Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1889-04-02
Various Items.


Piedmont is to be lighted with
electric lights:
Hinton, Summers county, is en-
joying a building boom.
The trust has advanced sugar
another quarter of cent pound.
At the municipal election at Hag-
erstown the Democrats gained one
councilman.
The Reading Iron Works have
made an assignment for the benefit
of their creditors,
At Martinsburg preparations for a
great celebration Of the 4th of July
have already begun.
General Golf has indorsed John.
Frew, of the Entelligeneer, for post
master at Wheeling.
In the local option election in
Botetourt county, Va, the 'wets"
carried the county by over 200 ma
jority.
Rosanna Mccormick, an eccentric
character, was found dead in her
house near Jordan's White Sulphur
Springs.
1t is announced that the Roanoke
VA. Machine Works has just re-
ceived orders for the construction of
1000 freight cars.
James F. Keller has been appoint
cd postmaster at Romney, Hamp-
shire county, w. Va, to succeed
James Sheets, removed.
Charles Frank, aged 2l years, of
Rockingham county, Va, died few
days ago with lockiaw, caused by
running nail in his foot.
The Tucker Democrat dominates
Gov. F. Willis Wilson for President
in 1892. 1t says we want another
jackson in the Presidential chair.
It's stated that President Harri-
son proposed to appoint Mrs. Stone
wall jackson postmaster at Licking
ton, Va, but she declined the proffer.
Mrs. Belle Stockman, a sister of
Samuel E. Williamson, residing near
Spring Mills, in Berkeley county,
committed suicide by cutting her
throat with razor, a few day ago.
A whale measuring 43 feet was
captured near Old Point recently
The low tide had left the great fish
in shallow water, and he was floun-
dering around when vessel dicov-
cred him.
At O'Clock A.. NJ. on Tuesday,
April Both, the church bells all over
the country will be rung to comment
crate the fact that on that day 100
years ago George Washington was in
augurated and the bells of the old
Thirteen States rang it out.
The B. & o. R. r. Co. has issued
a large circular setting forth the man
ner in which it will conduct its Re-
lief Department. This circular has
been distributed along the whole road
where every member may have an
opportunity to study the new plan.
a gentleman writing from Phila-
delphia to friend in Washington
city says that of four persons board
ing at the same house with himself,.
attended the inaugural ceremonies on
the 4tll of March, three have since
died of pneumonia from colds con-
tracted at that time.
The Philadelphia Times says: "It
has long'been apparent that the breed
of Office seekers was deteriorating,
but it was never suspected that the
Buckeye State would get so low down
as to present S. Warren Keifer as a
fit man to sit on the Supreme Bench
of the United States. .
ThePage, Va, Courier says: There
has been considerable Improvement
made at the Cave this winter. Anew
room has been opened-called Mil
ler's Hall, in memory of the late DIR.
Miller, of Luray, nearly all of the
woodwork has been removed and in
their stead cement walks have been
laid throughout the great hall, and
heavy cave travel is expected this
season.
The Hardy county Circuit Court
confirmed the sale of part of the JOS
eph Yanmeter lands to Mr.. NJ. f.
Polling for SIS, 500, part to VIM.
Kuykendall for sc, 900 and a part to
John w. Mcneil for ST. The
sale of that part of the home place of
John t. Vanmeter east of the turn
pike to Miss Catharine and Isaac
Vanmeter for $4,000 was also con-
frmed as was that on the west side
of the turnpike to Gilkerson Brothers
for $500.
An Alabama man who wanted to
find out what profession his son was
best fitted for, put him in room one
day with Bible, an apple and dol
lar bill. If he found him, when he
returned, reading the Bible, he would
make a clergyman of him; if eating
the apple farmer, and if interested
in the dollar bill, banker. When
he returned, however, he found the
boy sitting on the Bible. with the dol
lar bill in his pocket and the apple al
most devoured and so he decided to
make a politician of him.
Gov. FitzhugIl Lee has been elect
ed president of the Balcony Falls
Mining, Manufacturing, Furnace and
Land Improvement Company, organ
lied at Lexington, Va. The author
| lied capital of the company is 81. 600 :