Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1889-07-02
Various Items.

Various Items.
The profits of the sugar trusts are
put at over s9,9oo,eoo a year.
Point Pleasant, Va, voted against
license to sell liquor by majority VI
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Rev. DR.. H. NJ. White, of Win
chester, has declined the call to Au-
gusta, Ga.
Texas, as large as she is, has never
had Governor who was born within
her boundaries.
The pinnacle of earthly wealth is
said to be reached by John Rookie
Teller, the Standard Oil magnate.
Its predicted that the Indian Ter
ritory is destined to be the centre OF
the American sugar making industry.
A philanthropic citizen of Harvey
county, Kan, has planted three miles
of peach trees along the public high
way.
Florida has SD, 900, 600 invested
in the orange business, and the sales
this year were fourth of that big
sum.
Mrs. Sarah Lane Whiteling was
hanged at Philadelphia for the MUIR
der of her husband and two children
by poison.
The work Of erecting great rail-
road and wagon bridge over the Mis-
sissippi river at Memphis. Tenn. is
being pushed with vigof.
The Baldwin Locomotive Works OF
Philadelphia have just concluded a
contract for the purchase of 200 tons
of bar iron from the Roanoke (Va.) }
Mills.
Harrfsonburg (va.} district voted
in favor of license to sell liquor by a
majority of 46. Two years ago the
same district went ''dry" by POI ma
joritY.
The living citizens of Johnsto wn
will bring suits for damages against
the Fishing club that owned the great
dam whose breaking brought desofa-
ton and death to the Conematgh
valley.
The property of the Postal Tele-
graph Company i'll Maryland has
been conveyed to the Southern At
lantic Telegraph Company, which is
forming an opposition line to the
Western Union.
The Cumberland Valley railroad is
making very rapid strides in the COM
pletion of its line from Martinsburg
to Winchester. They have already
about eight miles of track laid and the
work is being pushed to completion,
although the trains will not be able to
cross the WilIiamsport bridge for
some time yet.
In Johnstown, Pa, on Monday of
last week, a burning pile of debris
set fire to some houses, and soon the
whole apper end of the town, which
had partly escaped the flood, was in
flames. A high wind prevented the
success of efforts to stay the fire. S
progress. The money value of the
burnt district is said, however, to be
comparatively small. The incident
is especially unfortunate in view of
the fact that what the people want
more than anything else in Johns
town just now is houses.
The case of VIM. Kenmfer, the
Buffalo murderer, who was con-
demned to suffer death by electricity,
was up on appeal in the. New York
Supreme Court last Tuesday. The
appeal was taken on the ground that
the State constitution prohibited cruel
ami unusual punishment, and the.
counsel for the murderer commended
that execution by electricity was
both cruel and unusual. The case
was argued at considerable length by
both sides, and the court finally de-
cided that testimony would have to
be taken as to the effect of an cleo
trio current on the human body, and
appointed Tracy c. Becker, a lawyer
OF Buffalo, to take testimony and re-
port to the court July SO next.
Adispatch from Appomattox Court
House to the Richmond Times says.
A gentleman by the the name of Mid
dleton, from Washington, d. c., is
now here and buying and taking OPP
tions on all the land upon which Gen.
Robert E. Lee surrendered. He has
already bought Captain Kindred's
place, the old Jack Rains tavern prop
erty, and the William Ross property,
upon which General Lee surrendered.
He is now trying to buy the old brick
building in which the articles of capt.
ulation were drawn and signed by
Generals Lee and Grant. Mr.. Mid
dleton has bought up to this time
about 1000 acres of land, and has
options on seven other tracts. What
he is going to do with tile property
is not known, but our citizens think he