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Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1879-05-20

foR WASHING PAINTs.-Put a teaspoon
full OF ammonia in quart of moderately no.
water, dip into it flannel cloth and rub the
wood work with il. This is less work, and
better for the paint than to scrub with soap.
A few drops of ammonia on n wet rag will
clean mirrors and windows better thsn uuy
amount Of soap, and save time and labor
besides.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1879-05-20
Early Corn.

A correspondent of Ticks Magazine gives
the following directions for bringing corn to
maturity early in the season. adding that he
picked corn last year inside of sixty days
from the time of planting: ''Let the
ditions of the soil and manure be the best you
can command, and aside from the frequent
wedding and hoeing stirring the ground
,horoug hly, thin the stalks to three or four,
three is best if you would have the largest ears
and most of them. Pluck out numerically
every sucker and non>bearing stulk-tha.
process alone will hasten your corn a week or
ten days, as have come to believe from ex>
pertinent 1 have added this year top
dressing at each hill. when tho corn was we'll
up-a compost Of one part plaster, two parts
ashes, and two parts foe manure, which, l
think has been a great advantage"
Those who wish early corn should not only
have for seed what is called ''an early kind"
but they should obtain it from as far North
rs possible. Seed corn raised in Canada and
taken South will come to perfection one, two
or three weeks earlier than that Iipened on
the spot. The reason is that the seed raised
in the North has adapted itself to short
season. This is true, in a manner, Of oil
seeds.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1879-05-20
NEW PLASTER MILL.

dVlNG our Steam Plas ter II Ill in fu II op-
! i GRAFTON, offer first rate lot of Finely
Ground PIaetcr, at tower rates thar has been sold
here for many years LlPPIfr 4 co
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1879-05-20
TilzOi9's Old Reliable
FURNITURE HOUSE,

Red Mems Hall, Winchester, Ia.
THHOSE desiring Furniture should remember
l. that the EstAbiishmen mt of JOHN ElLWlG. at
Red Mems building, Winchester. ia ohe OF tho
Largest and Most Complete in the South. His
stock on hA nd embraces the very latest and most
fashionable styles of
CHAMBER, DINING AND PARLOR
SETS, KITCHEN FURNITURE, sc.
H. i. prepared to turn out every description of
Cabinet It'l1.nitu1.e,
employing the most experienced workmen in
every department. This establishment 10 known
far and wide, having been in successful operation
many years. lie 10 prepared to execute in the
beet man ner all kinds OF Cabinet Work ordered,
At or below Ba ltimore Prices.
UNDERTAKING at the most moderate price,,
aud metallic CASkETS furnish Ia at low er ra tie
than elsewhere in tho Valley.
lima ls7S-1y.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1879-05-20

TTNHE Celebrated Oyster Homemade Kip Boots
for sale at NIMROD TRUSSELL'S
October s, 1878.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1879-05-20
CUMBERLAND COAL.

{57E offer first rate lot of Coal for Steam and
w Smiths purposes. at greatly reduced rates.
Will keep constant supply.
July 10, 1877. IIPPITT & CO.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1879-05-20

HARRISON BROS (warranted pure) Ready
] Mixed Paints, as low as any fret class goods
in the market. for sale BY HORACE BEALL.
Unable AND POCKET CUTLERY, enc
sortment just received aud for sale At latest
market prices by HORACE BEALL.
TRIPLE Plated Silver Spoons and Forks. for
sale by HORACE BEALL.
4 FINE ASSORTMENT of Walters, Tea Tray,
n &C., for sale at reduced prices. bv
November 5, 1878. HORACE BEALL.
lust RECEIVED have just received nice
y assortment OF Wooden Buckets. Tubs, Wash
Boards, Rrooms, &C.. all OF which will be cold a
living profit JOSEPH H. EAsTERDAY.
Next door to National Bank.
March IS. 1879.
7n0 KEGS Wheeling Nails. and IS kegs OF
loO Horse Shoes, just received and for snle.
March 25. 1879. DUKE GALLAHER.
NEW York Early Rose Seed Potatoes for sale.
IN March 25. DUKE & GALLAHER.
A FULL stock Of Hardware and other goods in
N line just received.
March IS, 1879. DUKE & GALLAHER,
TINRACE CHAINS. Horse Collars. &c.
L March 25 1879. DUKE GALLAHER.
I ANDRETH's and Crossmnn's Fresh Garden
IL Seed, for sale by HORACE BEALL.
PEtNs and HOMINY, FOR sale very ehe.p. By
- J1u II, 1879. S. 8. DALGARS.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1879-05-20
HARNESS, SADDLES AND BRIDES,

