Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1860-11-08
VARIETY.

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E3'-A Rhode Islander. travelling out
West, after taking several drinks. went
uu board the steamboat for Cincinnati.
and was astonished that the clerk only
took five cents for bis fare. Soon after.
another five cents was called for. and
the same thing repeated severA times.
At last lac asked:
is lhicj lis da-n-ger nlic) Gus (hic)
boat ~
BY no means" said the clerk, bran
new
Then (hic) why do Thic1 don't Won
collect all the "a [hicl hair at once-.no,
bother Eel hic, heller for il evsrv
mile as IL comes due?"
Really, where DO YOU think YOU are
going?"
"Cincin, BIC, ha.nnati.p
cincinnati" said the polite conduc-
mr. mis- is the ferry boat, and all this
afternoon You have been riding to and
iro between New Albany and Portland"
OUTRAGE on RAILROAD CoSpUcroR.-
Mr.. Frank Olmstead, conductor ON the
Memphis and Ohio railroad, stepped
from the train near Memphis, few even.
ings ago, and was instantly seized by FIVE
men. The engineer, knowing nothing
OF II, started the train soon after, leay-
ing Mr. O. IN custody Of the men, who
knocked him down, tied him, forced him
into the woods, dashed him % a tree and
bcsmcared him with tar. Then telling
hrm that he must leave Memphis I'm
twenty-four hours. they left him tied Ia
the tree. Fortunately he was discovered
10y phrtieE out hunting. and released
No cau-5 Tor The outrage Is assigned.
CatiEic Pries Wondered anil R.S-
b,d-Thc Clarksville Joifcrsonian saws
that there has been a report IN that place
for several DAYS, which seems n obtain
general credync~. tllat the Rev. Mr.
h"shell, Cath0'Iy priest Who has been
stationed Ia tbat vRCInty fny the past
year Wa brataiiy ssus,icred in Stewart.
county TeHne--rss-t,ss dav last week.
and robbed. n y further stated that
the murderer- - sshogn there were three
sold his mule which lrd o. the di.cove-
~ at the murderer and the arrest Of
Que or morc az the wretcbcs who perpo-
trated the crime.
E~3- C0mlan~AeT John L. Saunders
died Al Norfolk on the 18th ultiInn. in
the sixty eighth year Of biz age. He en-
tered tho navy IA 1909 and has conse-
quenuy served daring q period Of fftv.
one ycars--about thirty Of which on &C.
tive duty at sea or on shore. For A
number OF years past he bad been sffiict.
eel with paralysis, for which reason he
wn- placed on the reserved let by the
action Of the Naval Retiring Board"
.Hanlers IN Iirg'Hia.- The Farrnsyille
journal states that two murders were
cummitcdin buckingham county. Va. ON
Tuesday week. A man named Oliver
Blankiu- hip was killed On the presence
of a justice. If whom he was saekipg
pr''ectioul by Wm.F Toney, and ne
gro blacksmith, belonging 10 Mr..
IAamhDrs, was killed 10y white man
uuned Abrahams
l-g- An African beauty must have
rnall eJe- thick lips, large fat nose
aui 70 rkin beautifully black. I'm New
'unea the nose is perforated. and large !
piece Of wood or bone Inserted. In The
northwest coast It America an incision
more than two inches in length il made |
~ lower lip aud then filled with wood. /
onplug Ia Guinea the lps are pierced /
with th"rus. the heads being inside the
mouth, and the points resting on the
elm.
~ Brcathcs thore man with aoyI
~ deed, vho never T. him.alfhath aid
Il viii nay county paper take. both for
my own and childrcns sakefn m surb
there be- Jet him repont. and have tbo
Pre- Pres Ia him sent, and II he'd pa..
a happy winter, hc iu advance should
pay The printer
B<5-A Roman Catholic priest The
Rev 4. Druen, offered a prayer In tbe
y ermont House II Representative on
Thursday last. This = tho frat t;,,o
that q Roman Catholic priest has ofIic;.
nted ~ chaplain To the Vermont I.egis.
lature.
Harry MARRIAGE Mrs. Elizabeth
B.1uni, ngcd sixty-eirhi. was narr,eJ 4,
kinston. y. g.. last week. t3 A. v Raj
ger aged twenty-five. The fair widow
bad 10000 to countcrctthc summera"
which have pnssed over her head
O. The oldest Postmaster in no
'utsd States. who has never boon ont
q ulico SINCE the date Of his aDpoiut.
nent is John Billings. at Trenton. Orei.
"a O.. New York His appointment
vas uade on the I9tb. of june ls05.
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