Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1889-05-14
SPIRIT OF JEFFERSON.
. TUESDAY MORNING, NAY IL, 1852.
Various Items.

various items.
A Southern watermelon trust has
been formed, with headquarters in
New York.
The State claims 80, 900 population
for Richmond, with a suburban pop
ulation of 25, 900 more.
Over s1oo,o worth of real estate
changed hands in Roanoke within
week at advancing figures.
The Petersburg Eva. Musical As
sociation will hold its annual festival
from May 81 to "a, inclusive.
j. H. Beachley, Esq, of Hagers-
town, has been elected vice president
for Washington county of the Mary
land State Temperance Alliance.
The Roanoke Machine Works has
received an order for one hundred
80, ,ooo-pound standard box cars for
use on the Norfolk and Western.
Thesemi- Centennial of the Virginia
Military Institute, at Lexington, will
be commemorated by appropriate GER
emonies onthe Sd and 4th of July next.
At the last session of Greenbrier
Presbytery in Lewisburg, the follow
ing resolution was adopted: THAT
this Presbytery, Lexington and Win
chester Presbyteries concurring,
overture the Synod of Virginia to
consent to the erection of the three
Presbyteries into a Synod, to be
called the Synod of West Augusta. +"
Gov. Richardson, of South Caro-
lima, met Gov. Fowle, of North Caro-
lima, at their hotel in New York du-
ring Centennial week. Said the former
to Gov. Fowle: "I suppose we have
historic remark to make to each
other. But don't drink so early in
the day. Have cigar. And the
two men smoked in the most COM
panionabIe way.
The officials of the Shenandoah
Valley Agricultural Society, at Win
chester, Va, are happy over the pros
pect of having a quartette of Cover
nors as one of the attractions at their
fair in October next. Governors
Beaver, of Pennsylvania, and Lee, of
Virginia, have already accepted invi-
tations, and the Governors of Mary
land and West Virginia have also been
invited and are expected to attend.
A new land and improvement COM
pany has been organized at Radford,
Va, the junction of the Norfolk and
Western and New River Railroads.
The company purchased 200 acres
of land from VIM. Ingles, on the
New River, adjoining the lands of
the Radford Improvement Company,
at 1924 per acre-one-half cash.
The company will proceed at once to
locate an addition to the new city
and establish manufactures, &c.
THAT HACKING COUGH can bcso ouickly
cured 6yshiloh's Cure. Sold by @. Frank Jones.
The Massachusetts Legislature has
under consideration a bill which re-
quires every political campaign com
mittee which expends over 500 to
have treasurer, whose duty it will
be within twenty days after an cleo
tions to file with the Secretary of the
State an itemized statement of the
committees receipts and expendi-
lures. A penalty of 81, 900 is fixed
for neglect to make a statement or
for making an illegal expenditure.
Porous Plaster. Price 25 cents. Sold by G.
Frank Jones'
The trust bill passed by the last
Texas Legislature is bearing fruit.
The Acknowledgement has been in
formed that the Underwriters Asso-
citation, the Lumber Trust and the
Star Tobacco Company have been
dissolved. The Cotton-Seed Trust
will follow, and the bill will destroy
the Texas Press Association of morn
ing dailies, which has so controlled
the Associated Press reports for five
years as toprevent the publication of
rival morning papers in cities where
morning paper already exists.
GROUP, wHooPING COUGH and Bron-
ehitis Immediately relieved by Shilohs Cure
Sold by G. Frank Jones.
Modern healer-stI understand that
you were unable to walk without the
crutches for years, and now you can
walk as well as ever. Old Lady
Eyes" (which one of our Christian
science healers cured you?' "Oh,
l didn't have healer. You see
went into dark gloomy room one
moon-lit night. and l saw white
ghostlY form right before me, and /
was so startled that I dropped my
crutches, and the unexpected notice
of them falling on the floor so nearly
crazed me that sprang to the door
and ran for my life" "Ohl Then it
was some friendly spirit from the
summer land shat come to make YOU
whole?' No, it was the white dust
cloth over broom stick.
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