davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1895-12-18


"Rutb, under the direction Of Prof.
Clary, was presented in a pleasing way last
night to good audience, and we regret there
is not timeaud space for clever uotice-such
as the rendition deserves. The players had
g nice conception ofthe beautiful Bible story
and told it In song to please all listeners
The scenic effects were good, too. About
forty appropriately costumed persOns-sll
amateurs were on the stage, very fair forms
and faces predominating. We cannot un-
dertake TO mention all, bu, the following
persons persouated the prominent characters:
Mrs Ida Dawson, Ruth Miss Annie Ais
Quith. Naomi; Mrs VIM Campbell, Orpha !;
Mrs. Tayloe Perry. Jewish Maiden; Miss
Bette SubIette, Israelitish Woman I. NJ.
Baker. Boaz; l. K Dinkle, First Reaper :;
J. B. Richardson, Assistant Reaper; T. p.
Lippitt, Messenger. Miss Bertha Ruhl wss
pianist and Madam Ruhl stage Director
Tomorrow evening the performance will be
repeated, and, if possible, improved upon.
To use q phrase of musical critic on an
other occasion, last night there was 'an en-
barrassment Of riches" All who 60 to-
morrow night will be delightfully."- enter
tanned.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1895-12-18

Postmaster. General and Mrs Wilson will
give dinner to the President on the 4th of
February. Mrs. Wilson receives on We'd
nesdays
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1895-12-18

Wsnted.-A forty pound turkey, for
which | will pay ten cents per pound.
c. +. WALL.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1895-12-18
Personal.

Miss Emma Cain, of this place, has gone
to spend her Christmas with friends in
Hagerstown.
Miss Eliza Sappington Gallaher, who has
been spending few weeks in Philadelphia
with the family of Mr.. Q. B. Meredith, and
a few days in Washington City with friends
returned home Saturday evening last
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1895-12-18

| am going to ship sheep, lambs and
calves the lst Tuesday in January, 1896.
q. +. WALL.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1895-12-18

You all know that We manufacture all our
own clothing. Our line Of children's suits is
simply immense. II you need suit for your
cent. q, Hirschugn's
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1895-12-18
BUILDINGsL LOAN
The National Building and
Loan Association,
or HAGERsTowY, MD.
1. one az the
BEST AND SAFEST IL THE COUNTRY.
one Of the

4 number Of the best citizens OF Jefferson
County are members. Its dividends for four
years past have averaged % per cent. If you
want 70 save or borrow money, apply TO the
undersigned.
S. s. DALGARS, Local Secy.
Sept. g. i595-3m. Charles Town, W. Va.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1895-12-18

The seventh annual reunion and dinner
of the Charles Town Society of the City Of
New York will be held on Saturday, Janu-
airy 4th, at $50 p. m, at the Arena" Slst
and Broadway. The courtesy of an invita-
tiou has been extended to us by the Presi-
dent and Secretary of the society, Messrs.
Edmund P. Kennedy aud a. w. Stump
We dislike to think of the probability that
We may not get there and participate in the
good time that will be for all that attend.
Our thanks for the very cordial invitation.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1895-12-18

want two thousand weight of pork.
G. +. WALL.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1895-12-18

We invite attention TO the advertisement
OF Miss Stuckey, of Martinsburg, who is an
accomplished stenogrspher and competent
teacher of The useful art. Miss Coston, re-
Gently appointed by Judge Faulkner as
court stenograpbsr, is d recent graduate of
Miss Stuckey's class, and acceptably per
formed duties in that line during the late
term of the Jefferson circuit court. Quite
a number Of Miss Stuckey's pupils shortly
after graduating secured remunerative and
otherwise agreeable positions. There is
growing demand for the services OF good
shorthand and iypewriters. 1t Is an espe-
cially suitable work for ladies, whose MIN
bic fingers enable them TO become not only
proficient but expert in a short time.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1895-12-18

CT. Wall butchers cattle is nice style
Send them TO his slaughter house.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1895-12-18

Last week we mentioned the marriage Of
Miss Osburn and Mr. Kleinschmidt Since
then we received the following Jefferson
county was robbed Of most attractive and
popular society young lady when Miss En-
lie Osburn, daughter of Logan Osburu, be-
came the wife of Mr.. F. c. Kleinschmidt-
a promising young man connected with the
court Of claims in Washington City, and
son Of Dr. Hleiuschmdt, prominent ply
sicisn and surgeon Of that city. A party
Of friends of the couple accompanied them
from Washington 10 Baltimore on the 9th
instant, and there the marriage ceremony
was performed. The couple Immediately
proceeded 90 the home Of the bride 10 spend
a few days. Miss Osburn is granddaugh-
ter of the late H. W. Castleman snd Hon.
Logan Osburn."
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1895-12-18

