Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1881-05-14

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senator Malone was shoruof his strength
when the deadlock" was disposed Of.
There has been a split in the Republican
partv. aud Senator Malone has dropped
into the c%revicc.
Gen. Mahones heart beats for Conklmg ;
his pocket nerve reminds him that the
President controls patronage in Virginia,
but his conscience doeSf', troobe him.
Hon. John :. Preston ofSouth Carolina,
she legislator, the soiiicr, and always theor-
ator. is dead-agcli7l years. He was born
IN Abingdon Virginia, and married a sister
ofGen. WS.de Hampton.
Tho judiciary committee of the Senate on
Monday reported adversely on the nomina-
tion. of Stanley Matthews for Justice of the
Supreme Court of the L. :. Ii Ohio can
stand it We can.
Win IL. Hayes. of Cleveland, has elopcd
with Miss Jessie Kimball, an lS-year old
100000 grass orphan, whose elegant moth
or is Willing away a rich widows leisure in
Europe. Hayes is as lucky a dog as hisgreat
uamesake.
4 new allotment of Sup-enc'CcHr justi-
ces ssuonc the se7eralc irciits-renderedn
cessart Is Justice Cliford's disability and
Justice Swayne's rcsignation-assigus His
Honor. Mr.. Chief Justice Waite 70 this, the
fourth circuit, comprising West Virginia,
MARYLAND. and the Carolinas.
Hon. Geo Cotton has assumed the bust
n-ess,cyn.rol of the Baltimore Gazette, and IL
appear IN a becoming new Spring apparel
we have no doubt new life viii be infused
into this heretofore influential and readable
journal.
Col. Thos. \. Scott, the great railroad
Kinr. has again been stricken with paraly-
sis and his death Is only a question Of hours
and. no doubt, a ~momentous concern OF
his. Latest reports pronounce him better
and hopes are entertained of his recovery
and restoration to great usefulness.
Charlesto~p legal brotherhood Will rel
i-h the story Of witty lawyer who, as oppo-
sing counsel, did not know how TO address
abe Washington lady lawyer, Mrs. Belize
Lockwood. The usual term my brother
wouldn't do. nor was my sister " Just right
lie compromised, e. thought hedii, by re-
terring to her rs my sister m htc, and was
rewarded with q lock that blanehed even hes
chcck.
During the recent demolition of Lincoln's
old home i'm Springfield, Illinois, an enter
prising small boy bought up all the shin
zles for a dollar, fashioned them into vari-
ous designs with a scroll saw, and then
worked them of on the patriotic at 70 cents
and one dollar a piece. His sire can safely
simmer away and leave that scion not a
cent. He and his scroll saw are Just bound
% make o living.
Something wonderful in the t0Otscy woot-
sey line is the 40 poun& tii7ty- two months
old baby, Harry Castlemsn. mC@s cosnty
Kentucky. Tht grey EYED. mild-Aced,
g~ooj-nataScl yoangster stands A.3inches-
measures about the cali, thigh and waist 4,
23 and % inches, respectively, aud at birth
weighed 9 lbs, at three months "A, atsiX 40,
at twelve o., at twenty-one 81, and at thir-
ty-tvo months 10 los. III, daddy is proud
as o FVRcock.
Heart disease has rarely q aorc Sudden
victim nor a biblical text is sprcr Hlgstra-
ton than is shown in the death last week OF
the Rev. Felix Barrott, agci -, pastor
since o. Of 81. Augustincs colored Cetho-
lie church in Washington. On Sunday b,
preached from the days gospel; The good
shepherd giyeth his life for his sheep
The next forenoon hesought his physician tC
consult concerning some passing symptom,
Of bis mllady. In the afternoon he wa.
dead.
"I see YOU are generals e,I, but hop,
this may get in'-reads a tinted note from
@Imogeue, who sends a pome. II - MAJ
was TO make such an insiuuation TO us W,
would mp and punch him full of holes witt
our pcncA bat as it is chivalry restraints vs
No Imogcae; it Is al-ittle IT'D. Nobod,
who ever ssv "a would cvc- accuse rs of De
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