Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1885-06-30
Various items.

Rev. DIR. j. L.. Kirkpatrick, pro-
fessor in Washington and Lee Uni
versity. is dead.
A Cincinnati paper saysrs He'll by
any other name is just as hot" This
is no doubt, official.
The track of the Shenandoah Val
ley Railroad is being re-laid as rapidly
as possible with steel rails.
VIM. II. Cox, vice CharlesL. Esteph
resigned, has been appointed Post
master at Wildwood, Clarke county,
Va.
Romney; Hampshire county, is
considering the practicability of wa
ter works, the source of supply being
a big spring.
In some provinces of Brazil iron
ore is used in large quantities as
building stone, so abundantand ready
to hand. is it.
The Shenandoah Valley Railroad
company have already thirty-one ex-
c%ursions booked for Luray during the
present season.
A flying snake has been seen in
Nevada; but then treating has been
abolished by law, which is probably
the of the snakes fight.
"Been to Washington?" eyes"
."See Cleveland?'' Yes" "Did
he point your" eyes" What
toy" Extraordinarily Times.
The giraffe has never been known
to utter a sound. This is what
makes the giraffe so valuable. They
come high, but we must have them.
Paper plates arc coming into
fashion in the East. The only way
the hired girl can get cvcn is to bounce
the tin-ware around and break stove
covers. <.
According to manufacturers of
wood mosaics, hard maple on end is
four or five times as durable as mar
bic and equally durable with the
hardest baked tile.
An excursion to Luray Caverns
will be given by the NJ. z. Church OF
Mechanicsburg, Pa, over the Cum
berland Valley and Sh enandoah Val
Icy Railroads, on the 9th of July.
Josh Billings: when [ was a
young MAJ l was always in a hurry
to hold the big end of the log and do
all the lifting. Now I am older 1
seize the small end and do the grunt-
ing"
A charivari party, who were +" bell
ing a newly-married couple near
Paw Paw, ILL.,, Tuesday night, were
fired upon by Arthur NettIeton, a
brother of the bride, and two of the
roysterers, Louis White and VIM.
Hackman, were fatally wounded.
1t is stated that T. j. Cluverius,
under sentence of death at Richmond
for the murder of Miss Lillian Madi-
son. received a proposition from a
New Orleans lawyer TO clear him for
q stipulated sum, payable when it is
done. This lawyer condemns tile
jury for the verdict it rendered in
severe terms.
The Shenandoah Herald says that
the Valley Branch B. & o. r. r. is
being fenced with q stout wire fence
its entire length. This will be well
come news to owners of stock as we'll
rs passengers and trainmcn. Cattle
stops will bc put in at all crossings,
and every effort will be made to keep
the road free from strolIing stock.
Aspccial from Grafton, dated June
23d, says: George a. Huntington,
editor of the Sentinel, was shot to-
nightby some unknown a~ssailant. In
passing the alley near Brinkman's
Hall some n aimed a pistol at his
head, but before he could fire, Mr..
Huntington knocked down the pistol,
receiving the bullet in the calf of the
leg, inaicting but slight injury.
A Moundsville special says: A
prisoner with a remarkable criminal
history has just been received at the
pe%nitentiary from Wayne county,
where he vas q few days ago convic-
ted Of forgery. lie is Colonel Mere
dith Workman, an cx-Confcdcrate,
whe served through the war with John
Morgan, Kirby Smith, and other
raiders, and who has probably had a
larger experience in the State peni-
tentiaries of Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tir-
GINA, Kentucky, and West Virginia
than any other man in the United
States. The present term makes the
third he has been sentenced to from
Wayne county alone. FIc is fifty
four years of age and has passed
thirty of them behind prison, bars.
Workman comes from an old Virginia
family and is remarkably we'll edu-
Gated and intelligent, but since boy
hood he has been beyond the pale of
the law.
ANEn,non H.. nn ALL.