Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1875-07-10
Gleanings.
Count the MANNED and broken limbs
Our Joys now are sated-
The smoke il slowly clearing from
The Day we Celebrated.

Count the MANNED and broken limbs
Our joys now are sated-
The smoke Is slowly clearing from
The Day we Celebrated.
Gothamites are buying Florida alligators at
81 apiece.
New York S free baths have opened and are
we'll patronized.
Gotham is to do up Washington Irving in
bronze for its Central Park.
Georgetown, d. c., is recognizing It's Poto-
mac Light Infantry.
Virginia City's street sweepipgs yield $3.50
of coin to the ton.
Ar. Smith, father Of Maj C. II. Smith, =
" Bill Arp lis dead.
New York wants an hospital for treating
sun stroke cases.
Henry w. Sage Of New York owns an Hi
nois farm valued at s 900, 600!
Mr. Beecher's costs in the scandal suit are
estimated at $4,000 Ughl
Duluth has had shrinkage in population
Of 2, 900 since 1872 1t is now 1900
Theodore Tilton heard Beecher preach on
Sunday last at Plymouth Church.
Jos. Schmidt is arrested in New Jersey for
making trade of stealing children.
Detroit's recent tornado killed two childreui
injured fifteen, and leveled twenty-three houses.
Alex. Hamilton, ex-treasurer Of Jersey City,
is jailed for stealing $7S,0 600 in bonds and cash.
Mrs. Charlotte Edmonston, an aged resident
Of Georgetown, D. c., is dead, aged 81 years.
Plymouth Church has increased the salary
e q 70
100000,
The New Orleans and Brashear City Line
have launched the iron ship Brashear at Will
mington. Tonnage, 1850.
From Maine and New Hampshire we have
reports Of four deaths by the bursting Of can
non on the Day we Celebrated.
The Grants fastened to Long Branch, on
dit, to avoid the birth of a British subject un-
der the roof of the Executive Mansion.
New York will have Julius Caesar at Booths
next season, with Lawrence Barrett and f. L..
Davenport as CasSius and Brutus.
The brutality Of Jesse Pomersy, the Massa-
chusetts boy-murderer of little children, is at
trbuted to the reading by him of Dime Novels.
One year ago Thursday week July y,
/ NudIilt hpsS NdN eLbltu. llso dNNSANV, HAtI'
so long a time aud the offer Of such high re-
wards, indicates that the little fellow is dead.
The municipal debts of p cities Of England
and Wales, owing $1,000 600 and upwards,
/ aggregate Sl2l ,G6S $50; so cities in the Uni
ted States owing 81 900, 900 and upwards; are
indebted $485 $50, 761.
Hon VIM. H. TraYers, OF Jefferson county,
West Virginia, is receiving general support
from the democratic press throughout the state
for the position Of Judge Of the Supreme Court
of ppeals.-BaH. Sun.
Darius Wells of Patterson, n j., the Invent
or of wood type, died recently aged seventy
\ FIVE years. He was born in Fulton county,
| n. Y, where, at 90 years of age he edited a
paper Soon after, be perfected his invention
and in 1927 gave up the printing business to
enter on the manufacture of wood type.
The Baltimore Sun says the summer heats
have terribly multiplied the death rate in Bal
timore Last week there were 2l3 deaths !;
| this week 267. The total deaths of children
under one year of age were 10 last week !;
under i've years l44 this week, under one
year. 1856 under FIVE years 1877. Last week
there were "a deaths from cholera infantum,
and this week 90, au increase of "a.