Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1888-09-04
SPIRIT OF JEFFERSON.
cnInLnsrows. JEFFERSON Coux4r, W. Va.
TUESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 4. 1sss.
Various items.

The Democrats will have a big
barbecue at Elk Garden some time
this month.
C. L. Thompson of the Huntington
Advertiser has been appointed post
master at Huntington.
B. ]. Pritchard. of Wayne county,
has been nominated for the State
Senate by the Democrats of the 9th
district.
Henry Dawson, Sr., one of the
best known citizens of Morgan coun-
ty, W. Va, died recently, aged
81 years.
Gen. John E. Roller has announced
himself as protectionist candidate
for Congress in the seventh district
of Virginia.
The Republicans have nominated
Hon. J. Marshall Hagans for the cir
cult composed of Harrison, Marion
and Monongahela counties, W. Va.
Thos. Mast, the cartoonist, will not
help the Republican campaign, but
has Joined the Daily Graphic staff
and will draw Democratic cartoons.
Hon. Geo. E. Grow, of Jackson
county, is the nominee for State Sem
ator in the district composed of the
counties of Putnam, Marion and
jackson.
The Society of the Army and Navy
| of the Confederate States and the
Maryland Line Association will at
tend the unveiling of the Confeder-
ate monument at Staunton, Va, on
the 25th of September next.
T. Clint Boude, deputy clerk of
the Circuit Court of Rockbridge
county, Va, and son of Rev. A. Poe
Boude, of the Baltimore Conference,
NJ. E. Church South, died at Lexing-
ton recently. At one time he was
editor of the Rockbridge Neoos.
The Rev. Alfred p Miller, col
ored delegate to the Republican con-
vention in Hartford, Conn, is indig-
nant over the refusal of q restaurant
keeper of that city to feed him. 1t
turns out that the restaurateur is one
of the most pronounced white Rcpub-
licans in Hartford.
A Pennsylvania firm has contract
ed to mine iron on the Boydville
farm, belonging to the estate of the
late Hon. G. J. Faulkner, near Mar
tinsbarg, w. Va. The ore is of the
ffinest ramdttre, anu IS rUund m im-
mense quantities. 1t will be-shipped
to Pennsylvania for smelling. =
Mr.. Charles Broadway Rouss, in
acknowledging the arrival in New
York of the handsome sign made for
him by Mr.. c. c. Clapp, this city.
says it is the finest sign on Broadway,
and in no unmistakable manner COM
pliments Mr.. Clapp upon his skill
Hugerstoe0n Globe.
The B. G o. Employs Relief Asso-
citation disbursed, from May 1st,
1880, to July 31st, 1888, for 44S
cases of accidental death, S463, 1856
%; accidental injuries, 1924 ,01s.47 I;
surgical expense, S91, ,421.72; natu-
raj sickness, S613, 3,O12:85; natural
death, 1924 ,6O5.32; or an aggregate
of 81, 1856, ,544.64.
1Gse foolish charge of free trade
brought against the Democratic party
by Mr.. Blaine has had the effect of
inducing the Catholic Ne,csien influ-
entail paper published in New York,
and which had remained neutral in
the campaign, to announce its sup
port of the national Democratic tick
ct. The Ne,cS sets forth with vigor
the fact that free trade has nothing
to do with the campaign, but that the
question is, "Shall the people con-
tinue to pay war taxes after quar-
ter of century of peace, and have
hundreds of millions of the people 8
money Cutting the treasury and
tempting to public corruption and
wastefulness? On this issue the
Catholic NetCS proposes to make an
earnest fight for Democracy.