CT. Wall will sell you house for what
you pay out in rent,
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1895-12-18

DIED, at the residence of her brother, Mr..
Marine Krepps, of paralysis, on the 9TH
lust, Mrs. Eliza Martin, relict Of the late
Joseph Martin, aged 81 years She was
twice married, her first husband being Mr..
John Taylor. The funeral services were
held in the NJ. E. Church of Bolivar, OF
which she had been life long member
Rev. Louis Heuck conducted the services.
-Huper'3 Ferry Sentinel.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1895-12-18

will buy some dressed pigs.
c. f. WALL.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1895-12-18

Mr.. BraxtOn Davenport, son of Col. IL. b..
Davenport expects about the first of the
year to establish himself in Cleveland, Ohio,
for the practice of law. Mr.. Davenport is
a graduate, with honor, from the West Vir
GINA University where he distinguished
himself in the contest for the gold medal
offered for the best oration.-Adrocate. We
are quite sure Mr.. Davenport will have
asuccessful career. He has cultivated high
" the rich gifts that nature gave him.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1895-12-18

I want 200 live shoats- CT. WALL.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1895-12-18

Books,
Bibles,
Hymnals,
Games,
Blocks,
Dolls,
Cards,
Calendars,
China,
Gold Pens,
Everything for Xmas
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1895-12-18

..- -r--.--
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-03-15
SOUTHERN.

Bribery is charged in connection with
the award of the public printing contract
in the North Carolina House.
The seventh congress Of the Scotch
Irish of America is TO be held at Lexing-
ton, Va, at a date yet to be fixed.
w. III. Mills land agent of the Central
and Southern Pacific railroad, says the
demand for town sites and lumber lands
is greater than at any time during the
last ten years.
Judson Hyatt, n Macon drummer, was
killed at Fort Gaines. Ga, by Sheriff Nc
Allster, of Clay County, in a hotel bed
room when no one else was present. The
coroner's jury eXonerated McAllister.
Leonce Q. Desforges, Thomas Haley,
Peter b. Garfield. and some other Coun-
cilmen of New Orleans. were indicted for
blackmail of the Louisville and Nashville
Railroad Company for a switch track.
Miss Blanche Chapman, the supposed
daughter of poor bricklayer at st. Au-
gustine, Fla. has been left $4,000 by the
death of the Rev. Boynton Crystal, of
New York. 1t is believed that the girl
was the minister's daughter.
Several weeks ago Montgomery Ward
& CO. of Chicago received an order from
n man in Alabama for package of gold
wash. The other day the firm had an op-
portunity of noting the admirable quality
of the wash in the receipt from the man
of Alabama of a silver dollar made golden
by the wash. The word one on the coin
had been cut away and a clumsy attempt
at carving filled up the space with the
10
Quested that an Overcoat he sent to him
for the Enclosed twenty dollars" The
firm turned the coin over to Captain POr-
ter of the secret service and the man
from Alabama is in imminent peril of
finding himself in the penitentiary for
raising" the coin.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-03-15

Of the Washington Evening Star. The
indictment was found by the grand jury
of the District Court, Federal tribunal,
ana is based on an editorial which re-
Gently appeared in the Sun charging Mr..
NOyes with being a dishonest director
of the Associated Press An effort will
be made TO bring the accused TO Washing
ton for trial, and the understanding in
legal and newspaper circles is that Editor
Dana and Publisher Laffan will waive all
habeas corpus and other proceedings of
delay and meet the issue. They may
seek to have the case transferred TO the
New York courts. This is the second time
an Indictment has been made against Mr..
Dana in the District of Columbia. and for
the same cause alleged libel. For many
years the New York editor carefully kept
clear of that jurisdiction in order to avoid
process. About two years ago he paid
his first visit TO the capital since 1872.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-03-15
FOREIGN.

