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from BelingtOn and will place them in his
park at Eikins.
A Birmingham. Alabama, firm has con-
iraeted to furnish 10000 tons of iron pipe
to Philadelphia.
The Graft,n Sentinel has again changed
hand. aud i. now published by n stock com
pauy, with D.. Love ~ editor.
The Secretary of State of West Virginia
chartered the Berkeley County Canning
Company authorized capital $40, 700.
1t is said that the number of people who
die inside the city limits of London every
wear would fill cemetery OF twenty three
acres.
Congressman Robert F. Brattan, of the
First Maryland district is laid to be dying
# Brighl's disease at his h me al Princess
Anne
President Cleveland will attend the un
vel ing OF the monument TO Mary, the moth
er of Washington, at Fredericksburg on the
10Th of May.
All the miners of the Kanawha Valley
have resumed work, and about 5000 men
are now employed. No trace of the recent
disturbances remains.
Gen. Lee Roy Kramer, who died on Tues
lay week at his winter residence in Pnila
l-lphia. was the speaker OF the first House
IT Representative or West Virginia.
A feet OF coal boats recently left Louis
vile, KY, for New Orleans. It WAS com
pri>ed of As barges. carrying about 10000
IONS of coal. aud covered eight acres OF water.
An aeronaut named Wilton, was killed
while making an ascension at Cannes.
France, Sunday He was unable to control
the balloon, and fell 500 feet into the sea.
Life insurance policies aggregating Sal.
800 have been paid the heirs of NJ. NJ.
Sponner, of Charlottesville. who recently
committed suicide in Druid Hill Park, Bal
IimOre.
Il is estimated at Santaner, Spain, that
thirty persons were killed by the recent ex
plo.iou Of dynamite which was being re
moved from the sunkrn steamer CabO Ma
chichaco.
Mai. Matt Cooper has retired from the
lIouRtaineer Al Ravenswood. w. Homer
Green j. now sole proprietor and editor
The political complexion of the paper will
be- unchanged.
Us Coxey's "indu>lrial army" marched
lrum Canton to L ,uisville, Ohio, Monday
The band deserted, and the army numbered
l22 men when it went into camp at night
The weather was very cold.
A Morgantown telegram says the new
PItsburg, MOrgantown and Fairmont rail
way WAS opened Monday, the first train be
ing delegation Of fifty West Virginians,
including ex Gov Fleming, to PitIsburg.
The Democratic executive committee OF
he third cngressiunal district called cnn
vrntion 10 nominate a Democratic candidate
f,r Congress, TO meet in Hinton on Wednes
day, August l. Taking time by the fOrelock.
Considers il "a household necessity p
dr A. j Whiting, Newton. Kansas, aecen-
yates his opinion thus: Il have used Dr..
Bulls Cough Syrup in my family for the
.a-l eight years AID consider it household
necessity"
Mayor Hahn. Democrat, of Hagerstown
was defeated for reelection by Martin L..
Keedy. Republican, by 46 majority. Th'
CITY voted to issue bonds to the amount Of
g. 600 for fire -aarm system. The election
Wa held Monday
Town Sergeant " H. Rosenberger, OF
Mt jackson. was seriously shot Saturday
night by man named Van Ressler whom
he had arrested Tor disorderly conduct. Won
Ressler had only been living in that neigh
oorhood the past year.
Master Edward Ksnna, son of the lat
senator Kenna, and II w Clum have g.
,ablishrd themselves ia the publishing bu'i
ness in Washington, being editors aud pro
prietor. of The Pseonir. Nr. Kenna is u
years old and Mr. Cum Is.
J s. Coxey's "nrmv Of peace" started
from Mi~sillou. Ohio sunday aud marched
light miles to Canton, 0hio, where the men
camped in snow storm. There were a few
less than a hundred in the party. Two
thirds of those who enlisted made the start
An uuexpecled call to arms was mad
upon a regiment of the District OF Crlum
bia National Guard few evenings ago, to
test the celebrity of movement in reporting
Tor duty, and in one hour and ten minute
90 per cent. of the entire regiment assem-
bltd at the armory, uniformed, armed and
awaiting orders.
A Hancock, Nd, dispatch says: NEAR,
me hundred contractors, including their
engineers, looked over the proposed line Of
The Baltimore aud Cumberland Railway lat
week tor the purpose of placing bids for it,
construction A greater number. including
parties from Chic'gn and other points IL
the West, are expected this week.
A Million Friends.
A friend In need X friend indeed, snc
not les Than one million people have found
Just such friend IA DR. Kings New Dir,
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