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Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1877-06-26

- a disastrous fire occurred at St. Johns,
New Brunswick, last week, by which $780,
600, 600 worth of property has been destroyed,
and 5000 people rendered homeless. Over
four hundred acres were burned over. and
although the loss is not so great, the suffering
is said to BIO equal if not greater than that of
Chicago
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1877-06-26

INVESTIGATING TIE RAILRoADs.-G1on
D. D. johnson arrived in the city. yesterday
on his return from Baltimore, where he has
been on duty a member of the Legislative
Committee, appointed last winter to investi
gate tho freight and passenger tariffs charged
by the B. & o. r. r. The committee is
composed of Col. johnson and Mr. Butler. of
Jefferson, on the part of the Senate, and Col.
Robinson of Mineral, Mr. johnson of Har>
rison, and Mr.. Lowe Of Marion, on the part
of the House. These gentlemen, with the
exception of Mr.. Lowe, have been holding
session of the Committee in Baltimore for
the past week, taking testimony in the line of
their Investigations The Committee will
have another sitting in Wheeling some time
in September, after Mr. Keyser's return from
Europe, before the final report is made up. =.
Wheeling Register, June 18Th.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1877-06-26

The female graduating class of Shep>
herd College. on their graduating examina>
tions stood 90 per cent.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1877-06-26

CHARLEsTowN ACADEMY COMMENCE
AENT.-The usual commencement exercises
of this institution were commenced on Thurs
day evening by an address by the Hon. Jas.
81. Grove, and were concluded on Friday
night by declamatory and other exercises by
the scholars themselves. OF Mr.. Groves
address We have only time and space to say
that it was able and learned, and gave
evidence of patient research and elaborate
preparation. 1t was perhaps better suited
from its general character to the alumni Of a
University, or a convention of teachers, than
to the youths to whom it was supposed to be
particularly addressed. 1t was evident, how
ever, from the attention of the audience
during the whole of the one hour and a-half
occupied by Mr. Grove, that he was neither
too learned nor too deep to be interesting
For ourselves, it has been so seldom that We
have heard anything on such occasions but
tri,e truisms regarding the advantages of ed
ucation, etc., that we were as surprised az
pleased at DIR. Groves departure from the
beaten and worn GU t track. On Friday even.
ing, the scholars of the Charlestown Academy,
in the presence of crowded audience, read
their original compositions, detained and
acted their part generally with much credit
to themselves and to the no small enjoyment
OF the public. The Academy. under the able
management of Mr.. VIM. H. Kable, is worthy
the patronage of all who desire for their soDs
either a thorough English, or classical ed
uestion. The large number of pupils who
attended last year, as shown by the Catalogue
now before US. proves, however, that the jn>
stitution is appreciated by the public, and re-
quires NO commentator from US.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1877-06-26

- Col. Geo. P. Kane has received the
Democratic nomination for Mayor of Balt>
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1877-06-26
To the Ladies.
AUCTIONEERING.

TTNHE undersigned having taken out license rs
j AuctIourer, offers his services IN that capac-
Ify to the citizens of Jefferson. Sales cried at
any point in the county. ut prices to snit the
times. Orders addressed to me at Charlestown
will receive prompt attention.
GEO. ". HENSON.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1877-06-26
GENFfLES VS.. JEWS.

A Mr. Seligman has been refused entertain
nent at the Grand Union Hotel at Saratoga,
by instructions of Judge Hinton, manager OF
the estate of the late A. T. Stewart, on the
ground of his being jew. The Alexandra
Gazette pointedly remarks:
"Gen. Grant drove the Jews out of his de-
psrtment when he commanded the army in
tho West during the war, and now Judge
Hilton, who is managing the estate of the
man Gen. Grant appointed Secretary of the
Treasury, the late A. T. Stewart, has issued
orders that Jews shall not be admitted into
his hotel at Sarategs, the Grand Union, even
though they be of such prominence as the
Seligmans of New York, members of the syn>
dictate for disposipg Of the government new
four per cent. loan. In both instances the
insult to large. worthy and thrifty portion
Of the oountry's population was rs gratuitous
as it was undeserved, and originated solely in
the desire to accumulate money; in the
former, because their shrewdness interfered
with the operations of Gen. Grants cotton
specializing friends, and in the latter because
their presence was supposed to keep away
from the hotel some of the shoddy aristocracy.
Ifever . people could boast of their untainted
Lineage it would be the Jews, AID why the
heirs OF a man who didn't know who his
grandfather was, and people who made the
money upon which to go to the Springs by
swindling the government to the detriment of
tho soldiers in the army, should be turning
up their noses at those who can trace an un>
broken descent through centuries that com>
menced before the Christian era, IS one among
the many unreasonable occurrences of the un>
reasonable age. However, if Judge Hilton
can stand it, we reckon the Jews can"
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1877-06-26
PURE BERKSHIRE PIGS.

