
went down at Ashtahula. he could hnv"
escaped, but stayed by the aud was burned
to death rather than leave has vile and chill
dren to perish.
- Here is piece of testimony given te>
fore the Congressional investigating commit
toe concerning Bossier parish, Louisiana
" Hutton was figuring away on a piece Of
paper when I came up" said Mr.. Swami.
Republican, before tho Shreveport commits
tee Ale figuring away at Smith vote
for Congress, and conld not mako it meet.
IN have to count out those two polls in
Bpssier. after all, nc remarked. Il did not
want to do it, but lis got 10 be done to elect
Smith,"
A colorcd man, named Lewis, who has
been in the habit Of voting the Democratic
ticket, was set upon at Viewpoint. Matthews
county. Va. en- Saturday week, by crowd
OF drunken negroes, and :cry badly beaten,
his oticnsc being in having voted for Ii!den
at the presidential! election. Tho negroes
numbered about thirty, aud in shor; time
they were confronted by some forty white cit
izens, who had been notified of the row. A
ekirmish casued. in which a number Of per-
sons were injured, after which the negroes
decampcd.
On the morning of the 2Gh u?t, the
tobacco factory OF y b. TanquaTy, at Lex
inyton, Va, was burned it is SURPASSED by an
iucendary, iEfict;H2 loss OF IS, 900 In
surcd to the amount oi 81 Geo Tac Ga
=eHce says I'VE understand thst it is the
intention of Mr.. Tan9uary to resume shortly
the operations of his tobacco factory. Many
will be cad to hear this, quite a number
obtained employment there, the loss OF which
at this season of the year will be severely
felt besides, it the only industry Of tho
kind in the county, aud where large portion
of the tobacco rEiscrs in the county found
good market"
Tho recent dreadful railroad accident
at AshtabuIa, Ohio, by which many lives
were lost, is creating some apprehension to
danger on other railroads which s7c compelled
to use two locomotives, as was tho case st
JAshtabula The baltimore and Ohio rail-
road officers have adopted wise prccauti"n
in this regard. In such weather is now
prevalent they have Of course, to use two 10
comotives at certain sections of the road, but
Whenever a train thus drawn reaches bridge,
the front engine is detached and crosses the
bridge alone the other engine following with
the train of cars:-Butjn3Orc San.
Gen. LONGsTREET DECLARES NICHOLS
Fairly ELECTED.-A telegraph dispatch
from New Orleans to the n. y. Herald, un-
der date Of the 18th instant, says:
General Longstrcct was interviewed by
your correspondent late tonight and OK
pressed his firm conviction that the Nichols
government had been fairly elected, and that
it should and would be sustained. The Re-
turning Board had been unjust in its action,
and he declined recognizing it i'll shy event
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