Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1885-09-17

From the Clarke Courier,
A blue crane, measuring Is feet from tip
to tip of wings, was recently shot by :. o.
Reed, colored, on Trap Hill run.
On Tuesday night oflast week lodge Of
Good Templars was organized i'm this place,
wish a membership of %.
The following incident added to the pleas
ure Of the reunion of the Clarke Calvary at
Greenway Court on the l9,h of August:
Ii viii be remembered that when Booth
assassinated President Lincoln. one.of the
conspirators named Payne attempted the
life Of Mr.. Seward. Daring ,he excitement
arising from the occurrences Gen. VIM.
PAYNE of Waweuton, who was prisoner in
the hands of the enemy at the time, hap
pened TO be carried under guard through
the streets of Washington The citizens
heard his name and supposed that he was
the assassin. A terocious mob soon collect
ed, and had Gen. Payne fallen into their
hands ne would doubtless have been
murdered. His guard was commanded by
Mai. Halleck, who had been severely
wounded-at Nufreesboro I think-aud
was then on duty In Washington. Maj.
Halleck formed MS little squad around his
prisoner and dcfied the mob thus probably
saving the life of one of Virginia's tavorite
sons.
Mai. Haneck was pleasantly introduced
to the meeting 10y a letter from Gen. Payne,
and Joined in the festivities. He was, by
vote invited TO take part In the business as
we'll as the festivities of the occasion.
A late special from Wheeling to the Phil
adelphia Pres. SAYS q panic prevails in that
part Of Clay county lying along Sycamore
creek. arising from the raysges of q strange
aud fatal disease among the Inhabitants of
that region About nifty people have been
attacked. of whom q score have died and
the death rate PROMISE to increase with
great rapidity. The symptoms seem to sug-
gest the terrible disease that last year ravag-
ell a number of counties I'm the extreme
southwestern part OF West Virginia and one
or two over the line In kentucky.
And now the TTes' I7rqi.t1 Democrat and
the IT1eeln0 Register have each other by
the ears The Ishmaeite modestly sug-
gests that it should take the Registers place
as the organ of the party in the State. For
the Lords sake. What next? The D,m-
ocraf certainly has one of the requisites of
an orgau-a crauk-lut it would make
mighty discordaut music - Nrtnjrg
Statesman.
VIM. McKendry Gwin, a native OF Ten
nessee, and the first Senator-iu lS5o-from
California, died in New York last week
aged so He was President Jackson's pri.
waite secretary, "a e. s. Representative II
'43 and was prsouel by the Federals for
disloyalty from 81 20 '53. HeHyed i'm east
ern Virginia during par. of 55 and after
visit to Europe settled In California.
John H. Morgan, aged 80 souof the Sem
ator from Alabama. and am elderly lady
companion, "a grass widow, were drownedin
the Potomac 40 Georgetown last week while
boating Two years ago Morgan was shot
at in Washington by Lucy Bhe,t Horton,
an Alabama girl, who charged him with be-
traying her. He was a lawyer and had
been his fathers secretary since ~.
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Col David T. Houston, of Roanoke, a
well known Republican, says DE is going to
support Fitzhugh Lee. Party deiec-
ton in Virginia is thus making good
Roadway but not perhaps i'm the line that
Malone would have us believe We gath
CT them in.
Ina the fifteen elections i'm Ohio since 1870
the Democrats succeeded only five times I'm