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Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-11-09

snow on until night. The fakes will fall
in every town SID village and neighbo-.
hood, tns white fakes. The octOeena-
riar will come up, his hand trembling,
and with specialized eye he will scrutinize
the vote and drop it snd pass or. Ine
young msn who has been waiting for BIZ
time will come up, snd proudly Ind
b,ushipgly deposit his fcst vote and Sfs
OF. The capitalist will come up witt be.
diamond finger and the lsborer withxsrd
hs!, and The one vote will be as COED as
Lac other. Snow storm CT SURFACES 4nd
then these white fakes will be gethesed
together and compectsd INTO en ats-
lsncae that will slide down in exeTessioa
OF the will CT the people. Stand out oil
the way CT II? In
TIE AWFUL SWEEP
OF tais white svslsnche let politicsl fraud
go down Thousand feet under.
You have Tot only . vote, you have q
prayer. The prayer may De mlgaiier than
Eae vote. Ga, IS citizens OF THIS beautiful
city, snd CT this STATE, grd OF this latior,
let rs 90 cur Whole duty. We c.nnctliv
nader any other form Of government than
tina, which God hss given Us In this coun-
try. The stars On our tag axe not the
stars OF thickeniug night, out the stars
spTinklsd smid the bsrs cf morning cloud.
We sre going to have one government On
this entire continent. Let toe desposisms
OF Asia keep their feet Of the Psc. Il COST,
and ies the syrannies Of EnsOpe keep shelr
feet CT the Atlantic cossy. We are
going to hsve one government. Mexico
will follow Texas into, shs Union, snd
Christianity and CIVILIZATION VIII stsua
side py side il he halls OF she Montezu-
mas. And il not in our day, then In toe
dag Q! cur children, Yncalan and Central
Amer'ca viii come in dominion, waiie on
the roth Csnsda viii be ouxs, rot by
couqgsst-oh, 70, American ard slisn
swords may neYst CASA olades-3us We
H!l 700 or fair neighhor
Of tbs ncr!h, sld then Eas
gland will ssy TO Cansda: "You
are Old enough fer the Marriage day, =
snd then, turning. 1iIl say: G AIT Ct ,she
West, go take your bride" Aad then
fsom Bsfi as bSy 70 the Caribbean there
gil be one government Under ore flag,
Win one destiny free, undisputed,
gnristisnized American continent. Goo
gave the city Of Br0oslyI! Godssve the
commonwealth OF New York ? God save
stho Union.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-11-09
She Panhandle,

Colonel D. C. Kolp, secfstssy, oil tas
IoHs-Texss colony, srriyed iKssAe city
LAST evening for the purpose of locking
up furniture and provisions for tie new
hotel, De Cameron, about completed ST
Iowa PARK, Wichita county. The
hotel will contain thirty rooms, in.
GLIDING q fine dining room 32.40 feet.
The Colonel says the Panhandle Is full OF
prospectors s0d investors from all parts
OF the country, Texas eepdiug full
quota. The gales CT lsrd since the
colony located (a5ous sixty days sgo)
aggregate $4,000 acres in quarters,
halves and sections in the vicinity ol
lows Park, sud building has commenced,
,shsre being nine ~ loads Of lumoer
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-11-09

