Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1890-02-18
Various Items.


The S. v. R. r. has added several
new freight engines toits equipment.
Rev. DR.. Talmage has returned
from his trip to the Holy Land with
q cornerstone for his new Brooklyn
Tabernacle from Mount Calvary.
By the use of Laxador, the golden remedy
for all blood and bowel diseases, the liver, the
spleen. the. Kidneys, aud the stomach are all
brought into harmonious action. 1t is beyond
doubt most valuable specific and should be
kept in every family, for aH emergency.
The road commissioners of Eve Of
the six districts of Augusta county,
Va, have addressed a communities
ton to the judge of the county court
asking that a mounted rock-crusher,
with elevator, be purchased and paid
for with county funds for the use of
each road district in rotation.
leet when sick, use for the diseases of baby
hood Dr.. .Bulls Baby Syrup-it never disap-
points. 25 cents.
The growth of Dallas, Texas, is
but one of the illstrations of the won-
derful progress of that State. In
1870 the population of Dallas was
500, in 1880 it was 0,OOO, and by a
recent carefully-compiled census it is
placed at 81 $50. This leads the
Daily Ne10s, of that city, to claim
that in three years the population of
Dallas will foot up 10000. In 1886
the property assessments were ST.
962, ,985, whilst in 1889 they aggre-
gated $50. $40, ,475. The city has
125 factories, with an invested capi-
tai of over $3,00O,0 900, and giving
employment to about 2, 800 people,
The trade of the city in 1887 was
$40, ,935 900, whilst for nine months
in 1880 itfooted up S26, $50, 900.
Do you suffer with catarrh? You can be
cured. if you take Hoods Sarsaparilla, the
great blood purifier Sold by druggists.
The Waynesboro IVA. ) Times says {:
Waynesboro is to have new hotel
to be constructed after the most i'm
proved modern designs. The pro-
jectors of this enterprise are among
the most successful business men of
Waynesboro and Staunton. This
building is to be located on the pres
ent site of the VIM. B. GaIlaher resi-
dence and is to cost not less than
S15, 900. We understand that efforts
are being made to have this hotel
completed at as early a day as possi-
BILE. This hotel will be Immediately
on the line of the street railway run
ming along Wayne avenue from th e
Chesapeake and Ohio depot to the
proposed new station on the Shenan-
doah Valley railway near Bakers
Springs.
The world wide reputation of Ayers sarsa-
parilla is the natural result of its surprising
value as a blood medicine. Nothing in the
whole pharmacopoeia. effects more astonish-
debility and all forms of blood disease, than
this remedy.
The forty-fifth anniversary of Rev.
DR.. Hoge's pastorate of the Second
Presbyterian Church, Richmond,
Va, will be celebrated with appro-
pirate ceremonies on the evening Of
the 9th of this month. The Mozart
Academy has been secured as the
place. With the stage and boxes ii
will seat about 1900 people. The
following distinguished men have ac-
cepted invitions to make addresses /:
Rev. DR.. John Hall, of New York, O h
behalf of the Presbyterion Church at
large; Bishop Alpheus w. Wilson,
for the Methodist Church; DR.. j. L..
M. Curry, for the Bapttsts, and
Bishop Randolph for the Episcopa-
lians. Rev. DR.. Kerr, pastor of the
First Presbyterian Church, of Rich
mond, will either speak or make a
prayer. There will also be an ad-
dress by an eminent layman. DR..
Hoge is the only pastor the Second
Church has ever had, and it is the
only charge he has ever had. He has
declined many fiattering offers from
churches in other cities.