Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1878-05-25
Newsy Notes.

Il IL sail that the Cincinnati whiskcy
frauds will amount 70 5 500 600.
The Presidential pardons Of Hayes during
the first year Of Lis occupancy Of the White
II use, number two hundred and fJrty-hyc.
Rev. John Atkinson. Of Virginia. has
accepted a call to the rectorship of 81. Johns
Protestant Episcopal Church Of Frostburs, Nd.
Catherine J.. Bcochor, sister Of Henry Warl
Bccchor, died at Elmira, n. Y. Friday week.
She had written many books and was an Eps-
| copalcsn.
AZ the recent trot,ng race 40 Drightwood,
near Washington, "Caslleman," The iino brown
stallion belonging 70 Mcssrs. Scllman & Fade
ly, Of this town, took the ihird money, in 2:ij.
Warren Stanton. colored. stabbed fatally. at
Frederick Gsy, Nd, on Saturday night. Den
mis- Davis, colored lie died almost instantly.
Davis WAS aged "a, aud Stanton CO.
While BIr. Thomas Lit,leton, an old and
worthy citizen of this town, was engaged In
turning newell post, on tho steam lathe Of
Messrs. Norris, one day last week. ,he post
was thrown from It's position, and struck hin
severe blow 10 the face. lie wss Knocked
! senscless, and for svhilo serious conseq queaees
were feared.
The SbooanJoah Herald snys hf. Jvssph
Rhodes and bic son Milton Rhodes. both res
pec,abls citizens Of Shenandoah county. end
gentlemen oihiah social and business standing
were arrested and taken 10 Hafrisonbuss. lest
Monday upon the charge ofvloissins the In.es-
mol Revenue Laws Of ,bo United States.
II toems ibsi vell-orgsniScd bfaoch Of the
commune exists In PsrkctbU'g The Dom-
bsrs meet regularly snd though they are With
out arms, their organization Is rnsintaincd on
q sem!-militsry footing. We have hoard their
numbers horc estimated M blah AZ SIX hum
dsod. Tho mombsrs nro very feiieent, sod
appear unw!lling TO talk about Tho purposes Of
tboir order, or tho proposed means II accom-
pl!shipg thcm -I'a,kersJurg ". Va Senhnd
Coils. William i. Cfaigbil AMI William u.
Merrill, Of tho corps Of engineers. have gous
TO Europe, under instruction frcm the Secretary
OF War, 20 examine and report upon tho Dutch,
French and German methods Of utilizing tho
water supply during dry seasons This cKami-
nation is fos the purpose Of determining tho
plan 10 be followed In pcrfccting tho slack
water navigation OF the Kanawha. Allegheny
and other rivers Tho main poIui to be decid-
cd Is the utility Of wing dams
The wedding Of Baron Blanc. our Minister
from Italy. and Miss Terry, daughter Of Thos.
Terry, the farnous Cuban millionaire, Is said 10
have been one Of the most suporb affairs that
ever occurred IN New York. |, took place on
Saturday in st. Stephens Roman Catholic
Church. both parties being Of that dcnomina-
tion. Over thousand persons were present
in answer % invitations, among whom wcro
almost all the Washington no'ables. There
we're $4,000 worth of diamonds among thc.o
presents and tho brides father gave her SlI,
600 for dresses.
The Lyncbburg Virgiaidn gays friend ia
Washington writes tba, Hon. Alexander n.
Stephens Of Georgia, faid to a genileman IN
that city on Friday week Randolph Tucker
made the ablest speech on the iarif bayo
ever heard or read-anI have beard or read
every speech delivered on that subject IN our
country. Ia logic :. surpassed McDuAie; and
IL showed him to b. a deep thinker. thorough
ly acquainted vi;h his subject. aud political
philosopher and scientist. listened % every
word Of IL. sir"
The PHILADELPHIA Times says: The recent
visit Of some Southern Congressmen 10 Bos-
ton has appatcntly done good. Even a cur
that the Confcdcrato bhgadieS is no. all 30
has been advertised u be. Ile does DOT wear
horSs, lie feet arc noi clogen, be does not eat
q Republican fchoolma'am for breakfast every
morning. there IS not 90 air Of birthstone ali
about him aod be does not !eaYe a stream of
fire IN BIS path 1t was not detected that ho
carried horse pistol in lis bclt or picked bis
teeth with bovie-knifc, aud II he murdered
any Northern ncn on ibe trip Tie facts have
been very carefully suppressed"
Bishop Giber. Haven, Of ,hc Methodist
Episcopal Church, who nseI 20 be known as
"Gill Havec," has been unburdening his heart
through The columns Of Zi0H's He,ald. and.
among otbe things, says that President
Hayes, lOr bis betrayal Of Tie cause Of liberty,
will suffer lrom the American people worse
contempt and detesiation than has stamped
the names of oven Arnold anI Jefferson Dayis."
We are afraid that Gil - though he writes
br INNS XcTalJ, is not really a herald in
Zion. for r. has little of that charity tia.
hopeth al thugs. ard ondareih oil things !"
ibo CHARITY that never faileth.' "GH"
is rather " in the gall of bitterness aud ihs
bouds Of iniquiiy,' since be docsut want tho
ScutL to enby tie pace that Iiays. policy
has brougti.-LyHoil'vg 0gaiaR.