Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1884-03-27

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Publishers.
W.WB. GALLAHER, Editor.
Gharicsso,r,., Jefferson County, Vest Va.
March %, 1884.
Have Won saw the Generai2-Ja'. L. Log'u'.
With renewed appropriation the Danville
Investigation farce opened again this week.
B,shcp II. II. Kavunaeii. Of the NJ. Z. On,
South. aged s. died Suddenly at Columbus
Mississippi, yesterday week.
The Shcri.erlstown Register thinks lion: r.
Boyd Faulkner is the best man yet mcntiohed
for Governor"
A reliable item informs as that nenis Rear
nev is washing dishes in q Frisco hash house
Thus genius wakes to stern realities.
Germany sent as 100000 dozen eggs last
winter. The Matching out OF this Isskcr trou-
bic and the pork unpleasautnsss Is now ex-
planned.
Maryland lss molostly memorialized Con-
eress for tho return Of $1,000 advanced by the
state in 1870 for tl.c erection OF public build
ing
gainesville. Georgia is wonderfully interest
"a in an elderly pair OF twins who have we'd
dcd twin sisters and live ia twin cottages with
twin babies the breathing inage 81 esch other
How the mischief ,u.aulhAit assets can be
construed - subject TO recall is a question
which only the highest tribunel in the land
should be expected 20 answct-Hit can.
There are 500 rag dealers in Gotham and the
Italian pickers-up gather yearly S7joooo worth
Rags. bones and old iron doesn't sound aris-
socraiic bu, there's lots Of money i'm i'.
California stands fifth among the states in
salt manufacture Her production from sea
dishllation has risen from llOO0 bushels in '6C
TO sS0.OoOn So. California ought to be mighty
wise.
Marriage License ia Maryland haas been rc-
duccd from Si5o 20 sixty cents, Marriage
now. IN Maryland rs no; matter of dollars
but Of sense. Fleeing from an irate father Is
made easy.
The LEGAL cradations-elsevhcrc noted-bS
which the supreme Court lets down 50 essiiy
the great expectations Of the States, and
Virginia in particular, are something really
brilliant in their line.
Under the Act Of 'SG-the same that the Su
prcme Court has SO deity broken into bits-th'
then tweuty->iN States rccciv-l of the surplus
revenue S2SI0I6H: s.acr b4-le ot a,e Eerery
books as .u,nQ.igbie sssr's.
The balance yet unpaid ct the surplus rcye
nue. distributed among the states under the pa
ternal Act Of '56 is S9.5j72l4. Virginia an'
Arkansas are the only States tina, have had the
rcmerity 20 ask Tor IL.
Those intelligent representatives of Illinoi
vonanhood who cat OIL their hair and gave .,
q smooth tongucd agent 90 De- made into elc
can't coifrur,s are wiser than they we've last
week. but they don look So pretty.
Gov. Cleveland has approved the bill en-
towering the MAYOR Of New York 20 make .aP
pomtmcuts independent Of aldermanic conhr
nation. I'm tine Hsh, Of late disclosures thi'
wont improve municipal affairs.
Tho widow Of Frank Leslie who lied i'm ~
will shortly marry thc Marquis DC Leuviilc ar
Anglo-Frcnchman, whose title dates back t.
i055 She intends however retaining active
control Of her big publishing interests.
An editorial fritud lc0p- us line from ala
20 fclicitatc MS on the recurrence of oar birth
day and 90 express the sincere hope that w'
may biIc. in hcl!ts. moderate a-iluence and
calm content the coming ofmany more ofthen
Minister SARGENT dined with B~mark las
Satrrlav-hc ISuieror's SS,h bi7thday Tn
alnba.sadorial boots having ,hu- momen'ariIl
rested on-bes pardon, unler-the priuctt
mahogany. oar fears of war are diSsiplted. lie
MS bc cheerful.
The anticipated early sale Of ,hc FFcncl
crown Jewels ou ;ht 90 give the o''p q. grace q
the sirviyin. remnant of Napoltonic Preten
sions. one Of these sl'-terins baub.cs the IA
NOUS Regent, was valued ia l>'oat twelve mn
lion francs.
N Ncv Yorker predicts that " thc time is nel
at hand when d race of houey-becs Will De ia
trolured 90 the American people who have %
s,inecrs." Perhaps the American people vh
have mo- stinrers will object % making thc a,
ouaintance of new race of honey-beeS.