The temperature in Texas during the
last seven days has been Shove
the seasonaole sversge, and its
eEsct upon the lsts cotton plant
WAS yery favorable. The mean tempera-
.ure for the state WAS s., which is 3
higher than the average of last week.
Frost has not been reported from any
! pert of the state, ror at this writing is
any likely so occur for few days at
least.
Rainfall ind Sunshlne-The absence OF
storms and more than the average OF sun
shine has sfscted the cotton crop very
tnyorsbly. Bright and suDsh!ny weather
| has been favorable for all kinds OF crops,
and has assisted the farmers N the gath
ering CT cotton and seeding OF Thest.
! n rain has fallen except in some OF the
lever cGuntise. A: Brownsville there
was % inch; Corpus Christi o. lnch;
Gsly, ston "a inch, and Lsglsnge o.
! ZACH.
| EXTRACTS FROM REF 5RIS.
Oscsr SsmsIZ, Austin-No rain. The
sunshine ia favorable 10 crops. Cotton if
ABUNDANT.
"A. Sterling, Beltol-Tbe weather is
wSrn and favorable 20 crops. No rain
Picking is progressing rapidly. There Is
Still coed Geal Ct coEtol &c come n.
william Splitter, Brrnet-We had very
fl 1t weather the past seventeen days, 81
Of which hxve been tsv0rHbii to cotton
crops snd emsl grSin. Cotton continues
TO come II ana 10 .bcIeesa IN amount.
T. D Erred, Cc.umbus-Very lf.!e
cotton on bottom l.EcS has been picked
The yield will oe better than was expect.
/ ed Il is ssin making, aad the weather
!a favorable Tor picking, ous hands arc
scarce.
J.P. Berry, Cedar HjE-Tae late cot
ton is beginning TO open, and il thE
weather continues favorable there viii be
quite coed crop. There has been nc
frost 10 dsmsge anything yet.
j. S. Rogers, ColUmois-The weather
Is clear. Farmers sEe busy and picking
promises tayorshlY. Some few runs o'
grinding csne and balipg nave been made
| By 6Gear planters, but the work Is mo-
well ulder sag yet.
+. c. Ssnborp, Cleburnc-Saediug
wheat Is progressing iavorably, with il
creased acreage. Young wheat looks
pale, on. tie straw is good. Cotton
FIELDS are still green Except IL low places
Farmers are aYaiiirg Themselves OF the
| good wskIher snG are very pusy pAChtos
cotScn. the staple IS good.
I'D Douaid, Decstur-The weather
bss neen dry, warm and clear, favorable
fer the mS,urIrg and opening OF lste cot
ten, wherefore the farmers are happy.
Silag G. Lsckey, Mesquits-The tenn
persture wss below the average ana
affected heco.ton crop il 1rlously. Ffoe'
ON the 2+ih killed cotton in the valleys
and mp to certain height on the hills
while above this line 1t entirely escaped
IL Jury. There vas Ice an eighth OF a.
inch thick in the East Fork bottoms. A
hesvy fog which blew up just before sun.
rise saved the cotton on the hills.
John McGlsne, San AItonio-Tie
weather is warm for the sessoD. The
second crop of cotton is maturing we'll.
JIG. msyerhofer, Wsco--rhe rainfall
temperature and sunshine during The lss
seven dsys have been very favorable &c
the cotton crop.
Wm Schmidt, V!ctoris-No Esin. The
weather ls very favorable to cotton.
With this issue the weather crop 5ulie'
tin will be discontinued till the beginning
s.ss .ba newt rron Mason
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-11-09
a New Fire QufeNrpefsS
Rostaa Tran,ctR5tss

TIE ssrvant girl who pours kerosene
oil Gu the fire seems to have disappeared
pretty completely. Perhaps she HIS ossn
to considerable extent ex!erminated. At
Sny rste, We don't often read CT cases
otexolosion snd conf lgrstiop, though the
vlgilaut housekssper, il she Happens into
the Kitchen; may still detect 81 odor.
which tells her that the girl must haE8
poured oil-on the kindiing either beSFe
or after it was isnisSd. But the iis8neE
mss case which may explain why keEox
sene accidents ere not so freQuent. Toe
servant girl has discovered a neTAse-
quickener.
It was in Boston, and not long ago, thas
the mistress Of house,Ect much given
10 going into the kitcAc, entered qaa
day. Unexpectedly, jN in time 8
catch her kitchen MD in the sEt
OF emptylng q ep6enful ON @en-
ulated white sfg4r intoN The
fire. Sugar is exseed&giy Nhsp 2-
BILE, and its appliss5son smsd4 tS& IRE
fash up in excel,s6t ahap3. TbefsG Of
the house had 16ticed Ass he mas eSllsd
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-11-09
WEATHER CHOP BULLETIN,
octc bsr Cooler Than Usual with an Ereess
OF Rain.
TEMPERATURE.
SIGNAL OFFICE, WAR DEPARIMEST
WASHINGTON CITY. NOY. j.. lSSs

