Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1894-03-14
Nescsy Notes.


a Base Ball Club.
Fifteen young women students OF as'ai
College have enlisted in tie Salvation Army
The po-tofice at Jordan's Springs, Fred
erick, Co. Va, has been re-established, WIN
Cleary Jordan a. postmaster.
David Powell, aged about IS years, COM
mitted suicide by hanging himself TO tree
near Winchester. He was widower with
out children.
Admiral Da Cana has offered to surren'
der the insurgent feet to the Brazilian gov
eminent, providing full protection is offered
himself and followers.
Robert E. Lee, son of the late General K.
E. Lee, was married in Washington City
on Thursday last, to Miss Juliette Carter OF
King William county, Va.
Hon. B. F. Martin, who has been under
medical treatment in Wheeling for six
months past. has returned to his home in
Grafton much improved in health.
One rioter at the Eagle mine in Faye.te
county has been held on the charge OF MUIR
der; and Others have given bond, and sew
eral Jailed to await action of the grand jury.
] Frank Field. B & O. agent at Ham
cock Station, has purchased the Harrison
farm of 200 acres, lying near Hancock Sta
ton, from E c. Jones, Of Kearneysville, for
$1,000.
There are now in the South 400 cotton
mills, with 2.76S,S79 -pindles aud 65 O52
looms. The capital invested IN them is
estimated at S97, OOO, 900, rs against only
S2l 976, 900 IN 1880
Senator PETER says the cost of producing
wheat has been reduced to Soc. bushel in
the northwest and to pc. in California
He accounts for the present prices by over
production IKheeliag Register.
A north bound n & W. vestibule train
on the Shenandoah Valley branch ran into
a landslide ten miles north Of Buchanan at
6 40 Thursday morning. The engineer was
killed and the fireman was badly scalded.
Mrs Fannie Iignam, l4l Mott ST, New
York, makes "A miraculous cure of her rheu-
mstsm. She writes: II owe unspeakable,
aud never to be forgotten gratitude to Sal
walton Oil. II made Il miraculous cure OF
my rheumatism"
The value Of West Virginia's coal output
in 1890 WAS IS OS5. 1854; capital invested in
the mines, SO sos 900; number of employ
Is 1852; wages S3,SSS.0 O. The capital
invested in iron mining in 1890 was 50 9O5,-
OOO total wages paid 2,46S workers, s5O5,
06l.
L;centiate w. J. Warden, Presbyterian
preacher, died at Washington, Rappahan
mock county, last Friday, in his 10Th year
He was a man of marked ability, but hi:
retiring and modest spirit always shrans
from ordination to the ministry, and so he
gave his life TO mission work among the
destitute in which he was very successful
-Sauaton VindicaeOr.
The bodies of the thirteen men entombed
in the Gaylord mine, Plymouth, Pa, were
brought to The surface on Monday. 1t is
certain they met instant death by the fall
of rocks and earth upon them. Twenty
seven days elapsed between the cave-ir
and the recovery of the bodies. Fifty chill
dren mourn the death of these thirteen ia
Tiers. Que OF the men WAS so popular il
his home that seven days after his entomb'
ment he WAS elected school director.
Mr. U. S. j. Dunbar, the Washington
sculptor, on Friday submitted a model fol
statue which it is proposed 10 place IL
Slaluary Hall of the Capitol of the late
Senator Kenna, of West Virginia. Thi.
statue is in the hands of the committee
which will select model from those sub
mitted Senators Faulkner and Camden
and Governor MacCorkle, of West Virginia
are members of the committee. Mrs. Kenns
visited Washington to give judgment on it