Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1879-01-18

Commodore John Guest, commandment
Of Portsmouth, ~. Il uayy-yaTi, died there
Sunday.
The New York Herald sta.cs that 1Ir.
Thomas Lord, the millionaire WHO created
such q social sensation q year ago hy marrying
Mrs. Aunsin W. W. Hicks Is dange'ousIy ID.
A tv0 million dollar fire occurred on
Grau3 and Broadway, New York, ou Tuesday
night Insurance roughly estimated at S $1,000,
O00
a dispatch from Philip opolS Turkey,
announces that train fcll into the river Arda,
and q Russian general, several officers and tao
hundred men were drowned.
On New Years DAY Senator Hereford
presented ,he 81. + Caurch. South, at Union,
Mouroe county with handsome and costly
silver communion service.
Two little boys in Ceylou have found q
sapphire weighing. says tie report two whole
pounds its value Is estimated NJ $50 000 and
it is. if the repor. be true, the largest sapphire
yci found.
Dr. B.F. Walker, one OF the most prom
iocut citizens Of Augusta county. Virginia,
aud brother of IL. Gov. James A. Walker,
died 80 his residence on South River, on the
Sih Of January.
Mr.. Phillip T. Berry, long we'll known
In the mercantile circles q the District died
AZ bis residence. in Georgetown, on Friday eve
ming. 10 the 10,h year Of his age. he has
been a resident Of Georgetown for sixty years.
Indiana has school fund amounting
90 1000 600. and the school property Of the
State Is valued 30 So. 600 Geo, aud the State
spends 81 100000 % year for public school
Instruction
Gov Hampton, of South Carolina on
Friday last wa. Transferred 90 90 easy chair,
a1d slt or Two hours 10 the open air on his
porch. Tie also wrote several letters during
the day, and is reported as being 10 excellent
spirits.
Two Mollic Naguiros were executed at
Miuch Chuak, Penn. 90 Tuesday iJr murder
alleged 10 hive been committed fifteen years
Ego. A repric,5 reached the hands Of Tie
Sheriff thirty seconds too late The telegraph
boy was thumpi3s Ior aduittance as The ex-
ecution began.
aedeb, of Frederick county is moth
ing The debt Of Winchester is S4J300 -
The debt Of Stanton Is S2Sl.034 IS. Of Fred
er.ck>burg Sl-5.043.74, Dauyiiie 100000.
The delt ot Clarke county is nothing and Of
Warren $4,000.
Madame Anderson accomplished her
feat in New York of walking 200 quarter
miles To- rs many quarter hours. Immediate
is upon completing The LAST quarter milo she
r.f. r.. .rf e
Grst she ssh, only be allowed 90 sleep fifteen
minutes at time, lest she should nct wake ct
a'l
The democrats of Jefferson Count Ky
including Louisville. have recommended the
distinguished Humanitarian. Dr. Luke ?.
Blackburn. f'r the nomination Of Governor by
the democratic State convention Dr. Black
burn. who has greatly distinguished himself as
volunteer physician f'r the past twenty-five
years wherever epidemic diseases have been
most violent in The South. is an c.3er brother
Of Hon. IT, c. $. Blackburn, member of Con-
gress from the Lexington .Nyl district
The Virginia House of Delegate on
Saturday adopted the Senate resolution proc
yidjuc fer the conference with State creditors
The preamble. was amended 90 set forth tae
impract.r4oity OF Increasing the present rate
ot nX1,ion 10 lu,tbcrance o.; any plan OF set
element decided upon hy .lc conference but
expressing the anxiety % DO ah consistent
with what is believed tie intores, of the State
and her creditors.
The funeral Of the late Hon. Julian
Harir.lee took place 10 Savannah Ga. Satur-
Has r'Ea r-r,--~. were ta i-r- f-,r, frr r,nr