Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1875-04-03
Gleanings from the Press.

Bean, The man arrested on suspicion of the
murder Of Mr.. Wilbur, CT Hardy county, a
short time since, has made full confession.
lie loaded bis rifle and followed the unfor-
tunate man to his place Of work, concealed
himself behind a tree, and waited until his
victim bad his back turned toward him, and
then shot him through the head, killing him
instantly. Waiting until evening, he then
compelled his wife and hired man by the
name Of Oats 10 assist him 10 carrying the
body to mountain gorge about two miles
from the scene Of The murder, where it re-
manned concealed Cor several weeks. The
murder was most foul and unprovoked, and
has caused feeling Of intense indignation
throughout the whole county. Bean has a
VIGOROUSLY bad character, and narrowly es-
capped the penintentiary for barn burning a
few years ago.-Shenandoah (Fa.l Democrat.
The lous-received opinion tina. euano is the
deposit of myrials Of sea birds, accumuatins
through long ages, is rendered untenable by
the recent investigation Of DR.. label. After
treating the guano with an acid, microscpical
and chemical examination revealed that the
insolublc residue was composed of fossil
sponges and other marine animals and plants
precisely similar in construction to such as
still exist in those seas. The fact that the an
chors Of the ships in the neighborhood Of the
guano islands often bring up guano from the
bottom Of the ocean is quite in opposition to
the prevalent belief DR.. label therefore
considers that tie deposits Of guano must be
the result of the accumulation of fossil plants
and animals whose organic matter has been
transformed into heterogeneous substance, the
mineral portion remaining intact.
J. II. Chaplain, auctioueer sold on the 10th
instant for Eli & c. S. W. Heater, executors
of Sallie Heater, deceased, the farm of said
decedent on the river opposite Point Of Rocks,
containing III acres, to John Souder for
S25.07 per acre, at the same time house and
lot on Cltoctin mountain for George W. Ritch-
lie, executor Of Elizabeth Heffner, deceased,
Andrew Setz purchasing it for $500. Also,
an island in the Potomac, II acres, belonging
10 Peter Heater, sold TO Mr.. DeWire for $50
per acre. On the 18th inst William Smith
commissioner. sold the land of John Everhart,
deceased, the home farm, 200 acres, 70 John
S Barker for 500 25 per acre, the mountain
land, 90 acres, to James l.. Mcintosh, for SIS
per acre.-LeeStmg Wdshingtonian.
John O'Connor, Jr., of this city after two
years useless labor in trying to raise the fri
gate, Cumberland, sunk by the confederate
ram Merrimac, off Newport News in 1862.
has totally abandoned the job and sold out for
81, 900 to MesSrs 7 Harrington, Joseph Saw
yer, and other parties from Detroit, Mich,
who are here and are now at work trying to
get up the safe. This is said to contain $780,
600 in gold and the first issue of greenback
currency. This is the fourth wrecking firm
who have invested 10 the Merrimac spccula-
lation. We learn that O'Connor saved him
self in selling Portsmouth Td.l Enterprise
In the circuit court this week, james Nc
Cauey, stupid but not Unlocking man, about
IS years old, was put to the bar charged with
the oifense Of bisamy. Just behind him sat
tidy, pleasant-looking little woman of 25.-
The court before which he was being tried
granted him q divorce Monday morning from
Hettie Lowe. whom he had married four years
ago, but who had turned out badly. Directly
decision was rendered, McCauley was hurried
into the county clerks office with the tidy
looking little woman, named Mary Crosen, and
was married to her again, having been once
before married to her. last year, when he
thought, with the ignorance Of his class, that
the unfaithfulness of his wife legally released
him. The new Remarked couple returned to
the courtroom, where the husband again took
his seat in the prisoners box, from which he
issued Tuesday evening a convict, sentenced to
three years in the state prison for bigamy. 1t
is understood that an application will be made
to the governor for pardon. for while the law
demanded his conviction, it was quite apparent
from the gross ignorance of the man that he
was hardly responsible for the illegal act, and
hal imagined that he was doing right. 1t
would be about as reasonable to hold the beasts
of the field strictly responsible to divorce laws
as that sort of pcople.-StdGntoa tVa) Yin
dicatOr.
A millle-aged physician said one day to the
writer: Gas was walking down the street
after dinner fel. shock in the back of my
head, as If some one had struck me have
not felt well since. fear shall die. just as
my ancestors have, of paralysis. What shall
I do?" The answer was, Diminish the ten
sion on the blood-vessels, aud there need be no
fear of tearing them in weak place" Now,
this expresses in plain terms the exact cause of
appoplexy in the great majority Of instances
and it is one, too, which every one has it in
his power to prevent. A bloodvessel Of the
brain, from causes which will presently be
mentioned has lost some Of its elastic strength /:
food is ABUNDANT, digestion is good blood is
made in abundance, but little is worked off by
exercise; the tension on every artery and vein
I is at a maximum rate the even circuitous flow
is temporarily impeded at some point, throw
/ ing dangerous pressure on another the YES