Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1881-11-08
PEN, INK AND SCISSORS.


The President docs not use the words,
"Executiye Mansion" on his official letter.
heads, bnt. has substituted the words, COZ.
fee of the President:o of the United States
1t required almost as much tact and mans
agement to keep down the antipathies be-
tween the French and German guests at
Yorktown the other day, as TO capture. Corn.
wallis a hundred years ago.
It is proposed that the next course to be
placed on the Washington National Menus
ment should be of black marble, to mark the
era when the President of the Republic was
stricken down by the hand of an assassin.
The Mechanics National Bank of Newark.
N. j., closed its doors Monday morning. of
last week. 1t was compelled to do SO on nc.
count OF the embezzlement by the cashier,
U. La Baldwin, of a sum rated ut not less than
two million dollars. Baldwin had, without
the knowledge of the directors of the bank
made huge loans without security to the firm
of Nugent q Co. The cashier and one of
the members of the firm of Nucent g. Co.
are under arrest.
On Monday evening of last week, at New
Martinsville, w. Va, a young man named
Powell escorted Miss Briggs to her home.
where they were met by the lsdy's father,
who informed him that he could not enter
the house. An alteration ensued, during
which Powell threw a stone at Briggs, s.rik.
ing him on the head, inficting fatal Injuries.
Kishart. an emplnye of Briggs, interfered.
and Powell cut him in the face with a knife.
destroying an eye. Powell fled, but was ar
rested at Moundsville.-
Mr: Wm. 81 Kemble. president of the
Union Line Railway Company of Philadels
phia, has just returned from Chicago.w where
he went to examine the new system of pros
polling street cars by means of endless wiro
cables laid in the space between the car
tracks, Mr.. Kemble is confident that the
t%ractioa railroads will prove a success ulti.
matcly, aud that cables will supersede horses.
The cost of the new method now is between
$4,000 and $50, 900 per mile, bu. i. lie
hoped to reduce this somewhat.
Col. Chas. T. O'Ferral, who has been cam
vassing the State for Daniel, Barbour. and
Mckinney. passed through this city last
week. Col. O'FerralI has been doing most
excellent. work wherever he has been. and
from all over the State, we hear his praise
loudly spoken. Though no candidate. Col.
O'Ferrall has thrown himself, hesrt and
soul, into the cause of Virginia's salvation.
and his. ringing voice and eloquent words
have done much to onlightcn the people of
the State upon the dangers that threaten
her Staunton Spectator.
In Cincinnati, Monday week, a contract
was executed for the bridging. for the Erlan>
ger syndicate, of an immonse trcstlo across
Lake Pontchartrain, whereby the New Or
leans and Northwestern Road will obtain a
direct entrance iuto New Orleans. Tn tres,
tie will be six miles long. This link will
form an important connection and greatly
develop the strength of the entire Erlaneer
system. The contract for the erection of q
creosote factory near the lake will be awarded
in a few days. This establishment will be
built for the purpose of supplying enough
c%reosote to be used for saturating those DOR.
tons of the timbers undor water to proven.
them from decaying.
The Governor of Michigan is reported to
have acted in q most discourteous name. to
a party of gentlemen ard ladies from this
city on the steamer Jaoe Moseiy, at York-
town, last Friday. ltnppears that the LADY
OF the Lake had been chartered by the Mich
lgandeEs to transport them to aud from York.
town. they, the said M;chiganders, to in form
the officers of the steamer when thew ex-
pecteG to return home. This part of the
contract the Michigandc.s did not complv
with. When the Mosoly arrived at York.
town Friday, the Alexandrians at that place.
after making enquiries of the captain, broke
up camp and boarded the steamer to return
homo. The party, consisting of a number of
ladies and gentlemen, had not been on the
steamer long when the Governor of MICHIGAN
with his staff and a regiment, arrived. Not
withstanding tho Michigan men, in all, num-
bered not over three hundred, and the .bost
could carry easily six hundred, the Cover
nor seeing the strangers on board took it
upon himself to step down from his digni>
fed position, and protest against the Alcx-
andrians being allowed to remain on the
boat. He needed not the presence of ladies,
and INDUCED in insults of the grossest char,
actor, declaring that if any of the state rooms
of the steamer were occupied by the s,rau>
gers he would break the doors down with an
axe, or make his soldiers do it with their
muskets. So insulting did this Michigan
Governor act that the Alexandsisns had to
leave the steamer aud, at considerable extra
expense, return to this city by the Norfolk
route.-Aheandrtia Gazette.
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