Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1893-01-04
Nelcsv Notes.

On Wednesday next.
Wheeling had hundred thousand dol
lar fire on Monday evening.
Jefferson county has become fhe greatest
peach growing county in the State.
Senator Faulkner spent day or two in
Charleston. He is now in Washington.
Orange Judd, the noted writer on agricul-
tural topics, died in Evanston, Ill, Tuesday
The cost of the Census of 1890 is expect
ed to be 100000. That of 1880 cost So
1000.
Mr.. John c. Becker, of Baltimore, of the
irm Becker Bros. & Son, died Thursday,
aged Sc years.
The freight and express depot of the West
Virginia Central Railroad at Elkins was
burned recently.
Edwin Gould has collected about 10000
home and foreign newspaper notices upon
his father Jay Gould's death.
Senator Colquitt is said to be dying. In
the event of his death it is said that Speak
er Crisp may take his place in the Senate.
Mr. Blaine has his good and bad days.
He was not so well according to latest re-
ports. That he has suffered a relapse is
denied
A kitchen without favoring extracts is
like a ship without sail. 1t isn't Gin it,"
The best that can be procured are Bulls
Head Flavoring Extracts. Price 10 cents.
John d. Rockefeller has given another
81 ,OOO,0 900 to the Chicago Baptist Universe
ty. This rounds up S3,6OO,OOO given by
this phlanthropic millionaire to the above
institution.
Rev. DR.. ]. l.. Burrows. one of the most
distinguished ministers in the Baptist
church, died at Augusta, Georgia, on Mon
day. His remains will be inferred in Rich
mOnd to-day
Jay Gould's will was not contested before
the probate court in New York on Decem-
Der 9th, and the millions will be distribu-
ted without any change from the dead mil
lionaire's wishes.
Having acquired the Libby Prison aud
John Browns Fort, Chicago makes an
nouucement of its desire to possess the Sur
raft house and the Tenth-street house in
which Lincoln died
Fargey and Collins, who attempted to
rob the passengers ola Chesapeake & Ohio
train near Huntington, recently, have been
convicted and awarded life imprisonment
in the penitentiary.
A recent decision in North Dakota is
against the board of canvassers who refused
to canvass the returns from the SELF pre-
cinct This gives the Fusionists the three
electors for North Dakota.
The burglars are making their annual
round and investigating railroad station
safes that are fre-proof only. The ticket
office safe at Riverton was blown open and
contents taken last Thursday night.
The governor of Louisiana has appointed
Hon Donaldson Gallery United States Sem
ator for the unexpired term of the late Sen
ator Gibson. Mr.. Gallery was conspicuous
in the anti.lottery fight in Louisiana.
The official statement of Cali!ornia's vote
az the last election shows that one Harrison
aud eight Cleveland electors were chosen by
the people of that State. Three Repubi-
can and four Democratic Congressman were
elected.
Iucendiaries have burned SS5,000,000
worth of property in Milwaukee in the past
four months. The latest fire was caused by
a dynamite bomb thrown into street rail-
way stables the loss amounting to half
million.
The promptness with which Ayers Cherry
Pectoral stops a hacking cough and induces
refreshing sleep is something marvellous. 1t
never fails to give instant relief, even in the
worst cases of throat and lung trouble, and
is the best remedy for whooping cough.
The New York Presbytery refused to
sustain the charges of heresy against Prof
Charles A. Briggs of Union Theological
The prosecuting committee, it
is believed, will appeal to the General AS
sembly which will meet in Washington in
May.
During the past half-century-since the
coyery of Ayers Sarsaparlla-the average
limit of human life in civilized countries
has been considerably heightened. Ayers
SarsspariIla is everywhere considered the
standard blood-purifed the Superior Med
icine.
The Supreme Court of Montana (compos-
ed entirely of Republicans has decided
that the State canvassing board must ac-
,ept the Carbon county returns from the
.wo justices instead of from the clerk alone.
This gives the Democrats more members in
The House and insures them the organiza-
ion of that body.
On Thursday, Jan 18th, will begin the
irst of series of six lectures, to be given
~ Prof H. W. Roife, of the University of
on English and American
Authors of the 18th Century," including
lamb, Carlyle, Emerson, Thackeray, Tho.