Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1879-07-29
PEN. INK AND SCISSORS.
The debt of the city of Paris now ex

The debt of the city of Paris now ex-
ceeds ftty>six million dollars.
One Thousand pounds of dried cherries
were purchased in two days by firm at
Front Royal, va.
The trade .mark of certain brand OF
whisky was sold for s5l .050. at public sale,
few days ago, in Louisville, ny.
1t is reported that the will of Mrs.
Dorsey. beoueathing all her property to JEFF
ferson Davis, ia to be contested by her re-
la.ions: -------- ----------------
:: = The survivors Of the 1l4th regiment
N. Y. volunteers. to the number of about
three hundred, and number of citizens,
will mako an excursion 10 the valley OF VIZ
ginia 10 September next.
- Dennis Manning. frcman OF steam
shin, plying between Havana and New York,
died at Brooklyn on Tuesday. of what the
physicians pronounced fully Developed case
of yellow fever. His vessel arrived IN Ne"
York on the 18th of July.
One positive stop in advance has been
taken -ont the Darien canal project. NJ. DO
Lessepss' agent has made deposit of 5 81
600 in London to the credit of the Colum>
bian goyornment as a forfeit or guarantee OF
sincerity 10 accepting the concession.
- Mr. de Lesscps, tho engineer of the
Suez canal, predicts that the canal across the
isthmus OF Darien, thus connecting the At
lautc and Pacific, will assuredly be con-
structed, and thinks there will be no difficulty
in raising one hundred million dollars TO
prosecute the undertaking.
- The outlook in Memphis is gloomy
ope The fever has assumed moro malig
naut form, and the death rate is increasing.
Troops occupy the city to prevent any out
break OF lawlessness, and the few white
residents who remain have settled down to
the long and weary waiting for the autumn
frcsts.
- The Winchester Times states that Mi.
Holmes Conrad and Major r W. Hunter
visited Chambersburg. Pa and had a con-
ference with President Kennedy and tho
Cumberland Valley railroad directors in re,
gard to tho Martinsburg and Winchester
extension, but found them not prepared TO
say what rent they wonld nay for the road
from tho Berkeley line to Winchester in the
event of its construction By Frederick coun-
ty.
- Tho Rov. John P. Hyic. of Lonoak
College, this city, leaves tomorrow for
Washington to meet ether relations of his
family, for taking preliminary measures to
secure the large fortune no" iOcEed up IN
the vaults OF tho bank Of England awaiting
tho proper Identification Of tho American
family, as heirs Of the John Hyde Who emf
grated to America at early period and to
whom the fortune dcsceudcd from two broth
ers in India.
[Hurti"sIag Statesmen, JuIy 24M.
- Drs. Ckai!Ie aud Sternberr, Of the
tional board of health are in Havana look,
ing alter the yellow fever at lis source and in
its physiological aspects, They seek some
information in regard to the problem OF CO
tagion, whether blacks whites arc most
susceptible to it, and whether recent arrivals
in the tropics or old residents are more like
ly to contract the disease. They propose to
experiment upon lot OF anin,als-whitc
rabbits. guinea pigs, dogs, cats, fowls and
monkeys-hy the means of series of inncu-
lgtions with the various characteristic finds
emnnating from the body of persons having
tho fever, from the yellow perspir"tion to the
black vomt. The arrangements for the ez-
periments are elaborate and careful, and i'm
portant results may be looked for.