West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1878-02-23

I'uhu IN lhls issue OF the ARGUS
Pref, Ross and John c. Murdoch were
over to Aurora last Saturday.
Wenoticed Mr.. A II. Fcarer. Of Glade
Farms, this county, in town last Mon
day.
The terminus OF the second division OF
the BALTIC. Il Ohio II. r. is to be at Pied-
mont again where it should have always
been.
This Office received another supply OF
job printing material this week, and now
facilities for job work are seldom sur.
passed by any country Office.
We received a letter from our Portland
correspondent last week. but not until
our forms were ready for the press. 1t
was post marked the lI,h and reached
us on the l5th-four days for lettor to
travel from Portland to Kingwood.
The Fairmont H.dcc published, last
week, the deserved complimentary
notices it received from the press Ct the
state on celebrating its entrance upon its
sixth volume. The Iader Is a well ed
tied paper and deserving OF every hand
some complimentiI received.
We are in receipt Of the Matrimonial
news, a journal devoted to love. court
ship and marriage, published at v ills
Transport, Pa. Its columns arc filled with
matter which would no doubt interest
all who arc interested in the subject sug-
gested by the name OF tho paper. 1t also
contains many Matrimonial advertis-
ments, and is well worth the subscrip-
ton price, scents year. Address, Alem
b. Tate, Williamsport, Pa.
This Office is supplied with every
needed facility for the execution of ali
kinds Of job printing. Prices as low as
those of any city Office.
Prof. #. b. Ross, who has been in
hingwood during the winter, giving les
sons in penmanship, left this place last
Monday for Newburg where he expects
to form another class. The Professor is
splendid teacher, and no less gentle
man, and may he meet with success.
Colonel w. II. Royce, the well known
insurance man, has been engaged by the
Home insurance company, of Columbus.
O, as their state agent for Indiana. Mr..
Royce is we'll known in this city, and *
acknowledged TO he the equal, if not the
superior, of any insurance man i'm the
state, and the Sentinel is sure the Home
will never regret having made him their
agent Indianapolis Sentinel.
DR.. T. b. Semans, late of this place.
met with an accident lately. He was on
horseback when the horse stumbled and
fell, throwing tho DR.. 10 the ground. and
like Jill, the horse came "tumblinp ar-
ter" falling on his rider. DR.. got out of
the scrspe with a broken thumb and sew
eral severe bruises.-Clarksburg Tele-
gram.
We would call tho attention of our
city fathers 10 the fact that the corpora
ton has property, somewhere, known as
fire ladders; but if they we're needed, in
case of fire, no one would know where
to look for them, These ladders, wher-
ever they are, belong to tie town and
should remain in the places designated
for them by the town council.
We desire to call the attention OF the
public to the fact that we have added.
during the last few days, large lot OF
plain and fancy job type to our job prin-
ting department, and are prepared to do
job printing Of all kinds i'm the best STYLE
and at city prices. Give us call and
be convinced that wO 90 nothing but
good work.
We have lately received copy of
Wsbster's unabridged Dictionary. from
g. q &. Merriam, Springfield Mass. IL
is acknowledged to be one of the most
complete dictionaries Of the English
language, containing One-ffth more
matter than any other published. in the
compilation Of this work tho author not
only wreathed immortality around his
name, but gave TO the English-speaking
world work which shall be ~ a prec-
ious monument to his memory for agesl
BISHOPS or THE M. +. CHURcg.
SOUTH" 2 Steel Engraving of Bishops
Paine, Pierce, Wightman, Kavanaugh,
Doggett, McTyeire, Marvin and Keener:
size for framing lGx2O inches. price 81;
also separate engraving of Bishop Mar
win for framing, size lIxl4 inches. price
90 cents. EG-AGENTs WANTED eve
erywhere to sell those splendid portraits.
Send price named for sample copy OF oil.
Their, or both, with terms to agents. Adj
dress THE ADVOCATE PuBLIsrrrNS
HOUSE, st. Louis, Mo.
Would 10 not be we'll for the people of
KinEwood, by voluntary contribution. TO
invest fin a fire bell2 Surely tho money
spent in an enterprise Of this kind would
be well invested. It could be put up at
some convenient point in town, and it,
timely sounding by some one who might
first discover a fire, if 30 should bo i'm the
night time, might bo the neaus Of call,
ing out a sufficient force i'm time TO oztin-
guish the flames and save building. IN
not the greater portion Of the town. The
need Of a fire alarm, Of some kind was
felt last sunday morning, when % single
individual had To- CRY "Gre.n kick against
doors and ring door bells, in order TO
get any one out; and then, many persons
didn't know there had been fire in town
until late i'm the afternoon,
We shall be glad to publish the opin-
ions Of any Of our citizens upon this sub
isct