Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1886-03-04
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Thursday.
Andrew Rei.z is appointed inspector Of
hulls at Wheeling.
The Virginia gislature passed the State
local option bill SO week.
To-day is the third anniversary Of the
death of Alexander H. Stephens.
r f. Blakc~ore's store and dwelling at
Nauzy, Rocking IN Co, is burned.
Harrison p proprietor of the Hy-
reia hotel at I, ,ss Monroe, Is dead.
Taeeeueral synod ofthe Lutheran Church,
south. wil. meet nj Roanoke June 25d.
Mrs senator Kenua was a guest at Miss
C.eveland's lunch on Saturday afternoon
floating paragraph anent the big mil
Tonaires rates Robert Garrett at ftteen mil
lions
Jno. z. Robiuson's nomination as GUS
tom, collector at Alexandria has been con-
6rmed
The Senate has passed the bill for quar-
ter million dollars monument to Grant IN
Washington.
A niece of the late Vice President cow
hided "a man at Anita, Iowa, last week for
slandering her.
severe wind storm in Baltimore last
Friday did considerable damage to roofs
etc.. In the west end.
The President, his cabinet and Mss
I C',v land attended Washington's big char
fly bali Monday night.
The Senate has passed the bin removing
+ the political disabilities of I. l.. R0sser OF
Va. and other cx-Conieds.
Admiral Fauaguts son has returned to
/ Admiral 8ucbanans widow the sword cap
u-el from Buchanan 40 Mobile.
The courthouse at Weston w. Va, was
entirely destroyed by fire on Tuesday
The records of both courts were saved
A Baltimore and Potomac train ran into
Washington street car last Saturday
smashing 10 and iui ring five passengers.
The Ea.ou Md bishopric is again go
ing a-beg.ing Williams of Ga. the
hates. chosen administrator having declined
tbe office.
Ex-Coufederates and graduates Of Wash
inrtau and Lee resident i'm Louisville ten
jereI Miss Mildred Lee reception there
las. week
k one hundred and twenty-five New York
State savings banks. representing l,l65,OOO
depo,itors, have petitioned Congress to stop
silver coinage.
The trustees of the projected Catholic
University 30 Washington expect to have
100000 in hand by May LIST, and will then
begin building.
The Washington authorities last week
pardoued Edward Butler OF Hagerstown,
under ninety days sentence for Vagrancy,
and sent him home.
The Richmond grand jury have indicted
Peter G. Warwick aud Geo. A. Barksda.e
of the delu0ct Gale Mills Co. for stealing
/ $4,000 bbl, flour and corn.
I'm the House commerce committee last
week Mr O'Ferrall voted against the mo-
tion-,ubsequently carried-to recommend
the passage of the Eads' ship railway bill.
i'm Washineto. Feb - by Rev. E. B.
Price Iuo H. Holt, Editor of Grafton
Vmdari and Marion l. CLANCY OF Wash
n.ton-'atc of Annapolis-were married.
The Rev. Robert :. Rowe, of Baltimore
i- having some trouble with his congrega-
ZION because DE referred To charity balls as
. Goddess hops In the name OF sweet char
i-y'
There has been a great revival OF religion
q. Phillip. Barbour county, and the Pl1ia-
fnt- report, cightv.Gye conversions, in
Guiding persons of high and low degree 500
cialy.
Sixteen carloads of ten tons each of raw
#. Is were shipped from san Francisco for
Sew York % few days AGO. The value is
81 100000 The consignment came from
. Yokohama.
Give you reason on compulsion p
. Why of course / will. am cured OF rheu-
uati-m. which has KEEP. nae enslaved for
twenty years, by using Salvation OIL, which
costs oaiy - cents.
AtSaom Mass. Saturday. "a Frenchmau
named Maximum Boullier made a bet us
to the amount OF whisky he could drink.
He drank sixteen glasses and fell 90 the
floor Iedied soon after
8 sister o Bishop Seymour Of Illinois in
i .t.mf -ug SOD pass from one car Co another
+ willis. the train was moving nc thirty miles
800 hour AMID the wind no forty was blown
from Che platform. She was not seriously
injured
Sir. Jonathan I-aac-. aged 80 years, died
iu Trinity N. l. Church. South, Baltimore,
.u SUNDAY morning lie had just spoken
. in a meningitis last words being:
I -l feel tlat my vessel Is filed with oil for
tle Journey He had been % class menu