Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1885-04-16

age. btllE sugar CphtSt, tHtf oiN Ntiy -
take. and though mild and pleasant IN ac-
ton. are thorough and searching IN effect
Their eflicace in all disorders OF the stom-
ach and bowels is certified to by eminent
physicians, prominent clergymen, and many
of our best citizens.
There is a great deal of talk about the
high taxes in West Virginia, but comparl-
son shows that they are much less than IN
other States. The tax per capita IN west
Virginia Is - SO; in the New England States
the average is Sl047, in the Middle States
IS 81. and in Il whole | nited States the
average tax per capita Is SOB.
The eigth and last excursion to the West
on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad left
Hagerstown on Tuesday week with l27 pas.
sengers. At Harper's Ferry they were joined
by thirty-6ve from the Valley. The emf
grafton has been of rather well-to-dO class
of people, the majority Of them h wing sui
ticient means To buy small farms.
Representative J. Henry Shaw, demo-
cratic member of the Illinois Legislature,
was found dead in his bed at Springfield
Sunday. This makes the third member OF
the Legislature who has died during the
present session. Mr.. Shaw's death will de-
lay final ballot for United States Senator
twenty DAYS longer, rs an election 10 fill the
vacancy cannot be held before the expira-
tiou of that period His death leaves the
House tie.
4 prominent Virginia democrat SAYS Fitz
Lee wants to be gov rnor of Virginia, aud
he will yet it. to. He naturally desires To
perpetuate the family name in the history
of the state. He has more friends than any
man i'm the state. and will be elected gov
ernor next fall. Ii is reported that Gen.
W. II. +. Lee has declined an invitation to
become a candidate for Governor of Virginia.
on the ground that he will not interfere
with the canvass of his cousin, Gen. FitZ-
hugh Lee.
The oldest individual specimen of any
species-in fact, the oldest living u ing on
the globe-is probably the cypress OF Santa
Maria del Tule, in the Mexican State OF
Oaxaca If estimates Of tree ages are to be
relied upon the life of this venerable forest
monarch may have spanned the whole pc
Rod of written history. AT last accounts 1t
WAS still growing, and in 1851, when Hum
boldt saw il. it measured forty-twO feet in
diameter. l46 in circumference and 2S2 feet
between the extremities of two opposite
branches.
Col. Martin, president of the Washing
ton. Ohio and Western Railroad addressed
a large meeting in Winchester on Wednes-
day night in the interest of the proposed
extension of that road. The proposition Is
that the road shall be extended at an early
dav from the present terminus nj Round
I 3 n ftr
the subscription by the city OF Winchester
and county of Frederick of $4,000 each 10
the first mortgage bonds of the railroad
company. \ meeting was also held in Lees
burg last week. 1T which $1,000 and more
WAS subscribed in aid'of this road.-C2Q
Courier.
A summary of the latest foreign news
Mr. Gladstone announced in the House OF
Commons Monday night that the govern
ment was making an independent inquiry
into the facts of the recent Russian attack
ON the Atgnans at Peuieh before reaching
"A final decision with Russia. Gen. Koma
rotf7s explanation is said to be regarded As
inadequate in official circles. There was
riot at Mallow, Ireland Monday on the ar
rival there of the Prince of Wales. The
Lord Mayor of Dublin was Kissed by the
populace Monday as he drove past the City
Hall Just before the Prince of Wales car
riage passed. He became very angry and
called for cheers for Mr. Parnell, with but
"a feeble response. Deserters from the Nah
di' army report that the rebels have evac-
uated Brit and Metemneh. \ dispatch
from Hanoi saws the Chinese forces in Ton
ouin have received orders % cease hOStll-
ties. Sir George Rose Sartorius is dead.
The following tribute to Mrs. CHARLOTTE
A. SrRurH. widow of the late DR.. Jno. A.
Strmth of this town and daughter of the
late DR.. w. F. Alexander ofthis coGnty, we
take from the Stauuton Valley Virginioa:
Died, April stu, at Oakenwold, the resi-
dence of Capt. T. ID. Ransom, Mrs. Charlotte
Alexander Straith. widow of DR.. John \.
Straith. distinguished surgeon in the Con-
federate army. whose hattering promise of
"A useful life was cut short by an early death.
Mrs. Straith WAS the last of a family of four
or five who have all gone before her-her
sister. Mrs. T. ID. Ransom. having just pre-
ceded her by q short month. Mrs Stralth
w., fifty years of age, a woman of superior
mental eudowmeuts, AID a great sweetness
of disposition which rendered her tavorlte
In the circles she adorned. For some years
she had lived with her sister, Mrs. Ransom,
whose childre,, during their mothers de-
cline. found in her the love and kindness
they were so soon to be deprived Of The
void thus made in the social and religious
circles IN which this lady moved will long
remain untitled, and the inscrutable DEGREES
of Providence that have thus so rudely
snapped the sweetest of family ties, will long
remain a mystery to those left behind,
though they are doubtless known and ad
mired by thos two sisters, who were lovely
in their lives and in their deaths were not
long divided.
Mrs. Strai;h was buried in this town on
Thursday afternoon last.