Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1894-06-13
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gone to Gray Gables for the summer.
Mr.. Travers Marye son of ex-Lieut-Gov'
Marye, died in Fredericksburg on Monday
Walter Ross, aged 81 years, was drowned
in the Potomac at Piedmont at noon Sun
day.
Gen. Fl. Kpd Douglas denies the report
that be is to marry Mrs, Nellie Grant Sar-
toris.
Ayers Pills are palatable, safe for chill
dren, and more effective than any other
cathartic.
In Colorado, by the sinking of boat
twenty men of one of the Industrial" ar
mics were drowned.
Ex-senator Henry q. Davis has donated
$4,000 for the construction of a Presbyte-
rian Church at Elkins.
Young rhubarb leaves are thought by
some persons to be good as spinach" but
if little old they are poisonous.
Senator Mcpherson is i'll at his home in
New Jersey. He is suffering from an en-
largement of the veins about the heart
There are conflicting reports as to the
condition of Hon. Jere Simpson, who is i'll
at Berkeley Springs. Some are more hope
full than others.
1t is said that the marriage of Justice
White Of the U. S. Supreme Court and Mrs
Linden Kent of Washington will take place
at Berkeley Springs.
Representative Tyler, of Virginia,-a son
of the late President Tyler-was married Oh
Wednesday last in Washington City, to
Miss Mary Morris Jones, of Richmond.
The President has nominated Col. Buchan-
an Schley, of Hagerstown, to be surveyor Of
customs in the district of Maryland, end
the Senate has confirmed the nomination.
DR.. VIM. Crawford, of Mt. Sidney, Angus
ia county, died suddenly. of apOplexy, in
his office on Monday. He was sixty-three
years old and had practiced medicine forty
years.
Miss Sue Logan, of Martinsburg, daugh-
ter of the late VIM. J. Logan, has secured a
position in the acknowledgements Office at
Washington through the influence of Sena-
tor Camden.
The Slime farm, one mile north of Win
chester, was recently sold-200 acres, inclu-
ding mansion house, at S44 per acre, to G.
H. Purcell and Is acres, at S65.25 per acre,
to Edward Fries.
A "size" in a coat is an inch; in under
wear, two inches; in socks, one inch; in
collars, half an inch in shoes, one-sixth of
an inch; in trousers, one inch, and in hats,
one eighth of an inch.
The Episcopal Council at Wheeling
adopted a report favorable to the formation
Of new diocese from part of the territory
inclnded In the present diocese of West
Virginia, provided the necessary support is
assured
VIM. I. McCauley, of Augusta county,
Va, who was shot by his wife on Thursday
evening, died from his wounds Friday night.
The woman is in Jail, and will probably be
indicted by a special grand jury at the June
term of the county court.
Miss Jenny Dickey was killed on the Bal
timore and Ohio Railroad about three miles
north of Berkeley Springs on Friday even
ing. She resided near Waforsburg, Pa,
and was on her way to visit relatives. The
cOroners jury exonerated the railroad COM
pany.
A farmhouse on the Walker farm, one
mile southwest of Martinsburg, owned by
George NJ. Bowers and occupied by Matthi-
as Rubbie, was destroyed by fire Wednesday
The cause was defective hue Most of the
furniture was destroyed 1t was partially
insured.
On Sunday Sheriff Shaw and Prosecuting
Attorney Wotring, of Preston county, with
deputies armed with Winchester rifles, were
at Newburg on the B. & O., for the purpose
of expediting the passage of Frye's indus
trials through that county. Trainmen an
ticipate trouble.
The Greenbrier White Sulphur Springs
we're sold at public sale Thursday for $3.50
600. The purchaser was the Dulaney estate,
it having loaned that amount on the prop
erty. Tho owners, says the Alexandria
Gazette, have concluded not to open the
hotel this season.
1t has been announced that the Fleming
family of the United States will hold their
reunion at Muncie Ind, commencing Au-
gust %. At the last reunion, held at Elem.
ingsburg, w. Va, in 1892, 10000 Flemings
were present and that number is expected
at Muncie this year.
When the blood is full of humors, the
heated term is all the more oppressive
Give the system a thorough cleansing with
Ayers Sarsaparila and a dose or two of
Ayers Pills, and you will enjoy Summer as
never before in your life. Just try this for
once, and you'll never repent it,
The Cherry Run and Potomac Valley
Railroad, on which mortgage for 100000
has Just been executed to the Mercantile
Trust and Deposit Company, Baltimore, is
A link of the Baltimore and Ohio at Har-
mars Ferrv II has no connection with the