At Charlesto,cn, Jefferson County, Virginia.
TNHE un ersig n ed respectfully announc- GA
l. es the cItirens OF Charlestown anoefGzGi&
vicinity 7, that be is constantly making and
repairing Car ringe. C Ig Buggy, Coach and agon
HARNESS., SADDLES, BRlpLES, HALTERs,
Sc. in tho most durable 1nGpner, and the most
modern style of workma ship, and Al short notice
and upon Giving" terms. My work commenos
itself. All ask is share ofthe public patronage.
btCall upon me NJ my establishmsnton Mar
ket-House Square.
HENRY D. MIDDLEKAUFF.
Novemher I. ls66-Y
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1879-05-20

EREsH CUCUMBER PICKLES jus. received.
Il and for saIe by s.. DALGARS
April -, 1879.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1879-05-20
HATS AND CASSIMERES.
DITCHING AND EICAVATING.

THE undersigned still offers his services as
i competent workman in the above line
Dltching and Excavating of all kinds under
taken at moderate rates. and faithfully ex-
ecuted. Orders left at residence. on West Con-
gress ST., Will receive promnt atterfinn.
WESLEY LOWRY.
February 4 1S7o-2m
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1879-05-20
BOOT AND SHOE MAKING,
And 1cpairinE

TNHos. U SPINKs would give no. 49,
i tice tn lat he has recently removed EESM
his Boot and Shoe Shop to his resi-. vSs~ASE.se3BD
dence on Main street. three doors below West ST.,
where he il prepared to
MANUFACTURES OR REPAIR
Boots, Shoes, Caters, Slippers, Sc, at short
tice and upon reasonable terms. Every effort ill
be made to give ton 10 customers and the
patronage OF the public il respectfully solicited.
March 81, 1876.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-02-13
THE BLAINE INVESTIGATION.
. AT CHARLESTON, 8. C.

4 4 .f-u II AT CHARLESTON, g. G. ~
re The Teller Committee, resumed its
sittings at Washington, last week. E. W. Mac
kay, defeated Republican candidate for Con-
gress in South Carolina, was the first witness
He testified that the Republicans were, in
numerous ways, prevented i. from hay
ing full and free vote in Charleston
county, and that the Democrats resorted to
frauds for that purpose. Witness, in order to
counterfeit the Democrats, had 5000 tissue
tickets printed, aud these were to be used only
in the event that the Republicans were certain
the Democrats were using tissue tickets. R.
M. Wallace, United States Marshal for South
Carolina, testified to arresting Democrats for
breaking up Republican meetings, but on con-
viction resulted. The Democrats regarded the
voting of tissue ballots as a huge joke on the
Republicans, saying that they had learned
tricks from the Republicans, and were now
beating them at their own game 4
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-02-13
LaZineSs as a Disease.

Laziness, says the Lady's Journal,
bad disease, and, like many other kinds
often self imposed. In the case of ma
individuals, it is an inherited malac
and consequently hard to GUST from
system. But it is oftener the case tt
the disgusting temper is brought on
their own deliberate selfshness-b,
vastly -discreditable disposition to shi
the inevitable burdens incident to livi
decent life. Laziness of this kind
one of the cardinal sins, and shou
submit the offender to the discipline
the treadmill. More particularly is la
ness offensive in the young and health
To learn to work, and work cheerful
is the central Lesson of life. Begin
learn it early; eschew laziness as Il
most disgusting of all faults, and o;
that will surely end in hopeless miser
for, depend upon it, none can be SO
sensible through laziness as to be. in t
end, incapable of suffering. Nature
in the event of a non9payment of b
demands, a stern and merciless creditt
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-02-13
WASHINGTON NOTES.

Canadian papers say there is no
foundation for the story that Sitting Bull has
returned to American soil t.qt. '.
The President has nominated Digby
v Bell Collector of Customs at Detroit, Mich.
Asernt n s Badger, Collector at New Orleans,
vice George u Smith, to be removed, and
William S. Mcmillan Postmaster at New Orleans,
vice Badger. zs.f
Secretary Sherman believes that a
good plan to raise funds to meet the require
ments of the new Pension law would be to au-
thorize $40,O0,0 GO of 4-per- cent bonds, which
he could sell after taking up all available SKIES
the latter part of the year; but the better plan
still, he thinks, would be to enact national
income tax, and pay pensions out of the pro-
Deeds at the rate OF ss,ooo,eoo or 100000
annually.
The Finance Committee of the Sen
ate have voted TO recommend reduction of the
tobacco tax TO l6 cents per pound
Elk Chief Justice Casey, of the Unit
ed States Court of Claims, died at Washington,
last week, aged Ga.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-02-13
Has Edison Failed ?