The reported killing of Manuel Garcia,
the Cuban rebel, is denied.
The New South Wales Assembly voted
down the motion of want Of confidence in
the ministers.
During a debate in the British House of
Commons il was charged that diseased
meat is packed in Chicago for shipment
TO Europe.
American manufacturers have been
asked TO exhibit agricultural machinery
at an international exhibition TO be held
in Vienna May ID.
Captain General Calleja. OF Cuba, has
demanded the recall of the American Con
sui General at Havana. At Il Cabinet
council in Madrid it was agreed TO sup
port the demand. AT Washington it was
impossible 10 secure any information in
regard 10 the matter The last Govern
ment blue book dated July l. 1893, gives
the name of the Consul General at Ha-
vana as Ramon O. Williams, of New
York. No information on the subject had
reached the Spanish Legation here up to
8 o clock Wednesday evening. Advices
from Madrid say: The Queen has given
an audience to Senior GroiZard. Minister
of Foreign Affairs. Gen. Calleja, Cap
tan General of Cuba, has sent dispatch
TO the Government asking that the re-en-
forcements for the troops on the island he
sent direct 10 Santiago de Cuba equipped
and ready to take the field. The war of
ice is hurrying the preparations and there
is great enthusiasm in military circles at
the prospect Of q campaign. Detach-
mOutS from yarjouS rarricOnS tO form
the first seven battalions are mastering
fast at Santander. Cadiz. Corunna, and
Barcelona, from which ports they will
embark. The cruiser Mercedes will carry
TO Cuba 100000 cartridges.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-03-15
IN GEN ERAL

Heirs of the late Frederick Douglass
may contest his will when it is offered for
probate.
More than l 900 American and Cana
dian excursionists are now on the Medit-
erranean
Mrs. Ballington Booth. of the Salvation
army, has been given permission by the
courts 20 marry two faithful soldiers
The president of the Cincinnati Zoologi-
cal Gardens has sent Il buffalo bull and
cow TO Prince Bismarck as birthday
gift.
During the seven months ending Feb. /.
1885 immigrants arrived at United
States ports. Il decrease of 40 per cent. as
compared with the like period of 1891.
Rev. William a. Newbold, recently re-
lieved of his position as secretary and as
sistant treasurer of the American Church
Missionary Society. is said to be $4,000
short in his accounts.
Mexican bankers are becoming appre-
hensive of the currency situation in the
United States, and several important
houses refuse to purchase drafts on New
York when not made expressly payable in
gold. This rule is enforced on sixty-day
drafts.
The German Consul at New Orleans,
Count Won Meyscnberg, has demanded
Of the Mayor of Gretna. opposite New Or
leans, the arrest of all those who partici-
pated in the attack on the German steam
er Markomannia Saturday. He also gave
notice the facts connected with the out
age would be laid before the German Am
In Scador nj NoShinrton
r. q. Dun * Co.'S Weekly Review of
Trade says: Congressional adjourn
ment and proof that though the rate of
exchange rises to and even above the
shipping point gold does not 20 out have
produced much better Feeling. Prices
do not improve. and there is on the whole
no gain but some loss in wages, while
strikes of 1900 coal miners near Pitts
burg and several thousand building work
ers. besides strikes in ten or twelve tex
tile and iron establishments. further les
sen purchasing power for the time. But
there is anticipation of improved demand
for goods in general. and many are manu-
featured. and there is buying beyond pres
cnt needs on the strength of it,
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-03-15
Priest Repels Invaders.

The fight over the possession OF ST.
Paurs Catholic Church, Omaha, which
has been in progress for six months. took
a decidedly interesting turn Tuesday
morning Immediately after mass. The
Rev. Steven Karmnski, the priest in
charge. had just finished the service ana
the congregation had left the sacred edl-
fee for their homes, when thirty-hve
men approached the building. and, after
a brief parley. ten of the number entered
the church and demanded that the priest
deliver the keys To them. He refused and
ordered them to leave the place. They
attacked him. Only the fact that the
priest was unaccustomed 10 the use OF
firearms interfered with the coroner s
having 4 wholesale inquest. As 1t is, +.
Dargaczewski has been permanently dis
abled by n bullet fired by the priest, and
John Kozicka badly wounded by another.
Joseph linda, who defended the priest, is
so badly beaten about the head that he
will die. while the list of those who suffer
minor injuries reads like the muster roll
of kOsciuSkO's army.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-03-15
SEEKS CAUSE OF RIOT
LEGISLATURE AFTER a CHICAGO
INSTITUTION.
Indiana Legislature Winds Up with a
Free Fight - Death of Worth, the
Maker of Fashions-Mask achusetts
Interested in AtIanta's Show.
Sensation EXDectcd.

