Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1881-04-26
PEN, INK AND SCISSORS.

Gen. Joseph Lane died ut his homo in.
Roseburgs Oregon, last Wednesday, aged
70 years.
The Touring mill of John N. Koiner, near
Waynesboro, Va, was destroyed BY fro
Friday night week; loss S12, 600 or SIS, 900.
Rev. Jehn P. Strider, formerly pastor Of
the Presbyterian Church at Rapidan Station.
Va, but now of Townsville, Va, will re-.
sumo his old charge.
The contest for sachems and officers of
the Tammany Society in New York has ter.
minated in favor Of the Kelly ticket by an
average majority of about fifty.
Hon. T.. b. Kennedy, President of the q.
". Il. r., has decided to have SURVEYS made
to ascertain the cost of a.track around Car
Isle, Pa, instead of running through main
street, as is now the case.
Dr.Stuart Robinson has felt compelled by
the state of his health to resign the pastoral
charge of the Second Presbyterian church of
Louisville, KY, of which he has been pass
tor for more than twenty years.
Mr.. B. II. Lurty, amember of the West
Virginia Legislature, and father of Captain
W.. 3. Lurty, of Harrfsonburg, Va, at the
instance of Senator Camden, has been I'D.
pointed one of the clerks of the Senate at a
salary of So, 100.
Staples 4 Mofett, real estate agents, sold
to Col. G. T.. O'Ferrall last week the house
and lot of Mrs. Harrison, on South Main
street, for $3.50. This property was for
merly owned by Capt. John NJ. Locke.
[Harrisonburg Commonwealth.
The trial of Thomas De Jarnette, at Dan>
vile, Va, for the murder of his sister, was
concluded at noon last Tuesday. The jury,
after a retirement of twenty minutes, brought
in a verdict of not guilty, because Of %insani.
ty at the time be committed tho act.
Hugh G.. Guthrie, of Barter Rock. Au,
gusta county, Va, a very prominent, wealthy
and influential citizen, died at his residence
on Sunday week, in the eighty,sixth year
OF his age. He had educated several young
men for the ministry, was a liberal patron
OF Hampden. Sidney College, and left a por>
tien of his large estate to the foreign miss
sions of the Presbyterian Church.
The rush of emigrants to the United
States is becoming SO great as to give Euro
pean government serious cause for alarm.
The arrivals at New York on Tuesday enly
fell a trife short of 5000, and there is a
fleet of vessels now on the way with thou
sands more, it being estimated that the im-
migration for the present month will reach
the unprecedented number of 60, 900.
Among the recent changes in tho Catho.
lie diocese of Richmond, Father Vaa de
vyver has entered on the discharge Of his
duties as successor to Bishop Janssens,
Father Hasty. of L%ynchburg, has been trans
terred to keyser, made vacant by the re-
moval of Father Van de Vyver. Father
Mckeefry, of Norfolk, assumes pastoral
charge of the church at Msrtinsburg, and
Father O'Reilly, of Harper's Ferry.
Heavy floods prevail in the West. The
/ Missouri ~1r1r d. = 0.u.I- $500
low-water mark. Trains on the Burlington
aud Missouri and other roads are interrup>
ted. The damage at Elgin, Ill, by the over
flow of Fox river is estimated at 5000 900,
Buildings wero swept down the stream like
shingles, and the iron bridge and piers car,
ried away by a jam of ice. The railroad
track Is four feet under water, and the trains
cannot pass over inside Of ten days.
The Wsyncsboro. (Va.) Advertiser saws !:
Last Wednesday the officials of the Chcsa.
peake q Ohio and Shenandoah Valley Rail.
roads met at this place and determined to
build a union depot on or near the site of
the present Ches. & o. ticket Office. This
depot will be two stories high, fifty feet
long by II feet wide, and contains a bag
gage room, two ticket Offices, a ladies' and
gentlemen's reception. rooms, and two tele>
graph offices on the upper floor; a gravel
platform will be made around il with shed
roof extending over.
A few weeks since we stated upon ipfor-
nation personally derived from the Presi,
dent of the Shenandoah Valley Railroad
Company, that by the LIST of May q regular
train OF Eastlake coaches, such as we had
previously described. would run daily cut of
Baltimore over the Western Maryland and
Shenandoah Valley Railroads, without change
OF cars, passing from the bed of the one road
to that of the other at Hagerstown. The Bal.
timore papers now authoritatively confirm
that statement. This train will have the
most perfect equipments, and will be espe>
claily designed for the tourists who are likelv
to crowd the valley this summer from Pen,
mar to Luray, Weyer's Cave, the Natural
Bridge, and the White Sulphur and other
Virginia springs. And still more recently
we see it announced that three more East,
lake cars have just been built at Altoona,
one each for the Pennsylvania, the Cumber-
land Valley and the Shenandoah Companies
to make up a similar through line from
Philadelphia to Waynesboro', Va, uniting
with the like train from Baltimore at Ha.
gerstown and running together over the
Shenandoah Valley road. So, both from
Baltimore, Philadelphia and New York.
trains will come together daily here and pro-
coed, without change of cars, down the Val,
ley, To accommodate the contemplated en-.
hancement OF traffic, two powerful new loco-
motives, such as are on the Shendoah Valley
road, have just been placed on the Cumber-
land Valley read.-Hagerstown Mail.
CLARKE ITEMs.-From the Courier we
copy the following:
"A very line organ was recently purchased
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