Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1881-01-08

And the eve OF lich close ufoopeu hcI hcHu lh
As She whispered, All yet shall be well !"
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Mir. W. ". COrcoran, the Washington
millionaire. was 81 years Of age on the 2fth
Mrs. Scott siddons, the dramatic reader
and a most cstimable lady. is one Of tic best
shots in the land-wth both rife ard pistol
The Bcrnhardt was in Montreal, Canada,
last week and tie local Catholic ana Epis-
copal clergy warned their nock= againrt
attending her plays
The Chicago physicians arc puzzled over
the case of a II yearold lad who, for years
past, has been sweating blood, from different
points, at frequent intervals.
Mr.. Eliot Stock, a publisher in London,
has issued two-ccnt Bible which II going
Of like ho. cakei the ss!cs rcaching into
the hundreds Of thousands.
It IS intended to unyeil the Farragut sta.
.ue, in the square OF that name, in Washing
'on on Inauguration day, if possible. The
ceremonies attending the event will be on
big scale.
a bill is pending before Congress to make
the 10Th OF October a legal holiday in tho
District Of Columbia in cOmmemOrai.on Of
the discovery of America By Christopher
Columbus, October 18th, 1892.
De Lcaseps, Of Panama canal fame thinks
he has discovered the point in the Red sea
where the Israelites crossed and a French
ecclcsiastic is soliciting funds whcTcaitb 10
dredgc It's bottom for possible remains Of
Pharaoh hosis.
Lieut.. Schwatka. commander Of tie late
Franklin search party, who successfully
Overcame the difficulties Of ice and snON
navigation in the Arctic for two winters has
come to grief upon an icy pavement in New
York city breakiughis ankle.
Two mcn who were sheltered over night
by a Mr. Brown Riding in Monroe county,
Miss, robbed the premises, and fred them
and left Their victims whom they had
chloroformed perishod 4 pose caught one
of the men and burned him ct nimpToTis-
ed stake.
The Congressional library special com.
mittee have voted 10 locate The proposed
library building on the Judiciary Square
: te in Washington The ciy ball tindor
boxes occupy part Of this ground, which
lies between Louisiana avenue, y, Third aud
Fifth streets, northwest
"The only genuine Indian sailor in the
worlds he claims FOR himself-is among
the crew OF the schr Centennial Captain
Bird.ell, which lay at Alexandria last week.
The man was born In Little Arkansas Of
Pagnee parents-his mother being a sister
Of Red Cloud. HE sea service is IS yeaTs.
Galvesiob gentleman was pricing an
Old sofa at an auction roOn. This sofa
once belonged 10 Lafitte il Is full Of hisiO-
ical "reminiscences" There is sOne now, pa,
rawline right up the back" observed the
sentlemsn's little boy. That's q fact; its
alive with historical "reminiscences" said the
Gentleman, punching in the corner with he
-ane. No sale.
The indications are that the present Cor
rcss will make the apportionmeDt under
new census. as it j. stated that the cen
rs returns will positively be ready IN time.
nder the Constitution the number Of Re
resentatiyes cannot exceed one for every
hirty thousand Of the population, but our
country has long since grown past that ratio.
The House j. now crowded 70 2 conlusiyc
and annoying point and some think that
the ratio Of the population should therefore
be increased rather than the number Of re-
presentatiyes.
Readers Of books wherever the Esglish
angusge Is spoken will hear with regret Of
I he death Of Mrs. Cross l"George Eiiot"l
shich occurred at or near London recently.
I Mrs. Gross, whose maiden name was Marian
+ Evans, Was more generally known by her
lon De plums Of George Eliot. For some
+ gesrs she bore the name Of Lewes, The Eng
lish author, with whom she lived. She waz
.orn in 1870, and was consequently about
sixty years old. Her great reputation was
| achieyed-as 2 writer Of fiction, bit she had
10 little ability in treating philoso2hieal
subjects. Her Tcr prohrs wire si6VyF'