Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1881-07-12
@TRANs1ENT BILIs-cAsH
The vengeance of General Fofgsnol va,
accomplished.
PEN, INK AND SCISSORS.

Tho nets from all portions Of what 10
ktesn as the cotton belt, is cheering, and
If no untoward circumstances serve to pre-
vent it, thu crop this year win be almost un.
precedented.
Tho weight of a barrel of -four ia based
upon the English unit Of weight known a.
z "stone.D There are fourteen pounds IN 8
stone and fourteen stones in barrel. That
is Why barrel of tlour weighs 1876 pounds.
The 0insisnaei CommercSut has beea. NOS
tihedg gby tho postmaster st Bozsman MontAs
ns, that the copy OF that paper addressed fa
J. y. Douglass Is not taken oas. "Reasen j.
He was hung at Virginia City lsst Friday
lRyansyillS Daily csariss.I
a comforting: conclusion is that which
leads rs always 10 choose the best. Mr. Au,
drew Ulmer, Bluffton, Ind, says: / have.
thoroughly tested 50. jacobs Oil, and iiud
for Rheumatism and neuralgia 10 has NO
equal.
Secretary Blaine said to an interviewer a /
few days since that there were more than
100000 applications for Office on file in lhs
various departments at Washington. Ae-.
cording 10 "Spoford's American Almanac" +"
the total Republican vote of the country al
the last election was 4,442 $50. IL would
therefore appear that one in every four OF
the Republicans Of the United Statos Il an
active etice>seeker.
Senator Voorhees,. OF Indiana, Is said 10
have expressed himself very smphatically in
opposition to the proposed prehibitory amend.
ment to the constitution Of that State. cons
demning IL as unconstitutional and itnpos-
sible of execution under any circumstances.
He denies the right Of the State or the Fad.
eral government to eonfseate the property of
citizens engaged in lawful trade, and asserts
that the cause of temperance can be pso-
moted only By education aud the general inn
provement of the people, nothing ever bay.
ing been accomplished by sumpntary law.
The New York detectives claiin to hayo
discovered q man who was Of the party hat
stole the body of tho late A. T. Stewart. and
who knows where the remains now are
The man is named Mike Kelly, hack man.
who is said to be al present engaged a. a
wa'ohman in on Arizona mine. He pretsnds
to give full particulars as to how tho BODY
was ssolon. The amount demaudsd fer tho
return of the body is s25, 900. Judge Hil<
tou' mr. stewatt's executor, is represented
as expressing confidence that the right slao
has been struck, aud that the body will BIO
recovered in the near future
The Washington monument has reached
the height of two hundred feet. OF this
o'e'At'oh hoouL thlrty ieet nave been added
since work began upon it last spring. Itis
thought that not less than thirty fsot and
possibly as much as forty. Eve feet more. will
be added bsForo operations arc suspendsd
next winter. Each course consists Of IAyer
of stone precisely two feet thick, which is 10
be the thickness of oil the courses from tho
foundation TO the top. It is to be tivo hun.
dred aad fifty feet, which will make it cons
siderabIy the highest artificial object ia tho
world at the present time, and tho highest il
is believed, ever constructed by man. II is
thought that tho whole shaft can be coths
plotted in three years. more time.