CHARLESTON

a city of West Vir-— ginfa, capital of the State, and the county seat of Kanawha co. It is at the - junction of the Kanawha and Elk rivers and is on the Chesapeake and Ohio and other railroads, 135 miles southwest g steamboat communication with the ports on the Ohio and Mi i ippi rivers. In the neighborhood are extensive salt springs. The public buildings include a State House, customs house and an opera house. Pop. 1920, 39.608.