Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1888-01-19
NEWSY NOTES

To-day anniversary of Geoei-'.- cc.siOn
in CT.
Senator walthall of Mississip, is re-
elected.
Jas. G. Blaine and Sam Randall rand
fathers.
indianapolis had a million DOLLAR rcan-
tile fire.
Chicago had $4,000 merca.'' . fire
last week.
Ex DoorkeJ )onelson has been given
the House rest, Int privilege.
Several guests persisted in the burning OF
the Julian hotel at Goshen, Ind.
Mrs. Gov. E. W. Wilson aud Mrs. c. c.
Watts have been i'll at Charleston.
Representative Golf is a member Of the
House Republican caucus committee.
Senator Beck of Kentucky, has been re-
elected for the third consecutive term.
Lebbeus G. Pennington of W. Va, Is
nominated as Consul at Rio Grande do sui
Ex-Representatiye Edward S. Bragg of
Wisconsin is nominated as minister to Mex
leo.
A farmer named Gladman near Hopkins,
Mo, has found 7foOt vein OF yerlIaoie
shoe polish on his land.
A solid cut glass bedstead, richly worked
was lately made at Birmingham, England
for Calcutta millionaire.
Senator ingalls, house at 'Atchison, Kan,
was burned last Thursday 1t was the larg-
est and finest in the State.
The House last Thursday passed the lit
tie deficiency bill which failed last session
to get the Presidents signature.
Jno. l.. Murray, Westport, Conn, tailor
aged So boasts Of having worked side by
he at his trade with Andrew johnson.
Mr.. Anderson, of Rockbridge introduced
a bill in the Va. house pensioning disabled
ex-Confeds at $50 year also their widows.
A few weeks ago a woman at Elk Rapids,
Mich. sold 10 a ragmau rebel flag that had
been in her garnet for twenty years. She
didn't know what It was
The monument for Gen. Robert Toombs
has been at last shipped from Italy. This
j. the third m0nument that has been built.
The first was lost at sea. \ bed OF crystals
was found in the second.
The Lowell Mass. fire engine house and
militia armory were burned last Thursday
Several kegs of powder and 10000 rounds
of cartridges exploded making things lively
for the citizens. Loss $4,000.
There arc but four Republicans in the
MARYLAND Senate and twenty In the House
the total Joint vote being III. The present
Legislature is expected to do something be-
sides divide Offices and draw salaries.
Frank Holman, who was the confidential
advisor and trusted agent of A. T. Stewart
the New York merchant prince, and recelv-
ed a salary of $4,000 a year, died a pauper
in Cincinnati. His wife went astray and
his life was wrecked.
Hon. +. Z. Jackson was inaugurated Gov
ernor of Maryland at Annapolis yesterday
week. He spoke of the States sound tinan-
cial condition, promised to aid in executing
the election laws and urged appropriations
TO schools and charities.
The fashionable Riding Academy and
Club in northwest Washington was formally
opened last week-,he President and Mrs.
c. attending. It's a brick and stone struct-
ure with a ''ring"-circed by seats-that
accommodates - horsemeu.
The Florida Sub Tropical Exposition
opened at Jacksonville last Thursday-Gov.
Perry and Henry Grady of the Atlanta
Constitution doing the speaking. The ex-
hibit covers the products and entire resour-
ces Of Florida and the West Indies.
In Spanish newspaper, printed at Ma
tanzas, Cuba, appears the following adver-
tisement: Photographs of the most beau
tiful woman in the world-Sra. Frances
Folsom de Cleveland, the lady of the White
House. the idol of 10000, 600 Of people, the
wife of the president of the United States.
Call for the FL Rayo Verde cigarettes"
4 longstanding feud between the Hat
helds of Logan county, W Va, and the
McCoys of Pike county, Ky, broke out
fresh last week. The Hat6eldS killed the
Mccoy mother, sister and brother and
burned their dwelling Subsequently the
Mccoy gang met their foe in open battle
and Killed three of them. Neither State
authorities will intere in the matter. Later
revelations are to the effect that the Hat
fields were innocent Of wrong-doing.