Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1875-08-28
Southern Shots.

Seventy-;ive cents is the Gne for swearing
in the streets Of Marion, S. c.
Macon, Ca, has rife assoc iation, and
claims the best shots 10 the State.
Genial rains, cooler atmosphere and revi-
vfed crops are making the people Of Aiken,
5. c., happy.
Mr. L. II Speers, Of Newberry, s. c., has
obtained patent for a combined grave, coifiu
and monument"
The Greensboro n c.. Patriot has a sub
scrber who began taking it in 1928 he re-
newed his forty subscription last week.
\ South Carolina railroad man tells a
strlnge story of hen hatching woodpecker
eggs and guarding the brood as though it was
her own.
Some beautiful specimens Of gold-bearing
quartz have recently beea taken from tie
Hand Gold Mining Complny's Works near
DaAlonega, Ga.
The latest sensation Of abnormal vegetables
in Georgia is a watermelon as fat as 4 pancake.
This interesting melon grew between two
plauks.
Mr.. John Z. Owens offered 500 900 for the
Augusta, Ga, Opera House, which was re-
fused, and the property will be put up for sale
or the lst Tuesday in September.
hamburg, S c., is building a bank-several
thousand dollars have already been subscribed
aud the building is in a fair way of compile
ton at an early day.
Atlanta, Ga, has a Holley engine to run her
water works 1t cost $4,000, and Is guaran-
iced to raise so, 100000 pounds Of water one
foot high to Que hundred pounds oil coal con-
sumcd.
The most fashionable jewery in Key West,
Fla. is made from the shell OF the hawks0lll
turtle. Necklaces, watchsuards, earrings,
crosses, Plus OF beautiful patterns, are made
by several experts in the business.
Mr.. A. II. Smith raised on his farm, near
BOsts Mill, N. C., a stalk Of corn which haG on
it, all in a bunch, fJrty-esht nubblns, which
averaged one hundred grains each, making IN
all forty-eight HUNDRED grains.
The iron palmetto tree, which used to grace
the S,atehouse yard in Columbia, j. c., AID
which was blown doNu daring the toruaio
some time since, is being repaired and repaint-
ed prior to its being sent u the Centennial at
Philadelphia next year.
Governor Ames, the champion pct-bag-
ger Of Mississippi, has been absent since April,
and as the acting Governor, negro named
Davis, is making a sort Of general jill delivery,
the newspapers are calling on Ames to come
back.
The people Of Rome, Ga, voted on the 9th
on the question Of compromise or no cOmpgo-
mise on bond Indebtedness. Two hun dreG
aud tAirty-oue votes were pood-one hun
bred and twenty-thrce against co mpromise,
and one hundred and eight for Il.
Max Cohen, one of the survivors Of the
Schiller disaster, has reached Macon, Ga, on
his way to his home in Montezuma. Mr.. Co.
hen was provided with live preserver, and
was in the water eight or ten hours before be
was picked up.
Robert Wilson, Of Fayetteville, Y. c., has
an interesting little son who represents the fifth
generation Of his family Himself, his father
grandfather, great grandfather, aud great
reat-grandlather are now living, thus consti-
tuliug the five links Of the genealogical chain
\ citizen Of Louisiana has bropgh: suit a.
gainst General Sheridan for over three hun
bred and fifty thousand dollars damages for
property which was destroyed in 1851. The
defence is that General Sheridan was actin
under orders. The testimony is to O9 takcl
prelimiaarily in New York.
! A colored woman living on Squire Hail.
/ place, near Simpsons Turnout, Fairfield COuu
. ty, S c., gave birth on last Wednesday week
/ 20 a pair OF Siamese twins" The twin.
were girls and were born dead. They bad
two heads, four arms aud four feet. aad thei
bodies were pinned from the base Of the neck
to the unJiiicus.
There are now formed in Mississippi &C:
subordinate Oranges, in Louisiana 305 in AZ
/ ALBANIA $50, ia Arkansas $40, in Texas 195
} aud in Tennessee !, 100; aggresating ia th'
six States 800 subordinate Oranges, with an
average membership OF fifty in each Grange
giving total of 1917 $50 members, aud tL'
ranks are still filling rapidly
The corner stone Of the Wesley Monument.
Church, Savannah, Ga. was laid last week
With imposing ceremonies. Addic,SeS wtr,
delivered by Rev. Dr. AXon, of the Presbyte'
rian Church; Rev. DR.. Meyers, OF the Metho
| dist Church, ana the Rev Samuel Price. Th,
/ latter is in his ninety-Grst year, aud laid th,
| cornerstone Georgia is the first place wuert
/ John Wesley llbored in America, and The
ministers OF all protestant denominations par
ticipated.
MoRTuARY: Chas. T. Hitler, of Dallas
/ Tex. Mrs H. c. Stevens, Of Charlotte, y. &.
! Mrs Andy Mcclure, Of Raleigh, \. c. 5. }
| Bradford, Of Sumpter. S. C.. a. a. Mckenzie
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