Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1875-10-30
Gleanings.
would not dv ia Ortum,
With peaches iit Tor ea;in'.
When the wdvy korH is gct,in wripc,
4 the candidates are treatin.

W hen IN" Wdth kNii u -fttIN hiLNf
Il the candidates are treatn.
The United States imported 90 100000
clay pipes mostly from Glasgow, last yc".
some enthusiastic iurfuan has started a
substitution f,r 4 grand monument 10 Amerl-
can girl, the celebrated trotter.
thousand bushels Of potatoes were pnr'
chased a few days ago in Washington, IA
fr the Wheeling market, at Is cents per
boshel.
The dog tax in Tennessee is proving hne
thin, for the treasury Of that State. IN on'
county 400 pcrsous have no other taxable p.o-
pcrty.
john II. Nichols, clerk in tie Washing
TN city post ofice, was arrested Monday
night by Special Agent Henderson, having. il
is alleged marked money aud decoy letters
upon him.
D.Iauo is the tenth mem or Of the C,hinci
that has resigned since Gmlt became Prrsl-
ent. There has been less Gxity of tenure IL
the Cabinet departments than bias character
iz.d any previous administration.
John T. Huss, cashier Of the First National
Bank ol TGin. Ohio. committed suicide al
his residence il hat city on Friday evening,
last week, by shouting him-eli through tie
heart, eau ire death alma,t instantly.
4 party Of Like Eli wre.l ers Lave ruck
whisky blunuzt Ia the shape ct schooner
loaded with that article, which WAS sunk hy
lee At Rlisiu river over tweuty-ibrce year
ago. The cargo is valued at $4,000.
A charity patient in Baltimore hospi'a'
.,u being selrched was found to have $1,000
IN money sewed in the Innings Of the coat be-
wore. aud he il ALSO the owner Of two farms
near the city.
There is now building FOR the celebrated
Krnpp steel works at Essen. in Prussia. ar
ir,mense steam hammer capable Of beating ~
mass Of steel weighing 100 tons. Il is TO-
co,t : 900 900, and will be the larges, ~ th'
world
Henry Brost. once an attorneys clerk At
Geneva. Switzerland, aud subsequently cap
tain ia the Confederate army. has. according
10 letter received by F. Dinner. Of Ne@
York. inherited about $3.50 600 The Gen IT,
man ha, not. however, been heard Of siLce tie
conclusion Of the war.
There are some curious instances of the IN
c'Inatiou # murder always N enue out. slerr
is one: 4 man ulned Alexander. siXiv-fvc
wears e @. blind and uhrm. ha. i'I,t hcc'
convicted Of murder in the first degree or
killing man IN Bed River country, twenty-five
years ago.
Since last October moro than eighteen hun
bred houses have bern mp in Chicago, all OF
brick. stone Or irou-no wooden structure
heinz rcrmitieI-and the amount invested in
this wav is estimated AZ between sixteen aud
eighteen millions f dollars.
An affray At Scnalohia. Miss, Saturday
nieht. between Lol ! II Ciose. prominent
merchant. aud h. McIIeury. 10 which several
ri.,ol shots were fred hy hnth p1rics. result
81 IN H.. mortal wou7ding ~ Cnoke who then
drew knife and stabbed McEIenry to daath.
One sheet If LEGAL cap admitted to ROTATE
IN New YorS on "Wednesday. boqueaihed So
900 coo To- Charles II Contoii, yostryman IN
rinitv Church, sole heir and did Of John
n. Cantoit. the millionaire eonf'ciionef, wh"
died fortnight ago at the age Of eighty-eighi
years.
Alta recent sale IN the Kentucky blue grass
region. the following prices were obtained -
F,rtv-fur native cows and hcfers brought
e5s.2lO. and twenty imported orcs SOL 225;
four native bnils sold IN SIZE aud tive
imported ones for $4,000 Tie total lor
seventy-thr,e animal. was $l23 $50.
The London Times has q special from Der
In saving that Russia mas commanded The
P li-h proprietors 10 the provinces 90 Wiha
Gradno. Koono. Miusk and Vilep.k 10 seH
their farms t. Russian tenants, tie government
fixing tie price. This completes ,he innyycr-
ishment If the Polish nobility.
The New York Tribune. IN speaking Of Mr..
Daley. # Garrett county. says: Nr John
Daley. n Oakland Nd, j. candidate for
Duorkeepor % the IIouse of Representatives.
Mr. Daley was long tie proprietor Of the
Gale, Hotel ~ Oakland. He Is The iather-in-
law o. Gen. Crrok II the re ,nlar army. and
his honse was the scene IT one ~ the roman
tic incidents NJ the war Gen Cr'0k. then IN
command In Cumberland was visiting lis
future wife. when her hrrther cartlin ~
suerrillas in tie Shenandoah valley. stole
through the lines with n small frrce. sur-
rounded the house. captured Crook. anl nc
ce,sfully made OF with him. Soon after
Crook got exchanged, aud revenerd himseif
by making permanent CAPTURE Of ihe daeeh-
ter.