Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1890-03-19
Ne,csy Notes.
Grafton has gone wet by 300 majority.

Ten fireman lost their lives in fire at
indianapolis Monday.
The discovery of tin mine near Lees
burg, Va, is reported.
r-year-old boy was run over in Bal
timore last week and instantly killed.
A hundred lives we're lost by an explo-
sion in coal mine in Wales last week.
Clarence L. Smith will succeed Secretary
of State Ohley as editor of the Fairmont
Inder.
Capt. Thomas p. Eskridge, ex-mayor of
Staunton, was found dead in his bed Satur-
day morning.
An oil well in Marion county, this State,
is discharging at the rate of three hundred
barrels day
James Miller, charged with the murder of
Mrs. Dr. Walker, in the recent Brownsburg
tragedy, has been acquitted.
Prince Bismark has resigned the Chan
celorship of Germany and his resignation
has been accepted by the Emperor.
Some negroes were found cutting the le-
wees of the Mississippi one night during the
high water. They were shot and killed by
the guard.
RI. Hahn, former mayor, is the Dem
ocratic nominee for mayor of HagersIown.
S. NJ. Bloom has been nominated by the
Republicans.
1t is proposed to secure the house in Rich
mond occupied by Jefferson Davis during
the war as memorial hall and museum for
Confederate relics.
The Monongahela National Bank, at
Brownsville, was destroyed by fire one night
last week. The monies and other securities,
being locked up in vault, escaped the
flames.
Charles Z. Kincaid has been indicted by
the grand jury of the District of Columbia
for killing ex-Congressman Taulbee at the
Capitol. Senator Voorhees, is to defend
Kincaid.
Confederate Memorial Day at Atlanta
will be ofunusua interest Senator Daniel,
of Virginia, is to be the orator, and num-
Der of prominent ex-Confederates have &C
cepted invitations to be present.
Thomas Reed, who held the Fairmont
postoftice under Hayes, Garfield and Arthur,
and was near being retained by Cleveland
at Hayes request, has been re-appointed.
Jane. A. Davis gets the Morgantown post
office.
The name of Buchanan, BotetOurt county,
will be changed to Central City, and COM
pany has been formed which has purchased
5000 acres of land in close proximity, to
be divided into 1900 shares of the par
value of 800.
The Baltimore and OhioRailroad company
have purchased 10 acres of land at Ben
wood at cost of 800 900. 1t is understood
that a mammoth machine and repair shop
will be erected. Benwood is the centre OF
three divisions.
The Mississippi river has been very high
during the past week; New Orleans and
other cities along the river in danger or
actually flooded, levees breaking at various
points, and thousands of acres of cultivated
land under water.
A landslide on the West Virginia Central
railroad buried seven of crew who were
working to remove big rock that had fall
len upon the track Two were dead when
taken out, one has since died, and three
were seriously injured.
"Aunt" Francis Price, of Anderson,
Greenbrier county, w. Va, died few days
ago, aged 100 years She was born in Au-
gusta county, Va, in 1890, and was owned
by Edward Jordan, of Allegany county, up
to the close of the war.
A perfect skeleton was found recently
near Culpeper, Va. The arm bones were
run through steel plate, and one an inch
and a-half thick covered the breast bone
on it stamped -. c. Biggs, Kansas. Pre-
scented by j. X. Turpin, January 9. 1868