DERsoNs in want of THOROUGHBRED
L PEDIGREED BERKSHIRE PIGS, can OBJ
tain them-singly or by the pair OF two-by
calling the undersigned. Price $ each
Every animal sold guaranteed to be of the
purest blood. ALBERT T. MOORE.
P. o. Chariestown, Jefferson Co. W. Va.
Angmst 8. 1916 Nv.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1877-06-26

CHILD'S CARRIAGE FOR SALE.
A VERY H.ndsome child's Carriage, as good
~ asE rev, will DO sold low. Enquire .t
c. z. BELLERrS,
June S. ISL. Market. House square.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1877-06-26

imparting health and sire
everywhere. Office, IS NJ
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1877-06-26

LUM BIER! LUMBER!!
EESCING and Building Lumber furnished to
l. order. by WEIRICK & WELLER.
Juno 5, ISL.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1877-06-26

lust received . nice assortment OF Malaga
- Strav and Msckinaw Hats for Men and Boys.
llTHITE SPREA DIS from IS to Sls5.
w Dtess Goods in great variety and cheap.
DROWN Linen Drill and White Linen Duck,
at GEO. w. TAYLOR'S,
May %, 1877. Near ID. Market.
The Jasper weekly courier., 1877-11-16

Sweet are the uses of retributive JUS
tice. In passing through train on the
New York Central Railroad TO collect
tickets, the conductor encountered,
east of Utica, colored man who had
neither ticket nor medium Of exchange,
and, after desultoiy discussion,
stopped the cars and kicked him off the
platform. A few weeks afterward, the
conductor took chair in barber-shop
in Albany, under the ministration of a
colored man. The barber covered his
customers face with lather, whipped
out glittering razor, and, while he
was improving its edge by means of a
strop that dangled from the wall, re-
marked to the gentleman in the chair:
" Say, boss, you doesn't know me, does
you? Does you remember de fellah you
lambed from your train up at Tribes
Hill? Dat was bad thing for you to
do, sab, an l remembers it we'll"
Right here the conductor bounded from
his chair and danced around the room
with the lather dripping from his chin
and his hair standing on end. He was
finally induced TO resume his seat, on
the barber's pledging himself to do no
but he did not enjoy the shave,
and brcathed more freely when he was
outside of the shop.
The Jasper weekly courier., 1877-11-16

AT the recent biennial session of the
Evangelical Alliance, held in Detroit,
the Rev. j. M. Buckley. ID. d., present.
ed an elaborate statistical paper on
nominationalism," in which he
gave the following list Of different sects
in Great Britain, as returned to the Reg
istrar-General, to the great amusement
Of the audience as some long or peculiar
name was read
Apostolics, Armenian, New Society,
Bapiists, Baptized Believers, Believers
in Christ, Bible Christians, Bible De
fense Association, Brethren Calvinistic
Baptists, Catholic and Apostolic Church,
Christians who object TO be otherwise
designated, Christian Believers,
Christian Brethren, Christian
Eliastes, Christian Israelites, Chris
tian Teetotalers. Christian Tenn
perance Men, Christian Unionists,
Church Of Scotland, Church of Christ,
Countess Of Huntington's Connection,
Disciples in Christ, Eastern Orthodox
Greek Church, Electics, Episcopalian
Disscnters, Evangelical Unionists, Fol-
lowers Of the Lord Jesus Christ, Free
Grace Gospel Christians, Free Gospel
Church, Free Christians, Free Church,
Free Church (EpiscopaD, Free Church
Of England, Free Union Church, Gen.
tral Baptist, General Baptist New Con-
nection, German Lutheran, German
Roman Catholic, Greek Catholic, Hal
lelujah Band, Independents, Independ-
ent Religious Reformers, Independent
Unionists, Inghamites, Jews, Latter Day
Saints, Modern Methodists, Mormons,
New Connection Of Wesleyans, New Je-
rusalcm Church, New Church, Old Bap-
fists, Original Connection Of Wesleyans,
Plymouth Brethren, Peculiar People,
Presbyterian Church in England, Primi-
tive Methodists, Progressionists, Protes-
tans adhcring to the Articles of the
Church Of England one to eighteen in
elusive, but rejecting order and ritual,
Providence, Quakers, Rantcrs, Reform
crs, Reformed Presbyterans or Cove
nanters, Rccreative Raligionists, Refuge
Methodists, Reform Free Church Of Wes-
leyan Methodists, Rewvalists, Roman
Catholics, Salem Society, Sandemani-
ans, Scotch Baptists, Second Advent
Brethren, Separatists (protestants),
Seventh-Day Baptists, Swedenborgians,
Testimony Congregational Church,
Trinitarians, Union Baptists, Unitarians,
Unitarian Christian, United Christian
Church, United Free Methodist Church,
United Brethren or Moravians, United
Presbyterian, Unitarian Baptists, Welsh
Calvinistic Methodists, Welsh Free
Presbyterians, Wesleyan Methodist As
sociation, Wesleyan Reformers and
Wesleyan Reform Glory Band.
The Jasper weekly courier., 1877-11-16
How to Tell the Age Of . Horse.

