Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1880-01-20
PEN, INK AND SCISSORS.

NEST, w. va, is ended.
= Senator Lamar, of Mississippi, was
stricken with Paralysis Sunday night week,
at Jackson, Miss.
- Gen. Garfield has been elected United
States Senator BY the Ohio Legislature, to
succeed Mr.. Thurman.
"A letter from Mt Jackson Shenandoah.
in the Culpeper Times, says, "The scarlet
fever seems to be raging over a great portion
of this county. A good many of the schools
have been compelled to close on account of
it."
- The assessment of land damages along
the South River line of the SHENANDOAH
Valley Il. r. is nearly completed The citi>
zcns, through whose land the road will pass,
are showing a very liberal spirit
Waynesboro Item, in Stanton Spectator.
- The terminus of the second division of
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad has been
removed from Piedmont to Keyser, and all
freight engines on the division now run to
the latter point, the passenger locomotives
running to Piedmont as heretofore.
- 1t is reported, through private advices
from Richmond, that Governor Holiday will
probably not isaue commissions to the newly
elected judges until their terms of Office are
about to commence, which, under the con-
stitution, it is believed the Governor holds,
will be January l, 1881.
[Alee. (Ta.) Gazette.
- Rnrpcr's Weekly has at last come to the
point OF attacking Grants nomination, as
unwlse. because many independent Republi-
cans will vote against him, but Editor Curtis
emphatically declines, to say whether he will
support Grant or not if the domination is
made. 'We shall not" says Uarper's
Weekly, "cross the river till we come to it."
- letter from Capt. J. Fl. Waters, dated
at the hospital in Washington WedneS day
afternoon, says Bud Miler's leg, injured in
tho railroad accident of September 18th, has
been amputated little above the knee
The patient was doing finely, though suffer-
ing, as is the case in many amputations.
from pains in that part of the leg which
had been taken of.-Ssaunton Tindicator.
- An exchange says that the claimants
tor the Hyde estate in England, which was
represented to consist in part of many mill
lions Of pounds in the Bank of England will
regret to learn that on application at that
bank by Hon. Scott Lord, who was sent to
England to investigate, there was found to
be no such deposit, no amount over So, 900
belonging to any unclaimed estate, aud not n
dollar to the credit Of any Hyde estate.
- United States Seuator>elect Garfield af
Ohio, was given reception in the capitol at
Columbus Wednesday night. Hc made a
speech, in which, after referring to the late
civil war and the prompt response of Ohio
troops to the call to arms. he paid a warm
tribute to Senator Thurman, Ethan whom"
he said, "Ohio has few larger-minded,
broader minded men in the record of its hiss
tory"
- The Wheeling nail men, at meeting
Yesterday, agreed to put nails up to SIS a key.
Pretty good raise from 81 G0-and few takers
of six months ago. SIX months ago stock
in the BelIaire Nail Works sold slowly at SO
cents on the dollar. The board of directors
declared. yesterday, sixteen per cent divi>
dcnd on the earnings of less than six months.
None Of the stock, il is needless to saw. is
now on the market
Wheeling Register, January 18Th.
- At Beallsvile, Montgomery county.
Md, Saturday morning week, Geo w Peck,
colored. attempted au outrage on the person
OF little white girl eleven years Of age but
the screams of tho child brought relief before
the wretch had accomplished his purpose.
Peek Was arrested and taken to Poolesville,
Md, where, in the evening, he was forcbly
taken from officer and hanged A iury of
inquest rendered verdict that Peck "came
to his death from strangulation by the hands
of parties unknown to the jurors" Peck
admitted the attempted outrage.
LIST OF ADVERTISED LETTERS remaining
in the Post Office at Charlestown, Jefferson
county, W. w., January 10, 1880.
Miss Fannie Butt, Miss Cornelia Jones,
Miss Martha Weskcr, Rosa W. H olland, Mis-,
Beula Merton, Susan Wilson, James e.
Brown, q. W. Dorsey, Melvin Hawley, Burr
Jones, j. l.. Roberts, j. G.. Staunton,
William Crosf, S. Ii. Decker, Thomas Jones,
j. T. RusIin. Miles Ransom, Nym. Tharmen.
George r. Thomas.
The above letters, if not called for within
thirty days, will be sent to the dead letter of.
fee. Persons calling for them will please
say that they arc advertised.
BENZ. F. LEIsENR1Na, =. NJ.
- Some days since a young negro man
named Arthur Jordan elopod with the
daughter of Mr. Nathan Corier, respecta-
bile citizen OF Fauquier county, residing near
Markham station. It appears that the couple
made their way to Clearspring, Md, and a
! party OF Mr.. Corder's friends followed the NJ
to that place. and arresting the negro arrived
with him in Winchester last Thursday about
noon, on the way to Fauquier 1t is said
that the people about MARKHAM are very
much excited over this affair Miss Corder.
the young woman who eloped, is represen ted
as being a very attractive young woman
Tho Des>denona in tho affair was left in
Maryland, to be sent home by rail.
Winchester Ncps.
report, we understand, was current at
Millwood on Saturday night that the negro
mentioned above had been lynched some
where on the east side of the Blue Ridge.
You read this, and don't forget that I
keep on hand Jewery of all kinds. Call and
see for yourself. Shot guns for sale from So
to sl2 They are new guns. Pistols from