WASHINGTON CITY, Nov. /, 1855
The month of October was cooler thar
usual in eli districts east Of the Rocky
mountains, while 1t was slightly warmer
than usual on the Pacific coas. anc
piatesu regions. The daily average tenn
perssure Coz the month in the central VAL
leys, including the principal winter wi eN'
slases, vas generally from to S.
below the normal for the meath
About the ssme conditions prevailed IN
tie middle Atlantic ststes and New En-
gland, While in the CUT states, Georgia
AID FIodda, TIE Temperature vas only
tcota - 20 / lower thnn the norEIal. The
movement Of the frost line to rhs south
waEd was very slight during the month OF
October, aDd the greater portion of the
Gull sts:ee, Southern Georgia, AID The
wloie Of Ficrics continue south of tthe
iFoe. iice. Killing trosis were reported
IN N3Ith Carolina on the 22i, and ia Ten
nessse Cd Ehs 29sh, AID ct earlier dstes
ouri3e the month in Maryland, Virginia
arG Kentucky.
PRECIPITATION.
Duzing tae montR of October there ha:
boen ga excess OK precipitation over lht
greGLer pcrtjon Of the so1therr, middle
at kn!ic ead New England states. Lrg;
excessaF, ranging from three TO four
iccheP, occurred in South Carolina anc
Georgia, where large Deficiencies in rain.
s@N we're previously reported. Large ex
cesSas also occurred in Southern Louis
lana, where the rainfall for the season
wks largely above the uoTmtl. Through
OF! the lske region and tins uppar Missis-
sip2l end Missouri valleys, including Ne
orsgks s1d the greater portion Of Kansas
nc rainfall tor the month Wss legs thsl
usual. OVer Minnesota, Wisconsin, lows
Sou aess,srl DSkota and Eastern Ne.
0rss1s zb0ua One-hsIi the usual rainfall
occlsEed.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-11-09

The other day workmen, waile ergag ed
in denolishing the Dinwiddis Va. coun.
ty courthouse, found underlhe ioeE sf
the kitchen skeleton, toeeH9thS
centeen and q musket. L Is supposed
that the skeleton is thst OF soldier who,
while sick or wounded, crept uader the
floor and there died.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-11-09
TIE COMING ELECTION.
TIE Methods Of Voting in An1ien
Times Explained The Origin of
the Ballot 30
TIE Fsstnsss ct tbe Nation fhs sfrorg
hold al the GovernmeS:-EhB
BalleE or the award.
Il Based Upon Topic Nov Engaging
The INTEREST OF Every One,
DROOKLYN. n

DROOKLYN, n
u Y Nov. A.
At the Tabernacle
this morning the
RsV. T. Dewitt
'Tslmage, ID, eI-
pounded some pas
sages Of scripture
aoout ancient oli-
tics. he gave ont
the hymn: "Arm OF
the Lord, awake,
awake; pus on thy
stfength,tae nations
ahskaD Tna D0c-
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-11-09
AT EsG xOUfH or r1sE bRiZOs
UspltAlnts Intereatsd IN Zfas. HsEnor at
That Point,


THAT Point
speciaito the G.zetss.
HOUSTON, lex, NOV. This fore
noon ii I0:40 O'Clock party OF distin~
. eu!shad gentlemen AND capitalists ltf5 the
international depo. on the Columbia Tap
train bound for the mouth Of the Braz is
river. Taey we're Colonel Lse, banker
Of K.1sss; G. ". Angle, s capitalist Of
san Antonio; E L. Carthall, one Of the
Leading civil CT glreers CT the United
States Ira e. Evans. of Austin; Chsrles
W. Ogden, q San Antonio; Gus WilAe,
Cpe Of the contractors of the sts.e capt.
tol; C. NJ. Price, smother contractor, sad
Ccicnel Ferguson, capitalist. They all
met here this morning Sud are Interested
in the PR iact Q! getting deep water st the
mouth OF The BrsZ1s. Those VINO are not
contractors are officials or directors IN
me Brszos River Channel and Dock Com
papy. They went down TO make tue
necets sry preliminary arrangements 10
begin the work CT opening o channel
through the bsr ct the mouth Of the
river. they nlrescy own twelve miles CT
water f1oGttge CT each eide Of the mouth
of The Brazls which they purchased
within the PISS. few months, showing that
they mean business IN their undertaking
and axe coufdent Cf the success e their
plans. Mr. C6rtheIl wss the right
bower CT Capt. i. u Eids curing his
lifetime and succeeded 70 the manage.
nens c! many Of iha grand pro.
ects OF inst great msn. He
has ismilisr.z9d himself with the
Topography OF the land under ws!er 50
we'll as GU of 1t in thst locality, and
knowing it 81 he does he is ccrtlert CT
making tde best hGrbor on the cosst OF
Texas, or IN The south, right here. They
have millions behind them, and mean 70
push their work right ahead. This is the
arst time that tins directors and officials,
Of this new company have visited the
place together since the beginning CT AhH
enterprise. This is 8 proi:cs ofxEshe
greatest consequence 20 our people, spa'
one which, If successful, may be Of moxe
benef. to our business interests thsa&ae
,S-osdinary eye can St&ks in at thss6frst
sglsnce The p3FtE will remain stVeral
daSsskihe maskENH the Brszos.
- --f,sS = -aarss.
i "Tlussx d, Iae alits:3Ss no maui An occa
y sion 81 &qsar6f Che ,R$&afs ChutSTbnic often
ssvesFoa ifgsss ieiigs spell asokness. mo
ours5&o paYssf
I'll l.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-11-09

