Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1891-06-17

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W.WB. GALLAHER, Editor.
CharIestO'rn, JEFFERSON County, WostTa.
June III, 1891
The STATE calls Sir William Gordon Cum
ming a Decentralization.
Virgins, the weather prognosticator pur-
poses writing a novel Fiction will not be
out Of his line
It rumored in London that Lord Brooke
has fled a petition for a divorce from his
wife, Lady Brooke, and names the Prince
Of Wales as correspondent.
Sir William Gordon Cumming name has
been dropped from the list Of Great Britain's
army officers. The radicals in Parliament
will ask that the name of the Prince Of
Wales be also dropped from the army rolls.
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The exodus Of Hebrews from Russia is
reaching immense proportions. The flood
Of the emigration is tending toward the
United States. An international commit
tee Of wealthy Hebrews viii be formed for
the purpose Of supervising the emigration.
The report that Gen. Longstreet was about
TO die was entirely false. The General is in
excellent health, and twas seen TO kiss two
pretty girls the fore part Of the week, - ac-
cording 70 recent dispatch from Gaines
vile. He expects to enjoy life for some
time longer
In the House Of Commons Hon. Edward
Stanhope, British secretary Of war, an-
nounced that he had been authorized by The
Prince Of Wales to state that the Prince ac-
knowledged that he committed au error Of
Judgment in his connection with the bac-
carat scandal.
Harper. Weekly says 'tho pure and sweet
scented lily-ofthe-yalley has a warm friend
in the Prince of Wales, who devotes acres
Of ground to the cultivation Of the flower at
Sandrigham, his country seat" Now we
understand why he is such q sweet-sceuted
bit Of royalty
Joseph X Emmett, the comedian, died
Monday at OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, of
pneumonia, aged fifty years. The Balti-
more Sm says editorially The death of j.
X. Emmett stills the sweetest singer that the
minstrel and comic stage has known during
the present generation.
Capt r. s Widdecomb, prominent cit
izenof Washington, was killed, accidentally
in that city Friday evening. lie was driv-
ing and his horse became unmanageable
and threw him from his buggy against cable
car. Miss Richards, of No. COZ Sixth street
northeast, who was on the street car when
the accident occurred, was struck by the
horse and badly, If not fatally, injured
Monday was the hottest fifteenth Of June
ever known i'm New York and New England.
AT Providence, r. T., the thermometer reg
istered 1917. &C Boston, 9S New York o.!
Hartford, On, and at points in Maine from go
to go. The highest in Baltimore was 93'
In Wisconsin the heat SO expanded the rails
as to throw the track out Of gauge and de-
rail a passenger train. Tuesday was hotter
Last we noted that a man attempted sui
eide first by cutting his throat, then 10y
swallowing his suspeuder buttons and then
trying 20 gulp down his trousers. This
week we chronicle the fact that a boy i'm
New York swallowed a thermometer If
the mercury gets beyond blood heat and
runs over at the top or the glass tube should
break it will prove fatal lie has a brittle
hold on life.
Edward A. flanagan Young man from
Washington, was shot and killed by Thorn
ton J. Hams, son Of Col. Peter q. Hams, of
the engineer corps OF the Army. at Fortress
Monroe ON Friday. They were trends
went from Washington togethe. aud room
ed with each other. They went ont rowing
aud go, into a quarrel, when Hams shot
flanagan through the heart Haiu- says
he killed him IN seitdelcnsc.
The champion family of Iowa Is living on
a farm near Hartford There are twenty
nine living children, Robert Packard and
wife being responsible for the entire crop.
The first, a man now forty-nine years old, is
married and lives on q farm adioing the pa-
rents. The other tweny-eight are single
and live 90 home There is only one girl
among the number The frs, child was
born alone. The next 1--WE births produced
triplets and the remainder are sets 0f twins