Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1896-07-01
Nepcsy Notes.

George D. Eastman, aged 90 years, son OF
Hon. P. c. Eastman, OF Mason county, died
last week.
james Brown, of Warren county, was kill
ed in Pittsburg last week while working on
the new Park building.
The seveu-year old daughter Of Charles
F. Jackson, of Warren county, last Thurs
day fell from foot bridge over Happy
creek aud was drowned.
A storm on Wednesday last along the line
of the Ohio River Railroad in Marshall,
Tyler and Wetzel counties resulted in the
destruction of property estimated at $780,
600.
Judge Campbell, of the Wheeling circuit
court has declared the West Virginia Cigar
eta law unconstitutional. There's no ques'
ton, perhaps, about cigarettes being against
the constitution.
Mr.. George H. Byrd, of New York, has
offered to contribute $1,000 to the Winches-
ter Hospital and Relief Association provid-
ed the city of Winchester will raise SINH
lar amount by January l, 1897.
Judge Golf in Norfolk last Friday entered
a decree ordering the sale of the Norfolk u
Western Railroad. He entered a similar
decree at Lynchburg. The sale will take
place at Norfolk, and the lowest bid must
not be less than 100000.
A fire broke out at O'Clock Friday morn
ing which destroyed Hoa's Opera House
and two entire blocks of frame buildings and
damaged other property in Point Pleasant,
| w. Va. The total loss will be 500, OOO.-
The fire was of incendiary origin.
The Colored Masonic Grand Lodge Of
| West Virginia concluded its sessions at
Martiusburg Lest Thursday night with a
banquet, in which over sixty participated
The old officers were reelected, among them
| H. II. Winters, of Hsrper's Ferry, Grand
Master.
st. Joseph's School Commencement exer'
cises at Martinsburg last Thursday night
were attended by large audience. Among
the addresses delivered was one by Rev
Lawrence Kelly, of Harper's Ferry. Among
the graduates was Miss Leila Eagan. She
also received a gold medal for the best as
say.
A Young man named McFilan, who ia
said be from the Gerardstown vicinity, was
arrested near Berryville, accused of stealing
a horse from Mrs. Hicks, who resides neal
Rest He was placed in the Jail at Win
chester. but as the theft was in Berkeley
county, he will be taken to Martinsburg fol
trial. The young man has wooden leg
He had the horse with him when arrested
Last week, says a Keyser telegram, an
other terrific hailstorm, accompanied by q
cloudburst, swept over portion of Hamp-
shire county, almost obliterating the Piney
Mountain community. At some places hard
ly shred Of vegetation was left standing,
the crops being almost entirely destroyed
aud the soil was washed off the land. The
hail lay in piles for twenty hours and
any time during that period could have been
gathered up by the wagonload.
Joseph Cooking, a white man, charged
with the murder of his wife and sister-in-
law. was taken from the Charles county Jail
at Port Tobacco, about o'clock Saturday
morning and lynched. The body of the
dead man was found about daylight hang
| ing under small bridge which crosses
small stream near the town. The lynchers
about twenty-five were in women's clothes
the better to disguise themselves, His tria
was to have taken place in August.