Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1885-09-10
NEWSY NOTES.

Hogs are dying of cholera or lung disease
in northern Illinois.
100000 feet of lumber were burned at
Norfolk last week. Loss, $4,000.
The Commissioner of Agriculture's son,
aeed a, died il st. Louis last week.
Nj. Hayes, Mrs. Garfield and Miss Cleye-
land were all school teachers in early lie
There were light frost, last week in Hi
nois, Michigan Missouri and at other points
west.
A lady in the city of Roanoke recently
gave bi.th to three living children-al
girls.
There have been 4S7 changes among the
1882 presidential postmasters since the SEN
ate adjourned.
The several cotton mills in and around
Baltimore have re-opened with full force
and on full time.
Commonwealth Attorney W. P. NJ. Kel-
um. of Accomac, has been Ousted and jail
Ell for contempt Of court
Mr.. c. W. Claryoe, assistant B. and o.
lkltEttliA - NtttA- AiN Ai.sN 49,
BIG company's service since 80.
The Utah polygamists have retained
Emory Storrs of Chicago at enormous eX-
pense to defend them in the courts.
Chas J. Anderson, of the First Regiment
Va. Vols. of Richmond, is elected brlgadler-
general vice Fitzhugh Lee, resigned.
Geo. Hughes, coored, of Elberton, Ga,
is dead. aged ll5 AT 90 he looked young
his master sold him for boy of 10.
A sister Of \. NJ. Kelley, late minister to
italy and Austria, died last week in Rich
mond convent where she was nun.
Prestan. the Columbian half-breed and
revolutionist. WAS hanged at Panama, Aug.
Is. for burning Aspinwah last March
DR.. Oliver Wendell Holmes, the esteem
ed New England poet and author, noted MS
10Th birthday last week. Whittier Is u.
The PENNSYLVANIA Republican State Com
mittee has got itself in trouble by sending
assessment circulars to Department clerks.
Capt. Hassler, appointment clerk of the
Interior Department, was arranging TINS
week to move his family down to Washing
ton from this State.
Samuel Chase Barney, an ex-naval lieu
tenant. aged %, and son of old Commodore
Barney. was found dead at his Washington
lodgings last week.
Two worthy Maryland Democrats are dead
DIR. VIM. b. Rowland of Port Deposit
AGED 4 and Hon. Robt. b. Nandiver OF
Hayre de Grace aged 81.
Madam Victoria, professional " fat
woman, died in New York last week. Her
weight was $50 pounds and she measured
three feet across the bust.
The Hager -four mill on Antetam Creek,
near Hagerstown, was burned yesterday
week. Loss SO, 000-fully insured. 1t had
been operating over a century.
An old gentleman in Maryland said he
raised his family on d" Sellers Liver Pills"
and considered them almost as essential TO
a family As bread. That's true.
Cocaine. the new anesthetic, Is prepared
from Peruvian leaf known as cucu which
the native Indians chew-it being nervous
stimulant The bush grows six feet
At the Chemists Association annual con-
vention in Washington last week, W. ).
Ciascoigne, OF Virginia, was put on the eX-
ecutive committee. and the committee on
potash.
Prof. James A. Harrison of Washington
and Lee University, was married in LeXing-
ton last week to Miss Elizabeth Stuart
Letcher, a daughter of the late Gov. John
Letcher.
Peter Large, the well-known citizen Of
Wheeling, was attacked by dog some time
ago. and it is thought he will charge the
owner with allowing a ferocious dog to run
at Large.
The Washington Heat and Power Co.
incorporated, they say, under the laws of
West Nirginia-is trying TO get permission
to test It's system under the streets Of the
National Capital.
Newly employed Chinese hands in the
Rock Springs, Wyoming, mines were attack,
ed by miners last week Fitty-odd killed
and their quarters burned. Troops were
hurried to the ground.
Rev. DR.. Jos. Alden, Congregational of
New York, is dead, aged IS. His son, w.
l.. Alden, now Consul General at Rome,
has for years written the humorous edito-
rials i'm the New York Times.
Ayers Ague Cure acts directly on the liy-
er and hillary apparatus, and drives out the
malarial poison which induces liver com
plants and bilious disorders. Warranted
to cure, or money refunded.
\ Philadelphia Press special says that p.
NJ. Gen1 Villas will go to Vienna in place
of Mr.. Kelley, who is to get Territorial
Governorship. Stevenson, the lst Asst. p.
NJ. Gen'l has every chance of succeeding
Villas.
At Winchester last week VIM. Robinson,
colored. was tried for outraging Bessie Man
uel aged Q, Frederick county farmers
daughter. The jury was discharged, hav-
ing failed to agree-ll for hanging, l for
impri sonment,
The Allan line steamer, Hanoyerian, from
Baltimore August -, for Liverpool, via
Halifax aud st. Johns, was wrecked off
Cape Race, Newfoundland yesterday week.
Her passengers were saved. The cargo val
ued at $4,000 : lost.
Fire last Friday at Nos. POI and 2O9 West
Baltimore-st., Baltimore, partially destroyed
stock belonging to Oehm and Son, clOthlers;
Henry c. Booker, engraver; Hamilton and
Co.. printers; Chas. Leach, photographer,
and Sutros music store.
At the suggestion of the NJ Z. Gen ! Con-
c,roDea tho centennial Of the tenn erance