Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1884-11-06
NEWST NOTES.

Gen. tltZ john Porter Is apPoluled
police commissioner in New York.
The Royal Mail steamer Massdam from
Rotterdam to New York is lost by fire but
all on board saved
\ lO-foot granite sarcophagus has been
erected to the memory Of Carolina's Cal
houn in Charleston.
+. O. P Burnside, late pay clerk P. 0.
Dept is indicted for ofiieicl embezzlements
asgregating $4,000.
+. J. Moses, the swindler and eX-goyern-
OF in Carolina, attempted suicide in the De-
troit Jail last week.
Mr.. Tilden'> extensive stables at Greystone'
Yoniers, y. I. we're burned last week.
Loss. >l5,0oo.
The Presbyterian synod of South Caro-
lima has declared against the teaching of
evolution in the State seminary.
The model Of an apparatus for lifting
vessels over shoals, patented in 40 by A.
brasam Lincoln, will be exhibited at New
Orleans.
Amanda Taylor Of w. Va. was chosen
yiee-President Of the Society for Advaace-
ment of Women at its Baltimore meeting
last week.
The opening religious exercises of the
Third Pleuary Council OF Baltimore takes
place = thc Cathedral on Sunday-the bus
mess meetings commencing next day.
New York STAT, presbyte,ia us have raised
about one fifth Of the half million endow-
ment for Hamilton College-which COM
pleted fund will give them control of the
institution.
Rev. Or. VIM. Paret, aged So, rector since
rs of Epiphany church, Washington is G.
lected Bishop of the Maryland Episcopal
diocese-vice Pinckuey, deceased.
Irving }. Mills, the Baltimore drummer
who killed Capt. ? i. Davis of Pocomoke
his sweetheuts father, last August is con-
victcd of murder.
Rev. Ckas. King a native Of W. Va,
where he studied for ministry and formerly
of the Va. NJ. E. Conf, died in Washington
last week
Ex-Ass't Secretary J. X. Upton of the
Treasury and Mrs. Mary de Haas Hoblit
zell of Somerset county, Pa. were married
last week. The lady is q daughter Of DR..
De Haas, OF Va. and her first husband was
Mr. VIM. Hobltzell of Maryland
From Major Downs, Military Instructor,
Mt Pleasant Academy, Sing Sing, y. Y.
During the very cold weather was suffering
with CatarFh. by head and throat ached SO
severely that Twas obliged TO keep quiet. Ely's
Cream Balm was suggested. Within an
hour from the first application felt relieved,
the pain began to subside. In few days |
was entirely cured.-W. A. Dowss. Price
80 cents
Treasury Secretary McCulloch is "A and
Of Maine birth He has been cashier d.
rector, and president Indiana state bank
and was currency controller for year or
two prior 20 his cabinet appointment under
Lincoln From 'o9 10 - he was engaged
in banking in London
Il7d. A,r1te for November is remarkable
for the exceilegce of its short stories. NO
blesse Oblige, by Miss IEopkiRs, illustrated
charminsly by Smedey, Is the steFy of q
boy who was obliged 10 DO I noble self-sac
rifcing deed by the laws Of his own nature.
Aunt Elizabeth's Fence i a humorous
account Of Yankee boy who studied natur-
al philosophy until he was able to construct
a Yankee Doodle feRcc. Then there is 4
notable pair Of stories about two crippled
chiidres HermSnnus Contractus,' the lit
tie crippled Count of Reichsnau, who lived
in the tenth century and wrote the hymn
beloved by all Christendom, Come Holy
Spirit. this story is from the pen Of Rev.
DR.. Dufield a Brave Baby" is a trse ac-
count OF a little Boston baby and her Won
derful courage in undergoing 4 painful sur
gical operation. The serials all come to
close H. this number-Helen Hunts "PanSy,'
l.. : Brooks il No Mans Land, Talbot's |
MASKS OF, and Miss Harris charming !
papers d" Old School-days," also the Dwarf /
and Giant Series, by Miss Smithson. Ed |
ward Everett Hale, in hi. To-day talk, |
discusses the best way to smigrate with the /
crowd Of boys always ready to 90 West /
There are many poems with beautiful draw 1
ing Miss Braddock's Dorothy" illustra- /
ted with ocean pictures by Burns, Miss Ben /
hams a Dream of Dolls" with q pictsre /
by Weldon, NJ +. B's Our Tramp with |
picture by Hassam the -Esop's Fable is
'The Fox aud the Cros,' and it has six /
most beautiful full-page drawings, by Gar
rctt Then comes tae ChsutaQua Readings /
for the month, rich in variety aud value
" Tho Children OF Westminster ABBEY. by
Rose 9. Kingsley, with a fine portrait of
Dean Stanley, Mrs. Frenost's Souvenir, "A
Virginia Wedding "The Temperance
Teachings of Science, by Professor Palmer,
che Dean of the Medical Department Of Ann
4 10, University, An Experiment in
Chemistry" oy Il. " Tyler Search Cues
tons in American Litei1@@tuso.' by Oscar
Fay Adams, ard the second of Mrs. Whit ]
mans delightful Art series The Making of
Pictures
Thrse dollars year. ID. Lothrop x Co,
Boston, Publishers. The new year begiss
With the December number. Serials BIZ
CHariss Eqjerf Cradaoek, Mrs. 4. y. T. /
HIjney, E'5ri}qe s Broots ami hrs Lizzie
w. CHnaTssy.