Alarming riots. disgraceful chickering's
among the managers, and cruelty TO the
inmates have aroused the authorities at
Springfield. and the State Home for Juve-
nile Female Offenders at No. Bill In
diana avenue, Chicago. where the muffin
Gus outbreak Of Sunday night was renew
cd Monday morning, will be investigated
10y the House Committee 10 Visit Penal
Institutions. A number of prominent
members of the House will accompany
the committee. and the investigation
promises TO reveal some astonishing
things. The result will have an impor-
tant bearing on the continuance of appro-
priatons for the home. 1t is now costing
the State the unreasonable sum of 81 900
for each girl who is being reclaimed
there. and continuance Of a similar ap-
preparation of SD 900 per year is asked
of the House. The request of the Board
of Trustees for an investigation 10y the
State Board of Charities and Correction
will be held in allegiance until the legis-
lative committee gets through.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-03-15
WESTERN.

]. Howard Payne, County Attorney,
was found dead near Arapahoe, Ok He
was a relative of and named after the ia
nous author of ''Home, Sweet Home"
The lower house of the Oklahoma Lcgis-
lature has passed bill forbidding the
manufacture or giving away of cigarettes
or cigarette paper under penalty of $500
fine.
The Seattle Chamber of Commerce has
appointed q committee to investigate the
question of the boundary between Alaska
and British Columbia and to arouse pub
lie opinion to the Importance Of maintain
ing American rights in the matter.
Two S-year-old Los Angeles, Cal, boys
were poisoned with strychnine contained
in cakes given them by q neighbOr Ono
boy died; the other is still alive. The
woman denies all knowledge of the poi
son. She says she found the cakes on her
doOrsteps over week ago.
At Cincinnati, Ohio, during a heavy
fog Friday morning, as the steamer Long
fellow, belonging to the Cincinnati, Mem
phis and New Orleans Packet Line Com
she crashed against pier of the Chesa-
she crashed against a per of the Chesa-
peake and Ohio Railway bridge and sunk.
Six persons are known to have persisted
Two desperadoes robbed the Abel State
Bank at Abel, twenty miles west of Des
MONIES, Iowa, Wednesday morning, shot
the cashier and put a bullet into n depos-
itOr whose presence proved unpleasant or
announcement to them. After an exciting
chase across country the robbers were
cOrnered in q barn. One of them was
shot and the other captured The latter
is likely to be lynched il either of the
wounded citizens of Abel dies.
AS an outcome of the late Senatorial
fight i'm Oregon, which resulted i'm the de-
feat of Senator Dolph and election of Mr..
Mcbride, Representative Cole brought
suit against the Portland OregOnian for
$45, 900 damages, charging malicious libel.
Mr. Cole was the leader of the Republi-
cans who bolted the caucus nomination of
Dolph. The Oregonian editorially de-
nounced Cole as ''mercenary scoundrel''
and "varlet" for having violated his ante
election pledge to vote for Dolph.
At San Francisco, Cal, Rudolph
Spreckels has secured temporary in
junction against the Nevada Bank TO pre-
vent the transfer of 5000 shares of stock
in the Pampus sugar plantation. which
he says belongs to him. Rudolph hints
that the idea in making the transfer is to
vote the stock against him at the next
election, depriving him of all his right in
the company and practically injuring him
to the extent of the value of the stock,
81 ,25O, 900. Judge Hubbard will hear the
case later.
The four story and basement structure
at the southeast corner Of Champlain and
Beaubien streets, Detroit. Mich, was de-
troyed by fire Friday night with all its
contents. The building was occupied by
several manufacturing concerns, the
principal of which are the Detroit Stamp
ing Company, the Detroit Corkscrew
Company, A. A. Eastwick & Co, manu-
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-03-15
SOIOns in a Riot.

The Indiana Legislature adjourned at
midnight Monday. at indianapolis. in the
.nidst of a rough and tumble fight. in
which at least seventy-five men took
part. punching, kicking, scratching and
smuggling with mad desperation. Private
Secretary King. who had two bills in his
pocket from the Governor and which had
been held till the last moment. at one
time was Oh the floor with at least thirty
members piled in heap on top. clawing
and fighting like dogs in pit. Custodian
Timothy Griffin of the State House had
the life nearly crushed out of him at
Kings side. and score Of heads We're
pounded and cracked till they looked as if
they had come from prize fight. Rep
resentative Adams, from Park County,
was badly mauled in the face and will be
unprcsentable for days. Representative
Allen. Of Washington County. chairman
of the Ways and Means, was hammered
until il was Il question whether he could
be resuscitated. No such scene OF wild
uproar was ever witnessed in the In
diana Legislature before The trouble
arose out of n well planned scheme to ball
Governor Matthews. who had determined
TO prevent the Assembly passing over his
veto a bill to secure control of the State
House
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-03-15
WASHINGTON.