REMEMpERThst the presence Of Gen
nIHi h avs St-tserals BeaUregard and Early
who sre In chsrgs OF the drawings, 10 O gusran
tee Of absolute fairness and integrity, that thu
chances are all equal, and that no one can pos
sihly divine what number Will draw prize.
RESEMBER also that he pawn ent of Prize.
Ia GUaHAN rEED BY FOUR NATIONAL
6ASKS OF New Orleans, and The Tickets are
signed by the President OF an Institution,
highest Courts; theretorsssewsre OF fanny imi
tAtions or anonymous saGelbes.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-11-09

During the delivery ot;.a course Of lee
lures il Paris the Lecturer Alluded to
DAmocles and the swor63lcitesf' held by
thread. He forgos tH6sAme Of Da-
mocles. "No matter, ladies and gentle
men, the thread was good and will bysd
till thashext lectura,n
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-11-09
GENERAL REMARKS,

The Westher has been generally favor
aole for farm work in the winter wheat
states and The rainfall for the month has
doEo.les5 sff3ctedl the winter wheat crop
fsyorsbIF. The rain in the southern por-
tioI Of the Gulf states has improved the
condition OF growing crops IN that Sec
tion, although the reports indicate that
generally the weather for the season has
not b3eE favorable for the cotton crop.
a. ". GREEDY, Chief Signal Officer.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-11-09

AL V Z S I O N,
lex, Nov 3 -
Fol 10 wing Is
Yea Their an d
crop bulletin No.
., for the week
ending Saturday,
Nov e n b e r 3,
1883:
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-11-09
an EDe prov,.,on.

Father, 1t is q. esSsst,al for sou to provide 0
safeguard asainor tHsgigbt fiend to your chill
dren, Group, az ts.theff skunger. Taylor's Cner
okee Remedy .efSweet Gun and Mullen viii
ca-e Group SSsshs and ca2ds.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-11-09
TEXAS CROPS.
The Bulletin far the Week Ending
Yesterday-A Favorable Show
ing for the fleecy Staple.
The Ts rnperaturs and Moisture Hsye Been
Favorable tn CTopf-Ths Appear
arce OF Prost-Connmsnts.

special TO the Gazette.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-11-09

upon to pay for s crest many barrels
OF sugar, and his wife hsd won
dered at the tsmily's enormous
consumption CT that srticle; but
she dld not wonder sDy more, espec-
tally ss the girl, under pressure, con
iessed that she had regularly been using
the sugar to quick4 the fire. "Sure,
.unfa,n sue ssiu.s5Re must hsve fes fire,
and Ne aQz%s Bs that slow thtfs me
heS9 Isl f6Ee fSstin' oEitl"
s-srEs
e41ass fcgss sss Aaass Eure-cqse
'Hunts' Cur Huns Hn}VsSafeslSr all Skin
Z .uriions y,Guarsnteea:o
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-11-09

/ ,fopaS EointYsas eczeYss "ropssee Clint
s: is7ss:! s En- II Il
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-11-09

