West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1878-05-04

Ee-rhoS. J. Nimmo. sculptor and
photographer, has opened his rooms in
VOLTS now building where he is pre-
\ pared 10 40 all kinds OF work known 70
/ the art
! The price of sugar will be very high
this summer. Ii generally is when there
is large fruit crop, there being such
large quantity of it used for preparing
/ the fruits for winter use.
! Mr.. Jno. J. Cooke, of Housewife,
gave us pleasant call on Wednesday.
| He informs us that the Roman Catholic
church near that place will be ready for
the dcdicatory services some time during
the month OF July.
! 1t is a settled fact that Morgautowu
will get their new railroad, and, this in
connection with the river which will bo
navigahle as soon as they gee the slack
water, will make Morgantown one OF the
most prosperous towns in tho state.
During Thursday and Friday of this
week. We printed 400 large date -posters,
for Old John Robinson. His agent Mr..
Joseph, expressed himself highly pleased
with the job. our facilities Tor poster
printing are not eNcellcd in the State.
We had a dream the other night and it
WAS to this eject, that our Office was not
to bc hoHorci by the presence of loafcrs
hereafter. We cannot express how re-.
hcred we felt when we awoke aud had
fully realized that it WAS only dream.
Tho Wheeling Sunday Lcodc7,, i'm
supplement to its last issue, give the
opinions OF the state papers on the Vir-
ginii debt, We notice enc editorial
credited to the Phihppi I2aUttcalcr. II
Piantdedier stole the greater portion OF
that article from the ARGUS VIII the
editor come out add acknowledge it.
Samuel :. lille. of Rockingham coun-
~, Va, arrived ia town Wednesday
evening. MIR HE is iirst~claSs brick
layer and has been engaged 10y McCaf-
ferty & Co. TO work ON the new NJ.
church this summer. Mr.. ). was in
Kingwood for some time last fall.
The Clarksburg Ne,cs seems To be the
leading newspaper Of Harrison county.
II is ably edited shows skill and ability
in its editorial makeup and has large
advertising patronage. We arc OF the
opinion that it has the largest circulation
of any paper published in Harrison
county.
List of letters remaining uncallcd Cor
in the Post once, a: Kiugwood, April 10 !
1878;
Howard Hufer, 5. c. Bosley NJ D..
Mrs. DR.. Charles Donaldson, S.uthcr |
Cromwell
Persons calling for tho above letters |
will please state that they were adver-
tised.
We notice that several OF our exchanges |
think that emigrants could do better by 4
coming 20 West Virginia and settling on
farms than by going West To sottlc. We I
are ofthe same opinion, and there are
thousands of acres of good land a. this /
county, suitable for either farming or
grazing purposes, which can bc pur.
chased cheap. A. To. the healthfulnCss of /
the climate here we will state that there
is not more healthy set of people to be |
found anywhere than those residing here.
The Clarksburg N5ws says that Mr.. |
Robert j. Crisis, OF that place has on cx-
hibition at his drug store a full developed .
pig that has two sepcrate and distinct
bodies, well de vcloped, eight logs two
tails, one head, four ears, two tongues.
and two palatCs. lie obtained the pig Of /
Mr.. Otho Madden, who lives near Ium-
berpOrt. The animal WAS dead when
found, its mother having laid Cd it.
Quite an excitement prevails mt Iron
town, Preston county, caused by the up
pearanco Of Il man who has been dead
three years. He can be seen through the
window in the house where he died. lie
was only visible through one light Of
the window and when that light was
broken out ho appeared ut another. He
has been seen by hundreds Of people
and they are coming from near and far
to sec the strange app%rition.- Richie .
Democrat,
a Touring mill in kingwood would be
a benefit 10 the prOprictor., to tho farmers
and 10 the community generally. II
makes no difference how much wheat IL
raised in this vicinity the citizens viii /.
send away for flour. merely because
there is no mill at this place % grind the
wheat when our farmers do raise IL.
We know that the present b. poor timo
10 invest money in manufacturing on
trrpIsca but wo feel confident there
would Do 40 risk 70 run i'm this
We will voutaro tho assertion lhl,
there are moro improvements now g.
progress here in the shape of nov build
lngs than any othor town ia proportion
30 the population in the State. Not a