Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1882-07-11

Spirit Of Jefferson.
GharlestoEn. JeSsrson County, West Va.
TUESDAY MORNING. JULY II, 1882.
County EXECUTIVE CoMM1rrEE.-The
Members of the Democratic Executive Cons
mittee of Jefferson County are requested to
meet in Charlestown on Friday. July 18th,
5 at lO3 O'Clock, a. N.
W. 81. 7. LEWIS, Ohm'n.
Mr.. Henry d. Fernandis has declined to
accept tho presidency of the Chesapeake and
Ohio Canal.
The Greenbackers Of the Psrkersburg con-
gressional district have nominated Dr. A. r.
Ba1boo for Congress.
The bill appropriating $4,000 for build>
ing U. 8. ours>House, &C., at Harrison>
burg, Va, has passed both Houses of Com
gress.
Monongalia county sends almost solid
delegation Ill out of IL votes) in favor of
Hon. D. B. Lucas, to the Congressional Com
vention.
O. Bousser, for thirty>three years post.
master at Berryvills, Clarke county, has
been displaced to make room for ]. w. Bee
mer, Coalitionist.
Lord deliver me from my friends! is
petition that Judge Hoge must find occasion
just now to offer with great earnestness and
sincerity.-Kinga0oOa argus.
The West Virginia Press Association held
Its annual meeting at Wheeling July 9th and
9th. The nexs meeting will DO held at
Petersburg, the first Wednesday in July,
1888.
Hea. Jno. ". Grastham publishes. In the
shspherdstown Rsgistir. communication
which, in our epinion, completely exenorntes
Col. Frank Beekwith and himself from any
blame whatever for not securing an appropri-
alton for repairs to Shepherd College Normal
Sehool-no such appropriation having been
asked for.
Two counties (Monongalia and Hampshire)
held their primaries to elect delegates to the
Congressional Convention last Saturday woek,
and out of their twenty seven votes Mr.. Lucas
received sixteen, Gone county nearly soli9,)
and Judge Hoge eleue,l: So much for the
first gun.
1t may surprise some of our people to learn
that the Free Press, of this place, and one
or two Republican papers, nre about tho only
newspapers in the district that support Judge
Hoge and oppose Mr. Lucas for Congress-
1t is nevertheless fact, and in substantiation
of it We refer our readers to numerous quo-
tations from our district exchanges, in this
and previous issues.
Judge Hoge has been absent from his seat
in Congress and at homo in Martinsburg twice
within little over two weeks past. We hope
our readers will not, however, from this men,
tion, conclude or even suspicion that the
Judge has been guilty of anything SO degrad>
ing as "fsnce- making" for has net the
Judges "organ" assured US that he will not
do such things, and do we not all know the
Judges "organ," to DO proverbially correct
and truthful
The Hon. John Blair Hogo says in a card
that he didn't pledge himself not to oppose
Dan Lucas for Congress from the I'd District
this time, but that he meant only he would
not desire to be candidate unless the rnaior,
lty OF the Convention desired it. This is log
Icai If not history of the affair.-Erchanqe
Judge Hoge will havo trouble in explain
ing certain memoranda, and certain LETT
ter OF his IN refsronce to that memoranda.
lHoorefeld Examiner.
Secretary Folger, it is stated, has been in
formed by Mr.. Garrett, president of the Bal,
timore and Ohio Railroad, that his company
will not give more than SIS, 600 for the Har-
per's Ferry property under any consideration.
The Secretary has therefore directed the 30.
lioitor of tho treasury to suspend negotiations
and allow tho property to remain in the cus>
tody of the government until better offor is
made, for he holds that it is worth consider
able more than the sum offered by the rail-
road company.
II tho Free Pres had not previous to its last
issue, fully indicated its title as o bIackxuard
journal, the nominal editor thereof has now
81 least earned for it reputation in that diree-
: tion which might Tell stir with envy the soul
81 the-TeFfest soum from the sluices of Five
Points or Billiagsgate. His departure, however
from the course of decent journalism, will not
deter us from bringing before the people the
true facts of interest in the present political
campaign, or rebound TO the benefit of his par
ticular favorite for Con Rressional honors. Tho
people will judge for th emselves, and his vile
Esurrility and personal ISLANDERS will not suffice
to meet and answer fair political! Questions.
A Hardy county correspondent of the
Free Press says:
"You will find all this section Of the dis
trict solid for Hoge."