Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1881-04-23
NEWsr NOTES.

run cars 10 L!hcIo~lS y. S"'' a.
,Ino. T. Rice. rep. succeeds Conger as NJ.
C. from the 7th Michigan district.
Oliver J. schooleraft, Of Richmond, Va.
and Miss Lousdale, of New York, were
married recently in Londoe,
The University boat race On the Thames
list Friday was won by Oxford in q min
81 sec and by lengths.
Stephen y. Stockwell, aged 5S, Of the
Boston Journal, one OF the oldest Ne"E
land journalists, is dead.
Rev. John Wade, Of Grant county, W.
Va. who elopsd with young girl, WAS ar
rested near Cumberland.
Rev. D.. Edward Mcclure, Of =. johns
and Emanuel churches P. E. King George
county, Va, is dead.
The suit Of Miss Mary 4. Murray against
Postmaster Tyler, of Baltimore, iorimprop-
er assaults is progressing st Ellicott CITY
Her statement is quite damaging.
The BALTIC. Ohio and Chicago R. r. lthe
Illinois branch b. and o. has elected the
old board directors with Jno. King, Jr
president.
Judge {. Bassott French, of Manchester,
Va, holling the April corporation term IN
Alexandria, was bsnquctted by leading c!ti-
zens there last week.
At the Brinley book collection sale IN
New York last week Hamilton Cole paid
s. 600 for Gutenberg Bible, printed IN
l450--thc first book printed with movable
type
The Washington Presbytcry have tabled,
bv II TO IL. the matter of scyering the pas
t0ral relations of Rev. c. B. Ramsdell, OF
the North Presbyterian church, because of
his marriage 10 Catholic lady.
At Wheoling n.t week, Bp. Simpson ad
dressed the ministers and stewards OF the
VI. E. church. counsclling unity OF action
kindnoss and greater attention 60 the lower
walks Of life in saving souls.
The 2O-year conjunction Of Saturn and
Jupiter occurs on the. 22d and bnt that the
planets will be too close to the srn tie as.
Economically inclined might indeed see
stars
The b. and 0. has withdrawn from the
Delaware legislature It's bill authorizing a
supplemental charter 10 that of the Del.
Western road providing an opposition lin'
thro the state.
Michigan and Rhode Island vote in a
pril Oregon in June. Alabama in August,
Arkansas. Maine and Vermont in Septem
ber Georgia. Iowa, Ohio and West Nn-
ginia in October, and the other p States
and the Territories in November
Like the late Andrew johnson Secretary
80, - Trff
He learned the business Of j. ID. Burk, OF
Waterford, o. and partly supported HIM
self in the Martinsburg, O., Academy by
making fine coats for the village ;ailors
In a suit under the inn-kccpcrs' act, re-
auiring hotel guests to deposit their yalua-
bles with the proprietor for safe keeping
the New York appeals court decides watch
TO be an article of use and declares the
landlord liable for its loss from room
The two Oldest living ex-senators are
JOS. Cilley, of y. ii. and ID. l.. Iulee. Of
/ Fla. who entered the Senate in '46. The
two Oldest surviving II. C.'s are; Mark
/ Alexander, of Va and J. 4. Cuthbcrt, of
: Ala. whose service dates back 10 1919.
The jeanette" SlGj 0O0rclie ship, tho
| Helen and Mary, wooden vessel, $50 tons,
bark rugged and steam power, sails from,
/ Frisco June l. Capt Berry in command
/ 7 officers and a crew Of %. She has orders
to return in the Fall Of 'o2. Hope she
will, without being sent after.
Malone petitions tho L. =. ci cult court
/ for compensation as president Of tho Atil
/ Miss. and Ohio r. r. from June ii. 16 10
/ ito purchase, lthe time during which II was
/ in the hands Of a Receiver and that the
counsel engaged by him % defend the road
/ In its litigations be also compensated.
Gath" photographs North Carolina
thus: " It ia the least discursive lca.t
er3tistical least Intellectual old State in
the Uni6n, perhaps, yet populous state Of
well nigh q million and q half Of people,
with few wants slight discomfort and no
great acquisition"
II - the wife Of Hcnry Isaacs, o. Low
isville, Ky, ran q needle Ia he foot. Ply
sicians failed to extract IL. Ia II she mar
ried. though suffering somewhat all the
while. The pain left her after her third
babe was born. Two weeks ago she *
tracted from this child's thigh a black and
corrodcd needle
The biggest thing about Malone 8 lli-
ideas The portion Of them which applies
10 his value as president Of the Mississippi
and Ohio RAILROAD amounts 20 $4,000
year. MDdesty Is evidently no more a bus
mess than it is legislative quality q the
little Virginia hoTnhshell in the Democratic
camp Only when he explodes and aston
i,hcs everybody by doing 40 little damage
will his true inwardn S. be known.
The louisville Courier-Jour1lal published
three columns Of reading recently with the
following display head Robert r. Lea
Genealogical Chain Connecting The Confcd-
crate Chief TO Duncan, King Of Scotland
The Southern Leader Seventeenth ia Di
rect Descent from King Robert the Bruce
An Interesting Historical Discovery Re
Gently Made and Never Before Published
Not a Doubtful Link in the Chain.
A typical fich man Of the Vanderbilt q.
der is the son Of the latc Baltimore million
aire. Winans With the wealth his father
drew from this country this man who neye,
benefited the people who enriched him, and
never will, resides in England, lordiHg II in
the style Of the pfo0dest Of British peers
he not only does not entertain an idea Of
returning TO America but his children have
never been here, and will live and die draw
ing their princely incomes from a country
thy have never seen. thanks to their rene
gadc father.-7fuh.
There * every indication that the unm