West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1877-10-20

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ten years. That explains these long
trains and setback bonnets,
The style of the linen collar has chang
ed again. There's no use try ing TO get
into a aouSe through a window or crawl =
/ ing through the cracks OF rau fence
now.
Judge Berkshire was out hunt ing one
day last week and came back to town
with a fine lot Of squirrels aud pleas
ant or TWO.
Who will get US up club at Howes-
ville9 There are quite number OF
good Democrats in that region who should
take the ARG Is.
The masons have commenced dress
! ing stone for the foundation Of the new
| NJ. l.. church. The Couudsti0n will be
completed this Fall end the brick work
commea ced in the Spring.
1t Is stated by Pittsburgh physician
| that diphtheria is not a conta SioUs dis
ease. and that il never attacks child
whose system is not depressed by bad
health or by exposure To cold or damp
ness.
We hope that our subscribers through
out the county will pay some attention TO
| the Y In ely find after their names. In
putting that Y there we mean business.
We also have number of subscribers in
town who have not responded.
A daughter Of George Dewitt, of Port.
land district, had her right hand caught
! i'm cane IN III on Wednesday, Of last
week. DR.. Fogle, of Portland, was call
ed To ress the hand, and found the ana
putatiou of the thumb aud ths tn ri aud
fourth fingers was neeess ,ry and accord
ingly the operation was performed.
Miss jennie Cox Is teaching private
sch pol at tine residence of Mr.. Henry
Copeman, near town She teaches Eng
man; also all kinds OF fancy work at the
very lowest prices. She solicits a share
of the public patronage.
Mr.. Cunningham, the temperance
lecturer, of Wher ling, delivered IA lee
ture on last Tuesday evening at the Court
| House. The lecture was we'll received
| by the large audience, and no doubt ii
will be the result of much good. MIR.
| Cunningham is clear and forcible
speaker.
x- Henry Cunningham is still pro
| pared to deliver coal from the Martin
mine at ne very lowest figures and at
the shortest notice. Everybody knows
/ Henry and they know him To bea square
fellow 10 deal with, and that he will not
be uudersold' ..F.
| We call the attention of our Democrat
ic friends To tho roll of honor which we
| publish this week. We should like to
place upon this roll the name of every
! Democrat i'm Preston county. We hope
that our friends throughout the county
will do VIVA. they can to assist us in plac
| ing the ARGUS i'm every Democratic
family H. the county. Send i'm your sub
scriptions and don't allow US 20 publish
such roll of honor next week AZ we are
compelled TO publish this week.
A legal gentleman, of Kingwood, wants
Mr.. Fortney to- make "a painting of one of
our courts-hnlfa dozen lawyers address
ing the Judge AT the same time, and the
8 'yenCh lawyer han ling in AL armful OF
chancery papers.
PHIoMATHEAN LITERARY SOCIETY,"
The following is the programme for next
Monday night: Debate Question; Re
SOIUed, III hat the virtues of our Puritan
fathers has been ove-estimated'
Affirmative Vim. 81. Brown, Jr. ard
Chas' T. Brown.
Negative-J. II. Holt and VIM. NJ. o.
| Dawson.
Select Reading j. Il. Payne.
Roll or HoNoR-We acknowledge
the receipt of subscriptions from the fol o
| lowing parties, since our last issue:
Jon athan Loar, Henry Albright. Geo.
| Maust.
The temperance wave has struck
Kingwood again. Mr.. Cunningham, of
Wheeling delivered his second lectur O
! Wednesday night Over sixty persons
signed the pledge and went home happy.
Another meeting will be held this Thurs
day. evening, ard Hon. Waitman II.
Wiley and other eminent speakers are
expected 10 address the meeting.