The Huntington argus. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1872-1905, 1872-05-25
HERE AND THERE.


The violence ofthe eruption Of Ve.uvins
is abating. Thousands OF acres OF cnl,i.
waited land have been utterly devastated :
The loss OF life must have been terrible
but It Is impossible yet TO say how great
Mrs SHERMAN, the Connection, Bo-ri,
has been found guilty Of murder in the sec
ond degree, and sentenced to the Penitenti
AIRY for life. She slew tn, eleven persons
Attic late term Of the Richland county
court Sarah A. Huston obtained n verdict
against Frank Shaier for thirty.five hun
bred dollars, for breach Of promis of mar
rage Boys consider well your converse.
ton.
SALEM, North Carolina, is n remarkable
place But one house has been DESTROYED
there ey IRE IN the pas, ninety years There
Is not one whiskcy shop nor bar room in the
place. Ii has but one lawyer, and he re.
Gently moved there
II spoonful ofycast will raise fiftv cents
worth of -four, how much will il take 10
raise funds enough to buy another barrel
WITH Answer may be handed over the
fence
tbs Ohio State Board Of Agriculture
have decided to locate the Ohio S,nte Fair
for the next two years NJ Mansfield The
iair will be held the ~ to the 9th of Sen.
tember. Increased premiums are to be
offered.
SINCE the beginning Of tho present Con.
gress, | ,Oi6 bills have been introduced in
the Senate, and $500 in the House. toceth.
| er with 26O joint resolutions The Presi-
dent has approved Of 1873
a Clergyman said, the other day. that
modern young ladies are not the daughters
OF Shem and Ham, but the daughters Of
Ham and Shame
| Col. !. r. CocKERILL. Of West Union.
ID. a. Russell. OF Pomeroy and Il. L. Nye.
OF Marietta have been appointed Cemmis.
sloners for separation and classification
OF the Morgan raid claims under the law
passed at the recent session of the General
Assembly.
A little boy out west, on examination
day, was asked What il the shane OF the
earthY The little fellow studied awhile and
then cried out; Round like store box
Two spunky Bangor girls treated an nm.
welcome and an impertinent adorer to a
feast OF rotten eggs. The girls saw no more
OF him. he interviewed his tailor instead
"What are You doing there?' said a gro
Ger to fellow who was stealing his lard
1 am getting fat." was the reply.
An ex-Tribune proofrcader savs II
/ Horace Greeley had written the inscrip.
ton on the wall in Babylon, Belshazzar
would have been a good deal more scared
than he was"
DR.. franklin when asked why itwa. that
butchers grew so rich while EDITORS were
/ poor, accounts for it from the fact that ev-
erybody has stomachs, while few had
brains.
DURNG the session of the Legislature
just closed, 6GS bills were introduced
| 426 in the House and 22O in the Senate
| There were also l39 joint resolutions offer
I e'i, and, OF these resolutions 10 were
senate resolutions. The expense Of the
/ Corcoran investigation was Sjgg.5S.-
| Thirty 1--WE witnesses were snhposnaed, and
allowed per diem at seventy-hve cents and
mileage at five cents on the way
A disciple Of total depravity has been
/ arrested IN GAINESVILLE for stealing and sell
ing m old iron the ratings around the
graves in the Quaker graveyard in that
city.
\ SKI Of resolutions adopted by the Leg
l stature Of West Virginia asking Con rres-
to provide for the improvement ofthe Ohio
River, were presented in the House, on the
9Th. They recite the fact of navigation
being INSTRUCTED at Zane's Island. and ask
for the construction OF a causwav across
the west branch Of the river from point
near lanes Island 10 the west bank of the
river in Belmont County, Ohio: the cause
way to he about the level OF high water