Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1890-05-13
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Various items.

Various items.
H. A. Bear has sold the Bear Lithia
Springs and other property at Elk
ton, Rockingham county, to Kemp &
Co., Of Roanoke, Va, for $40, 900.
Ex-President Cleveland has leased
the George Kelley cottage at Marion,
Mass, overlooking the bay and near
the shore; q pleasant spot, retired
and quiet.
S. n. Bloom was few days ago
elected president of the First Ma
tional of HagerstoSn, to fill the va
eancy caused by the death of Col.
George Schley.
Gov. Mckinney has invited the
StonewaII Brigade Band, of Staunton,
to head the procession at the unveil-
ing of the Lee Monument in Rich
mond on the 29th of this month.
1t is reported that Hon. D. B. Lu-
cas- will open law office in Martins
burg when his term on the Bench
has expired, unless nominated again
for the Judgeship. Mr.. F. Vernon
Aler will be his associate in the Of
fice.-MdrtinS6aTg Herald.
Col. G. G. Shields has sold his
farm at Riverside, Rockbridge coun-
ty, Va, to q syndicate for the sum
of $50, 900, $4,000 to be paid in
money and $4,000 in the stock of
the company. Col. Shields reserves
his house and thirty acres OF land.
Governor Campbell says the steady
Republican losses in Ohio are due to
the young men, who are almost SOL
idly on the Democratic side there
1t is very much so everywhere. The
young voters are not declining to look
at the new moon out of reverence
for that ancient institution, the old
one. e.-Boston Herald.
When the Republicans wanted to
steal the Presidency for Hays they
said: "You cannot go behind the re-
turns" Now, when they want to
steal the Senators from Montana,
they say: "You can go behind the
returns" Great is RadicaIism, and
Inconsistent Fraud is its ''profit.''
[NouolE Yirginian.
"Bill'' Chandler proposes to intro
duce Reeds quorum counting rule
in the Senate, and to shit the mouths
of Democratic Senators in debate
Why not pass an act to abolish the
Democratic party at once? Then
appoint. committee to consist of
Reed, Chandler, and Quay, TO run
the Government, and how simple it
would all be. This IS what Repub-
lican. rule really aims at, as we UNDER
stand it.-NdttonaI Democfdy.
Every person who travels through
the South is astonished at the mar
velous growth that is going on. New
cities are springihg into existence,
new enterprises are bringing The ore
from the earth and turning it into
wealth, and a new prosperity is bles-
sing and re1ivifying the land. No
section Shows a more wonderful re-
cuperation from the misfortunes of
war, and none has a brighter promise
of a rich and powerful future,
Baltimore AmericGis.
Samuel kimball, a sixteen-year-
old member of the choir of st. Mary's
Church, Brooklyn, died at st. Johns
Hospital from what appeared to be
cigarette poison. The boy was a
constant smoker and when brought
to the hospital from his home was suf-
fering from dtopsica1 condition of
the legs and weak condition of the
heart. The hospital doctors said that
his system had heen so thoroughly
impregnated with nicotine that the
heart was tnoble to perform its prop
er functions.
u Hon. w. L. Wilson would make an
excellent rt1nning mate with Mr..
Cleveland on the Democratic ticket
for President and Vice President in
1892: Mr.. Wilson is. comparatively
a young man. and is immensely pop
ular throughout the country. As a
candidate for Vice President he
would win an enthusiasm for the
ticket that but few men in the coun-
try would be able to do. We there
fore nominate for Vice President on
the Democratic ticket in 1892, Hon.
William L. Wilson, of West Vir-
ginia. Charleston Gazette. "
Wanted.-A good appetite. You can haTeit
easy enough ny taking Hoods Sarsaparilla It
tones the digestion and cures sick headache.
The unwilling of the Lee monu-
ment will take place in Richmond on
May 20, 1890. Every Confederate
soldier is invited to be present, to do
honor to the memory of the South's
great leader, and number of organ
izations from West Virginia have al
ready signiffed a purpose to attend.
The veterans of the Confederacy will
do honor to the day, and throughout
the broad land, there will be none
whose hearts throb with truer love
for reunited country than the men
who followed Robert f. Lee, and will
stand beside his monument on Nav
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