Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1875-07-24
Gieenings.


Pig lion Kelly's epiisph, according TO the
New York Evening Post, should read some
thing Ike this:
" Imitation sore long tinehe bore,
Three sixty-hyes We're vain;
Reputation then set in
And freed him from his pain.
Gene 10 meet Senator Thurman"
Breadstuas are advancing in Europe.
Creiehtou's saw mill in Cincinnati Is burned.
Loss $50 coo.
Moody and Sankey sail for New York on
the 4th prox.
Lands and Carreth, the Viaeland shooter
and sh0otee have made mp.
California devotes $4,000 acres to grape
growing, comprising 3O,0O0OOe vines.
Rhode Island 5 new census shows her popu-
latiou to be 25s, 1872 Bully for little Rhody
Miss Elizabeth Abbott, an ased-S7-maid-
en- Of Georgetown, D. c., died hstw
New Yorks Seventh Regiment Intends
erecting new armory costing $3.50, 600.
Saratoga cobblers-we don't refer to drinks
have their hands full just now, mending
shoes.
The tenth grand fest of the Washington
Scheutzen Verieu occurs on the u, 81, 4lh
and 9th prox.
Frozen peaches-ah, new, don't mention
EN- will be skipped to Europe in large
quantities this season.
A special committee is overhauling Gotham
police for completely in the works of gambling
and other deus.
The W. L. Telegraph Co. is erecting n
maritime tower so #: high, on the crest Of
the lofty Highlands of Neversink. n. Y.
Rev. Thomas Bolts, Philadelphia apostle
oftrue inwardness, IS indeed on the ragged
edge, being forced to step down, etc.
Cornell won the Freshman 5 race at Sarato-
90 last week Time, lG53}. At Cape May
Tue Yacht was won by the Mohawk.
II. N. Mock, cashier Of the Ashland pa
German Banking Company, is missing. The
Bank has been closed Until an investigation
can be had.
Judge Fullerton is recovering from The ef-
fects of the Beecher trial in the pure air Of his
farm in Virginia. That's putting tie Old Do
minion 10 a severe test.
Mr. Samuel Mcknight, resident Of George
town, D. c.. for fifty years past, died there last
week aged G4 years. Deceased was much es-
TENED.
General FtxLugh Lee and the Norfolk ,Fa J
Blues lave receive,ha special invitation to
attend a reunion of the eXFederalS and Con-
federaies at Caldwell, Ohio, Sept /, land 3.
In the Philadelphia Court Of Common
Pleas. on Monday, ouc William Howard filed
bill in equity against the Pennsylvania rail-
road for 81 coo, 600 alleged to be due the
Philadelphia and Erie road.
DR.. A. Young, a Norfolk druggi-t, ha. in
vented pattern piano without strings. Thee
are superseded by hammers With metaiic bells
arranged on a rod which extends through the
piano Experts praise the sweet t-nes Of this
new instrument.
Tns CHAMPION BABY.-fhe boy chill Of D.
J. Shea, born last Thurshy eSenins, was
weighed Immediately attel its bEh by Dr..
Rice, in tie presence Of a doz-n witnesses, with
balance scales, and weighed twenty pounds
and two ouuces.-SpiaqfeH Republican
For long time Il has Leen conundrum,
the solution of which has been ausouSly
sought, what was the secret Of Moody aud
Sankey's success? The answer has ct last been
given and by an English clergyman. He
saws it ia all due " to The rccoil Of the hum1I
conscience from the aguosticisn OF sciel~-c.' -
That's clear.
A town in Iowa is petplex.d as to which
did it, \ little airl was bitten BY c rattle
snake. She aas in U et!a!siy doSed heavily
with whisky, but as az exlTa- pIsssuifSn soda
was applied to ,se wound She recovered
Now the all absorbing question is. what
wrouclt tie ente? The temperance men
swear The soda di! it, while the whisky men
sayit was nothing hut The whisky. The con-
test is waxing w-rIs."
Charles Blrnum, a Brooklyn cletLiss met
chant went on Board the stsdnei Providence,
on the 18th OF, June, having purchased ticket
for Boston, AMI arose at midnight seemingly
suffering from physical pain. AS be has not
since been seen, and his clothing and ticket
were found in his stateroom, il is supposed
that lie was drowned He was iifty-hve years
Of age lie was insured for $4,000. His
brother, who had been subject TO heart disease,
dropped dead on hearing Of his loss.
Gen. Dye, Of Mansfield, Ohio. graduate Of
West Point, and adjntant general Of the Khe-
dive Of Egypt, is DOW at his old home. Gen.
Dye says tie Khedive is conquerng Africa
with some skill and the grand purpose Of civil
liziug tie people. he has four corps now out,
mostly Arabs differed by Americans, and
sent up the Nile aud its branches. lie is intro
duciug our machinery and agriculture where
he can, and with his enormous wealth does
much good, but he fills his own pockets as he
goes along.