West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1878-06-15
NEWS AND NOTES.

SoUTu CAROLINA supplies nearly half
the rice p oduced in this country.
Georgia is next, or nearly seven million
pounds ahead of Louisiana. Nearly all
our rice comes from these three States.
HoLTUM, Il Dane, is exhibiting mar
velous leats of strength in London. He
can pick up two weights of two hundred
and fifty pounds each, and Holtum out
at arms length.
WHAT is the difference between a
policeman and chunk of flesh wo-
man gougcs out of her hand while can
ming iruitY Ans. One is n prescrver of
the peace, and the other is piece of the
preServcr. Men have been assassinated
for less crime than this
THE State Penitentiary at Joliet.
where n convict was recently gagged To
death, is, according to the best prison
authorities of the country, one of the
best-managed institutions of the kind in
the Unit d States. The murder was
committed under the direction of the
prison doctors
THE latest triumph OF Partisan novelty
is an Exhibition bouquet" tiny arti-
fetal rose To be worn i'm the buttonhole,
with n crystal dewdrop ON one of the
! etals, and on looking into the dewdrop
miniature view of the Exhibition is
discovered.
lr Is not considered proper in fashion
able society in Paris To break an egg
with n knife. The proper method is to
break the shell at one end with spoon.
In the United States the object of break
ing an egg is To eat it, and there is no
law against adopting any method that
one pleases.
BY an error of the press the London
Ectectjc ReUieIO was advertised the other
day az the Epileptic Review, and on in
quiry for il at booksellers shop, the
bibliopole replied that he knew of no
periodical called the Epileptic Review,
though there might be such publica-
tion coming out by fits and starts.
THE chinchona bug is the last pest. 1t
has been ravagiDg Javanese plantations,
and also las n ta,to for tea. IL saps the
chinchoua bark and the leaves wither
and die. Quinine is frightfully dear al
ready, and If this bug gets the upper
hand it will be quite beyond the reach
of the million.
BEWARE Of counterfeits" is an in
junction that should be needed Just now,
particularly in the West, where an inn
mensc number of bogus silver dollars
are in circu alton. They are made OF
block tn, bismuth, and pulverized glass
They are said to indicate exactly the
true color and ring, and are about right
in weight. albany argus.
THE mining and manufacturing of
the phosphate rock i'm South Carolina
has become one of the leading and most
important interests of the State. From
small beginning- the shipment and
manufacture has risen in nine years To
the large amount of 1879, ,0sG tons in 1877
7S, of which 1896 were shipped To
foreign ports, Ga, 4S6 tons coastwise, and
1868 tons were consumed by home
manufacturers
In Cincinnati, a Mrs. Hennig, while
crossing Pearl Street, near Eggleston
Avenue, was struck senseless by a missile
that made flesh wound extending from
her right temple around TO her fore
head. IL was thought at first that she
had been shot by stray ball from an
air-gun, but the theory was aftrrward
broached that one side of small peb-
BILE, heavily pressed on by the outside
rim OF passing street car wheel, was
propelled after the fashion of n wet
watermelon seed between the thumb
and forefinger, with force sufficient TO
cause the damage AZ described.
THERE is a church built of paper near
Berlin. Prussia, which can contain
nearly one thousand persons. II is cir
cular within, octapOnal without. The
reliefs outside and statues within, the
roof, ceiling, the Corinthian capitals,
are all paper mache, rendered water
proof by saturating in vitrioI, lime water,
whey, and white of eggs When we
think Of Il psalm sung by thousand
voices pealing through splendid edihce
made Of old rags, we feel as though we
had lost the right to be surprised at any
future achievements of science and art
A VERY singular murder was recently
committed at Callian, in the Bombay
Presidency. a respectable Bunnya drove
out IN his bullock cart TO collect debis
in the neighboring villages. In the
afternoon the cart and bullOcks returned
and stopped at the Bunnyas house. The
Bunnya was seated in front with the
reins in his hands. His wife and family
saw him arrive, and after waiting some
time wondered why he did not enter the
house. They went out 20 speak 10 n m
and found his dead body tied and the
reins fastened 10 his hands. There
were marks Of violence on the BODY
which leave no doubt that he was muir
dered