Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1885-08-27
YEWSY NOTES.


VIM. 4. Grant, of West Virginia has re-
signed 4 81 600 War Office clerkship.
sydney Smith, infant son of Gen. Fitz-
hugh Lee, died on Wednesday OF last week.
The mother of Rev P. P. Phillips, of
Graz, aurch, Berryville, died last week IN
New York.
Two men were killed and several injured
by boiler explosion at Heder's saw mill at
Wellsville, Va.
4 doctor in Granada. Spain, has saved
fourteen cholera patients by administering
an enema of ether.
District Attorney Dorsheimer of New
York. has bought out John Kelly's organ
the New York St0r
Five men near New Orleans and five
horses near Syracuse, \. Y. were killed by
lightning last Friday.
James G. Downtain OF this State has
been appointed a special examiner IN the
Pension Office at 81 400.
Stonewall Jackson's war horse, "Old Sor-
rel" is now in pasture at the Confederate
Soldiers Home, Richmond.
one OF last weeks issues of the New York
| Graphic contained interesting sketches OF
the mountains of West Virginia.
The little mountain town of Heath. way
back in the hills of Franklin county Mass,
celebrated its Tooth birthday August ~.
Lieut.-Col. VIM. ?. Craighill, corps of
engineers. has been ordered to Cherrystone
harbor, near Cherrystone lighthouse, Va
Mr. Walter V. 4. Berry, of Washington,
won the first prize 5000 cup-at last
weeks lawn tennis tournament at Narragan-
sett
Prof. c. A. Rossignol, an itinerant must
elan, with wife at Staunton, was caught
last week at Milledgeyille, Ga, trying to
marry one of its yonng ladies.
The Boston H,rqlFs New York CORE
spondence declares it to be settled that Sec
rotary Manning will give mp the treasury
portfolio after the Fall elections.
The Belair Nd Aegis notes the poison
/ inc of two children by wild cherries. II Is
/ thought they ate half a pint, each. The
cherrie. acted as a strong narcotic.
Fx-Goy. Hamilton, Of Maryland, had
I 81 GOO worth of clothing last week stolen
/ from the family luggage while en- route from
/ White sulphur Springs 20 Hagerstown.
Dr. Frcd'k ". Farar. arch-deacon OF
Westminster Abbey will visit this country
next month and deliver the opening address
at Johns-Hopkius University in October.
Danl Leroy. an old New York Knick-
erbocker !. doad-aged 81. His sister
married Daniel Webster, and his own wife
was a sister Of Hamilton Fish, eX-Secretary
/ of State.
The Baltimore Manufacturers Record
printed last Thursday five pages of special
/ reports showing that from Virginia 10 Texas
/ the crop prospects and the trade outlook are
/ excellent
The special letter delivery will be inaug-
ura.ed October lst in HagerstOwn, Frede-
rick. Cumberland, Stanton, Winchester,
/ Charleston, Martinsburg, Parkersburg and
| Wheeling.
The Virginia State Democratic Commit
/ tee has appointed as cauvassers-at- Large
/ MessrS Holmes Conrad, Chas +. stuart
/ Walter r. Staples and others-also all the
/ Democratic VI. c.
Judge VIM. Motter of Hagerstown died
/ sunday. aged 20. He sat in the Constltu
/ tional Convention of 81, was State Sena
tor and for many years Circuit Judge o.
Washington county.
4 walnut tree was cut in Mcdowell cOun
tv. this State. and sold at cost of $4,000
| delivered in New York. 1t was re-sOld there
for II. 500. 1t was cut into four logs and IL
that condition shipped.
On a recent trial a cedar log 20 feet long
was taken to a California match factory and
in exactly 80 minutes was sawed, split, glu
ed. dipped in sulphur, labeled and the
matches ready for shipment
VIM. Barrett got 90 days in the workhoust
at Washington Saturday. He had, he said
lost 1925 in Cumberland and intended max
ing it up selling bogus coin at the Capital
The Capital wouldn't bear it.
Returns from all the counties in Kentucky
give Tate dem, for treasurer, majority OF
81 ,597 over Fox, prohibitionist, who IS sup
ported by the republicans. This is the tenth
time Tate has been elected treasurer.
The man who, they say, secured Cleve'
lands nomination died last week-Deputy
/ State Treasurer Edgar X. Appar of Albany
/ q leading New York democrat and one of the
Presidents best friends and advisers.
The Minnesota. Susquehanna, Congress
/ South Carolina and Iowa, condemned men
of-war bought lately from the Government
/ by private parties for the old material, were
| burned last Friday off Plum Beach, Long
Island.
Mr.. Onderdonk of Hagerstown has re
ceived a letter from Alex. Santos at Panama
gratefully thanking Mr.. O. and Representa-
tive McComas for securing the liberation o
/ Julio Santos, his brother, from the Guaya
quill prison July 2Sd.
Layton Oakford, president of the 7-mil'
I Cabin Creek inclined railway near Charles
ton, this State and Thos. Peacock, AmO
/ Mitchell and Jos. Hall were killed yester
day week by a loaded coal train cOllidins
down grade with their car One, ThOman
was seriously injured since dead.
\ DAYTON, Ohio. child born last week, il
curiously marked with jet black spots, vary
ing in size from a pin head 10 a half dollar
The left foot is all black About two-third:
of the body is white The boy Is perfectly
healthy, a are his parents. The spots re
semble those on a coach dog.
Gen. :. H. Newberry, the Senator from
Southwest Virginia, who gained such noto
riety as the leader OF the Big Four and de
feated Malone in all his partisan undertak
ings, in an interview with the Suns CORE
spondent recently Indignantly denied the re