Up to the period when colt has q
full set of teeth the peculiar character
of them is q good indication Of the age
Of the animal. After that the age of the
horse is indicated by the wearing down
Of the teeth. When colt is year old
he has cut ~ nippers and l6 grinders.
During the second year the permanent
teeth begin to appear and the nippers
become worn. During the third year
the milk or first teeth fall out and are
replaced by permanent teeth, which are
larger than the first ones. The grind
ers are also increased to six in each jaw.
AT 5 years the mouth is complete. Af-
ter years no precise reliance can be
placed on the teeth as an indication Of
age, as it is obvious much depends on
the manner Of feeding the horse. II he
is pasturcd to any extent the teeth be-
come worn down sooner than II he had
been fed on soft food.
The Jasper weekly courier., 1877-11-16

Nearly every lumber-mill on the
Saginaw River is also salt-mill, the
brine being boiled by the exhausted or
waste steam from the saw-mill
They have been successful in com
pleting a paper chimney 80 feet high in
Breslau. A chemical solution prevents
any chance Of fire.
A Maryland peach-grower is said to
have shipped 20 barrels Of peach-kerncls
70 Dayton, o., recently, to be used for
"chemical purposes.
Rancid butter is liked in Iceland,
and commission Of Icclandcrs are in
this country to establish an agency for
forwarding the article in large quanti-
ties.
The novel Bilierica and Bedford
Railroad, in Massachusetts, whose gauge
u but "a inches, and the rolling-stock
almost like toy-cars, has been opened
for public travel.
Vermont has lately sent the first
powder-mill machinery ever exported
from this country 10 Russia. II Is TO be
erected near the city Of st. Petersburg.
Russia has long been good customer
Tor our locomotives
A wash composed Of lime, salt and
iine sand or wood ashes, put on in the
ordinary way of whitewash, renders a
single roof much safer against fire
from sparks and falling cinders, in case
q fire in the vicinity.
A French chemist is said to have
succeeded In producing paint with
which to illuminate the numbers on
street doors AZ night. Figures traced
with i are so lustrous as to be read even
On dark night, and the preparation Of
me compound Is said To be simple, in
expensive, and not injurious.
1t has often been attempted to
measure the speed Of the electric cur
rent The return Of the current, in an
experiment, to the very place whence II
Aartcd, having been to Persia and back,
adistance Of 400 miles, was instantane-
Gus. Electricians have cndcavorcd 10
give measure 10 the speed Of the cleo
VIC current, and the best thing that
'ney have been able 10 do Is 10 say that,
teast, II travels nj the rate Of 200, 900
miles second.
Herr Boefingcr, an ingenious zen
ueman Of Heilbronn, has invented what
ne calls Patentirtepetroleumkochap-
Parat-in plain English, a patent pctro-
Nnm cooking apparatus, which pos
scsses the peculiar quality Of lighting
nseii " any specified hour. The ma
cn'nc Is furnished with an Indicator, the
niger of which can be turned 10 the ap-
pointed time, and when the time arrives
sne iire begins 70 burn, the water To boil
anu the meat 70 roast. A man who
wants an carly breakfast supposing
The Jasper weekly courier., 1877-11-16

