Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1876-01-15
Gleanings.
Mary had a little lamp,
Twas Gil d with kerosene.
Mary down the chimney blew,
"A ,.,vf h,t f-nru .ha sraun

down
And vanished from the scene.
Gone n meet h.. brother who sat down on
keg of powder to smoke.
Richmond ladies' treated their New Year
callers to "peauu, cakea aud but'ermilk." O e
advantage Of such a spread is that little o.
it will go great way
The Beecher business promises to lie lively
for tie Centennial year. with the mutual cnun-
Gil. the advisory council. aud the Moultnn suit,
with such other Incidental charges, denials,
aud minor suits as may arise.
If YOU wish TO find the length Of any day,
multiply the hour of sunset by two; to tiud
the length of any night multiply the hour OF
sunrise by two.
Rev. Henry Dlehm. the Oldest preacher OF
the Methodist Church in this country aud
probably the oldest clergyman In the world,
died Tuesday, Dec IS 1875, At Richmond,
Staten Island. lie was in the l0lst year Of
bis age.
The New York Sunday Nerenry closed it
thiriy. seventh volume last week. II Is now
in hourishiug condition. Referring 20 tie
mast. it says. when the Mercury started in
1898. journalism was in lis infancy, and the
sent dimensions anl plteney.
The trial Of the moving and reaping ma
cniue At the Centennial will require fifty acres
Of grass aud standing grain, and the asricnl-
tural bureau of the commission has plt the
land in the bcs; possible condition.
Lewis Wood, young man who lives near
Wicklife church, in Clarke county, had bis
hand shattered by the bursting of mnsket
with which be WAS firing ,alutes on Christmas
eve. D.. r. p Page amputltei The hand.
The annual statement Of the business Of
Hchm0ud Ter 1875 shows au increrse IN the
products Of its mInulictures of SG,0i2 5li as
complrel with 1874 LIS commerce has also
ncrel ell, and it boasts OF both larger number
of vessels aud of ! greater amount Of tJanag
the latter by about 80 per cent.
Governor Kemper has refused to comply
with a petition recently presented to him for
the pardon Of Wm. d. Coleman, formerly
editor Of the Richmond Enquirer aud Secre-
tary Of the bolrl Of public works, whn WAS
convicted forgery some time since aud SEN
teuced to the psnitsutiary for ionr years.
The Union Paci Railroad Companies resist
% the uttermost the demand made by tie
Secretary Of the Treasury for the payment Of
the five per cent on their net earnings, as
provided by law, They claim tha; they have
10 net earnings aud yet by some means the
gigantic cvrporators manage 70 declare divi-
deuds
A lamp en- a tcble in a hotel at Bennington,
Vt, exploded last week while no person was
in the room, setting fire to a tabIc-cloth, aud
then to the table itself The heat Of the
flames Increased until il cracked open a globe
filled with water for gold f,h which was
standing npOn the table. he water ex'in-
guished tie flames, and thus probably ysaved the
building from destruction.
The Cincinnati Price Cnrrent's hog statistics
indicate falling of flr the season at the in
terror points Of so 900 hogs with possible
falling of at the lea ling cities enough to
make the aggregate decrease 10000 com
pared with last year Taking the increased
weight into consideration the report calcu-
aces that the crop viii not vary much from
000O00, against 1855 900 last year, q DC
crease Of ten PER ccut.
C ,ton-rai,ing in Missouri has proved
failure Experiments in the southeastern sec
tio1 Of the State, where Ill AMI climate were
both thought favorable, have prolucei from
twelve acres six bales, which uctled 1890, or
SGG less than cost. All the circumstances
were as favorable as p '.sihle. and the result is
considered as conclusive demonstration of
Mis,nuns failure a. become cotton State -
50 She falls back on corn and crooked whisky
4 young nan nlmel Johnston. a sou Of tha
reeeut president Of the B,nk Of Cu'peppcr,
sent a challenge to MlIrJames w Green,
prominent lawyer AMI one of the dire .tirs Of
the bank, flr aections made up1n bis father
I'D a report Of the directors. of which VI iior
Green was the supposed author The MApr
refused to accept the challenge. and caused
Johnston 20 be b,und over to keep tie peace
be his since begun action against the clml-
lcnger for violation Of the law, peace and
!,guity Of The cummunwcl.th