Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1885-08-25
SPIRIT OF JEFFERSON.
9H4nInsrowe, JaFrEnsos County, ". Va.
TUESDAY MORNING, AUGUST Is. 1885.
Various Items.

Various Items.
The weather signal service will soon
be introduced along the Valley rail-
road.
Its unfailing power entities Ayers
Sarsaparilla to be considered the only
sure specific for blood disorders.
Go to MILLING sroRE for Jelly
Glasses, Glass Fruit Jars and Stone
Jars of all sizes at reduced prices.
Prof. Joseph salyards died in New
Market on the 10th inst, in the 77th
year of his age. He was for many
years one of the foremost educators
of Virginia.
SHENANDOAH MILLING Co have re-
duced the price of Fruit Jars, Quart
S1.15 per doz., Half Gal SI.5O per
doz.
The horse owned by Gen. Stone-
wall Jackson during the war, and rid
dem by him up to the time of its
famous owners fatal wound, has been
sent to Richmond and placed in the
Home for ex-Confederatc Soldiers
The animal is nearly 81 years old, and
for some time past has been at the
Virginia Military Institute, at Lex
ington.
"The ladies especially go into &C.
stacies over Parker's Hair Balsam.' -
writes Mr.. j. Fl. Decker, druggist. of
Findlay, Ohio. I" They say it is the
most elegant dressing they ever
used" Stops falling hair, restores
color, promotes growth.
1t is announced that Mr.. w. w.
Cole, the well-known circusman, has
purchased the interest of Mr.. Jas. A.
Bailey in Barnum, Bailey & Hutchin-
sons show for $500, 900, and that
after the present season the shows
will be consolidated. 1t is further
said Mr.. Bailey retires with fortune
of s., 1000, 900, amassed in the last
five years.
Do you wish q beautiful com
plexion? Then use Ayers Sarsa-
pariIIa. It cleanses and purifics the
blood, and thereby removes blotches
and pimples from the skin, making it
smooth and clear, and giving it a
bright and healthy appearance.
The Soldiers Monument at Atlanta,
Ga, is to have statues of Grant, Lee,
johnson and Sherman. around the
base of the column. Near the top
will he two soldicrs-the blue and the
gray-cIasping hands, and above the
globe that crowns the summit will be
the Goddess of Liberty. The
structure will he $50 feet in height.
and will cost 100000.
The best medical authorities ac-
knowledge the great value of Ayers
Cathartic Pills, and frequently pre-
scribe their use with the utmost con-
tidence, we'll knowing that they are
the most effectuaI remedy ever de-
vised for diseases.cau by derange-
ments of the stomach, liver and bow
els.
The New York TV0rld has a little
more than performed its seIf-imposed
task of raising $1,000 for the COM
pletion of the pedestal on which to
place the Bartholdi Statue of Liberty
in New York harbor, its receipts for
this fund aggregating STOP, ,OO6. 40.
This large sum represents over 12O,-
600 contributors, and has been raised
by the World in five months after the
statue committee had signally failed
to raise the needed fund, despite
urgent appeals.
j. Wagner, ESQ.,, Springfield, Va,
says in the year 1888 he used Pow
ellis Prepared Chemicals for wheat.
and harvested double the quantity
where he used it TO where he used
none, and would advise all who use
fertilizers to try it. Powelrs Pre-
pared Chemicals cost only 5000 per
bbl., a sufficient quantity to make
one-half ton of complete fertilizer.
Brown Chemical Co., manuf's, Bal
timorc, Md.
The four-masted ship Frederick
Billings was launched at Rockport.
Me-, recently. She is the second
largest ship ever built in the United
States. and the only four-masted
ship. Her tonnage is 2,G28 tons,
length 291 feet, from deck to main
truck 181 feet. Her masts will ex-
tend 20 feet above the BROOKLYN
bridge, and three of the four sections
will have to be lowered in order to
pass under that structure. Her total
cost is ST50,OOO.