Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1884-02-14

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Publishers.
T.W.B. GALEAHER, Editor.
CAorIeStOrr, Jefferson Counts, West ga.
Febre6ry "a. 1854.
Mrs Iangtry and Miss Pitts have beth had
their Ffoddics Now let The aasre &c stricken
from the vocabulary.
81 Mahdi announces that p .r;ends to in
,ade Turkey. Kill the sultan, conquer India
and eventually subir-st, jhe gholc world.
Morosini. Goulds pasate secretary, has a.
massed a fortune Of Si,oocoO BY outstanding
the crumbs that s.ll from his masters table, -
it were.
jay Gould is credited with having made s.
10000 in Wall street last week. Its somccon-
ISOLATION 20 the cripple> TO know where their
money went 20.
Iftherc is tide in the affairs OF cities as OF
men. taken NJ the food leads on 10 fortune
Cincinnati just now appears to he on the top
wave.
Wendell Phillips body is scarcely cold, and
ye, the Boston folks are preparing 90 statucizc
the man. They believe in striking while the
iron is hot
The b and o. Telegraph Company should
not sickcn Of its gathering in process because
Ohio's republican magnatc, Charlie Foster,
threatens 20 quit politics and enter It's eEp'oy-
The House bin Hospitality providing penal
term for public functionarics who sanction the
assessment of their suborlinatcs is raising the
Aair ON several elderly patcs in Washington.
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Weaver, the iowa grccnbackcr, lavors But
lcr's presidential aspirations Ben, hc says,
could sweep Michigan. Missouri llinoi, and
Iowa with the thoroughness of "a hired man at
dinner, That's awful rough on the hired E,aR.
Tie select Boston coteric WAC haye placed
puppy steaks on their club aetH and actually
eaten the same have not been guilty Of cauni-
baiism as might naturally be inferred There
las been NO mysterious disappearance as vet
Of dudes,
petition was presented IN the NousS of
Delegates Of Virginia ON Friday last asking am
investigation of the official conduct of Judge
y b. Meade OF the Corporation Court Of Alex
andria. Incompctcucy- gross Ignorance of the
Jaw, and official misconduct are alleged.
Rdilcbcrgcr made speech in the Senate on
Friday. II tell that. and De retired totle cloak
room 90 get consolation from Malone and Co
get out of sight. Ifhc were Ut,le more sem
sitvc VIC believe he would 80 ou; anal hang
himself.
Society circlcs "a. Moaudsyillc. ,i,is State arr
badly toru az ever the clopcmcnt of Miss Mel
lie Hazlett. a talented and beautiful young la-
dy. the belle of the town and tbchciN@> tocon-
siderable property. with q disgusting Snd re-
pul>iyc tramp. No accounting fr tastes,
the ola woman said when She kissed thc cow.
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The Staunton Iardi-r'or rcmarkiug upon the
ab>urdity Of sherman and Malone pcr>pirins
an a mighty cior; 90 raise the bloody shirt Co
the top Of the Republican flag staff, when there
was mo- popular breeze Co hap 80. calls them poo
Htical orphans -their mother States having
Tepudiated them
It's q touching sight tl sec the >trong-ninj-
eel sisters claspel 90 each others virgin breasts
and weeping tears of joy because the Treasury
Secretary has licensed e Mississippi steamboat
captains vidow 90 pboosh ihe Oddly of our
waters. Old Folscr had best hist his umbrci.
or 90 in out d the rain.
That venerable authority, thc cround-hos.
certainly deserves elitorial anathcma for hi,
wrctched .Gp-up. hut in view of ;hc disabilities
u,.,se- which his porcinc relative iahor> in for
ccn chimes we are willing TO suspend jad'-
ment Grief may have had something t' 10
with it
& Mahoncite senator introduced Preamble
and Resolution. q few days ago. that was iu
sultiu- tothc Virginia Senate and inatcw miu-
u,es De blessed tlc Lord he was permitted 20
vithdr9w e. Ilc bal been madc a cor paw
~ another ~-nater % the Sl-e political stripc
who was r,j1iccd ,o gel, OIL with ai aiicct yloi-