Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1881-05-03
Spra Of Jefferson.
eharlestown, Jefferson County, West Va.
TUESDAY MORNING. MAY 8. 1881.
PEN, INK AND SCISSORS.

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The Southern Baptist convention will
meet at Columbus, Miss, in May
Col. Tom. Scott, ofthe Pennsylvania Rail.
road, has retired from business with a for.
tune OF about thirty millions. z 5,a.i.. = =.
Last year the South raised 600 600 600
pounds of tobacco, which exceeds the pro>
duo''on OF any other year by l2,o0O,0o0
pounds.
! 1t doesn't mako any difference what the
shape of your new bonnet is, If it has plentv
OF flowers and lace and ribbons, and pretty
face in it.
| The name of ex-senator Rob.. E. With,
ers is mentioned in connection with the.
conservative nomination for Governor of
| Virginia. =, =.
Passenger fares on the Virginia Midland
road have been reduced to three cents ner
mile. for long distances and four cents per
mile fer short distances.
Mrs. Garfield says that her husband NAV
do as he chooses about having wine at state
dinnors, but for her private household she
Will insist upon total abstinence. --z u
The two facts that America consumes on
per cent. more ice water than anv o,ber n.c
tlon, and has rs per cent. more of Briebt's
disease have been put together
The Boston Post says: s.Little Malone is
now called, the Virginia oreeper,' bat if we
remember rightly that is the vine that all
ways shows proneness to go up the spout"
| Prof. Fontaine, of the University of vir>
g'nia, VIII soon begin an exploration for
minerals along the limo of the proposed ex
tension of the Shenandoah Valley Railroad,
What becomes of the old war horses after
| m 10 Al n
eeoted! Do they go back to the pillow? An
echo answers, Neigh; they 90 to the
trough"
louisville Homo and Farm.)
| Frank o. Herring, ESQ.,, of the Cbannion
Safe Works PSI and 252 Broadway. New
York. reports the use of st. Jacobs Oil for
stiffness and soreness Of the shoulder, with
most pleasant and cfficacious effects
Gov. Jackson has appointed j. 3. Som,
merville, of Brooke, James B. Fowler. of
Marion, and James W. Sinclair. of Faye,te
IS Regents of the State Normal Schools. and
ex-Consressman John j. Davis, as Commis.
s'oner OF the Yorktown Centennial in rlace
OF Judge u. w. Thompson, resigned
The body Of Mr.. A. T. Stewart, according
to the New York San, has been found and
deposited by the mourners between two
enormous blocks of masonry in the crypt of
the Cathedral at Garden City, secured with
.ponderous belts and imbedded in cement
lest the wide-awake resurrectionist should
again appropriate it to his own pefarions
purposes. Judge hilton declined to be in.
tcrviewed in regard to the matter.
Sunday week Miss Kate Claxton. the ae>
tress, arrived at Denver, Col and stonncd
at the Grand Central Hotel Immediately
tears OF the obstruction Of the house by fire
were present in all minds, and extra precau-
tlons were taken against it. Despite these
precautions, however, FIRE did occur in the
hotel few hours after Miss Caxtou's arri-
val. 1t broke out in room adjoining the
one assigned to Miss Clax.op, filling the en-
tire house with volume Of smoke and cre-
atlag extraordinary excitement The fire
brigade OF the hotel were quickly on the
spot, aud extinguished the incipient confia,
grafton before any great damage had been
done, and the panic was alIayed.
The census bulletin on iron and steel in>
dustries in the United States contains many
exceedingly interesting facts. The amount
OF capital employed in these industries in
1850 is shown t" have been $3.50 ,971 ,SS4.
against Sl21.772,074 in 1870, an increase
OF SO 6S per cent. In 1870 there were 25
States engaged in the manufacture of iron
and steel. Thirty States, the District of
Columbia and Wyoming Territory were &C
tually making iron in 1880. Pennsylvanis,
which for over a hundred years, has been
the leading ron>producing State in the
Union, made in 1870 fraction over so per
cent OF the total iron product, and in 1880
a traction over 40 per cent. Astonishing
progress was made during the ten years in
several Southern States. West Virginia in
creased its production from y. 337 tons to
l47, 4S7 tons, or 104 per cent, giving it the
seventh place in 1880. Alabama increased
from 1000 to GO, 1856 tons, or 1872 per cent ::
Georgia from 8 1854 to 35, l52 tons, or 265
per cent; Tennessee from 81 ,3O5 to II. 100
tons, or l25 per cent; Kentucky from &c.
732 to l2S.15l tons, or 43 per cent: Della
ware from S.S07 to 33 .9lS tons. or 3OS per
cent; Virginia from 81 1886 to 55,722 tons.
or At per cent. All the States which made
iron or steel in 1870, Increased their produce
tion in 1880, except Maine, North Carolina
and South Carolina.
The KEY TO HEALTH-Have Won fopnd tba
key to perfect health and strengti7 It is Kid
once the iDaction of the kidnevs and bowels.
It purifies the blood by clean sing the systen, of
liver Kidney, and bowels to perferg tbai9 to tne
ular functions. See displayed advertisement.
sIsrrLEssSzss. NERvousxEss, C.sso7 Rrsr
| WELL at night, tired in the morning on risin 2,
sl1ggish, pain IN the back. which arise. from the
| Kidney. with highly eoIored urine If allowed 10
stand to be thick, attended with burning when
roiSed. Th.yer's Liver Powders viii cur. you.
Only IS eenn. sol1 by druggist N ?. Header
| son, ChArlestown. w. Va.
The s: V: r. R. is now prepared to sell
for use of individuals or families. books con-
tanning coupons good for 500 miles at 24
cents per mile Application for the same
should be made to Joseph W Coke, General
Ticket Agent