Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1883-09-06


Caarles,o,ra, Jederson Co''a'y. Vest "a
Sefiemsc~ 9. 1883.
The census shows the old fact ;hat the
majority Of peoples eges are NJ even num-
hers.
Aneut the .peakership we now hear that
81 is a close fight 'twixt Randall and Car
Isle, with Randall gaining.
The Queen Of Madagascar Is dead. The
tidincs viii be sorroviul to the Christian
world. \ niece succeeds TO her throne.
Editor Elan Of Che Richmond E3'g has
been given a gold headed stick and silver
fruit stand by his Liberal colored admirers
Lord Chief Justice C1leridge tells New
York He-aWrcpoT,er ths. there is no ground,
legal or equitable, wbereo 70 justify pay
meat Of Conted bonds in whole OF in part
Cen. Blackburus withdrawal from che
speakership fight 70 run for the senatorship
1t is likely gives Carlisle the entire Blue
Grass support.
IfNew York goes republican in Novcn-
her then will Arthur's nomination oe a fore
gone conelusion-says Philadelphia Times
scribe. Il IS a slender thread upon which
20 he,,. an sxrc,.tstion
They are now telling as taet F.ainc'7
friends are busy throughout The South blow
ing on the dying embers of the whig party
old-hshioued gentlemen they are, With
white waistcoats, bs aud seals
NJ. r. T. Bar ton OF Winchester, has been
nominated for ,hc Legislature by Jhc dem-
o.ratic convention Of Frederick Couuty.
fie is an able lawyer .nl effective speaker
AID is terror To- Nshoneites.
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Lonestreet. Mahons. Chalmers. iiat;ou
and othc, kindred ol,ical spirits had a
po,i,ico-social h55nob 10 Washington last
week. The are sill trying 20 gather in the
Dixie disafectcl.
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The Eagle Machine 60. has pErchs.eI a
steam engine, aud the Construction Com
roi.tee has been authorized by Zee Boa . Of
Directors 10 purchase the necessary maehin-
cry for ,be irnr.e,liate equipments OF the ms-
sh;as shop. now ahou. comPle,ed.-Sgirt
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The Christina Jaioa sageiy remarks that
where State sentiment Is strooc enough TO
enforce prohibition, prohibition can De So
cured Just SO. By precisely che same TO-
ken for those who IKE that sort of thing
that -or, of thing is ,hevery .aing they ike.
+, is pleasant 70 krrw that Queen Woo.
ria has almost completely recovered from
her ftll down stairs ia April ,as,. TIE PEE
Hol of monarchies is fast passing. /; is true,
-cl Her Nsics,y is but "a delicious isare-
lcsd-but all the same we are glad she IS
getting back 90 health.
The .esr of a standing freight train on
tle western Maryland Railroad was run
jos, near Arlington ON Sunday morning
Vim. G.. Abel of Baltimore aud Owen
Dorsey. Of Frederick County Maryland,
we're ir,4ntly killed, aud TWO Others serious
T. inlu.ed.
Echoes from the Yellowstone Parl reach
MS Co .he effect that the P-e-ijc,t ard party
have been capturing trout in the Lake aud
vi,b,it detaching them from the hooks
p.or-.ug en- in adjacent raysers whence
thev are taken cooked 20 Sc turn-and eaten,
probably. a. mus, this yarn be taken, with
q itle salt
Jut-e Eoadly. democratic nominee for
Ge-ara.r Of Ohio. started a-t u;-bt 60
Philadelphia % pa, himself under medical
freshmen, ior malar,al trouble and nervous
p-1-r.tio1 lnaus?icious time for nervous
trouble. I, may insure his political pros
i-s,ioo.
Aao.1c- cu; has been made in passenger
ra.rs between Cincinnati and 81. Louis. 1t
is ,aoass, the rates rill be fifty cents b.
tween ,aese cities by the middle of the
week. I,is now 81 so. That will be dog
cheap CD ,lose who want to % 20 s. Louis
bar jear To- those who don't
Res. D-. q. z. S,rictisr. Of Atlanta. Ga,
has b.ea elected professor Of Theology in
the Uaio1 Theological Seminary. Prince
Edward county. Va, o. an the Vacancy
cacs-i cy t'e resignation of Prof DAbney.
M Sr.c<,cr iEc native of Vircirr, ari
was until recently pastor ct Tink,iu-
Spring, Presbyterian Clu.ch, augusta
county.
Rev John Mayo Peasants AtSinso7, d.
49,. IT.. D.. ;he eminent Presbyterian divine
sul edacato-. and who. from ls56 until
Ic,y a,t whoa IN healtl' forcsd him to To-
s'ga. wa. president OF uauo'-n Sidayy
~a-e. Virginia, died at his residsL-e. Boz
Ilam25.a-Silcv on Tuesday evening
week Ihr, Of his brothers also embraced
the ministry bishop Thomas Atkinson. Of
tie j. Episcopal Church. and Rev Or. VIM.
NJ Atkinson, ana Rev Joseph W. Atkinson,