a rail tornIng'with him; his gln-ham-
mer stfnck against the rail, discharging
the contents 81 one barrel, which enter
ed his temple, and killed him Instantly.
AT Somevsst, Os, william FInciz and
William Fr0ncweres out hunting, stvlien
Finck accidentally discharged 4 his
guppnd lodged the contents In From's
heart, killing the latter instantly. -
"A little boy at Scranton, Pa, put b
cartridge in a toy pistol, and while at
tempting 70 cock Che pistol the load was
discharged into his abdomen, producing
probably fatal injuries. The body Of
Charles Perry, aged 10, WAS found in
the woods near Nyack, N. Y. His
double-barreled shotgun was lying
across his body, the contents Of the
right barrel having entered the head
behind the left ear, indicating accident
al shooting AT Cowansville, Ont,
Peter Cowan, Jr., Sheriff Of the County,
went out hunting accompanied by his
book-keeper. When returning home
they became separated in the thick un-
dcrbrush, and the book-keeper, making
mistake, took Cowan's hat above the
brush for partridge, and fired, the
contents Of the gun lodging IN the un-
fortunate gentleman's head, from which
ne died two hours afterwards.
The Jasper weekly courier., 1877-11-16
WEEKLY COURIER.
Q. DoAEE, Publisher.
JASPER, INDIANA.
ITEMS or INTEREST.


~sr""@s 8hu AhteEHEys
Bishop Mcl.arcn, Of Illinois, was
once local reporter'on the staff Of the
Cleveland Piaindedier.
Twenty thousand copies OF the
cheap edition Of Victor Hugo's +" IIisto-
ry Of Crime" were sold In Paris in a
single day.
John Hay, author Of "Lttle
Breeches,' etc. lives In sumptuous
style in Cleveland, Ohio, where he mar
ried the daughter of very wealthy cit
izsn.
zIresidsnt Eliot, ofIIarvard College,
and Miss Grace Hopkinson, daughter
Of Judge Hopkinson, Of New Hamp-
shire, were quietly married few days
John Burroughs, the charming
writer on birds and nature, is native
Of Delaware County, N. r., is nearly As
and the husband Of former pupil. He
prefers the woods and fields 10 all else,
and can equal Thoreau in his accounts
Of wllst he finds there.
A most remarkable case Of lonceyi-
ty and bodily and mental vigor is fur
nished by DIR. Benjamin Walworth, Of
Fredonia, NJ Y, the only surviving
brother of Chancellor Walworth, born in
November, 1882, and, though il his
ninety-iifth year, still engaged in the du-
ties Of his profession as physician.
Lucy Stone is 6S years old, 80 Of
which she has spent in vain endeayor TO
establish the equality Of sexes. Her hair
is slightly threaded with gray, brushed
smoothly from her face, which is round
and plump, and bears but little traces
Of her age. She is quite fieshy, dresses
plainly, and II met on the street would
strikeone asamotherly, as ,philmthropic old
lady rather than an orator and reyolu-
tionist>
Prof. George r. Fisher, Of Yale
College, the author OF book on "The
Reformation" has in press similar
work on (" The Beginnings Of Christian
ity, with View Of the State of the Ro-
man World at the Birth Of Christi in
which he reviews in detail the historical
preparations for Christianity and docu-
ments Of Christianity, and also the de-
vclopment Of the faith during the first
century after Christ.
Miss Rhoda Broughton lives the
greater part of the time in the beautiful
vale Of Clwyd, Wales, and has doubt
less derived her love Of scenery and
power Of describing it from constantly
having before her the mountains and
wales Of that beautiful country. She is
about 80 years Of age, aud Is described
as "spiritual In expression, with light,
quick, impatient manner. Her face is
an In eliectual one, with an appearance
Of will and active imagination. She has
good figure, Of about the average
height
The Jasper weekly courier., 1877-11-16
Haps and Mlshsps.

A. g. bort, prominent citizen Of
Omaha, was found dead In his flour
mill near Papillion, Sarpy County, hav-
ing been caught in the machinery and
crushed to death
The 9-year-old daughter Of $. B.
Childs, conductor on the Chicago,
Burlington and Quincy Railroad, was
drowned in well at Osceola, Iowa,
which was left uncovered while being
repaired.
AT Norton's Ferry, o., physician
prescribed a mixture containing luculia
for Mrs. J. w. Grey; the drug-clerk
substituted aconite by mistake. and in
few hours after taking the medicine the
patient was a corpse.
Shooting accidents: Jake Ray,
while hunting near Kokomo, Ind, shot
Ut a squirrel, The ball glanced toward
the residence Of County Commissioner
David Smith, seriously wounding his
son, Otto, years old, in the abb
domen. A young man named Bucking-
ham was seriously wounded at Terrc
Hautc, Ind, during a scuille with com
panion.--J. N. Mcmillan, living near
New Bloomington, Marion County, o.,
while out hunting, slipped of q fence BY
The Jasper weekly courier., 1877-11-16