Manuel Almagro, private secretary to
DR.. Zeballos, Argentine minister 10 Wash
ington, is under arrest for blowing" lega-
ton funds in gambling.
Owing to the fact that the sugar bounty
appropriation will fall short $1.200OO0
of the amount needed to pay all claims.
Secretary Carlisle proposes TO prorate the
payments to about 65-1OO of a cent a
pound. instead of eighttcnths of a cent
Under this arrangement all claims will
fare alike and any scramble for prece-
dence will be avoided
Charles A. Dana and William Nj. LAT
fan, editor and publisher, respectively, of
the New York Sun. were Thursday in
.dicted at Washington for criminal libel
upon Frank Ii. Noyes, business manager
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-03-15
BREVITIES.

An unsuccessful attempt was made &c
wreck the fast express on the Nickel Plate
road near Valparaiso, Ind.
The old Forsyth Street Methodist Epis-
cipal Church, at New York, celebrated
the 1OJth anniversary of its founding.
During a heavy gale Monday morning
the oyster dredging schooner Ida V. Sew
ard, of Oxford. Nd, was capsizcd in
Broad Creek. Talbot County, and it is
supposed all hands, seven men, were
drowned.
Nine Italians have been arrested at
Rouse, Colo. for the murder of "A. j..
IIiXon. Il saloonkecper. Several of the
prisoners have confessed that Lorenzo
DanainO, one of those arrested, struck the
fatal blow.
The New York post office averages 81
600 letters sent TO the dcad-letter Office
each quarter. In the last three months
1850 German, 1900 Italian. 5000 Rus
sian. loo French and 400 Spanish let
tiers could not be delivered.
Benjamin Harrison felt much stronger
Tuesday morning and would have left his
room to breakfast, but his family thought
he should remain in his room on account
of the damp weather. DIR. Jameson re-
ports that Mr.. Harrison is entirely out
of danger.
The district along the New Orleans
river front was the scene o. rioting and
murder early Tuesday morning. At Z
o'clock, while n gang of negro screwmen
were marching to the dock of the Harri-
son Cromwell line of steamers, they We're
fired on by Il gang of striking white screw
men, and six or seven of the negroes are
reported killed.
Henry ID. Pixley, of Utica, n. Y, has
been elected president of the Commercial
Travellers Mutual Accident Association
of America.
Richard Mansfield has leased Harri-
gan's Theater. at New York. for ten years
and will change its name to the Gar
rick" He will open with a stock com
pany in the fall.
Catarina CARA. the Mexican bandit
and revolutionist, was killed in an attack
on Bocas del Toro Colombia.
The California Supreme Court has re-
fused new trial for III. NJ. Leonard, the
Santa Clara bank wrecker.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-03-15
Told i'm "A Few Lines.

The fire loss ut Port of Spain. Island of
Trinidad, is now put at $1,000. 900.
George l.. Shoup was elected United
States Senator from Idaho
Al Kinney was killed 10y boiler cxplo-
sion in his sawmill near Hillsdale. Mich.
Two dwellings school and church at
Brewton, Ala. We're wrecked by a cy-
clone.
One hundred employees of the Govern
ment print shop at Washington have been
laid off
The Postal Telegraph and Cable Com.
pany will issue So.ooo,o00 additional
stock.
The business heart of Flora. Ind. was
burned out "Wednesday night, at loss OF
100000.
hree-fourths of the 200 employees of
the Wilson wooden mills ut Trenton. y.
are on strike
The Plymouth Rock Pants COMPANY.
insolvent has liabilities of S1,012 600 and
doubtful assets of $1,17O,OOO.
Work on the new Creighton Theater.
Fifteenth ana Harvey streets. Omaha. 10
cost 100000, began Monday.
The New Jersey Senate refused 70 mass
the bill preventing school teachers from
wearing any emblem of religion.
The reason ex-Conductor !. A. Hamil-
ton committed suicide ut Denver is that
he was blacklisted for taking part i'm the
A. X. L. strike, and could not get employ-
ment