Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1882-05-30
PEN, INK AND SCIssoRs.

HuFay cave ana Hotel Company are
sodding and otherwise identifying the grounds
around their Hotel and Restaurant.
DR.; s: ?. 9. Henkle, of New Market, an
eminent and widely known physician, died;
on the 18th inst, after brief illness. 49,.
Cocoanut growing is becoming an impor>
tan. industry in Florida. They grow topper
lection, and promise to be another source of
wealth to the Flower State.
Tan>bark, ground. zcompressedsarda put up
IN hall, barrel packages, is being sent in large
quantities to Europe, and promises to become
an important American export. -
Tho steamship Alaska ,sof the Guion Line
recently made the quickest western passage
across tho Atlantic onrrecord-actual time
seven days, four hours and ten minutes. a5ri
DIR. Glenn, the great California wheat.
grower, is making preparations to harvest
1,OO0, 600 bushels of wheat this year. DR..
Glenn ia native of Augusta county. Va. ~
Hon. A. Il. Stephens states that he will
not accept the nomination for governor ten
dered by the Georgia Independents, but
would accept the straight Democratic nom.
ination. - 80
Ex>Sorgeant Mason of the u. s. Army.
who shot at G uiteau while on guard at the,
Jail in Washington, and was tried and sen.
fenced to the penitentiary, has been refused
pardon, and will have to serve his term at
hard labor. .s- ..-.. -
Hon. George Junkin, the independent res
publican nominee for judge Of the Supreme
Court OF Pennsylvania, is q son of the Rev DR..
Junkin, formerly president Of Washington
College, Lexington, Va. Gen. Stonewall Jack.
sons first vito was sister of Hon. Geo. j. n-
kim. 5,;. ,.- 49,. a.
The first consignment of cattle from the
West to Baltimore by the Montgomery palace
cattle>cars arrived Sunday week, on the Bal>
tlmore and Ohio Railroad from Chicago
The train was composed of sixteen cars con,
tanning twenty-five head of cattle each The
run was made from Chicago to Baltimore
without any stoppages, the cattle being fed
and watered on the cars.
Libraries for the use Of travellers, without
charge. are the latest comforts the Pennsyl>
vania Railroad Company has added TO the
dining room cars of the New York and Chi
cago limited express trains Passengers in
terested in book and leaving before they
are able to finish it may take it with them on
depositing the price with the porter. A
neatly printed catalogue of books is Access
sible.
kingwood district. Preston county, W. Va,
on Saturday elk, by vote of 272 to l26.
voted subscription of S25, 900 to aid in the
construction of narrow-gauge railroad from
Tunneton, on the Baltimore and Ohio Rail.
road. to kinswood, which is the county seat
OF Preston county. A vote will be taken ON
the 10th of juno whether or not Grafton
district will subscribe $4,000 to the building
OF the narrow>g gauge railroad from Grafton.
Taylor county. to Phillippi, Barbour county,
tho object of this road being to have line
OF road from Pittsburg via Morgantown. Graf
ton, Phillippi and Beverly south.
AT the recent term of the Page IVA \
County Court, upon application of the Luray
Cave and Hotel Company, the Court reduced
the assessment of tho cave tract of land pur,
chased by them. The property had been. as :.
sessed Mt S25, 900, the basis of valuo being
the cave under said land. The Court he Id
that, the property must be assessed as other
contiguous land at its cash value for agricul-
turai purposes, adding thereto the value of
Improvements erected thereon, and that the
existence OF the cave under the surface. and
the value placed upon that could not be taken
into account in fixing the value of the props
erty. IA. -.
Two cases of nrsenioal poisoning BY Sleep
Ing IN room newly papered in house on
Penrl street, Cambridseport, Mass. have
como to light Tho first is that of Mr..
Squire who returned to his room in his usual
state of health. bat before morning became
very Ill, and was subj ected to severe vomit>
ing and purgiug. On the next night anoth er
| person occupied the same room and the same
kind OF illness resulted. Attention was then
drawn to the wall paper, and portion was
removed and given to Medical Examiner
Holt, who submitted it to chemist. and
| upon its analysis the presence Of arsenic was
detected.
Every person needs pure cir to Breathe
Each time we empty our lungs a certain
amount of impure air is thrown off. Thou.
sands die yearly for lack of pure air It ia
free to all; il costs nothing Open the win,
dow and it flows in abundance to the begcar
as to the millionaire, bringing health and life
to aii-if only people would not shut and bar
1t out in their blind, stupid ignorance. When
man gets consumption it means that he
hash had enough pure air to feed his lungs.
When typhus fever carries him of, it means
poisoned by foul cir. When his Children
faint and fall by the way. with SCARLET fever
and Group, or diphtheria, i. is foul air that
does it. -
In the General Conference of the NJ F.
Church South, at Nashville, Tenn. Saturday
last. Bishop A. W. Wilson presided for tbe
first timo. When be took the chair there
was burst Of applause over the conference.
which Bishop McTyeire Suggested was out OF
place. Then the Rev. Dr. K. B. Crawford
of'the Alabama Conference, stepped forward.
and holding in his. hand a beautiful new
gavel, made nea. presentation speech in
handing it over to Bishop Wilson, which was
closed with an earnest hope for the success
full administration of the new bishop. Bishop
Wilson responded in few wel-chosen words.
He said its weight was significant, but he
hoped that it would never be necessary to