Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1880-01-27
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: Rear-Admiral Cornelius X. stribling
died at his residence in Martinsburg Satur-
day week.
: Wheeling has been greatly excited over
the operations of "fre>bugs." Fifteen in>
cendiary fires were reported within twenty
four hours.
: Efforts to rcorganize the Berkeley Light
Infantry of Martihsburg having proved fu-
tile, Col. Faulkner has shipped the arms,
&C., to Parkersburg.
There are quito number of cases of
smallpox in Baltimore, aud Mr.. Newton
Hill, native of Shepherdstown, died from
the disease on Monday morning.
In the Maryland House of Delegates on
Tuesday, bill was introduced to authorize
the Shenandoah Valley Railroad Company
to borrow money, issue its bonds and mort,
gage its property and franchises.
The Page Courier says: Work Oh the
s. V. X. r. at this place commenced last
Wednesday morning. The force is small,
but it is expected that it will be largely in>
creased in few days.
- Tho West Virginia Republican exec
utive committee has fixed on Wednesday,
May II, as the time for holding State con-
vention, to be held at Wheeling, to choose
delegates to the national convention, which
meets at Chicago June I'd.
Mr.. Robt. P. Button, business manager
of tho Lynchburg Tirginian, and Grand
Master of the Virginia Grand Lodge INDIE
pendcn, Order of Odd Fellows, died in Wash
ington city Thursday, of chronic inflsmma,
ton of the stomach. He was 40 years of
age, and was brother OF Mr.. Chas w. But
ton, editor and proprietor of the Lynchburg
TirgiHian.
Tradition says that the Goose" the
first fire engine used in Winchester, Va was
built in London in 1904; that it was brought
over by Lord Fairfax, that some portions of
1t may yet be seen in the town, and that
other portions of it were used by a man
named Murphy in the construction of
steamboat which he intended for the naviga.
ton of the Shenandoah river
- Advices from Japan say: "The public
attention is entirely absorbed by. the disas>
trous confagration in Toxic on December
70. Miles of ground are laid waste, nearly
htteen thousand homes have been DESTROYED,
and fifty thousand persons rendered desti-
tute The actual pecuniary loss is still un-
determined, but it is not so great as il would
be In Western countries, owing to the cheap
construction of majority of tho houses.
The loss OF life is put down at 100.
CONDUCTORS and brakemen of the pas
senger trains on the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad have donned their uniform. 1t is
of blue cloth, the buttons on the conductors
sack coats and vests being gilt, while those
OF the brakemep are silver plated. The caps
are blue, with lace corresponding with tho
uniforms and bearing the word conductor
or "brakem1n," according to the rank of the
vrna
''B. & o. r. RI
- Capt. VIM. n. Nelson has, on behalf
of the Board of Supervisors of this county,
offered in the House bill to permit them to
borrow money to pay the interest on the rail-
road bonds issued by this county to the Shen
Valley X. r. Co. to june LIST, 1880. The
bonds having been delivered after the taxes
of 1879 had been levied and assessed. and
the interest falling due before the taxes of
1881 could be collected, necessitated on their
part this step in order to meet the indebted
ness OF the county, on account of its interest
falling due June l, 1880 Clarke Courier
We briefly noticed last week that large
numbers of carts were going forward to be
used In the construction of the Shenandoah
Valley Railroad, between Luray and the
Shenandoah Iron Works, in Page county
On Monday and Tuesday last a train of
between twenty five and thirty more went
forward, two dozen of which were made in
Philadelphia, and which arrived here by rail
over B. s. O. r r., on Friday or Saturday
last. Messrs. Mills l. Rowland, the contrac-
tors on the twenty>mile section between
Luray and Shcu. Iron Works, were in town
on Monday, buying horses for their work.
They have now one hundred and forty hands
or more at work on their contract and pro-
pose TO make the number feo hundred By
February 1st.-Uarriso"Lurg Com.