Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1890-04-01
Various items.


have been reported in Charleston.
John Farrin, OF AIartinsbarg, has
been appointed to position in the
Washington navy yard.
1t is ramered the Kanawha and
Ohio Railroad has beendeased by the
Chesapeake ard Ohio Railroad.
The cadets of the Michigan Mill
tary Academy, accompanied by
friends, visited Lexington, Va.
j. T. Rickards a Baltimore & Ohio
brakeman, was killed at Patterson S
Creek Station. mean Cumberland.
Ice twenty inches think is being
cut at Bennington, Vermont, and the
prospect is the harvest will continue
month yet.
Rev. Geo. ". Finley, d. D., OF
Romney, will deliver the Alumni adj
dress at Washington and Lee Univer-
sity in June.
A company has been organized to
build railroad from Ceredo, Wayne
Co., w. Va, to deep water on the
Potomac river.
The village of NIitchell's Station,
on the Virginia Midland Railroad, in
Culpeper county, was almost entirely
destroyed by fire last Friday.
Rev. Il. B. Shepherd, ct Warren
county, Va, has accepted call to
the pastorate of the Baptist church at
Smithfeld, Isle of Wight county.
j. N. Camden, Jr., has been ape
pointed Treasurer of the Episcopal
churches in the diocese of West Vir-
ginia, to fill the vacancy created by
the death of l.. j. McCaadlisA, Esq.
The green-house Belonging TO
the Luray Inn, Luray, Va. was
destroyed by IRE last Monday
There was about $4,000 worth of
flowers and evergreens destroyed
with the house.
A Mormon elder IS SAID to be en-
gagged in winning converts in the vi
entity of Orkney Springs, in Shen-
andoah county, Va. he is reported
to receive remittances by money or
der from Utah, ranging as high as
s $50 at time.
Street Frost, colored, has been con-
victed of assault upon Mrs. William
Lewis, white woman, at Moorefeld,
Hardy county, and under the West
Virginia law sentenced to DEATH
Frost will be the first man hanged
for this crime in the State,
Major George Chrisman, Jacob
Wissler and Mr.. Prince, representing
the Farmers Alliance of the United
States, have concluded to establish
the alliance agricultural works at Iron
Gate, Alleghaney county, Va. The
works will employ from 800 to 500
hands, and their products will go to
every sub-alliance in the country,
representing 100000 members.
United States Judge Paul, of the
Western district, holding court at
Lynchburg, was annoyed at the num-
Der and triAing character of the cases
brought into his court, and said en-
phatically: IL will continue to re-
move commissioners in this district
until can get men who have some
common sense and decency about.
them TO properly conduct the bdsis
ness" s.
Hon. Vim. L. Jackson, judge Of
the Circuit Court, of LouisviIIelKy. q
died in that city Tuesday of Bright's
disease. He was Go years old, and
was once Lieutenant Governor of
Virginia. He entered the Confeder-
ate army as captain and became a
rigadier-general. After the war he
removed to Louisville and was for
eighteen years judge of the Circuit
Court, having an unexpired term of
five years.
The Equity Improvement Company
has been organized at Winchester,
Va, with Judge John Handley, of
Scranton, Pa, as president. The
capital stock is S1,000,00O. A large
meeting of citizens, representing all
branches of business was held last
Wednesday night, at which stock to
the amount of 81, 100000 was taken,
Judge Handley subscribing $50, 900.
The company will begin at an early
day the erection of $1,000 hotel,
TO be followed by number of large
IhdhuAACtuTIhS plautS'
Last Wednesday Mr.. Robert Camp
bell was burning brush on his farm
on the Amherst side of the James
river, above Lynchbarg, his little
nine-year-old daughter being with
him. Tile little girl was standing
near one of the fires when her dress
caught in blaze and she was so
badly burned that she died from her
injuries in short time. Mr.. Thomas
Haight and wife, living on the oppo-
site side of the river, learned of the
accident, and decided to go over and
spend the night with their afflicted
neighbors. They started about dusk
to cross the river in small bout
Through some mishap the boat was
capsized, and the husband and wife
both drowned while OH their mission
OF love. Eight children are left or
phans by this double calamity. and
the sympatbics of the ncighborhood
are stirred to the depths.
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