Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1893-04-05
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The young ladies and gentlemen of this
vicinity will give second performance OF
Tableaux, to be followed by play, on
Monday aud Tuesday nights, April 10Th
and llth. The receipts will be devoted to
the same purpose as the former entertain
meut. The play is a farce, entitled lei
on parle Francois" and the east is as fol-
lows;
Major Regulus Rattan. Mr.. T. Lee Shirley.
Victor Mr.. p G. Kennedy
Mr.. Spriggins. +. Alexander
Mrs. ggins...............Mrs. WIN. CaIhPoeh'
Angelina......... MISS maria MOoIS'
julia. Neville MITCHELL
/ Anna Maria Miss Rebecca Kennedy.
For full particulars see posters.
Rev. J. B. Craighiil, Of Dalton, Ga,
while travelling on a Georgia Central Rail-
road train a few days ago, was very serious
ly hurt. While asleep in the car the train
passed the station at which he wanted to
get off, lie soon awoke, and when he found
that the train had passed his station he,
with a satchel in hand, ran to the platform
10 dismount while the train was at full speed,
and in dismouutiug he :ell, breaking his
collar bone and breaking the end of his
shoulder blade near the joining of the arm.
He also broke several ribs. Mr.. Craighill
is son Of the late Nathaniel Craighill Of
this town aud brother Of Col. w. T. Craig
hill, L. s. A.
John w. Rowan Camp of Confederate
Veterans met at the courthouse on Satur-
day afternoon last-Commander Geo. A.
Porterield presiding. After prayer by
Chaplain A. C. Hopkins the proceedings of
previous meeting were read aud approved,
and reports of committees were submitted
and adopted. a committee, composed Of
Chaplain A. c. Hopkins and Comrades w.
w. B. Gallaher and Cleon Moore, was APP
pointed to prepare resolutions upon the
death of Comrade Joseph H. Cockrell, who
died since the last meeting. The election
of officers was deferred until Friday night,
May 9th, at o'clock.
Fiye.cent extracts are too cheap to be of
any value. They are knocked out" every
time they come in competition with Bulls
Head FlavOring Extracts. Price OF the lat
ter, 10 cts.
Cadet Mervyn c. Buckley native of
this county, son of Mr. ThOs. w. Buckley
and grandson of the late Jno. B. Packet
will enter his four years service at West
Point on the 10th of June-having, as We
learn from the Army and Navy Gazette, pass
ed an examination very creditable to him
self-being one of IS accepted out Of list
of l66 candidates examined We will be
very much surprised if he does not keep
near the top all the time and graduate with
distinguished honor.
This is all very we'll, but the more mod
est violet must not be excluded-its fra
GRANGE is grateful, even after it is dead
Formers Adrocate.
The confidence of the editor of the Adro-
cate in our judgment of the "Pennock Sweet
Pea, and his courage in standing up for
the modest violet moves US to poesy. Hear
us
IL is the season when we let
Ambition have its fling
In fact the AdrOcdte like the modest violet
Is known to blow in spring.
On Sunday our Office devil found large
stones upon the rails of the B. & o. below
town and removed them and on Monday
another member of the f. p. force discov-
cred stones upon the rails and removed
them. The stones were as large as mans
head. Whether or not they would have
caused locomotive to jump the track we
are not prepared to say but certainly, the
motive Of the person who put them upon
there was not to facilitate lOcomotion.
Mrs. Languish-"Tired Oh, so tired all
the time - Mrs. Smart-"Well, so l used
20 be until began to take Ayers Ssrsapa'
rilla as a spring medicine, and | don't know
what it is to have that tired feeling. Try
it. my dear only be sure you get Ayers.
At the recent election at Yonkers, New
York, Mr.. J. Harry Beall,-a member Of
the Charles Town colony in Gotham,-w
elected alderman of the ward in which he
resides by majority of fifty out of total
poll of two hundred notes.-the largest ma
iority ever given any candidate in that
ward. That was, indeed, complimentary
We congratulate our former young towns
man. and Yonkers, too.
The congregation of Zion 2, E. Church
holds its annual meeting on Easter Monday
for the election Of vestrymen for the ensu-
Ing year. This year there was no election
and the vestry holds over, composed CT
Messrs. b. c. Washington, VIM. Beall, w.
B. Packet. :. w. Washington, w. 5. Ken
nedy, II. l.. Alexander Horace Beall, r.
r. Tsy.or, Frank Beckwith and Robert
/ Chew.
Mr.. Geo. II. Hsgley, having gotten wind
of the contemplated advance in prices Of
rubber goods, took Time by the forelock
and laid in big supply at old prices and