Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1885-02-26
NEHST NOTES.



burned Friday morning
Tomorrow mark, ,he 18th anniversary Of
ihc birth ol Henry IS. Longte!low.
G.n sir llerbcr, stewart, ,he wounded
English commander in EGYPT, Is dead.
nh, S,an.val Club of Baltimore, IS
,.r.n.. u,i uafc.,iu the inaugural pageant.
"a. - Campocii oi West Virginia l. APP
pointed 81 !. 1900 CLERK in The Treasury.
Horses. sheep and cattle have persisted of
cold in Gimer, braNton and Upshur coun-
ties.
Tho democratic national committee Is cal
Led to meet 40 the Arlington hoit. IN W ASH
iuetou or March 2ud.
dr. il. 4. Bacon druggist, OF south Wash
i,.t,u. ,uicided ia,- week. lie was oil Mas
sacuu-ct.s birth.
Richard Well Of Haverstraw, \. Is
toornr IL OBJ Washington 90 see CleVeiand
inauguuled
The Carlis,, OF spain have rendered The
British Legation 0t Madrid 4'VVV volunteers
,o serve iu the ooudan.
REPRESENTATIVE Coil was guest at the din
rer rendered Goy.-eiec, Curricr OF \. ii. by
Secretary Chandler last Thursday.
Col. Robert White represented West r.
.inia ON ,he honorary staff OF Gen. sheridan
at tine Monument dedication.
Rev john vs.. Kelly of the :. c. Confer
suce NJ. T.. church South, died last week
at Orangeburg. aged sixty.
REPRESENTATIVE, Gibson and Snyder were
guests 40 the Americas Club reception III
Philadelphia last week.
Mr.. Hawthorne Hill, Louisville, Ky, asks
contemporary tor any information regard
INK tine history of the Caldwcils OF Virginia
The Victoria iron mines and furnace in
Rockbr.dEc county. Va, have shut down,
ous,iug 900 hands
Third divided payments TO bondhoiders
1i the late Washington and Ohio Is. Is. were
begun 4t Alexandria on Monday.
Mauius ,-,,ory safe factory i'm New York
IS burned 500 safes destroyed and 300 hands
ous,ed. Lo-s S23oooo.
The knight, of Pythias in Washington
and elsewhere noted last Thursday the DIST
anniversary OF ,heir Organization
A Birmingham Conn widow OF II has
SEQ tine adjacent country side by the ears oy
marrying % tender STRIPPING of %.
The Nar. rad Co,rier says that the prohi-
bit,ou measure which failed In the W. Va.
legislature Is now believed % Doe permanent
r dead
kidney disease has killed OFT $4,000
worth ot horse dcsh in Sharon township, o.
liu. El-ol n blasted grain Is thought to oe
tue cau~c.
weU-dre--ej female ,windier, represent
iu. her-efa- Mrs Scoyilie, Guitcau' sister,
hs- been working West Virginia town,
notably Cameron.
Theuite of Minister Lowell. at London,
is dead. She was the daughter of eN-Goy.
Duniup col Maine aad sometime governeSS
,o her husbands children by his first wife.
A pa'a,isl homc in Philadelphia was de-
,,roved lbs fire few nights ago and some OF
It's occupants SilieJ by jumping from fourth
story windows and others burned 90 cinders.
VIM. " Massey, eX-paying teller Bank
of Commerce. Baltimore, /, sentenced 20
wears imprisonment for forging last May
cashier Eimunds name % a $4,000 cheque
To-day IS the anniversary OF the birth and
thcdeath ottvo prominent Italians. Eighty
three years ago Victor Hugo was born, and
seven wears ago Father Secchi, the aStrono-
mer passed away.
Bishop Wilson. OF the southern Methodist
Church. has improved SD much since hl- ar
N..I-. fIf.If l.
hoped lc viI soon Doe able 20 return To his
work.
Boston newspapers have ungailant,y
shown zap .hc ,vinJdng operation OF "a Mrs
r.. s.. Hudson. thc widow oft "a Midway
Mass physician The lady was % Miss
Leeoi Dorchester, Nd.
T.. VS. Moore. Of this State private
secretary to Hon. Henry q. Davis and Miss
Katharine IS. Ice Of Washington, were
married boz a Street Presbyterian Church
ot thar Citv on Monday afternoon.
The widely known farewell county law
yer. Joseph >,ras, Sr., died last week at JEFF
.er,0u Va. iu the eightieth year of bis age.
Though blind ioryCars hc continued 70 prac-
uce law efficiently.
Unemployed labor. per,onihed in 5000
idle artisans. ,ta,ked the London streets
las. week, demanded work OF the authorities
and later 0u surrounded iladStone's resi-
ieucc--a bowling mob.
Glmore'- famous band of 100 pieces will
head the y. y county democracy in the in
au.uraI pageant next Wednesday and later
ia thc evening wi.l -eryuade the President
from the South grounds oi the executive
mansion.
The Piu-lur- Clruire SAYS that Malone
SD tsr lo-- sigh, ot tine traditions of his
proud old state tha, when Mrs Welcker
told am h.- Young hopeful, Butler, would
have to leave her house. hc flew into rage
and cursed taat lady most >hamciully.
The dynamite section of the Chicago So
o.-.iS., hcd q meeting Yesterday, az which
Mrs. S. r. Parsons colored urged her
hearers r0 begin the warfare OF dynamite
AMID said SD. would d.l her apron with dy-'
aamte and lead them ou mission ot de-
~ruet.on through the city.
The north bound Midland express ran iu-
toauoil laien freight train below Washing
.a l- fu at r..lt I'D employees
scc. s....I -..Drl. injured sul tue ugisl.
and tbe NiIauo- express, baggage and
postal c.r~ entirely destroyed The regis
...... u.l' and Adams Express losses are