Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1890-12-02

his death bed.
Large shipments of Canadian eggs
to England are being made.
A tunnel to accommodate 21 rail-
roads is to built under parts of Chi
cago.
1t is expected that the census now
about to be taken in the City of Mex
leo will show a population of about
400, 600.
Two of Hon. S. B. Elkins' boys
are all-wool Democrats, and were en-
thusiastic participants in a recent
jollification at Elkins.
1t tissaid that wholesale liquor deal-
ers in Philadelphia, who by law can
not sell less than a quart of liquor,
are selling pint of beer with plenty
of foam in; a. quart glass, thereby
evading the law.
w. II. Marbury, of Alexandria,
Va, has filed in Washington a claim
on the Chesapeake and Ohio canal.
originating with the old Potomac
=OOtA kSAA AllNL hG dooCIlS IdhGS DIG~
cedence of all other liens.
Judge d. B. Lucas made a mag
nificent race defeating Reynolds, the
Republican candidate by 1881, the
largest majority given any State of
fetal in West Va. for the past ten
years.-Tucker Democrat.
A syndicate of capitalists has pur,
chased the BoydviIle estate, owned
by the heirs of the late Hon. Charles
James Faulkner, excepting the man
sion house and several acres of land
Immediately surrounding it.
We are in, first, last and all the
time, for Hon. Wm. l.. Wilson for
Speaker of the House. He is a gen
tleman, statesman and scholar
lie would be the right man in the
right place. Tucker Democrat.
Here is a guess that Mr.. A. S.
cambridge, Jr., who has just been
elected to the Legislature in Jeffer-
son county, will be heard from in
that body. He. will be one of its
brightest and ablest members.
[ Pdrkersburg Sentinel (Rsp.)
The ffty-second Congress will not
meet until Dec. 1891, yet there are
dozen or more pronounced candidates
for Speaker Reeds place. The
number will be reduced greatly be-
fore the twelve months pass, but we
bcfiere our own 4Vul.- L. Wilson is j n
it to win.-Huntington AdUertiser.
Hon, B. D. Gibson, of Charles
town, one of the very able and popu-
lar members of the last House, served
his people so we'll that he has been
returned from Jefferson. His friends
believe he would make an excellent
presiding office. There is not the
least doubt of it, Wheeling Register,
Suffering will exhibit its presence by the cries
of the baby, and should be removed by the
prompt use of that highly recommended REM
edy, Dr. Bulls Baby Syrup. It is free from
opium. 25c.
President Kimball, of the Norfolk
and Western Road, says: "Phe
Shenandoah Valley Road will be put
in lirst-class condition. Old trestles
removed and new ones put in their
stead. Then iron viaducts will be
substituted for the high ones. It is
the intention of the company to make
the road frst-class in every respect.
Courtship aud catarrh! They begin with the
same letter, but there they diverae. Let no
girl expect to have beau until abe has fret
gotten rid OF her cataErh with 25 cont box of
Old saul's Caturrh Cure.
The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad is
building a cutoff line near Relay
Station by which its fast trains be-
tween Washington and Baltimore will
make straight line instead of fol-
lowing the curve around the viaduct
at the Relay. A new bridge will be
built across the Patapsco and about
mile of new road constructed.
The trains will save Eve minutes in
time and will make the run between
the two cities in forty minutes.
Catarrh ia not local but constitutional
disease and requires q constitutional remedy
Ike Hoods Sarsaparilla to effect cure
The annual report of the commits
sioner of pensions shows the number
of pensioners by counties in West
Virginia as follows: Barbour 81;
Berkeley 66; Boone29; Braxton 1I3 !;
Brooke %; Cabell 21O; Calhoun 81 |:
Clay %; Doddridge 1873; Fayette Al !;
Gilmer 104 Grant25 ;Greenbrier 50 /;
Hampshire 25; Hancock 25; Hardy
A Harrison 253; Jackson 285, Jeffer-
son 81; Kanawha 454; Lewis 152 /;
Lincoln Al; Logan 10; Mcdowell
27 Marion 1872 Marshall 2S2 Mason
476; Mercer 10; Mineral So Monon-
gala 25l; Monroe 12; Morgan Al;
Nicholas %; Ohio 9O4 PendIeton
81; Peasants 125; Pocahontas u
Preston 1872; Putnam 157; Raleigh
Al: Randolph 28; Ritchie 1O4 .Roane
10; Summers %; Taylor 158 ; Tuck
er 25; Tyler 233; Upshur 104 ;
Wayne 40; Webster 21; WetzeI
234; Writ 1O1 Wood 529; Wyoming
| II. Total z 7,207
Female Weakness Positive Cure
| To TIP Enron