Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1880-04-20
Spirt Of 5efftrsory.
Jefferson Comfy, West Va.
TUESDAY MORNING, APRIL 20, 1sso.


- 1t is the opinion of coffee importers
that the opening of Mexico by the Central
Mexican Railway will be followed by great
development of coffee culture in that country.
= An Iowa woman examined straw cut.
ter in hardware store, aud she has just re
covered $500 damages for the loss of two
fingers on the ground that the machine was
not labelled, dangerous"
- There is no man east of the mountains
whom it would be greater pleasure to sup
port than Hon. D. B. Lucas The
nominee must be supported. let him come
from east or west.-Randolph Enterprise.
= John P. Smith was sent to the Indiana
State prison for whipping his vile, who nt
once set about getting him pardoned. While
making a long journey afoot in cold weather
to get signatures to the petition, her baby
froze to death in her arms.
- Number and moderate variety of
dishes at a meal are more Troublesome in
preparation, but not necessarily more costly
Soup, fish, vegetables and bread are all less
costly than steaks and roasts. Cheaper cuts
of meat, aud a variety of vegetables, with
soups and stews, and plenty of bread are
cheaper than more costly cuts of meat, with
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- A reporter of the New York Herald
has been circulating in the 'doubtfuP State
of Indiana, and gives the following as the
result of thorough aud impartial canvass of
the members Of the Indiana Legislature re-
garding their preferences for nomination for
President. The Assembly is composed of
$50 members, of which number IS are
Democrats, and the remainder Republicans
OF the former SIS express their first choice
for Thomas a. Hendricks, for Bayard 8
for Davis, 2 for Tilden, for Voorhees,,
for Butler, and for any available man
Among the Republicans. 81 are for Blaine,
8 for Washburne, 9 for Sherman. 5 for the
ex>President, and l each for Garfield, Ere.
mont, Chamberlain and Butler. Ten mem.
bers were absent.
- The Gate City Guards, of Atlanta,
Georgia, have decided to erect memorial
armory, which shall commemorate the re-
union Of the States and the return Of peace
as distinct from the many structures erected
IN the North and South commemorative of
events which occurred during the late war
The decision has grown out of the warmth
and cordiality OF the reception given this or
ganIzltlon everywhere on its late tour
through the North, and the projectors of the
building aver that its doors shall always be
open to all who march under the STARS and
Stripes" which shall float from its turrets.
Captain j. L. Burke, who commands tho
company, started a subscription for this pur>
pose with 81 900. A grand fair will be held
in Atlanta in April in aid of the enterprise
- Edison, the "Wizard of Meuly Park F."
has another discovery which, if all that it is
represented to be, will eclipse in pecuuiary
value to him, all his other inventions COM
blned, and make him a vcritable Croesus.-
This invention is the use of certain chem>
icals together with electricity in extracting
or separating gold from the mother earth-
He can take what is called the "tsiIiugs" or
the oastaway earth which has been subj ected
to the ordinary processes for separating the
metal, and which contains not trace Of gold,
SO far as can be perceived, aud by a wizard
like manipulation Of Chemicals he produces
theretrom the precious metals in quantities
that are surprising. he states that by this
method he has got out gold from couceu>
trated "tailngs" in the enormous ratio ol
Sl,4OO per ton, at su expense not exceeding
SIS per ton. The discovery of the process
was made in his attempts to obtain platinum
from samples sent him, for use in his cleo.
trical experiments.