West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1878-11-02

! promises worth any how.
: Try the ARGUs four months, only Of
ty cents.
Norgantown is to have two new news
papers, according to the Dominion
Improvement is tho watch word Of the
day i'm Kingwood.
Miss Rachel Crcsap's select school
closed on last Friday, with picnic.
Read the communications in this is
sue. We like TO get sprightly letters
from all parts of the county.
Sherifs are out collecting taxes. See
their notices, and mark that the law al
lows discount or2l per cont. for cash.
We had pleasant call from Mr.. w. r,
Loar the enterprising mcrchant,of Reeds
Vile last Tuesday.
Mr.. Cephas Jacobs and daughter Jen>
ME, who have been visiting Mrs. Raven
scrafts returned homo Monday.
An exchang says the man who was to
publish paper that was to please every
body, fell out OF Noah's ark and died.
Geo. 8. Martin, Esq, of West Union,
Doddridge county, was visiting relatives
in town, this week.
Charlie Corbin. of the Corbin House,
was confined TO his room with sickness,
this week.
Owing to the crowded condition of our
columns we were compelled to cut down
several of our communications.
Tho Ladies' Mite Society will meet on
Friday night at the residence Of Robert
McCanorty, Esq.
Reason Swearingcn nnd Henry Cun~
ninghnm are working at Franklin fur
mace.
Why docs the regular dead beat, old
bore prefer printing Office 10 any other
place in which 20 Ioaf7
Mrs. Joseph Jackson and son, Dolphic,
returned on Saturday from visit to Yir-
ginia.
John r. Klausor Esq, has sold his
English Twist shot gun to VIM. c.
Brown, Jr.
Nimmo cnlarges small pictures and
colors them, i'm water colors or pastilc, at
prices TO suit the times.
Mr.. a. r. Holt of this town, showed us
this week, stalk Of cabbage grown i'm
his lot, that contained nine perfectly
formed heads.
rio Elmo ~ ,.,o, To. ,,,.;., ,,.-;,,
when man can have the consoIing
thought, That he can get quart Of soup
and three little oysters in it for 30 cents.
All persons wanting pictures, should
call at once at Nimmo's gallery and got
them taken. Ho will not remain much
longer in K'ng@ood.
Tho railroad leading from Grafton 10
Parkersburg is 50 crooked that they
have to put ajockcystick between the
| engine and caboose, TO keep the engine
| from crowding the caboosc of tho track,
An old man whose name VIC did not
| learn was icrked from the sidewalk i'm
font OF Bishops store, by his horse roar
inI, and had his leg and finger badly
hurt, Saturday last.
Ask your neighbor to subscribe for Tn
| ARGUS. 1t contains more reading mat
ter and news of general interest than any
other paper in Preston county, and only
costs 81 50.
Mr. John Calvert left on Wednesday
for Green Co., Pa, where DO expects TO
remain all winter. John is a splendid
fellow and VIC arc sorry to be without
him. lie viii be back in the Spring.
Rev. II O. Blayney and family return
cd on Friday from six weeks visit to
West Alexander Mr.. Blaynoy was also
ia attendance ut the meeting of the Syn
Cd at McKoesport Pa.
What IS an editor2 An oditors business
is 10 write oditorials. grind out poetry
sort manuscripts, keep mighty big
waste basket. steal matter, eight othor
peoples battles, talso white beans and
apple sass for pay whom he can got It,,
work nineteen hours out Of twenty-four,
and bo damned by everybody
Jake Kiger and VIII Chadwick giggcd
so fish Tuesday night and MiItProtz-
man, Scott Reed and joe Watts He'd q
salmon Same night that wei ghod Us
pounds. Milt spoarod the beauty and
Scott tolls how it was done -MJy10n
f0tCn Post
Tho weapon known as the fuger-sliug
IS becoming nuisance in our town.
window panes, chickens, etc., have suf
fcred by these slin0s long time, and wc
notice some Of the boys shooting at on,
another. We think 10 about time tho
proper authorities woie seeing Cha, Chi.
thing is stopped
We think wo owe tho readers of Oh.
ARGUS am apology for tho bad print %
our last issue. 10 WIS caused bv 20 ba,
roller. and not having time to get new