West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1879-04-05


favorable recommendation from the
Committee on Epidemic Diseases. II pro-
Nides Tor an appropriation OF three hundred
thousand dollars TO experiment with the
Gamgee patent refrigerator ship, which, il !
is claitned, will cause sufficient artificial
cold to freeze out yellow fever or any other
contagious disease ut quarantine. Experts
all agree that cold destroys the germs of
disease, which IL is now feared may again
a1lict the South during the coming season.
IL is believed that artificial cold can be so
RAPIDLY produced that three thousand ton
ship may be thoroughly disinfected within
six hours.
Kingston, Jamaica, dispatch says
The British steamer Bolivar, Captain
Doherty, plying between Liverpool and
ST. Thomas, came in collision with
the Haytien steamer Michel The latter
was sunk and sixty persons drowned........
The oil producing regions OF Ohio and
Pennsylvania will be interested in the
report that rich petroleum spring has
heen discovered in Galacia, a province OF
the Austro'Hungarian Empire. Up TO the
present time the petroleum supplies OF the
Gillette dyn0sties have come from the United
States.
At the division OF the profits Of the late
international walking match in New York,
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to general expectation, O'Leary was left
outin the cold entirely, and will not receive
the $1,000 which was originally promised
him. Hartman refused absolutely to allow
him cent. Ennis was willing that he
should get 200 if the other two were. but
the little Englishman, Rowell, would not
commit himself in any way, and finally En-
ms and Hartman voted no. The amount
divided was $i0,7966l, Rowell gets 1918,
1881 Ennis, S1l ,03SaS; Walton, Harri.
mans hacker, $3,670,66; Hartman, the
same amount; Kelly, for his services as
manager, 5000. and 80, 900 are left in bank
TO provide against contin gencies RowelI,
Ennis and Mr. Atkinson visited the Stock
exchange, and received an enthusiasts
ovation at the hands Of the bulls nd beorc
IA terrible powder explosion occurred
rev days ago, at the Pottsville ColIiery.
operated by the Philadelphia and Readinr
Coal and Iron Company, by which two men
were instantly killed and four others more
or less injured. The particulars are: For
some time past men had been engaged in
driving tunnels in this shaft to reach the
mammoth vein which underlies the presen,
workings. While at work preparing a blast
the drill struck a spark from the ainty
rock through which the men were WORKING.
thereby igniting large quantity OF dyna.
mite powder, causing a terrible explosion,
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Muiherrin and Lewis Murray, and manglinp
their bodies in fearful manner. w. II
murray, one OF the contractors was so
badly injured that his recovery was re.
garded as impossible. John Bowers, George
Schum and James Smith were all Injured
nut VIII recover. The two men killed leave
large iamilies......N News from Calhoun
County, w. Va, from a reliable source dis
closes sensational scene not often on tho
bllis IN calhoun. A few days since the news
was received that citizen of Leather
Greek, that county, whose name is moi
given, had beaten his wife in such terrible
manner rs to bring about miscarriage and
leopardize her life. He was arrested and
taken before Justice of the Peace, where
ne was admitted to bail in the sum of $500
toanswer indictment, and allowed 10 do
dart. he had just got home when a Com.
mittee OF citizens arrived, who took him "a
the woods, where they stripped him and
gave ham a coat of tar and feathers. He
was then allowed to depart, which he i'm.
medIately ana, and has not been seen'sInce
...,.A AT Kansas City, few mornings since.
Mrs. terguson,'w wife of w. A. Ferguson.
who is brother-in-aw to Chief of Police
Speers, committed suicide in the presence
Of her children by cutting her throat with
AcommOn case knife. She had been laborinp
some time under the hallucination that she
was to be arrested, and told her husband
she lelt bad IN the head, and wanted some
medicine. AS soon as he left the room she
TOOK the knife and killed herself . Surro.
gate Colyin has rendered his decision in
the aoderBht VIII case, aud he adds that
me on Commodore was perfectly sane
when he made his last will ard testament.
In he course or his long opinion. which
contains the reasons of his conclusion. no
administers to the contestants n scatbing
rebuke Tor dragging the old mans infirmi
ties before the world, and exposing so much
Of their family history which should have
peen Kept profound secret. In conclud.
ing his decision, the Surrogate saws: al
am OF opinion that probate of the will and
roaicll should in all things he confirmed.
let form OF decision or decree be pre.
sented for settlement and signature on two
days notice"
clean sweep was made Of the banks AZ
New Orleans, the other day. The people
got crazy, and went for their money, and
sixteen Of the moneyed institutions put up
'heir shutters aud went into state of
suspension. 1t was alleged by the bankers
that the suspension was only temporary.
ana the banks would reopen in about ten
days, The officers OF banks Of New York
anp -. Louis stated that they would be
out little affected by the temporary panic
anH Suppression There was not as much
exchement on Change in those cities ms
was anticipated.
A New York paper says that Mrs. Brooks
1890 "NNAftitrHJ whose mead OF
" Iolanthe " created so great a sensation in
the Centennial Exposition, has come 70
grief Recently she arrived from Europe in
the steerage Of the steamship Germauic, and
might have done 20 unknown had not a
DoE, which was part Of her luggage, been
detained for duty. When opened il was
found to contain plaster figure, and the
story was developed that when Mrs. Brooks
reacued Paris with her butter head il was
TOO lste 70 place it on exhibition. Since
men she has been studying under some of
the best Partisan scuIptors and the plaster
hgure was the result Of her labor. But her
money had become exhausted, and she was
compelled 20 return to her native land ip
me humble seclusiOn Of the steerage
Here, surely, suggests the New York ~
pres, ~ case which should attract the
attention Of some philanthropio art lover.
ms woman has talent and pluck. for a
woman who, as she did, modelled the head
~ Dc loianthe ON a kitchen table, wav out
loo Arkansas, and travelled two thousand
miles 70 put her work on exhibition thar
me world might see what she had done. h
nor % woman who will be easily deferred.
Tho expenses Of the last international
Exposition were $1,000 900 francs receipts.
tI,oo0010 francs ....h tornado al Muedge.
Vile, Ca swept away Oconee Bridge. de.