Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1885-10-20
SPIRIT OF JEFFERSON
JEsErasos cousTr. W. Va.
TUESDAY MORNING. OCTOBER 81 1ss5


Various Items.
Virginia will hold her election ol
the Sd of November.
There were sixty-fye thousand ele
phants killed in Africa last year.
Gold worth $50, 800, 600 was dus
from Uncle Sam's rich soil in 1884.
Two new bituminous coal compa
nies operating in West Virginia Goa
fields have been organized.
The yacht Puritan was sold in New
York at public auction for S13, 800 tt
Edward Burgess, her designer.
The Maryland. Virginia and Yves
Virginia Bee Keepers Association
will meet in Hagerstown October
2lst.
t Confederate Cross Roads" is ne
longer a myth. A postoffice by thai
name has been established in Lyons
county, Kentucky.
The corn crop of this country this
year is estimated at near two Thousand
million. bushels, almost so per cent
more than last year.
A few days ago, at ball in Basle,
Switzerland, n young girl fell in faint
and died few minutes after. Cause
IA tightIy-laced corset.
Pleasant to the taste and surpris.
ingly quick in relieving coughs and
colds, it is not at all strange that DIR.
Bulls Cough Syrup always succeeds.
Salvation Oil, the greatest pain-curc
on earth, is guaranteed to effect a
cure where it is possible for the seat
of the disease to be reached by a
liniment. Price25 cents bottle.
Hon. B. L. Butcher, late Superin-
tendent of Schools in West Virginia,
is an applicant for the office of Sur
veyor of Customs at Wheeling.
Ayers Sarsaparilla is the quickest
cure for all blood diseases. It's ef-
fects are felt Immediately.
Mr.. John Amber Smith reiterates
his statement that his father-in-law,
the Hon. John F. Lewis, will not sup
port Hon John S. Wise for Governor
of Virginia.
If you would have appetite, flesh,
color, Strength, andvigor, take Ayers
Sarsaparilla, which will confer them
upon you in rapid succession.
The American drummers have
agreed'not topay sleeping car portcrs
gratuities any more. 1t is calculated
that this will make a difference to the
aggregate of porters of S5,0OO,OOO a
year.
Why so about with that aching
head? Try Ayers Pills. They will
relieve the stomach. restore the di-
gestive organs to healthy action, re-
move the Instructions that dcpress
nerves and brain, and thus cure your
headache permanently.
The Hartford (Ct.) Sunday Globe
having printed story charging that
Jumbo was purposely put in the way
of the train by Barnum's directions,
Mr.. Barnum has begun suit for Ii
bel, placing damages at $50, 900.
With bright eyes and elastic step,
yet gray, Iusterless hair. It is un-
natural, needless. Parkcr's Hair
BaIsam will restore the black or brown
prematurely lost, cleanse from all
dandruff, and stop its falling. Dom t
surrender your hair without an effort
to save it.
The {" Gettysburg Memorial Bat
tlefield Association" having given
permission to mark the line reached
by the Second Maryland Confederate
Regiment in their gallant charge on
Culp's Hill, on the morning of July
3, 1862, the surviving members of
that regiment are now engaged in
raising fund for the purpose of
erecting monument on that spot.
G. w. Scott, Esq, Arendtsville,
Pa, says he used about 200 lbs to the
acre of compost made with Powell's
Prepared Chemicals, for corn and
wheat, with very satisfactory results.
This economical fertilizer material
costs only 5000 per bbl., sufficient
quantity to make one-half ton of
complete fertilizer. Address Brown
Chemical Co., Baltimore, Md.
Mrs. Eugene Beste giving private
scances at Hartford, Conn.,, as ma
terializing spiritual medium, was de-
tected few nights ago in her impos-
ture. She was seized by two men
when exhibiting in dim light in
gauze as a esprit and found to be
solid flesh and bones. She made af=
tidavit that she was humbug, and
had humbugged the people of Bos-
ton, Washington and Philadelphia.
a Captains Fortunate Discov-
cry.