Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1890-07-15
Various items.


Barbour county Democrats have a
full ticket in the field.
Gov. Fleming has appointed D. B.
Stillman brigadier-ge generalofthe State
National Guard.
By the present eencus the District
of Columbia has population of 22S,-
26o, an increase in ten years of
1922.
Miss Bertha ven Hiilern, the ar
tiste, and Miss Emma Howell Wright,
the anthoress, are building summer
cottage at Middletown.
The Parkersburg Sentinel says:
Four members of Congress are named
Wilson, but. William L. Wilson, of
West Virginia, is the only one ever
heard of.
The Democrats of Maryland are
claiming certainly five Congressman
in the next election, and Western
Maryland Democrats declare they
will capture the old Sixth, which will
give them a full representation.
The Norfolk and western Railroad
has bought the Sciota Valley and New
England Railroad, extending from
Iroton to Columbus, o., thus giving
them the ownership of a direct line
from Columbus to the sea at Norfolk.
Representatiye Wilson, of West
Virginia, decli hes the adttvri.z-offer
of the presideBcyofthe University of
Missouri, and will stand for Congress
in his district this fall. Steve EIkins
aud Doodle are his opponents, but
Wilson will win. He is one of the
coming men of these States..r
Cumberland Times.
a notable thing in the temporary
chairman's address at the recent
Iowa State Republican Convention
was the failure to applaud President
Itarrison's name. Blaine's name
was cheered to the echo, and Tom
Reed applauded- but as for the
executive there were none so
poof rs to do him reverence.
The. public have no objection to
providing herself with the
best college president the State can
find. but applaud Mr.. William L.
Wilson'S decision to stay in public
llfa. IL is pity in all such cases
tiiat there are not enough best men
70 80 around and leave no aching void
IRqsh i1aqto1 Star.
SECRETARY Blaine, it is said, openly
and 'emphaLically declares that the
tariff bill, and the federal
bill indicate very bad gen
eralAhip on the part of the Republi-
cans, and that if these measures are
forced through Congress ''the Re
puolicans may as well buy magnifi-
cent tombstone and make ready for
a first-class funeral"
The way some of our Republican
papers speak it would seem that they
would be very much delighted if
Congressman Wilson was a resident
of some other State. Not that they
have anything against him person
ally, perhaps, but that they stand in
awe of the mighty vote he POLLS
Gentlemen, it will be mightier than
ever this fail.-Neto Dominion.
The Buffalo Courier says: ''When
the Democrats we're in power their
great trouble was to dispose Of the
surplus which Republican laws COM
PEELED them tp-collect and which they
were not ssnd. to waste. When the
DeEGHES9guhEn to power their great
trE-.g.e will be to ill the hole which
the Republicans are evidently going
to leave in the place where they found
that great surplus piled up"
The only duty of the State Conven-
tion this year will be to nominate u
candidate for the Supreme Bench to
fill out the unexpired term of Judge
Green. Judge Lucas now holds the
place by appointment, and every rea-
son demands his nomination. He has
made during his brief service an able
and satisfactory Judge, something
which politicians are slow, however,
to recognize, but which every lawyer
knows to.Ie of more Importance than
any amount of politics in judicial
election. --Martiasburg Statesman.
The worst cases of scrofula. salt rheum and
other diseases of the blood, are cured by Hood;
Sarsaparilla.
A st. Louis journal has addressed
= circular letter to members of the
National Democratic Committee re,
questing an expression of preference
as to the place of holding the next
National Democratic Convention
Mr.. William Dickson, member Of the
national committee for the District
of Columbia, sent a reply in which
he favors Washington as the most
proper place. He says locality. eli
mate, appropriateness are all in IA
vor of Washington. It's railroad ia
cilities are unsurpassed, its hotel ac-
commodations ample, and its histori,
associations most attractive to al
American citizens. He says the cit
izens of Washington will gladly pu
up for the convention a. wigwam big
enough to hold all the world and thu
rest of mankind.