Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1881-08-09
Spirit Of Aettersolr.
Charlestoxn, Jefferson County, West Va.
TUESDAY MORNING. AUGUST 0. 1881.
PEN, INK AND SCISSORS.


monument to the Confederate dead.
buried at Culpeper, Va, was unveiled on
Thursday, July 2ist.
Yorktown, Va, has an opera house ready
for roofing and to be run during the Centens
nial by Richmond party.
1t is a great pity that some people grow
bitter as they grow old. It seems as though
the more teeth they lose the more they want
to bite.
President Garfield aud Judge j. s. Black
are partners in the recent purchase of an
extensive farm in Alexandria county, Va
in view of the White House.
The Georgia Legislature has before it a
bill, likely to become law, under whose
provisions murderers proven to have been
insane at the time of the commission Of the
crime must be imprisoned for lifo
One watch set right will do to sot many
by; but, on tho other hand, one that goes
wrong may be the means of misleadinp a
whole neighborhood and the same NAV be
said of the example We each set to those
around us.
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 81
cents per mile Application for the same
should be made to Joseph " Coke, General
Ticket Agent
The Taylor House, Capt. W. e. TAYLOR.
proprietor, at Charlestown, is said to be
No. hotel. Capt. T. is from Wiliamsport,
Md, and knew how TO conduct the POPULAR
Taylor Hotel in that town. He certainly
knows how to keep hotel
EMcpherdstoton Reqistcr.
For full stock of Boots and Shoes from
which to seect-for all grades and prices.
and for the best of each grade-go to Geo
H. Hagley' where also will be found full
stock of ready>rnade Clothing, Hats and
| Caps, Notions, Satchels, Umbrellas, Sc. at
bottom pribes.
The Cumberland Valley Editorial Asso,
citation proposes to hold its annual reunion
at Williams Grove, Pa, September End,
upon the occasion of the tri State grangers
picnic. Gov. VIM. T. Hamilton has been
selected to deliver an address before the as
sociation, and Mr.. Alf II. Addams, a mem
Der, is requested to "prcpare Dutch poem
on the recent editorial excursion to Luray
cavern"
o,Q LIQUID OR DRY.-Somo people prefer to pnr-
| chas" medicines in the dry state so that thew
can see for themselves that they arc purely veg
! etaDle. others have not the time or desire to
prepare the medicine. ma wish il already to use
accTmmodste each class the Proprietors of
Sold by druggists every ywhere.-1ruL.
New Y York will hold a State election nex.
| November for State officers other than Goy>
ernor and Lieutenant Governor also for
| Senators and Roprosen tativcs in tho Lopis.
laturc; also for four members of Congress-
to fill the vacancies caused by the death of
Fernando Wood and tho designations of
MessTs. Levi P. Morton, appointed Minister
to Paris, and Miller and La pham, elected to
the United States Senate,
Lumber and stone to lcngtheh the locks
OF the .. y. Canal in Maryland are being
delivered for use when navigation Closes
It is expected 33 locks will be heightened
during the winter. In the meanwhile ma
terlai Is beng forwarded to various con-
venlent points along the line. Snperinten-
dents q. Stanhope and J. j. Moore and
Chief Engineer Smith, of the canal, with n
number of the boss carpenters, are going
over tho work preliminary to the commence
meut of operations.
certificate of Incorporation has been ;s-
sued by the Secretary of State of Yves. Vir-
| ginia to a corporation for constructing and
! operating railroad in West Virginia under
the corporate name of the West Virginia
and Pennsylvania Railroad Company. The
road which this corporation proposes to build
will commence at the PeuusyIYania line and
run thence by the most practicable route by
way of Moreantown and Fairmouut or Pal
atine to Clarksburg, in Harrison county.
The capital stock of the company will be
81, 100000, divided into shares of 500
each.
The White House was first built in 1892
at a cost of S33O,O00. 1t was not occupied
until 1900. 1t was rebuilt in 1918. Its
porticoes were not finished until 1929 AL.
together it is computed to have cost for build.
ing, rebuilding and furnishing, about ST.,
100000. The whole structure has 'front.'
age of ITO feet and depth of 6S feet. and
its vestibule is 50x40 feet. The garden and
park, which inolose tho mansion; 0c6tipv
twenty acres. The Cabinet>room, 4Ox30
feet, is on the second floor The White
House was modelled after the palace Of the
Duke of Leicester.
THE PrTTsBURGH FEMALE CoLIrGE, whose
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