Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1895-08-14
Nepsn Notes.


Not only will the corn crop of the United
Stated be the largest, but the yield of ap-
Piles, it is estimated will exceed the best for
a number of years.
Adolph Sutro. mayor of San Francisco
aud brother Of Otto Sutro, of Baltimore, has
offered property valued at 50. O0O,0 900 to the
California State University.
In Fairmont Saturday at midnight Jack
Arneit, aged 27, hanged himself in his bed
room with a piece of wire. The body was
not found until 5 p. m. Sunday.
Spain will send 100000 soldiers to Cuba,
Premier Castillo says, if that number is
necessary to crush out the insurrection. Al
ready nearly 10000 have been sent there.
The British steamer Catterthun ran on the
rocks off Cape Hawk, New South Wales, on
Wednesday morning and quickly foundered.
It is thought that sixty lives were lost, in
Guiding forty-six Chinese.
The trial in Winchester of Charles 3.
Sirbaugb, charged with killing Morgan Adj
ans, was concluded Saturday, the jury
bringing in a verdict Of acquittsl after an
hour and thirty minutes deliberation.
In Fauquier county, Va, B. f. Cockrille
has raised 1902 bushels of winter oats on
q acres of land, or over IS bushels to the
acre. At the price of winter oats last year
this would have paid $3.50 an acre for the
land.
Major E. W. S. Moore, purchasing agent
of the West Virginia Central and PittsburG
Railroad, died in Cumberland Friday after
noon, in the forty fifth year of his age. lie
was prominent in West Virginia politics al
one time.
OF the flock Of one hundred sheep owned
by DR.. Geo. II. Chewing, of Fauquiel
county, Va, forty-six ewes have had lamb;
for the second time this year, some of them
having been the mother of as many as foul
lambs during 1895.
A writ Of error has been granted in The
Musgroye murder case at Morgantown.-
The case will now 90 the Supreme Court o
Appeals. The record in the case is the larg
est ever made in the county and consists o
1900 pages of type written matter.
The British ship Prince Oscar collideC
with an unknown sailing vessel, and botl
ships went down within ten minutes. Al
on board the unknown vessel and six of tn
Prince Oscar crew were lost. Seventeen
were rescued and brought to Philadelphia
A Mrs. Buschman, of Baltimore, last Sun
day night, had a spasm whilst she had
young babe in her arms, and fell against
wash-tub containing water. When fouuC
the mother aud child were dead-the bah
in the water with its mothers arms arounc
it.
John 5. Matthews, who was placed in jai
at Martinsburg by the Valley Exchang
Building and Loan Association upon tn
charge of larceny, was given his preliminar,
hearing Saturday and held for the CRANE
jury by Justice Harrison. In default Of bal
he was remanded to Jail.
John Wanamaker has increased his lif
insurance to the remarkable aggregate o
$1,000, 900. He is certainly the most heav
lily insured man in America and possibly il
the world. John b. Stevens, of PhiladeI
phia, has policies on his life for S6jO,00
and Hamilton Disston for $500, 600. Chaun
ccy NJ. Depew is said to be insured for $500,
coo.
Miss Ada Coleman, orgauist at the Meth
odist Church in Mason, Ohio, startled tn.
prayer meeting Thursday night by walking
TO her seat at the organ wearing a blazing
red pair Of bloomers. Mercy on US" anC
oh, how shocking" came from the olde
ladies of the congregation as she walked
down the aisle. After service she mounted
her wheel at the door and rode off as i
nothing unusual had occurred.