Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1895-09-11
Ne,vsy Notes.

The Atlanta Exposition will be ready Tor
opening next Wednesday.
1t is reported that Spain ia preparing to
send 20, 900 more Ioops to Cuba.
One thousand G. A. r. veterans left
Washington for the eucampment at Louis
vile.
The Masonic Temple in Boston was de-
stroyed by fire Saturday morning. Loss
$500, 900.
Mr.. Lafayette Cave and Miss Columbia
Mccoy, of Shenandoah, Va, eloPed and
were married in Hsgerstown recently.
Mrs. Sarah Allen Kayser, wife of Davis
Kayser, died in Staunton Thursday night
after a three weeks illness, aged sixty-fve
years.
Thirty miners were suffocated or burned
in a Michigan copper mine on Saturday
most Austriaus. Nearly two hundred es-
capped from the burning shaft.
Mr.. W. 5. Staley, formerly of Shepherds
town, was appointed postmaster III the place
of the California editor who indecently crit
icised President Cleveland recently.
\ telegram has been received at Hedges
willie stating that the eldest son Of j. Luther
Ropp. who moved from Berkeley county
to Ohio about two years ago, had been
drowned.
A. b. Clark, a Waterman at the Govern
ment Printing Office 10 Washington was
crszed by grief upon the death of his wife,
aud two hours after her demize placed flow
ers on her bier and then killed himself.
Mr.. Isaac Malatt, of Berkeley county, has
Just taken unto himself his fifth wife. The
bride is Miss Mary Burris, Of Martinsburg
aud the ceremony was performed in that
city last Wednesday by Rev p. B. Busey.
Mr.. Andrew Dowdell Lipscomb died at
Opelika, Alabama, on the 2S,h of August
He was a son of the late Rev. Andrew AID
gate Lipscomb, D. d LII D., ex chancellor
of the University of Georgia and professor
of the Vanderbilt University.
Ga Saturday the first Of the five races fol-
the Americas cup was won By the Ameri
can yacht Misunderstanding the Valkyrie
by s minutes aud 40 seconds. The challen-
ger was ia front in the early part of the con.
test, but superior seamanship is alleged tC
have secured the victory. The second race
wac won yesterday by the Valkyrie by A.
seconds.
The thirteenth annual session of the West
Virginia Sunday-school Association sd
%jourued on Thursday after three days SEES
sion. The following officers were elected
for the ensuing year: President, W. 5. Nc
Gregor, Huntington first vice-president
Frank Barr, Martinsburg second, Scollay
Moore, Parkersbu,g; secretary, G. Rutten-
cutter, st, Mary's; treasurer, w. G. Shafer,
Fairmont.
Rev. DR.. Taylor, of Rome, Italy, one Of
the most prominent foreign missionaries OF
the Southern Baptist convention was thrown
from a buggy at Appomattox c. H., last
Wednesday and sustained injuries about the
head. His condition critical. He has served
q number of years in Italy, from which coun-
try he has just returned to attend the con-
yention of the American Association of Ap.
pomattox.
Rev. Wm. A. Harris, president of Vir-
ginia College at Roanoke, for twenty.se seven
years president of Wesleyan Female Insti-
tute at standardized in the former city
on Wednesday morning last-aged 6S years.
he wa. a native Of Augusta county and q
brother of Hon. Jno. T. Harris, Of Harris
onburg. The funeral took place in Staun-
ton on Thursday -services conducted by
Revs. =. II. Whisner and II. P. Hamill.