The continued silence of Mr.. Edison,
inventor, with regard to the electric
light, which, for nearly year, the pub
llc ! has been led to believe, was about to
be rendered practicable forthe ordinary
purposes of illumination, has had re-
dictionary effect upon gas stocks. Tie
theories of Mr.. Edison were at first
hailed by some of the press as accom-
plished facts, and produced nervous
ness among the holders OF, shares,
which exhibited itself in decline of at
least 80 per cent in the quotation of
values not, only here but abroad. Sci
entific men all over the world have ex-
perimented, and nearly, all have pro-
duced an electric light from which, at
the outset, they, expected great things,
but latterly have confessed their in
ability. to divide and make it practicable
as a competitor of gas. l.s s-l]aa 2
4 These statements, however, have not
been made with the force that should
always accompany a. positive declara-
ton. Probably the scientists preferred
that Mr., Edison should have all time
and opportunity to perfect his theory
or acknowledge his failure, without the
possibility of jealousy being insinuated
against Them .T~Ts a#sa Fhe-s' ~ ~
DR.. Ozario Lugo, an electrician and
chemical expert Of this city, who has
spent tame and money in experiment.
ing, is Of the opinion that until an cleo
trlcal current, now unknown, is dis
covered, Invisible electrical ightmust
remain a problem, an opinion that Mr..
Edisonlmay shareIina and yet acknowl-
edge. Is 3}ttoI ~ 'a5ileY4 sp
Although it is hardly fair for the
public to expect that Mr.. Edison will
take itafully8into his confidence, yet it
has right to know if hes has made any
progress that gives assurance of ulti-
mate success This right to know Mr..
Edison gave to the public when he
aroused ITS curiosity and from time to
time admitted minor successes. His
silence leaves but one impression, and
it is daily gaining strength-that he
has failed --+Ne1b York Mail. " ~
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-02-13
Hotel Deadheaf..

Eyes, said the afable clerk at the
Palace, the other day, as he lifted his
stomach up on the office counter and Sc
lected another tooth pick, "they are up
to all sorts of lodges these hotel beats
and we fellows have to keep very
sharp look out for 'em, bet your life"
"Do-eh?" ..5rl.f .s.1. .
"Now, for instance, about four months
ago nice old gentleman came in with a
rather fast looking young n an, who had
just arrived from New York, he said,
and who engaged handsome suit on
The fifth floor. The old man took me
aside, and said he was forced to run
over to Hong Kong himself On the next
steamer, but that he would leave his
son with us. The latter, he confden-
TALLY explained, was Just then sowing
considerable wild oats by the wayside
In fact said the old gentleman, with
much feeling, he is so dissipated I
dare not leave any money with him. and
1 especially desire that none be fur
nished him by your cashier-not one
single cent, remember. For fear, how
ever, he gets into any real trouble dur
ing my absence / will deposit in your
hands this package of gold notes. Use
it freely if imperatively necessary, but
do not let him suppose you have anv
such deposit, as he would be all the
more reckless and dissipated.' If any
thing should happen, we were to write
to the old party, care Rothschlld's Hong
Kong agency" t sas*r {
@Well-and them" ...
+ swell, the young fellow raised merry
Ned round this ediice for about three
months. He beat Smith and [ out of
$500 at pedro; gave queer little supper
parties in his room; got drunk, and
tried to hold the elevator mans head
overheard so that the next landing
would cut it off; was chased round the
corridors by some married man with
pistol nearly every night of his life,
and, in fact, was regular shorter IN
every way"
aShould think So"
"Of course he never paid any board
we didn't expect this, having his gov
errors bundle of securities locked up
all right in the safe But one day he
did something SO blamed outrageous
that we couldn't stand it-had chicken
fight i'll the ladies' parlor, or something,
so we wrote him warning note"
What did he say?"
Nothing but 'ta-ta,' and left the
hotel that very day; van osed-aisap-
peared. AS we didn't get an, remit
lance from Hong Kong, we opened the
package last week, and what do You
suppose was in it?"
Dunno -counterfeit money?
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-02-13
Murdered by His Father.

