Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1880-03-30
PEN, INK AND SCISSORS.

- Front Royal is to have a military COM
pany.
- The engineers of the Valley Railroad
are making up the estimates of cost for COM
pleiing the road from Staunton to Salem.
All the indications are for an early resump-
ton of work.
- Capt. j. Mason Jamsou died in Balti>
moro on Monday week. He was 80 years of
age. and was born in Winchester. at the
residence of his maternal uncle. James NJ.
Mason, late U. s. Senator from Virginia.
Gen. Tyndale. who recently died in
Philadelphia was the man who came to Vir-
GINA for John Browns body and carried i.
to New York for burial. He was a soldier
in the Federal army, and rose to the rank of
Major General.
The barns and other outhouses Of Joseph
Van Meter, near Keyser, W. Vs., were
burned by incendiarism Monday morning.
Five valuable horses, several head of cattle
and a number OF wagons aud farmers i'm
plements were also destroyed.
- Senator Mcdonald, of Indiana, saws
that Hendricks is his first and only choice for
the democratic nomination, aud neithor d.
rcctly nor Indirectly has he ever favored Mr..
Tilden's nomination. AS for himself. he has
no political ambition, but is entirely content
with his prescott position.
- Hon. Il. Willis Wilson, of Charleston.
who is vigorously pushing his canvass for
Attorney General, very uuex pectedly to the
people, dropped into town, Monday after>
noon, and to the qualification of tho MANY
Democrats present, delivered a speech of
wonderful power and clearncss to q court
house full of auditors. The speech was
mastery, forcible argument throughout, and
must have its effect thinking men.
Winfield putnam 60 Democrat.
- Rev. VIM. G. EGgIeston, who has been
tor three years past the pastor of the NJ. e.
Church South 10 this place, left here on
Tuesday last accompanied by his family for
his new charge at Shepherds,owp, West
Virginia. On Saturday evening last this
estlmable minister was presented by the
ladies of his congregation with a handsome
siIver>plated castor and butter dish. costing
S2l, as slight token Of the affeotionate es-
teen and regard entertained for him. Dur,
ing pastorate of three years, Mr. Eggle.ton
has by untiring energy added largely to the
membership of his church here, having re-
ceived into the church 1O2 persons on pro-
fession OF faith and 46 by certificate,
[HdTrisonb"rg Ta) Commonwealth.
- negro murdered four.year old boy
OF Jacob Hillyard. Page county, Va, and the
inturia'ed citizens hung him on Thursday
week. The negro mau took the child with
him to the woods, and for some cause un-
known, whipped him most Numerically aud
left him fer dead, but finding that he was
NOT, took the helpless child and held him in
stream until life was extinct and then fed
When the child was missed, search for him
was instituted by the parents and neighbors.
and its dead body found in the stream, and
on it could be counted the marks of two huns
bred and sixty strokes. The neighbors inn
mediatcly started in gursuit of the negro, who
fed. and when overtaken hid himself in some
bushes. but being fred upon, he ran and
jumped into the river, and ball grazing his
head he swan back to shore and surrendered
himself. he was taken before a magistrate
and sent on for indictment, Blu. that same
night he was taken BY mob and hanged to
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