Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1886-08-24

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prevails among the French troops in
Tonquin.
Remove your grass and weeds or
you will have to pay for it by having
sickness in September.
VIM. Finchum, the fratricide, has
been sentenced at Harrisonburg to
be hanged on November 5.
The Republicans of the First Con-
gressional district will hold their con-
vention at Weston on Sept. IA.
Hon. A. NJ. Kelley, of Virginia, has
been appointed one of the Judges of
the international Egyptian commits
sion.
Hon. John Goode has been ap-
pointed special government counsel
in the suit against the Bell Telephone
company.
Hon. Thos. Croxton, the present
Congressman from the first Virginia
district, has been renominated by the
Democrats.
The only cough mixture before the
people that contains no opiates or
narcotics is Red Star Cough Cure.
Price twenty-five cents.
John D. Spencer has been acquitted
in the County Court of Henry county
of the murder of j. K. Terry at Mar
tinsville several months ago.
The name of Maj. Ran. StaInaker
is mentioned in the Wheeling Regis
ter in connection with the State Sem
atorship from the First Senatorial
District.
Edwin Alden & Bro, newspaper
advertising agents of Cincinnati, with
branch in New York, have assigned.
Liabilities, S182, 900; nominal assets,
S272, 900.
Geo. II. Hagley offers job in Hats,
and has dropped prices on Summer
Clothing, Gloves, Slippers, &C., to
suit the end of the summer trade, also
has 20 Building Lots for sale.
We believe most of the delegates
of this county appointed to the Sena-
torial Convention favor Mr.. Alex.
Parks, Jr., of Martinshurg, for State
Senator.-Berkeley Springs Ne1cs.
The Indiana State Democratic con-
vention nominated ticket for State
officers, and adopted a platform ap-
proving President Cleveland's admin
istration, and opposing prohibitory
legislation on the liquor traffic.
Editor Cutting told an American
newspaper correspondent that his al
legged circulation of the libel person
ally in Mexico consisted of casually
handing a single copy of his paper to
friend in a cafe in Paso del Norte.
Governor Lee proposes to name his
youngest daughter Virginia, in honor
of her native State. This young lady
is about n week old, and is the first
child born in the executive mansion
of that State since the close of the war.
Her features are not regular, yet
what an attractive face she has!" 1t
is her beautiful hair. Once it was
thin, grayish and fading. a few bot
ties of Parker's Hair Balsam wrought
the transformation. 1t will do as
much for anybody.
Congressman Chas. T. O'Ferral, of
Virginia. found 246 Republicans hold
ing office in his district when the pres
ent administration came in. He went
to work at once, and in ninety days
all but four of their places were oc-
cupied by Democrats.
One among the many eminent church
dignitarics who have given their
public endorsement to the wonderful
efficacy of St. Jacobs Oil, in case of
rheumatism and other painful all
ments, is the Right Reverend Bishop
Gilmour, Cleveland, Ohio.
Within four years 100, 900 peach
trees and 1000 acres of watermelons
have been planted in Barnwell county,
South Carolina. Already 10000 of
the peach trees are bearing, and
this year some 100000 melons will
come from Barnwell and Aiken coun-
ties.
We received a call Wednesday
from Isaac Fouke, Esq, of jefferson
county. Mr.. Fouke is a candidate
for the Democratic nomination for
State Senator, and if he gets it he will
be elected. He has represented JEFF
ferson county in the Legislature sew
eral times Berkeley Springs Neecs-
Gen. J. Warren Keifer, ex-Speaker
of the House of Representatives, has
withdrawn from the congressional
race in the eighth Ohio district He
says: - am satisfied the nomination
would only come after such contest
as have no wish to engage in person
ally. and which 1 cannot ask my
friends to make"
Mrs. Wm. NJ. WEIGH, of Keyser,
| has large cat that follows her at all
times like dog. Recently while out
with Mrs. Welch the cat jumped on a
large five-foot moccasin snake that
was about to attack its mistress, and,
after hard fight, killed the reptile
and then dragged it home, where Mrs.
Welch had fed screaming as soon as
she saw the snake.
Capt. Frank P. Cord, conductor on
the Shenandoah Valley Railroad, and
who is member of the Roanoke and
Hagerstown Gun Clubs, has been pre-