Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1881-09-20
PEN, INK AND SCISSORS.

ZEN. LINK AND SUlSSURS,
Gen. a. q. Burnside died suddenly last
Tuesday morning at his residence, in Bris>
tol, r. /.
a destructive storm visited the northern
portion of Rockingham county, Va, on Sum
day week.
The business men of Baltimore are taking
steps to make the Oriole a permanent local
institution there every year.
In the month of August three thousand
eight hundred persons, transported by 8. v.
R. r., visited the Luray Caverns.
In consequence of continued labor riots at
New Orleans, Acting Governor McEnery
has placed the city under martial law.
-Four children of D. G. Dearborn, Of York
county, Pa, were poisoned a few days ago
by eating jamestown weed seed. One of
them died.
Peachy R. Grattan. Esq Reporter of the
Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, and a
distinguished member Of tie Richmond bar,
died a few days ago.
Mr.. Jno. Daily, the well,known and popu-
lar proprietor of the Glades Hotel, at Oak
land, Md, died last Thursday night, after a
brief illness of cholera morbus.
James 81. Maxwell, a newly>arrived cadet,
of Wheeling, W. Va was drowned at Lex
ington, Va. Saturday afternoon week, whilst
attempting to swim North river.
The last rail in the track of the Richmond
and Allegheny Railroad has been laid, and
the road is now complete from Richmond,
Va, to Williemson's, a distance of 226 miles.
Vennor, the weather prophet, says he is
net a summer prophet, but has confined his
forecasting to the weather of the autumn.
winter and spring. In dry summer seasons,
he is convinced, all signs fail.
A FIRE at Martinsburg Monday of last
week, destroyed a portion of the carriage
factory of VIM. f. Geyer, together with a
number of buggies and sleighs and a quan>
tity of lumber and finished goods.
The Western Maryland Railroad manage
ment contemplate running a weekly excur,
sion from Baltimore to Luray, leaving short
ly after 7 A. NJ. and returning to Baltimore
between midnight and one O'Clock next
morning.
1t is now apparent that the lives sacrificed
in the recent appalling forest fires in Mich-
igan are numbered by hundreds, while it is
certain that thousands of homeless survivors.
stripped of all their effects, are suffering for
food, clothing and shelter. More than five
hundred lives were destroyed in Sanilac
county alone, and not less than five thou
sand persons are absolutely shelterless and
homeless, all within All area of fifty by thirty
miles. In Custer township twenty persons
are reported to have persisted in tho fires.
and in Bingham township nearly every build,
ing and all the crops have been swept away.
The Baltimore San says the West Vir-
ginia and Pittsburgh railroad has been COM
pleted to Deep Run eek Garden) sixteen
| m1IoG from Rlnnrn Irrfoo n~l - co., H.. go
the first freight was manifested to Deep Run.
About October LIST the formal opening of the
line from Piedmont to Elk Garden, where
the mines of big vein coal are situated, will
be celebrated with festivities by Hon. Henry
G. Davis, president, and a number of promi-
nent business men. The company has erec-
ted and furnished q handsome dwelling
at the mines for the Entertainment of the
stockholders and other guests who desire to
visit these mountain Businesses.
Sergeant Mason, of the second artillery,
which is doing guard duty at the Washing,
ton City Jail, on Sunday week took deliber-
ate aim at Guiteau and fired. He missed
Guiteau, however, the ball passing abou. six
inches from bis head. Mason was thought
to be intoxicated by the office in command
of the guard. He says he was sober, but
having been sick for some days had taken
a deal of quinine, which may have affected
his mind. Mason was placed under arrest
and sent to the arsenal, where he was placed
in confinement. 1t is said he threatened on
several occasions that he would kill Guiteau
the first time he had a good chance. He
regretted that he failed to do SO, saying that
he tried hard, but had to shoot at him
through two windows from the outside of
the Jail. Mason was in Texas when the
news Of the assassination was received, and
says that at that time all his comrades made
a VOW to kill Guiteau if they could ever get
a shot at him. He declares he enlisted for
service as a soldier, and not to guard assas>
sins like Guiteau. He was born near Locust
Grove, Orange county, Va, and married
there = relative of the same name. He claims
to be a distant relative to Senator James NJ.
Mason of the Confederate States, envoy to
Great Britain, who was captured with Sill
dell. ALI his brothers served in the Com
federate army.