George Ward, accompanied by his
two sons, Frank and George, aged re-
spectively rs and 81, visited Columbia
City, Ind, to trade, and had imbibed
pretty freely of poor whisky. !, When
they started for home they were quite
drunk" They reached home about
o'clock. Frank, who is married, got of
at his farm, adjoining his fathers
When George and his father had put
away the team they entered the house
Mrs. Ward was preparing supper. Ward
began abusing his wife, which was re-
sented by his son George. From words
they went to blows, which resulted in
George giving his father a severe thrash
ing. Ward shortly afterward went out
to the wood-pile, where an ak was ~
ing, picked it up, and returned into the
house. George endeavored to run out
Of the house, but before he could reach
the door Ward struck him dead, by a
blow on the head, splitting it open.
Blood and brains were spattered over
the wall and the murderer. This act
soberel Ward mediately, and he
sank down where his son had fallen.
paralyzed with horror. The Sheriff
was sent for and arrested Ward. George
was the favorite son, and Ward was
very fond of him., The family has al
ways had the reputation Of drinking
and fighting whenever the least chance
was offered. Ward is a well-to-do farm
er, aged so years. a.''.' HeGbiu
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-02-13

as any other witness and testified substantially
as follows: Il never entered into any arrange
ment to purchase the vote of South Carolina or
Florida had no information and no suspicion
that any such communications were being carr
ried on until / saw the dispatches published in
the New York Tribune. I had no knowledge
and no dealings with any parties to these ne
gotations / never authorized any such
negotiations in any form whatever. On
the morning of Nov. 20, 1876, Mrs. Col.
Pelton mentioned in my presence that her hus-
band had gone for the day I didn't know that
he had gone or was going. out of the city. He
went to Philadelphia, IL believe. siIater ia the
day was called on by Mr.. Cooper, who was on
his way down town, and was told by him that
he had received ansoferfrom some party, offer
ing to obtain, for money, the vote of South
Carolina I said that would authorize no
such transaction, nor spend money for any such
purpose. The whole conversation occupied
only a few minutes. l obtained Col .Pelton's
address in Baltimore, and telegraphed, to him
to come home. knew nothing Of the ciphers
that had been passing between him and others
auui COluu uOI nave ITanSlat0Q Them. III regard
to the Oregon dispatches, I did not know that
they came in cipher until after the meeting of
the committee to investigate them. From the
7th of November, 1876, until Dec 6, of the
same year, under no circumstance did Tenter
into any combination for seeking certificates
by venal inducement There never was
an hour nor minute that entertained such a
thought. To the people who, as I believe,
elected me as President of the United States,
to 4, 100000 Of citizens who were defrauded, /
owed it to proclaim that would not yield one
iot or little, of my right Whatever evil may
result from this subversion of the electoral sys-
tenn, and of free Government, resolved that
would enter into no auction for the purchase
of the Chief Magistracy.; was resolved that
would continue to protest against wrong by
which hepeople were defrauded out of their
rights, I declare before God and my country
that the vote Of Louisiana and Florida were
bought (meaning by the Repubhcansl I
would scorn and condemn my righteous title if
the Democratic party had secured it by fraud !"
The committee decided to examine no more
witnesses in New York, and left Immediately
for Washington. '4'7f "a !j3m =
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-02-13
LincOln'S Parents.

In Mr.. Ward FL. Lannon's somew
famous life of Lincoln serious dol
was intimated whether the parents
the President were ever legally m
ried, while the additional fact was
yately well known that the, book
printed did not express that doubt W
anything like the plainness which ]
mon at first intended, the efforts
Judge David Davis and Leonard Sw
having been successfullin suppressini
large part of the matter on the subje
The story was that Thomas Linco
Abraham's father, was wanting in Oh
acter" as a young man, SO that Sa
Bush, "a modest and pious girl, "refuf
to marry him when he asked her,
that, as bond to the State of Kentuc
was required for a marriage in regu
form. Thomas, when he espoused Nal
Hanks, the mother of Abraham Lincc
never. went through any legal &c
monial.s The reticence of the ex-Prt
dent on the subject, the same dispt
ton In other persons supposed to kn
about it, and the alleged absence fir
the record in the family Bible that ]
Lincoln kept of any mention of his
rents marriage gave strength to
story. But it is now ascertained
distinctly that the evidence of IL
marriage is complete and formal.
Secretary Bristow has received, at n
York, from Mr.. r. J. Brownies law
of high standing and a gentleman
character, whose residence is in Spri
field, Washington county, Ky, G,
from the county records of the DO
which Thomas Lincoln gave, with Ri
ard Berry as surety, previous to
marriage, and also of the certifcat,
the Methodist preacher, Jesse He
who certifes that he married them
the, 23d day, of September, 1906.
record is regular in all respects,
completely silenees any charge or i
nation that the Presidents birth
not legitimate. The simple explanat
why Lannon's Searches or those M
for him, did not discover the recc
seems to be that they were not made
the right place.-PbjladelphiG Tim
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-02-13
Fighting Texans.

