Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1896-05-13
NelCsy Notes.

Randolph county Democrats enthusiastic
caly favor their countyman, Hon. G. ID.
Scott, for Congress.
The steeple of the Burks Street NJ. Z.
Church, Martinsburg, was struck by light
ming on Tuesday of last week.
Mr.. Thos. Hollis died at the home of his
brother, w. NJ. Hollis, in Martinsburg on
Monday of last week aged about 90 years.
A gasoline stove exploded in saloon in
Cincinnati last week. Two buildings blown
up-fve persons killed and twenty injured.
Last Wednesday President Cleveland is
sued an order whereby 90, 999 more positions
under the L. s. government are placed I'M
der civil service rules.
Senator Tillman was kissed by an enthu-
siastic woman's suffragist in Denver the
other day. What's the sense of carrying a
pitchfork unless you use it?-HagerstOcn
Mail
1t is said in 1916, in this State, there was
frost every month in the year. lea formed
in May, again in June and on the Fourth OF
July the ponds shimmered with their crys-
tai coats.
Sheriff Lewis Largent, of Morgan county,
attempted to board moving freight train
at Paw Paw, aud fell. The rear wheels of
a caboose passed over his right foot, badly
MASKING it.
Mrs B. c. Keller, daughter of the late
James T. Louthan, of Clarke county, recent
" died at her home in Frederick county
The funeral services were in the Baptist
Church at Berryville.
1t is said Rev. c. P. Stealey, pastor of the
Baptist Church in Martinsburg, has decided
to decline the call received by him from a
large and prosperous church in the west and
will continue on in the present work.
Two hundred U. 5. prisoners were taken
to Charleston on Monday of last week to
appear before Judge Jackson. Most of
them we're from the Ekhorn coal region and
we're accused of illicit retailing of liquor.
Postmaster. Generalization made lengthy
and entertaining address in New York Sat
urday night, at Hotel Savoy, before the Phi
Beta Kappa Alumni Association Of that city,
His topic was Needed Reforms in the Pos
tai Service.
Senator Henry Fairfax shipped from
Leesburg, Loudoun county, on Saturday
last handsome pair of half breed hackneys
by Matchless of LondesborO to Mr.. A. J.
Drexel, Jr., of Philadelphia, which he had
recently sold him for $1,000.
Miss Mary Patrick, aged about twenty
eight, dependent and sick, took trough on
rats" at her home in Kettle, near Charles
ton, Kanawha county, on Tuesday of last
week, and died. William Lewis, of the
same place, was found same morning hang
ed by the neck dead in his fathers barn at
the same place.
Mr.. Geo. NJ. Bowers, sold good number
of lots on Elkins Ave, Martinsburg Win
chester turnpike. Mr.. Geo. W. Johnson,
the attorney, got $50 feet front; S. S. Gran
than, of Middleway, rs feet front; T. G
Smith. the photographer, 100 feet front, and
Cha E. Outcalf, loo feet front. The price
was $500 per front foot.
The Richmond Dispatch recently gave an
interesting historical sketch of Company D,
Clarke County Confederate Cavalry, written
by Mr.. Joseph Shepherd A single para
graph tells pertinent truth; "a company Of
10 men, that fought IS battles, had SO men
killed, 80 to die after the war, and 80, by
no fault of theirs, left wondering how it was
possible that they escaped, surely deserve
the credit of having tried to do their duty
II. H. Holmes, convicted in Philadelphia
of the murder of Pietzel, and who is suppos.
ell to be a multi-murderer, was hanged in
that city on Thursday last. On the gallOws
he confessed to the murder of two women
but denied having killed Pietzel In pre-.
vious confession he admitted that he had
murdered about twenty seven persons-some
of whom have denied it, and are living wit.
nesses that Holmes was liar as well as g
fend.
Minister DENLY, who has represented thi:
country in China longer than any of hi:
predecessors, ond who has had ample oppor
tunity to judge of the Importance of the
work accomplished by missions, has sent tC
the State Department a voluntary dispatch
upon the subject, in which he boldly pro
claims that missions do much good He
says no one can controvert the patent fac
that the Chinese are enormously benefited
by the labors of the missionaries in theil
midst
Right Rev. John J. Kahn, Roman Catho.
lie Archbishop of St. Louis, was on Sunday
invested with the pallium, the insignia Of
his archepiscopal Office. The ceremony was
performed in the old Cathedral in St. Louis
which was crowded. The pallium was con.
ferred by Cardinal Gibbons, of Baltimore
assisted by % archbishops aud bishops and
100 or more priests. Archbishop Kahn is q
native of Martinsburg, and was at one time
pastor of the Catholic Church at Harper's
Ferry, and, later, Bishop of Wheeling.
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