Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1891-02-17

SPIRIT OF JEFFERSON.
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TUESDAY MORNING. FEBRuARY i. 1891.
Gen. Wm. T. Sherman died in
New York last Saturday.
Thanks to Senator Faulkner for re-
cent documentary fayors.
admiral David d. Porter, of the
United States Navy, is dead.
Hon. Holly G. Armstrong, clerk of
the Senate of West Virginia, has our
thanks for documentary faSors.
Iet Charleston change her name,
and Jefferson county will stand by
her against the removal of the capt.
tai to Buchanan or any other point.
Auditor p. F. Duffy will accept
our thanks for q copy of his biennial.
report for 1890. Mr.. Duffy has
proven an able and acceptable Official.
1nthe House of Delegates on the
9Th Mr.. Dandridge presented two pc
titions from 1S1 persons in Jefferson
county, asking that Storer College be
not designated as a branch Agricul-
tural College. Tie petition was laid
on the table.
Mr.. Gibson's bill to limit tenants
liability for the taxes of the landlord
to the extent of the rental due, was
passed in the House of Delegates
last Thursday. The bill amending
the charterof Charlestown was passed
the same day, and sent to the Senate.
Representative Wilson is very
much interested in the plan of organ
izing a permanent Congressional cam
paign committee which shall operate
in connection with the Democratic
clubs of the country. With proper
efforthe believes such an organization
weuld be invaluable to the party.
In the House of Delegates on the
9th Mr.. cambridge, by request,
presented the petition of Hamilton
Halter and 157 others of jefferson
county, asking that Storer College
be selected as the Institution to re-
ceiye the government appropriation
for the colored agricultural college.
A correspondent of the Wheeling
Register proposes Delegate A: S.
cambridge, of this county, as
farmer candidate for Governor of
West Virginia. we would be pleased
to see our countyman in the guber-
Material chair, and have no doubt
but that he would fill it with dignity
and ability.
RIr. Gibson has introduced bill
for the protection of lives and prop
crty at railroad crossings over public
highways. The bill was accompanied
by petition asking its passage. He
also presented a petition from per-.
sons in Jefferson county, protesting
against the extravagant appropriate
tfon for the Worlds Fair.
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At Goshen everything is moving
along in fine style. There are 81
houses being erected now-11 by the
Palace City Construction Co., includ-
ing several stores; 8 by the Goshen
Investment Co. and 20 by the Goshen.
Central Construction and Investment
Co. The stock of the last named
company has advanced 10 per cent.
above par.
Secretary Noble issued an order
announcing the death of ex-Secre-
rary Alexander Hugh Holmes Stuart,
Of Staunton, Va. In respect for
lis memory the Department was
closed at noon yesterday, the day of
his funeral, and will be draped in
mourning for thirty days. Mr..
Stuart was brother-in-law of Mr..
Jas. III. Ransom, of this place.
A dispatch from Wildwood, in the
adjoining county of Clarke, announces
that company has been organized
TO mine tin near Ashby's Gap in the
Blue Ridge, that smelling works will
be erected, and that this is probably
the richest deposit of tin in the United
States. The mineral lands of the
CharIestown Mining, Manufacturing
and Improvement Company extend
to the neighborhood of this locality.
On the FIRST day of this term of the
Circuit Court Judge Duckwall, in or
der to facilitate the business of the
Court, arranged for the hearing of the
important case of Crumlisll's Admir-