In Goliad county, Texas, two men,
Lockhalt and Henderson, got into an
alteration, when both drew pistols. Be-
ing at close quarters, Lockhart caught
Henderson by the arm which held his
pistol, and, pressing his own weapon to
Henderson, fired six shots, all taking
effect except one. Henderson, being
held firmly by Lockhart, was unable to
bring his pistol to bear on his antagon-
list, though he enptied all the chambers
of his revolver in his endeavor to do SO.
Bob Henderson. brother Of the wounded
man, then rushed into the room and
opened fire upon Lockhart, who, having
no loads in his revolver. closed with
Henderson and threw him to the floor.
Henderson succeeded in gaining his feet
again, when he emptied his revolver in
Lockhart, killing him instantly, the bull
let striking just beneath the eye. Hen
derson died in a few hours, having been
shot several times through the breast
and stomach. Lockhart was the largest
man IN Goliad county, weighing $50
pounds. s.a IN yhnasnndt ha u.fsH
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-02-13
A Woman Inventor.

After all the search for same metho
of deadening the noise of the Metropo
itan elevated railroad at New York,
practicable device has been discovere
by, a woman, Mrs. Mary E. Walton
When Edison went west to see tb
eclipse, she rode over the railway an
perfected her idea, which is simply
continuous box, fourteen inches wild
and eight deep, in which to make O res
bed and ballast for the rail. She put
in first a layer of tar, then cotton, the
gravel, coated over with asphalt to kee
out the water. She got her patent, an
it has been adopted by the road, havin.
been on trial since October. Mrs
Walton is of mechanical turn @
mind. and has other patents.-SpT57e9
field Republican. 3 =
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-02-13

| Banks United States Marshal for Massachusetts,;
John Parker, Marshal for the Western District
of Michigan; Ex-senator John N. Patterson
Marshal of New Hampshire; Martin I, Town
send United States Attorney for the Northern
District of New York; and Decius s. Wade
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Of Mon
tana.
N James Il. Maddox was before the Pot
ter Investigating Committee at Washington last
week, and denied all of the testimony of wit
ness St Martins, so far as it related to him
Maddox swore that st. Marins had offered to
correct or withhold his affidavit for money
consideration, but that he (MaddoD declined to
entertain the proposition.
The President has made the follow
ing appointments; Ephraim iMcMurtry to be
Collector of Customs of the District of Minnesota;
John T. Hartranft, Postmaster of Philadelphia;
James Pollock, Naval Officer of Philadelphia
A. Loudon Snowden, Superintendent of the
Philadelphia Mint; Martin Parry Kennard, AS
sistant Treasurer of the United States at Bos-
ton, and Thomas Stevenson, Collector Of In
ternal Revenue of the Fifteenth District Of New
York. sii 31d
?: Col. George W. Garter, Of Louisiana,
testified before the Potter Committee, atWash-
ington, in relation to ST. Martins statements.
He denied the allegations of ST. Martins SO far
as they concerned him, and said he had no
knowledge whatever of how subp@nas were
served, of the coaching Of witnesses, etc. "A.
M Gibson of the New York Sun testified
before the committee that st. Martins story, so
far as it related to him, was tissue of false
hoods. - %n4 44f.. b
Mr.. Christiancy, Senator of the United
States from Michigan, formally rendered his
resignation on the 10th inst. sll9@ u
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-02-13
POLITICAL POINTS.

Washington dispatch says, that at a joint
caucus of Democratic Senators and Representa-
tives it was decided to add a clause repeating
the test oath to some important appropriation
bill, and insist upon it's passage They also
agreed to support bill abolishing national
banks and replacing national-bank currency
with greenbacks.
The New York Democrats talk OF
nominating Horauo Seymour for Governor next
summer.
Moses w. Field, Chairman of the
Greenback Safe Committee of Michigan, has
called State Convention of the party fol
Feb %
The President has appointed N. 2