Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1885-11-19
NEWSY NOTES.

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day in Frisco aged &c.
4 tornado has blotted cut the village of
Brownsville il Sumter county, Ala.
Charleston IS. c. brokers are still buying
Confederate bonds at Sl.75 thousand.
Bur men lded Capt JAS Wilson,
Bau.asreiru .rer out tot g, 800 last week.
A business block, the postofice aud ho-
tel were burned at Austin, ILL.,, last Satur-
day.
A Cincinnati youngster found diamond
ring in the quart Of syrup he bought the
other day.
4 white quail Mas shot by f. y. Peabody
of North Stonngton, Conn, the other day
1t is snow white.
The North, Central, and South American
Exhibition was formally opened at New
Orleans on Tuesday.
The Virginia Conference at its Peters
burg sitting provided for an association to
give homes 20 poor preachers.
Mr.. William Hunter, assistant Secretary
of State who has been in the State depart
meut hity--iy years, j, critically i'll.
A Washington Ca. farmer has found
s20, 600 in gold on his place. \ remnant,
10 is thougb,, of Confederate treasure.
Ambrose NJ. Brown of Forrestvile, Nd,
is Jailed in Washington for stealing an or
gan and obtaining SD on false pretenses.
VIM. Taylor, Salisbury Nd farmer of
i5 married Emily Watson aged Is last week
and Within am hour became a hopeless idiot.
The millionaire merchant of New York
n. b. Clafiiu. is dead He did an enor-
nous business. aggregating Slo0,OO0,OO a
year
Louis Riel who Ted the rebellion in the
northwest against the Dominion Governs
ment last Spring was hanged at Regina on
Monday.
Dr. Alfred Gouner, surgeon on Gen. Ste
pheu Lees staff in the war, was killed by
boiler explosion on his Louisiana plantation
last week.
Partial investigation of the books Of John
NJ. Carroll. treasurer of Stanton, Va, who
disappeared in September, disclose deficit
of $1,000.
4 recent cyclone in Bib, Dallas and Per-
ry counties. Ala, killed some twenty per-
sous, injured many more, and laid waste
plantations forests etc.
Gen. Don Carlos Buell. of Kentucky-the
organizer and whilom commander OF the
Army of Ohio in the wars appointed pen
sion agent at Louisville.
Salvation OIL. the celebrated American
remedy. IS guaranteed to cure rheumatism,
sore throat >wellngs bruises, burns, and
irost-bites. Price only twenty-five cents
bottle
Walter Stone. aged 40, foreman on sew
er contract shot his wife and himself in
Baltimore last week The woman is dead.
lie charged her with leading their two
daughter, estray.
Hon. Daul W. Lewis, late of Fairfax,
died I'm Washington last Friday eyed ~.
He WAS the only member of the Virginia
legislature of 81 who voted for the four
tecnth amendment.
Columbus Dronenburg, aged % son of
am J'rbana Frederick county, Md black
smith was found dead in a hay loit last
week His father had had a vivid dream
Of him the night before.
On the application of Henry /. Pelouze,
% creditor for S92S, the Richmond chancery
court has placed an injunction on the Wig
aud appointed Cha>. G. Clarke, its business
manager, receiver with a bond of $4,000.
Ayers Sar-aparilla works directly and
promptly, to purify and enrich the blood,
improve the appetite, strengthen the nerves,
and brace mp the system. IL is I'M the trueSt
sense an Alternative medicine. Every inva-
hd should give it trial.
The declaration of war by Servia his
brought once more the Balkan question to
the front King Milan crossed the Bulga
rian frontier on Saturday and a battle en-
sued-the Bulgarian sretreated at all points
Many killed and wounded. Prince Alex
ander is at Sofia.
A nine-hours fire in the east section of
Galveston. Nas, last Friday swept sixty
squares, dies Dying 400 dwellings-loo OF
lem elegant mansions. 1000 families
homeless. Estimated loss thee millions
so lives lost The burned district was built
up almost entirely of Texas pine.
The Piu,burg 3. * O. express was wreck
ed last Thursday al Biue~toue quarry by a
misplaced switch. Sixteen persons injured,
in .uJuc John Sheridan. of Pied mont,
Representative Boyle, dem..i of Pennsyl
vau.a. j. ~ McJiiton, legal agent b. * @.
and tuo Pennsylvania revenue collectors.
In removing an old stone pavement in
front OF the property Of Mrs. II. F. Hebb,
ID, Sharpsturg. 81 solid gold band ring was
found. ou the insideul which was Inscribed,
TO Nv Wite-l7S2' An old spanish
quarter OF the same date was found the in
,eriptiou of which was. d" Cd0.us III. His
panioiU Re-
VI. r. Prime, Esq, Girad, Pa, say. he
tested the relative value of Poweil's Pre-
pared Chemicals with three ,uper-phos-
pilates of high grade and costing $500 per
,cu. He had Che best crop where he used
rhe Chemicals. and hereafter shall Use thcm
exclusively This preparation costs only
$500 per biol, sufficient qua 1tity 90 make
oae-half ton of complete fertilizer Brown
Chemical Co.. manufacturers. Baltimore,
Nd
10000 British troops are ascending the
Irrawaddy % capture Mandalay and depoSe
King Thebaw and add Burmah TO the Indi-
am empire The first incident OF importance
attending the ascent of the lrraWaddy has
been the capture of a Burmese man-O war.
It's crew, IL appears. were very brave, but
nervous % q fault. When the British tars
opened fire 200 of them jumped overheard
whareupou the -tolid British seized their
ship aud c0olly proceeded up the river on