Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1896-08-26
NeUsy Notes.


Senator Elkins has purchased residence
R street, Washington, for $4,000.
The Democrats aud pOpulists Of Ritchie
county have fused on the county ticket.
JohnChamberlain, the noted hotel keeper,
died at Saratoga, New York, on Saturday
night
Vice Presidential Candidate Sewall is
said to be member of the Swedenborglan
Church.
It is announced that Mr.. Bryan will
make tour of North Carolina and speak
from car.
Hon. Henry G. Davis presided at the
Democratic Delegate District Convention at
Elkins last week.
Ex.Gov. Francis, of Missouri, has been
appointed Secretary Of the Interior, vice
Hon. HOke Smith resigned.
A white man named Boots was given ten
lashes with cat O. niue tails at ElktoD,
Maryland, for brutality beating his wife.
The Democrats of Grant and Hardy cOun
ties have nominated Mr. Bernard j. Baker
for the State Senate. He is good man.
A man by the name of Blizzard has been
nominated for Judge by the Republicans OF
the sixth judicial district. Will his oPpo-
nent be showed under?
The rolling stock of the B. & o. ia being
augmented daily. It will be remembered
contracts were recently made for 5000 new
cars and IS new locomotives
1t is said ex Empress Eugenia has made
her will, and that the daughter of Princess
Beatrice and the late Prince Henry, of Bat
tenburg will be the beneficiary.
There were over six hundred funerals in
New York and Brooklyn last Sunday week.
1t was the largest days business for under
takers ever known in an American City.
The HagerstOwn Fair Association is max
ing preparations for big fair this year
The dates are October 2O-2S The sum of
s. 900 will be offered for race premiums.
The Republican editors of this State and
their wives are to visit Mr.. Mckinley on the
lst of September Hon. p. w. Morrison, of
the Richie Gazette is to deliver an address
It is announced that Hon. Henry G. 'Da-
Wis is for Bryan and free coinage He pre-.
sided over district convention at Elkins
last week, and also over Bryan and Sew
all Club
The remains of Prof Crouch were inferred
in Loudoun Park Cemetery, Baltimore, on
Sunday. kathleen Mavourueen," his favor
lite song, was sung at the grave after the reg
ular religious services.
Mr. J. " Johnson, State auditor of West
Virginia, has purchased the Yates farm,
near Roanoke, Va, 1853 acres, for $50 an
acre. aud will remove there as soon as his
term of office expires.
Hon. Andrew Edmistou, of Weston, has
been chosen as the chairman of the State
Democratic executive committee, and Hon.
Jno. d. Anderson vice chairman. Head
quarters at Parkersburg.
The postolIice at Wadesville, Clarke coun-
ty, was burglarized Saturday night. a
small sum of money and some stamps taken.
Doubtless the same gang that has been oper-
ating higher up the valley did the business
Lord Chief Justice Russell, of England,
addressed the American Bar Association at
Saratoga last Thursday on "InternatiOna!
Arbitration" Hon. J. Randolph Tucker
also spoke. There was an audience of $500.
Patrick c. Keely, who was known to this
country and Europe as the pioneer Catholic
architect of America, died at his home in
Brooklyn, last week Mr.. Keely was the
designer and builder of over 600 churches
in this country.
Miss Abigail Dodge, known to the world
of letters as Gail Hamilton, D." died recently.
She was a cousin of Mrs James c. Blaine,
aud literary executor OF Mr. Blaine. Her
contributions to magazines and newspapers
were numerous.
The Bryan and Sewall national campaign
headquarters has been located at Chicago.
The literary department will be in Wash
ington Chairman Jones says the commit
tee is getting all the money it needs for le-
gitimate purposes.
An electric car of the Frederick and Mid
detown Railway Company, with 10 people
aboard, jumped the track at MERGERS Curve,
about three and a.hsf miles from Fred
erick city at $50 o'clock Sunday evening
and was thrown down an embankment and
was badly smashed No one was killed, but
fifty were injured, one or two of them very
badly.
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