Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1883-07-05
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L. N es W. ". b. GALLAHER, Editors.
CharIesto,cn, Jefferson County, IVest Va.
Ju.y5, 1883.
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iron steam yacht to beat Goulds.
Queen. Victoria expects to go to Italy ear
ly in the Fall for treatment. She. is-sufer
ing,from m-lancholia.
John c. Calhoun, grandson of tho great
statesman, is now.president of the Calhoun
Land Company in Arkansas.
The widow of DR.. Glenn,..t ,..tho great Cali
foEnia farmer expects to realize this year
500 900 from TIE grain crop.
There are at the present time in this
country 81 1000 jersey cattle. OF these from
3,ooo to 5000 are imported animals.
Another cashier has gone wrong-this
time Arthur II. Blaney Of tie Massachu-
sctts Loan and Trus. Co. $4,000.
The Csntral Presbyterian -ass tie Jews
a5c far from dying out. They increase fas-
ter than Christians and of every 100000
deaths but 50 are Jews and 14S Christians.
At Woford College spartanburg, S. C.,
las: week, Rev DR.. J. J. Laferty, editor
Richmond Christiln Adt0cate made an ex-
ccllcnt address on Grit and Good Luck"
re-. Arthur Ritchie, Chicago Episco-
pal rector of high church tendencies, has
resigned-cxciting much local comment.
It is feared hc may 20 over to Rome.
Jno. II. Alexander, the new colored ca
det from Ohio, is 70 and the free born son Of
slave pare-.s belonging to the Alexandef
family in Virginia.
The uudertakeEs had pleasant little
convention of their own at Saratoga the
other day and amused themselves cracking
professional Jokes which would hare made
an ordinary mans hair stand on end.
4 relief party sailed last week from St.
Johns y. +. to look for Lieut.. Greeley
who was leftat Lady Franklin Bay in 81.
Lieut.. Darlington, a gallant Carolinian,
VIII command.
The other day Mr.. ". II. Vanderbilt
drove Maud s. and Aldinc one mile in 2l5l,
las greatest double team performance on
reoo.d. Nr. Vanderbilt and his top wagon
weighed All pound.
Government drcdgers bavo found in the
Potomac near the Eastern Branch two big
cyl;nIer torpedocs of boiler iron containing
each , bbls. coarse gun powder. They
we're placed there in ~ for experimental
purposes.
The Pension List ills 4S volume Ct GOO
pages each. Now is the nick Of time to get
a copy and sit under the shade Of a big cab
bare leaf and study up who it was saved
your country. Afterwards, the precious
calf--kins viii net you two cents pound.
There are 12G car-couplers on exhibition
at the Chicago exposition Of railroa' sup
plies. One inventor sold his paten; to q
railroad syndicate for $4,000, and all the
other I2j car-coupler inventors right away
cried out that the coupler bought was the
poorest Of the lot.
Charles J. Jenkins, a5el Is, Georgia's
governor, is dead. He upheld
to the last Georgia's rejection Of the 18th
Amendment and declined Geo G. Meede's
demand for so, 600 ior expenses Of the re-
construction convention Dec. '67.
On June 9Th a regular train drawing
room and sleeping coaches) was put on
twixt Paris and Constantinople-making
the run in 50 hours. Meals are served
aboard at and francs and luggage is in
spec,ed and passed upon by custom officers
aboard the train. The world moves.
When the smallpox threatened to bring
.he life of Prince William of Orange o al
end. nothing, the doctor said, could saTe the
patient unless some healthy yourg man be-
came his bed-fellow, and, by erfolding him
closely in his arms, should iunpart sufficient
heat to his body to force the obstinate dis
case to break out. Williams page, Bent
nick. volunteered for the dangerous Office.
The experiment succeeded, and the faithful
youth escaped unharmed to share his mas
ter's rising fortunes, became Prime Minister
of ENGLAND and founded = ducal house in
the land Of his adoption- Pes.-house Re-