West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1878-07-20

! Mr.. James l.. Stone, of the American
House, has purchased fine new spring
wagon.
We have received several communica>
! tons which wo are unable to publish
! this week
The weather this week was very severe
on tho mechanics working upon the new
buildings.
Miss Juliet McC lure. Of Wheeling, was
visiting Miss Genie Bishop, of King
wood, this week.
"LongSellow, or some other fellow. OF
Fellowsville," sends us poem which
we publish this week.
Nine Y eight degrees in the shade -
has been the answer this week TO the
! question, ''what does the thermometer
say?'
A very small number Of country peo-
pie were i'm town this week and the mer-
chants report business as being extreme,
ly dun.
Miss Dora Crane, of Portland, who has
been visiting friends i'm Kingwood for
several days, returned home Wednesday
| afternoon.
Send us in what you are owing us.
| The weather is not so hot but that we
Will manage to receive ii and give you
! proper credit for the Same.
Mr. Harry Souders, who has boon Wis
ting his sister. Mrs j. X. Klauser. for a
few weeks, lett for his home at Martins
Ferry, Ohio, this morning.
! Miss Sample FERGUSON, who has been
visiting Hon. c. NJ. Bishops, returned
| to Wheeling on Tuesday, ACCOMPANIED
| by Miss Taylor, Of the Female College
Even the moon INDUCES i'm intempcr~
dnce. 1t gets full once a month. How
would it do for the temperance people to
look after 1t and have it sign the Murphy
pledge2
We direct the attention of our readers
to the advertisements Of the West Viz
giuia University and the Wheeling Fe>
male College. They are both first-class
! institutions
We are under obligations to Rev. f. V.
| n. Painter, of Salem, Va, for n catalogue
of Roanoke College, of that place. BY
RETIRING to the catalogue il will be SEQ n
that tho college is I'm a hourishing condi
| ton.
Newspaper men ought to get rich now
a~days. We received a proposition this
week from the Empire City Advertising
Company, of New York, to do twenty
dollars worth Of advertising Tor four dol
lars aud fifty cents.
The Journal boys broke their newspa-
per press thursday night, and it will
| have TO be sent 10 the mandatory before
it can be repaired. Sorry she had such
| bad luck. The use Of our press is ten
dered them as long as they have occasion
to use It,
We have received a copy Of the Wheel
! ing Weekly Leader, new paper just
started at Wheeling. It is well filed
| with reading matter, not containing a
! single advertisement and is a sp' endid
fsmily newspaper. Wo will send it and
/ the ARGUS ono year for two dollars.
Mr.. Klauser, of this office. has had a
slieh attack Of typhoid fever this week
and all tho work has been thrown onto
the shoulders Of the devil and ourself
and taking into consideration the heat,
which has been simply frightful, we have
not been able to pay as much attention
to the paper this week as IL should have
received.
We have received tho following from
I Rev. Weaver, Of the MasontOwn circuit
which We are requested 20 publish:
"There will be meeting on the camp
ground, two miles north Of Turuelton,
/ Saturday, July ~, for the purpose OF
| clearing of the grounds. Tent-hOlders
and all others Interested will please bc
| present To- aid in the work"
"Tho fall Of Damascus" by Charles
Wells Russell, Is highly creditable md
unusually meritorious production, Civ
ing us foreshadowing Of tho fact that
the author has tho ability to become one
Of the leading novolists Of tho United
States The plot ofthe story, condensed
into few words, relates to tho sdven
lures If one young man who ultimately
does much in a heroic way to save and
assist noiRhbors. and to furnish means
for worthy withstsnding against tho
Saracens. There are counterplots Of low
ing, temptation, trial, deception, seeming
apostacy but real virtue, and finally
great heroic bearing. Jonas, the hero,
is loved by an ambitious woman. and
loves on his part a daughter Of the Ems
peror Heraclus, She however. not being
known ne such, Early IN the story he
saves her honor, and late in the story he
receives hen as his reward The MORT oil
this work is unquostionablo; tho details
Of the story show thorough familiarity
with the subject the diction frequently
rises TO real power and eloquenco. while
the characters, though humorous. are
strongly drawn and clearly individual
lied. 12mo, Cloth: Prioo, SlSo. Ice &
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