Resd the crest clubbing cfars made BY
TIE GAZETTE in this isshs.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-11-09
AMERICAN IGNORANCE,

and there will be in November thousands
AID 'housends Of people VINO are no more
qualified to exercise the right Of sufisge
these things to be corrected? By laws Of
compulsory education we'll executed. I
60 in for law winch, altar giving fair
warning for few years, shsll make ig-
norance . crime. There is no excuse fer
ignorance on these subjects in this land,
wheEe the common schools make kIowl-
eda&ts free IS the fresh air of heaven. I
WEN have board OF EXAMINATION
e. Ted hiside the officers Of registration,
SD 49, them decide whether the men Hho
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-11-09

H""Timsx q Isas @Eitss16g no maui gan occa
s1ss sion al &qsess6 Ches i$ka's ChytS6nic often
r ssvssF5l HSSSs ieiigs spell Of sfaekness. "No
oursSno paS''ts ~
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-11-09


70 that you can come sometimes to
no Just opinion IS TO who is the best msn,
ana there are hundreds End thoUssnds o!
electors who 60 up to vote SO utterly be-
logged they know rot what they do. Is
not that 8 fearful influence to be brought
upon the psllot box OF this country? II
has bsen go eTer since tho foundation OF
this government. Defamation Of char
Rcter.
Thomas Paine writes Washington let
ter, snd puoliehes II, saying: "rresch-
erous In ell private friendship and 6 hyp-
ocrlte in puol!c morals, The world will De
puzzled 70 know whether We had better
whether you abandoned coed morsis or
never had any" That is Thomas Paipe's
opinion OF George Washington.
John Quincy Adams declared ttat he
wss solaced in regard to the
SCANDALS AND ANATHRMAs
rfllcted rpon him by the fact mat ais
father, John Adams, hsi to GO through
the same process, end iona Q liHcY
Adsys declared he really thought IL that
present election there were men who gave
their entire time TO manufactured fs!sS-
hood in regard to him. Martin V&n Bu-
ren WIS always pictoTial,zai as rat,
Thomas 81. Bsnton and Amos Kendall
we're slWsys pictoriSlizsd es robbers with
bsttering rams breaking IN the door Of
the United States INK.
On the day on which Thomas Jefferson
was insugurated President OF tie United
States, March 4, 1901, the following ap.
peared in the Sentinel CT Boston: "Mon.
umentaI inscription. Yesterday expired,
deeply regretted oy millions Of grateful
ful Americans, and by ell good men, the
Federal administration Of the govern.
ment OF tee United States, aniplated by
Washington, Adams, Hamilton, Knox
Pickering, McHenry, MsTshs,i and Stod-
dRrd; aged twelve yesrs. Us death VA:
cccasioned by the seclet arts and ope,
violence Of foreign and domestic dema.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1888-05-08
Church Items.

Rev. Sam Small, the noted lecturer
and evangelist, will lecture in .Shep-
herdstown on Thursday evening next.
Rev. F. j. Brooke has accepted the
advice of Lexington Presbytery and
declined the call to the church at
Wythville, Va.
The yearly meeting of the Society
of Friends Orthodoxy will take place
at Hopewell, Frederick county, Va,
on Sunday, May 20.
The General Assembly of the Pres
byterian Church in the United States
will meet in the Franklin Street Pres
byterian church, Baltimore, on the
II of May, 1888, at IL o'clock, A. NJ.
Virginia Chassis will meet in the
Reformed Church in Shepherdstown
on Wednesday evening, May 23rd, to
remain in session one week. Rev. A.
X. Kline, of Woodstock, Va, Is pres
ident, and will preach the opening
sermon.
The following are appointments of
Bishop Peterkin:
Sunday, May 90. Zion Church. Charlestown:
Sunday, May 90, P. NJ, Manning's School
Sunday. May 90, P. NJ, st. Phillips.
Monday. May 81. Ripon.
Tuesday. May %. Shepherdstown.
Wednesday, May %. Harpers Ferry.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1888-05-08
Personal Mention.

