Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1892-03-23


Grover Cleveland was fifty i've years old
last Friday. He came close to St. Patrick's
Day.
Stephen Is. Elkins having announced,
that he will not be candidate for governor,
what excuse will Mr. Wilson's enemies ad.
vance now As reason for forcing him out
of congress. Petersburg Sentinel
Goodness gracious, that was in the 1dro.
cate six weeks ago-EdrmeTs' Idcocate.
Gracious goodness Do you suppose any
body remembers what was in the 4dr0cate
about the time the g. h. saw his shadow?
Mr.. Thomas l.. Harrison, the hero on tue
Confederate side in the battle of Mobile
Bay, died Thursday night, aged fifty-one
wears. Mr.. Harrison was native of Mar
tinsburg, where many of his relatives now
reside.
At meeting last week of the West Nir-
ginia delegation in the House of Represen-
tatives, Hon. Jno. D. Anderson, of the
Third district, was unanimously chosen the
West Virginia member of the Democratic
Congressional Campaign Committee.
A bill has been introduced in Congress to
enlarge the National Cemetery at Winches-
ter by the purchase of about five acres of
land on the city de-4dr0cate.
We hope Uncle Sam isn't contemplating
other sanguinary conflicts around and about
the historic old town.
Every new Babyland is fresh delight to
Baby and Mamma, and the April number
is gem. The wonder is, where all the
good things written and told for Baby come
from. Price so cents years; 5 cents a
number.
d. Lothrop Company. Publishers, Bos-
ton.
The River and Harbor appropriation bill
aggregates S2O, zoo, 900 and includes the fol-
lowing for West Virginia rivers; Elk river,
50, 500; Great Kanawha river, $2O0.OO /;
Guyandott river, annual maintenance, So,
900; Gauley river, to complete, $4,000 (;
Monongahela river, locks and harbors, S25,.
600.
1t is said that Hon. ID. B. Lucas has wea-
ried Of the hard abors necessarily imp 1sed
upon him as Judge of the Supreme Court
of Appeals and will not be a candidate for
re election This is TO be regretted. Judge
Lucas is one Of the ablest and most accom-
plished jprists Of the State Charleston Ga
setse
The Runsy for April is an excellent num-
Der. There are stories, articles and verse
suggestion of the Easter season 1t heralds.
Its leading stories. by Pansy and Margaret
Sidney, are of interest enough in themselves
this month to make brilliant issue Price
100 year; 10 cents a number.
D. Lothrop Company, Publishers. Boa.
ton.
At Staunton, Saturday, the heavy pres.
sure of snow on the roof Of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, South, caused the girders
to give way and precipitated the timbers
and debris into the auditorium, crushing
the pulpit, pire organ and benches to pieces.
Fortunately no one was in the building at
the time The damage is between $4,000
and $4,000,
A mysterious person, arrested in Mel
bourne, Australia, for numbering his wife,
whom he had recently married in England,
and found to have left concealed in his for
mer residence in Liverpool the muiilated
bodies Of a woman and six children rang
ing from one to twelve years old, is thought
to be Jack the Ripper" Ii not the origi-
nal Jack" he seems to be Il faithful disciple.
Senator German says "Galh's letter does
him great injustice. We were sure it won d
do SO, for Cath is unreliable and mis-
chieyous always.
On Tuesday Mr. Mills was elected a
United States Senator by the Texas legisla.
ture almost unanimously
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Wiz posiiIyeb assast Consumption if used
IN the, cures Scwtuia, Glandular Swellings,
Rheumatism, Bronchitis ami other Lung
diseases. II is composed Of the purest Nor
wegian Cod Liver Oil, combined with the
Hypophosphites Of Lims and Soda with
Iron, and is freely prescribed By the Medi-
cal faculty throughout this country and in
Europe.
DR.. c. J. Murray, Of Univ Gerlia, prus.
STA, says: After i careful ,,st OF Samm's
Emulsion indorse Gil yoQ cle,i.3 tor il, and
VIII alWsyS ''~e IL ~ NY practice.
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