Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1879-08-30

DaNc ecNeutSeD ssSS~"So ." s"i''0' N~y'.
Somehow OF other the best. sort Of wo-
men will break man up-uuless they are
married 10 him; then they break him 10.
Ex-President Grant sailed from Noko-
hama in the "Tokis" on the 27th, and will
reach Frisco. about September 10Th.
Rev. DR.. j. L. II. Curry has consented
to serve as a member Of the Virginia House Of
Delegates from Richmoai. il elected.
Rev. Thos. Sargent, 4 venerable min
isier Of the baltimore Conference NJ. L. ChsFeh,
South, died iD Baltimore lIsi week.
The new Mayor of Harrisonburg asked
thst bis salary be reduced from $500 70 $500.
The act was prsiseSorthy. and tbe reduction
was agreed to-
VIM. II. VANDERBILT has Just given
500. 900 more % tho VandssO.lt University,
OF Nashville. to be sgeni in gymnasium aad
scientific ha!l.
Mrs. General J. +. b. Stuart Is IN
s,ruclor in English Literature. instrumental
Music aud Drawing aN ihc SiaaHtn Female
Seminary.
The first full cargo Of tea exclusively
from Japan 10 this country afrivel at Ne"
York 10 the steamship Gordon Castle. She
had about 3, 100 tons Of tea IN boxes.
The mill, distillery and storchouse Of
nv. B. Kite. in Page county. Virginia. wefo
burned On the night of August lst. Loss,
$1,000. with no insurance.
Mai. Wade, of Rockbridgc, on March
10Th planted seyol pounds Of potatoes and On
July l7th dug cut tao bundled snd slxiy-sX
pounds. OF 3s to !.
The Tarrcn Sentinel says the stone
nlers hr The bridge Of the Shenandoah Valley
Railroad Company across the Shenandoah Tsy-
er at River,on will begin 10 few days
suit has been instituted against ex-
President Grsut sod others. trustees. 20 COM
pei the sale Of the Metropolitan Church pro-
per,y IN Washington city to pay $4,000
deb, resting Oh it, ald which Is secuted byB
deed Of trust on the sacred elilce.
4 correspondent Of the Lexington In
ferprisc wiring from Amhors; county about
people who de- not take papers. says, that SONS
days ago n citizen, hearing ho wss from Lex
ington, asked what bad become Of Geu Lee,
aud brug told ho bad becu dead some years
showed gres, emotion aud shed tears.
Bishop Keane, of Richmond, delivered
lecture 10 CoviDgton. Va, one evening 1856
week. his subject being God, the Teacher of
the World" The lecture was delivered 10 ilo
Methodist church. and 10 his opening bishop
Keane IeIufGed cordial thanks ior tio ooustcsy
extehdsd 60 bin by the gentlemen VITO bad
placed the church st bis service.
We learn from the New York Sun
that the Methods, Episcopal Metropolitan
church. With ,ho chimes attached, Is liShl9 10
a salo foi To iquidated debts. This Il shocking.
We feel like payiOg Oh tho claims ourselves.
II il were any rqasouabla sum. such as three
or four dollars-or even four dollars and hliy
ceuts-we would a, once liquIdAto.- Capital
Many personsare puzzled to understand
what tic terms "iourpenuy." "sixpcnuy," ana
"teDpenny" mean as applied 70 nails. Pour
penny means four pounds 10 the thousand
n4ils, o. "sizponay" means elk pounds 70 tho
thousand, aud 50 on. When thousand Dalls
weigh less than one pound they are called
tacks, brais, &c. aud are recsoued ID ouoeo..
4 letter from Gen. j. Il. Trimble, Of
Maryland, now at Dageas's Springs IN Botc-
touri, says that lac aud Wade Hampton. of So
Carolina, took O fish on Tuesday, aGd captured
that is "pretty well fOs two old boys Tho
bass wisely concluded 10 surrender es s0Ou as
they saw the lines Of battle presenied by tbeso
two distinguished one-leaged coBisdcra;os.
The Sharpsburg Enterprise says Mr..
Henry Gibbs, employed by hT. Lafayette hii-
Ter. two miles from that town, saw f0x como
iuto The barnysid ond catch u chicken aud
then run into a cslnield aud capture "A turkey.
Mr. Gibbs shot and killed tho fox. aud thea
went TO its den, where bo found the heads of
one hundred sud thirty Leghorn chickens and
twenty turkeys, which i, bad stolen from tbo
farmers IN The Deisbborbool.
Felix Munshoryer is in the IIagerst0wu
jail on strong cifcumstaniial suspicion oi muT-
der lie and his cousin, Jos. l.. Wotzel-boIh
residents Of Emmitsburg, Md-lcit that ylAco
together some weeks since 90 gsming eKpo-
dilion. The latter bad $500 on his person
aud did Dot return wish his cousin whose sub
sequeu, display Of ready each excited susp
ciou. Search was instituted aud Neiz'ls
body fourd 10 somo woods beyond Emmiis-
burg with Luile; wound in the back.
At three o'clock Sunday morning in
Black Oak bottom, seventeen miles west of
Cumberland. freight engine on the Baltimore
snd Ohio railroad ran into the resr Il cxpress
train No. !. Ellis Mcdonald, ogcd 3i, eogiD-
eer Of the freight engine, was instantly killed.
The express train had been delayed b. dis-
atled freight train The freight engine snl
several cars were thrown down an embark
m,lt. The passengers on the express train
escaped injury. Mcdonald. the unfortunate
engineer, las family residing at Msrlinsburg.
At Thornton Depot, Fairfax county,
Va, on Friday last, three youths. Ehc aud
George Kidwel and Henry Moe, sough. shell
tes 10 stable from scyefe thunder storm,
but had been there but few moments yhcn
lightning struck the centre piece 70 which tho
folding doom fssten. spliuteriDg il into many
pieces, and, elancina from II. struck the thres
young men, Killing Eric Kidwell, the younger
son Of John Kidweli, aDd also Henry Aos.
son Of John Moe. Instantly. Both were ~ o.
II years Of age. George Kiivell, aged about
20 years, va. severely injured.
Mrs. W. G. Venson, who gave Texas
"The Lone Star" died a, Crawford. iD that
State, las, Friday. She made beautiful Gag,
with large single star. in the summer of L.
s5 end presented II 10 Col. Wards command.
The fag vas Of plain vite six. bearing on
azure star Of Eve points sn both sides u
WAS FIRST unfured aI Velssco on January 3,
1896, and being hoistsd upon q liberty pole
q. Go.iad aos,si un,il Texas va: declsfeI
free.
Thiriy-fve years ago, Capt. Stone, of
Nound.viifa " Va hrnfgbt fyofn New Or