Mayor Lambert, of Martinsburg,
was in town yesterday.
Mr.. +. j. Martin, of Roanoke, Va,
is visiting friends here.
Capt. John L. Thompson and wife;
of Berryville, are visiting friends
here.
Mrs. DR.. j. V. Simmons and daugh-
ter are visiting Alex; Ncill, ESQ.,,
of Hagerstown.
Mrs. Harriet Lane johnson, of Bal
timore, has been visiting at Mrs. Re-
becca Hunters.
We were pleased to have call,
last Friday, from Bro. H. L. Snyder,
of the Shepherdstown Register.
Mr.: j. w. Snyder and bride, of
Washington City, have been spend
ing their honeymoon in Shepherds
town.
Miss Kate Janney, who has been
spending the winter and spring in
Baltimore and elswhere, has returned
home.
Mrs. William Fl. Terrill came in
great haste from Baltimore, on Fri
day week, to attend the sickness of
her father, Mr.. VIM. III. Moore. Sr.
Mr.. Joseph Goldsmith, of Balti-
more, was in town last Wednesday.
He and his daughter Flora will sail
for Europe May 22d, for a three
months trip abroad.
Miss Mamie Gardner, one of Mar
tinsburg's most charming young la
dies, who has been visiting the
Misses Lloyd, near Ripon, for month
past, returned home last week, much
to the regret of a host of admiring
friends.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1888-05-08

Messrs. Forrest w. Brown and
George Baylor, Special Commission
ers, on last Friday sold the HINES
tract of land of VIM. j. Grantham to
Capt. Jno. f. Smith, at Sill per acre.
Messrs. VIM. Phillips & Sons have
contracted to furnish material for
buildings for Mr.. A J. kimmell, at
Wadesville, Va, John Macarthur at
IIarper's Ferry, and Geo. w. Boyer
at Browns Crossing.
Mile Tucker, a worthy colored
woman, aged about so years, died
suddenly of heart disease, at the res
idcnce of her son, Samuel Tucker,
near Weirick & Weller's machine
shops, last Thursday.
Mr.. c.. Frank Jones has moved his
soda fountain nearer the front of his
store, and is now prepared to serve
{: milk Shakes" soda water and other
delightful drinks with better accom-
modations than ever before.
Sir Knight Gustav Brown will leave
to-day for Huntington, as the Rep
resentative of Potomac Commandery,
to attend the Annual Grand Cnnclavc
of the Grand Commandery of West
Virginia knights Templar, which
conveneS tomorrow.
The two negro boys, Nelson Try
man and Sol. Coiston, who escaped
from Jail a few nights ago, made an
other attempt last Sunday night, but
the cell in which they are now con-
fined being iron-lined, their efforts
in this direction were futile.
Messrs. Woodward & Luthrop, the
cnterprising Boston Dry Goods men
of Washington City, advertise their
Semi-Annual Linen Sale, in which
they offer large inducements. See
what they say about their mail order
department, and send for catalogue.
a northern party some time ago
leased of Col. VIM. A. Morgan the
large pond below Morgan's Spring,
near Shepherdstown, and made prepa-
ration for the cultivation of water
cress therein. 1t has proved, we
understand, very profitable. in
vestment, large number of barrels
of cress being cut and shipped
therefrom. There are a number of
similar localities in this county which,
it seems to us, might be made equally
profitable.
Our friend and former countyman
Dir. Jas. II. Langdon, of Berryville,
has laid us under obligation for a sack
of elegant Emmcrt Bros. High Grade
Patent Roller Flour, in which he deals
largely. Friend Jim don't believe in
doing things by halves he has not
only newly entered the matrimonial
state, but has moved into a nice new
store-room on the north side of Main
street, and will be glad to see his JEFF
ferson friends when they visit Berry,
vile. Give him call.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1888-05-08
Public Sale of Fine Carriages.

As I am crowded with work and
need room, l will offer lot of New
DOUBLE & SINGLE VEHICLES,
(First-class Handmade Work. at
Public Sale, in front of the Court
House, to the highest bidder, on
Tuesday, the Sth day Of Nay, 1888.
TERMs.-Six months from day of
sale, negotiable note payable at either
Banks of Charlestown. with 6 per cent.
A discount of 6 per cent for Cash.
AUGUST SCHULTZ.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1888-05-08

The McSherry land, 1874 acres, on
the eastern slope of the Blue Ridge,
near keyes' Ferry, was sold last Fri
day. by Messrs. Lucas, Baylor and
Brown, Special Commissioners, to
Becker Bros, of Baltimore, at SO. 80
per acre. These gentlemen are en-
tering largely into the cultivation of
fruits, and have already become the
owners of large tracts In this locality,
upon which they have planted $4,000
peach, plum and Japanese persimmon
trees, and so, 900 grape vines. This
tract, we understand, will be used
for like purpose.