Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1915-05-13
Notes OF Interest.

There are !, 1876 prisoners in the West
Virginia Penitentiarv at Moundsvil'e.
OF this number 81 are women
A few days ago "a 900 yellow perch
W RE- placed in the Potomac liver at
Cumberland. Arrangements are being
made to get, in addition IS, 600 black
bass
|, The annual council of the Episcopal
church of the diocese of West Virginia
will be convened in Trinity Episcopal
church. Parkersburg, en- Jnre9 and
the sessions will extend over June IL.
On Monday of this week Mayer u. S.
Martin of Shepherdstsavn ordered a
car load Of street oil from the Balti-
mote office Of the Standard Oil Co.,
and as--sooD Is it arrives the town
au: horities will have the same placed
IN streets.
Rev. William Cabell Brown, D. D.,
Bishop Coadjutor Of the diocese Of Vir-
GINA, will he in Berryville on
Monday. May "a, and will oficlate at
the, Confirmation Services at Grace
Church that evening at o'cloek.
William Woffatt. of Winchester, wlo
was on the Inflated Lusitania. is dead.
A cablegram was received from Man
chester. Eng. to his brother Harry
Maffatt, says there is no news from
William and the general belief is that
he is dead.
Congressman lillian G. Brown snd
wife sailed on Monday of last week from
San Francisco for Honolulu to visit
Hawaii. From there they will return
to California and visit the Panama
Pacific Exposition and other points in
the West and returning East arrive
home IN Kingwood about June 10Th.
Right now, when the average fellow
has an exceedingly difficult time to
borrow a tiny sum from banks or
friends. along comes ]. v. Thompson,
the banker and coal magnate' bf Unior-
town. Pa, and negotiates a loan of
$40. 900, 900. Thompson, has been
having considerable financial difficult
les the past few months, but now
he claims he will get out in fine shape.
The new dental law. passed by the
last legislature, which goes into effect
May Is, is most drastic one. The
law provides several punishments for
those who practice painless dentistry"
when the patient really does feel pain,
Many dentists in this state are liable to
be forced out of business by reason of
not being able to qualify uhdeN tRe
new examination.
The farm near Weston on which
General Stonewall j ackson was reared,
is said to be transformed into public
park, according to an announcement
by the Traction Company which has
purchased the property. The old home
stead was destroyed by FIRE recently,
but the grist mill in which the famous
Confederate General worked during his
boy hood is still standing. The place
has been named ''Stonewan jackson
Park.
Dr. William P Mcclure of Winches-
ter has received telegram from Mr.. |
John Henry Hammond, of New York,
stating that hope of finding alive Mrs.
Mary Picton Stevens Hammond, the
wife of Ogden Il. Hammond, whos4t
with her husband, was on board the
Lusitania when she was torpedoed by
a German submarine, has been aban-
eoned, and it is now accepted as true
that Mrs. Hammond persisted when the
steamship went down. Her home was
at 80 East Seventeen street New
York. Mrs. Hammond's mother was
Miss Mary Mcguire, of Berry
vile, who was near relative of the
Mcclure family of Winchester. Mr..
and Mrs. Hammond were going abroad
TO take part in the relief work in
France and Belgium.