Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1886-04-08
Mar. 25. 1886

sylvania for 5000.
In the House of Representatives Satur-
day the labor arbitration bill was passed by
vote of 1919 to %.
The amount expended on Philadelphia's
now CITY Hall so far has been Sll ,047 POI,
and Sc 500 sos bricks have been used.
A fire at Culpeper, Va, Saturday morning,
DESTROYED property estimated at S5O,OOO IN
value The Exponent newspaper office was
burned
Ex-Governor VIM. Smith, Of Warrenton,
Va. who is in his seth year, attended Gull
nener Court last week. Truly he us an "Ex-
ira Billy"
Mrs Edward Gettings, of Hagerstown,
has a hen that lays colored eggs-the shells
being a dark shade of brown. A valuable
Easter hen.
Last week furious fire swept over Key
West Florida. and destroyed over fifty
houses-loss million and half dollars.
Fifteen persons were injured.
A collision of freight trains at Point of
Rocks. on the Baltimore and Ohio, on Mon
day caused the death of fourteen horses
and blockade for some hours.
The United States Senate on Thursday
passed bill appropriating 100000 for the
erection in Washington of a monument to
the memory of Abraham Lincoln.
Mrs. Sidney Handle, aged ninety years,
was found dead in her bed at Funkstown,
Md. Friday morning. She lived alone, and
had been in poor health for some time.
Mr.. Chas. R. Paxton, of this county. last
week sold to Mr.. G. A. T. Snouiier, of Fred
erick county. Md, his three-year-old Perch
eron colt, Prince, for 81 ,20O.-LoUdon Mr.
rOr.
The railroad strikers and officers of the
law came into collision near Fort Worth
Texas, Saturday, and fight with firearms
followed, in which several persons on both
sides were shot.
Mr.. D. Shehey Lewis, late United States
district attorney for the Western district OF
Virginia. has purchased the SPIRIT Of the
VaHey. a Republican newspaper printed at
Harrisonburg, Va.
The pay roll for the Roanoke, Va, Ma
chine Works for the month of January
amounted TO $4,000 for February II was
$4,000. $4,000 for March was the expec-
tation and was, doubtless, realized.
It is stated that in round numbers there
are l6 OOOO 600 head of dairy cows in the
country worth 5000, 100000 Had it not
been for oleomargarne there would now be
$4,000, 600 head worth Onethousand millions
of dollars.
Six thousand Virginia coupons, which
were sent in registered package from
London to a Richmond clearinghouse by
the steamship Oregon and went down with
her. have been recovered in good condition
from the wreck.
Col. R. J. Fleming, of Washington, has
given =, 800 to the Confederate Soldiers
Home at Richmond, to make an addition to
their main building, but no one can be
found to contract for the work on account
of the labor troubles
When headache joins neuralgia, then
comes the tug of war" 4 wise general
knows very well how to marshal his forces.
His first. last. and best charge is made with
bottle of Salvation Oil, and the doughty
foe lies cringing in the dust.
The trial of DIR. White at Abingdon, Va
charged with shooting Judge Ward, was
concluded Saturday, the jury finding the
accused not guilty Of the felony charged in
the Indictment but guilty of an assault
and assessing his fine at 1910. Maj. Holmes
Conrad of Winchester, assisted IN the pros
ecution.
Secretary Manning continues to improve
rapidly. he is very much better, and II he
continues 10 improve as he has 1t Is expect
that he will be able to sit up IN few days
Secretary Lamar and Attorney General
Garland have almost entirely recovered, and
are now able to transact department busl-
ness at their homes.
Mr.. T. T. White a wealthy New Orleans
merchant who was in Stanton to visit an
adopted daughter-a pupil OF Mrs Genl
Stuart's School-dropped dead IN that city,
on Wednesday morning of last week, whilst
walking in front of the residence OF MAJ ii:
NJ. Bell. He was carried into the house OF
Mr. ;. d. Timberlake.
The dates fixed for the commencements
of the various normal schools IN West Nlr-
ginia and the State University have been
fixed as follows: Huntington, Tuesday, June
LIST: FarmOnt. Thursday June Bird; Shep-
herdstown, Friday, June 4th; West Liberty,
Tuesday, June Sth; University, Thursday
June 10th; Glenville, Tuesday, June 10th.
The merchants of Key West, Fla, have
issued an appeal ito the benevolence Of the
country" and ask the leading papers
throughout the United States TO receive sub
scriptions in behalf of the city whose in.
dustrial occupation is entirely ruined, and
thousands of whose people ARE left in ut
ter restitution and distress" by the recent
fire there.
A steer was killed by Virginia City
| Nevada butcher the other day, whose teeth
the Enterprise says, were completely encrust-
ed with gold and silver bullion. The anil
nal came from a ranch on Carson River,
and it Is thought the metal accumulated on
his teeth while he was drinking the river
water which is impregnated with the tail
ings from the mills reducing the COmstock
ores. Rather tough beef, or gold and silver
bullion, story. Go West, young man,
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