Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1875-09-04
Gleanings.
Backward, pin backward
Oh, skirts in your flight
Make me look tight again
Just for to- night

The Memphis WoodwoFks are burned
Loss S27 900.
Beecher's Christian Union has passed iOto
other hands.
Criminal suits against Dunan, Sherman &
Co, arc looming.
johnson was emphatically 'pay-as-you-
90" man, but he never liked to pay more than
anybody else.
Hon. Daniel Blaisdell, treasurer Of Dart
mouth College, and president OF the Dart
mouth national bank, died at Hanover, \. II.
There are tbirty-eight Agricultural Colleges
10 the United States, $50 teachers, and 5,tl'
students.
Never take a newspaper without paying for
tit is the shabbiest act you can be guilty
Of.
Democratic Conventions: Pennsylvania, at
Erie on the Sth; Wisconsin, at Milwaukee on
the Sth New York, at Syracuse on the ltth'
John T. Taylor, grandson of ex-President
TAYLOR and one of General Sherman's stan Of
ficers during the war, has been held to bail IL
$1,000 for robbing the mai! while postmaster
at Labigne, Kansas.
Superintendent McClrter, Of the Treasury
engraving and printing bureau, received
handsome gold medal, being first prize for
engraving and printing by lis bureau, awarded
by the Vienna Exposition.
The elevators in the new Palace Hotel, Sau
Francisco, have their uppermost landing on
the roof, where fine place is prepared for the
guest to promenade and enjoy the extensive
view Of the city, suburbs aud harbor.
It is notable fact that while not one ex-
President is living, the wives Of five Of them
suryive-Mrs Polk. Mrs. Fillmore, Mrs. Tyler,
Mrs. Lincoln and Mrs. Johnson.
The ensanguined uudergarment is what
the Milwaukee Nelrs calls the flag that Morton
waves when speaking of Southern affairs We
accept the amendment.
Hon. Samuel Henry, q member OF the Penn
sylvania legislature, from Cambria county, was
found dead on the railroad track near Johns
town. He is supposed to have fallen IRON
train.
A Philadelphia druggist has broken up the
soda water trade of that city 10y introducing
mead as a substitute, aud selling It for five
cents a glass-just half the eXtravagant prlce
charged everywhere for soda water
A prominent Ohio Catholic has become an
Episcopalian rather than take bis children
from the public schools, as he had been order
ed to DO by the priest.
Edwin Booth will play Richard III during
the coming season from the text OF Shake
speare. lie will drop the Cibber alterations
Wolsey has also been added to bis list Of act
ing parts,
Tie Baltimore and Ohio Railway company
has had printed for free distribution q" Cen
tennial Memorial, " consisting of the Declare
ton Of Independence, handsomely engrossed
and cmbellished.
Cyrus w. Field has given $4,000 to Will
liam College for boating purposes, and with
the money it is proposed to dam some small
stream, probably the Hoosac, and secure back
water for nearly two miles.
A fsh-way for the ascent of sea-fsh is to he
built at the Great Falls of the Potomac. In
the opening of this great river for the ascent
of fish. four States, West Virginia, Pennsylva-
MIA, Virginia, and Maryland, are deeply aud
directly Interested.
We see it stated that Northumberland
Pemberton, late Of the Southern army, Is now
in the employ of the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company, to establish iron works at Amboy
1t was General Pemberton, who SO long held
out at Yicksburg, which WAS finally captured
by General Grant.
The marriage of the Postmaster Generals
daughter to Mr. Arthur Dodge will be one Of
the social events of early fall in Washington.
The wedding will take place at St. Johns
church, and will be followed by the usual bri-
dial leyee or reception at Mr.. Jewels resi-
dcuce.
Among the new books by Southern authors
announced within few days are "Ihe HIS
tory of the Southern Coufed racy,' BY George
Cary Egslestou, lwho has recently made him
self known to the public by series of sketch
es in the Atlantic Monthly, entitled "a Ee0eI 5
Recollections."
Andrew johnson is the sixth member Of the
Forty fourth Congress who has died before the
FIRST regular session Of that body. The vacant
chairs in the house are those Of Mr.. Butiuton,
of Massachusetts,, and Mr.. Hersey, OF Maine,
republicans Mr.. Allen, Of New York, Mr..
Head. of Tennessee, and Mr.. La Dow, OF Ore
gon, democrats.
The grave Of Horace Greeley in Greenwood
cemetery has been surrounded by al arbovit@
hedge. formingan enclosuref.teen feetin dian G.
ter. within which scTaggy rose bus es are plant
cd. aud tied to sticks, painted rcd AID white.
A plain slab, with tie name aud tie dates Of
birth and death, marks the grave.
The elections to be held are as follows Cal
iforuia. Sept Arkansas. Sept. Maine,
Sept. IS. On the 18th Of October Ohio and
/ Iowa follow. The elections in Virginia, Kan
sas. Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi,
Minnesota. New York, New Jersey, Pennsyl-
vauia and Wisconsin all come on November ,,
aud in Texas on December I.
The dwelling Of Mr. Consheus, Of Clinton
was entered by three tamps, who, becoming
rather too importunate in their demands, ms
daughter Mary seized a shotgun aud put the
trio 10 fight And 3" thus Conscience doth
make towards Of all, especially when she
is armed with a shotgun.
HaIleck. Ottman, aud Brown, the ST. 600
heroes. will have the honor Of being indicted
under law passed in the closing hours Of last
Congress, aud specially dawn to meet such
cases. there not being a law on the statute
book until that time TO cover the different
counts in an indictment necessary FOR a sue
cessful prosecution Of the crime.
Hon. John B. Weller, Ex-Governor Of Cali
fornia. is dead Capt. JOS Lovel, retired
naval officer, died at Georg town, D. c., aged
so years; Rear Admiral Napoleon Collins, [.
| S. y. commander on the South Pacific Station
died at Callao. Peru, Aug. Q, Of Erysipelas !;
Two Patent Office Examiners are dead Geo.
A. Nolen. an examiner-in-chef, add Edward
y. Csilan, Esq, both Of Washington.