Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1882-10-31
PEN, INK AND SCISSORS.

A jury has declared Mrs. Scoyille, sister of
Guiteau, to be insane.
There will be fremen's parade in Ha,
gerstown on Thanksgiving Day.
The Flint Mill at Fall River, Mass. was
destroyed BY. fire on. Saturday night last
Loss nearly s1,0O0,00
The coming holidays will be more generally
observed than any for many years, and We
would remind our readers that bottle of DR..
Bulls Cough Syrup will prove a most accept.
able holiday present.
Last Thursday Walter Chappell, aged about
16 years, accidentally shot himself with re.
volyer, and death ensued in about an hour
He was endeavoring to shoot some chickens,
aud while looking under some boards for one
of the fowls, it is supposed, the weapon was
accidentally discharged, the ball entering the
head at his right eye.- Clarke Courier
Senator Camden ascribes the large repub-
lican gains in West Virginia to the indiffer-
ence of the democrats, but he thinks they
will have no permanent effect The demo-
Gratis will have at least twenty majority in
tue Legislature, and he regards the contest
for United States Senator as being between
ex-senator Herford and ex-Gov. Matthews.
In our recollection of 40 years, Judge G.
j. Faulkner, Jr., comes nearer our idea of
what judicial officer ought to be- than any
man who has filled tho place in that time.
There is no disgusting sentimentality about
him. Nothing about the Almighty not keeps
ing account of deeds of omission or commits.
sion in his Judicial acts.
4Narttus6urg Statesman.
The friends of the proposed Wheeling,
Parkersburg and Charleston Railroad have
again taken hope, syndicate of northern
capitalists having signed an agreement to
build the road. The road will be put under
contract from Wheeling to Parkersbure as
soon as all the prelminaries can be arranged
and the right of way completed. The syn
dicate is formed upon tho basis that the right
of way will be furnished, two-thirds of which
has already been secured.
We had the pleasure of call yesterday
from Hon. John w Mason, who appears un>
usually fresh and fair for a candidate coming
out OF political contest in which he has suf-
fored defeat with victory SO nearly within his
grasp. But Mr.. Mason accepts the situation
phi!osophically and complacently He hsr,
bors no regret but that he didn't have nine
moro votes. TIC thinks there were at least
3,OO0 Republican votes in reserve that he
might have bad, and that stayed away from
the polls because they thought his election
hopeless. But on the other hand, Mr. Mason
might comfort himself with the reflection tina.
there were also about 5000 Democrats who
stayed away from the polls chiefly for the same
reason Wheeling Register October 9th.
Those who have been sending big fees to
the Old World to look up that promised
"stupenduous fortune" will be glad to learn
that the English authorities have finally ia.
ken in hand tho London scouudrels who
have for years been engaged in swindling
the people Of America, by sending circulars
to this country notifying some family here
that their ancestors in England loft millions
OF dollars many year ago, which have, for
lack of heirs, been accommodating in the Bank
of England until the Bank of England can
no longer give it place and will shovel tho
lntruding gold out into the alley unless somc>
body calls for it pretty soon. The thieves
always had call for money with which to
get hold of the necessary documents among
the British archives, and communication
with their victims was always continued as
long as the victim would pay up Then they
heard no more OF tho magnificent estate. The
Judge sentenced five of those thieves to penal
| serVitude- Wheeling Leader