A Chicago man visited this city the
other day for the first time. in twenty
wears. "Yes,r he said complacently,
~ haven't been idle all this time. I've
laid away hundred thousand or 50,
my boy.'' "SoPr said my boy. ~
congratulate you, sir. When did you
default P'--R Rochester Democrat.
The Jasper weekly courier., 1877-11-16

England pays high price for her
opium. II il estimated that l,033,OOO
acres Of the best land in India are de-
voted TO the growth Of the poppy, and
the Chinese Ambassador TO England At
tributes the Indian famine TO that fact.
The Jasper weekly courier., 1877-11-16

him to be the fortunate owner OF a
neutrality-suspicious. ochapparat has
'thvs only vp,arpnge matters over night,
~ the irrlicat0r, and on rising next
'mdrning le viii findevcry thing ready
without the intervention Of sleepy and
probably diilicult-to-bc-awakcned scry-
The Jasper weekly courier., 1877-11-16

ahe. tti u ssrrffffft rft ftftaf 81 fi
school and Church.
A homeopathic medical department
has just been opened in connection with
the State University OF Iowa.
Mrs. Garlick, Of California. is run
ming for School Superintendent, and, Is
naturally looked upon as an unusually
strong candidate.
The Free-will Baptists have in this
country 1865 quarterly meetings, 1,343
churches, 1,1S8 ordained ministers, and
over $4,000 communicates, together
with number Of colleges, seminaries,
and newspapers.
In Boston the question Of classical
education in the free schools is under
discussion. Mayor Prince, Charles
Francis Adams. Oliver Wendell Holmes,
and many Others publish remon-
STRANGE against the entire public being
taxed for the exclusive benefit Of the few.
Rev. Samuel Isaac Joseph Schench-
awsky, d. d., has been consecrated Mis-
sionary Bishop Of the p. T.. Church Of
Shanghai, with jurisdiction over the en-
tire Chinese Empire. The ceremony
took place at Grace Church, New York,
and was participated in by seventeen
Bishops.
The State Of Texas has Just pur
chased l,4OO acres Of land. with valua-
BILE buildings and Improvements, near
Hampstead, for the State University for
colored youths. The price paid was
$4,000. The intention is to combine
the State University with the Agricul-
tural and Mechanical College, the same
In effect to be a branch Of the college at
Bryan.
George William Curtis for the past
two years has conducted services in the
Church Of the Redeemer, at New Brigh-
ton, Staten Island, N. Y. He reads each
Sunday A selected sermon from the
production Of famous theologians. The
church is Unitarian. Mr.. Curtis receives
nothing for his services, though the
church formerly employed pastor at
salary Of S3, 3,OOU per annum.
In a sermon at New York, Bishop
Lay, of the Eastern Diocese OF Mary
land, told an interesting story Of Gen.
Lee, who wrote to him Immediately af.
ter the war earnestly urging him TO OPP
pose all attempts at maintaining a sep
aration between the Northern and the
Southern churches, and insisting upon
the duty Of all Christian men to coop
crate actively in restoring unity, peace,
and concord throughout the whole
country.
The Jasper weekly courier., 1877-11-16


The editor who saw lady making
for the only empty seat in car found
himself crowded out TO make room for
more interesting matter"
An American tourist says that q
San Domingo revolution consists of "a
few yells, three or four boots, some one
accidentally wounded, and come home,
darling-all is forgiven"
The rural districts are literally alive
with tramps, and poultry do not enjoy
their usual facilities for growing old. "A
pious farmer says he does not see why
Providence didn't teach chickens to
roost under the barn. BROOKLYN Union.
There's nothing to exceed the dia-
bolical satisfaction man will take in
announcing TO his wife, after he has got
his shirt on, that there is a button miss
ing; and the keen delight he feels in
seeing her dance around the room after
needle and thread, while she listens
to lecture on Internal carelessness, APP
proaches ecstacy. But look out when
she gets that button on, bites the thread
off with snap and commences-"There
now
John Henry's girl has a father, and
the father has a dog. John Henry new
er could understand why the old man
called that dog "Glue," but Sunday
night the dog mistook John for another
fellow, and fastened to him. and they
waltzed all around the front yard. After
the trouble was quieted, John started
home for some new clothes, and a. he
wandered along he murmured: "Ah,
yes, | see. Glue, TO be sure--sticks so."
--Rome Sentinel
THE CONFESSION.
F" Aha tits cold. Ill wear" he said,
My overcoat this morning"
Ills wife turned pale. and then grew red
At this, the note Of warning.
Intcars she bent; he, stern and cold
suspectingly repulscd her.
4" Forgive" sobbed she, =" last June sold
An image man your Ulsterr'
ST. Louis Journal.