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West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1880-11-06

Mrs. Mary Il Bryan, Of George. The
popular autDOr,ss, has been engaged 90
write story for the New York Weekly
IL IL enti.led"A STORMY WEDDING"
= I'D the opening chapters siil soon appear
ia tue columns Of Street u smith ~idoyl
cifCul ated paps-
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1880-11-06
KINGwooD. w. VA. NOV. 6. 1880
LOG A LIS.

Subscribe now,
Advertise in the ARGUS.
Blotters for sale cheap at this Office.
Renew your subscription al oIce.
ny 10 Yards Laurel d Muslin for 81
at VIM. b. Annans.
p. Lipscomb vas In Preston on business
Wednesday. II Pioneer.
Fresh oysters at Klsusers Saturday
evening.
Miss Hanah Brown of Tunueltou, was
in town Friday last.
r. b. Fogle keeps tho best coffee.
green or Drowned. for the least mccoy.
We noticed Assessor Thomas Fortnev
i'm town Tuesday.
&2-A splendid lot of goods for sale st
cost for cash at ID. II. Jacksons. [ocS0
Tho Sherirs arc making out the tax
receipts. You can expect a call soon.
Paper, envelopes and blotters for sale
at the. ARGUS Office cheap.
For a good job Of job printing leave
your orders at tho ARGUS office.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1880-11-06

Jno. Barton Payne and Tot Menear Of
Kingwood, and John 9. Herr Of Grafton.
were IN town several DAYS THE, and last
week, attending Circuit Court. Pioneer.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1880-11-06

And now Il IL that those who swine
arc eudeavoring to make them weigh
~ much a. possible and each one ex-
poets 90 have the heaviest.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1880-11-06

a large number of wild ducks have
been seen ok cheat river recently and
several have been killed.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1880-11-06

We arc glad TO notice Rev. Ora ham
who has been confined 10 his bed with
rheumatism for several days, on the
street again.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1880-11-06

Va Gail and examine ID. Y. Jsckson's
Iull stock OF goods before going olse-
where. Everything cheap Tor cash or
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1880-11-06

va Best dark calicos cents; good r
and o cents at VIM. b. Annan's. New
burg, w. Va.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1880-11-06

The ARGUS Is household necessity
Su nScribe at once. Only el.5O por year
or sl'OO Will pay for eight months.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1880-11-06

Ar. A. w. FIedrick called to see Ne
Thursday. He will teach the school at
GAINESVILLE the coming winter.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1880-11-06

RHf you want writing paper, envsl
opes, or hlOtting paper. call ia the Ar
GUS office and get supply at the! lowest
prices. IN
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1880-11-06

Dir. Cyrus woolf and wife, Of Preston
county, are visiting friends in this county.
-GPlsinGesler.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1880-11-06

Lee Cooper, of Klugwood, has been So
journ'ng with friends hereabouts for
several days. Post.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1880-11-06

The voters Of Barbour comfy. voted
for dogs In preference to sheer. 600 TJef-
fersonian.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1880-11-06
Just Received.

new stock OF clothing. boots. shoes
hats and caps at u. r.. JAcKsoW,s
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1880-11-06

RUNNER has il that James A. Brown
voted for Eanc c.. Bit we ont be.
lieve Il.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1880-11-06

We understand that apples intended
Tor winter us3 arc not keeping as they
should.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1880-11-06
BLAOKsMITHING .

Tho undersigned would respectfully
call tho attention ofthe people Of Port
land and vicinity, TO the fact that he
prepared to do any work boa his line ir
q good worn main ko manner, cheap Coi
cisi sr produce. u, J. MILLER.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1880-11-06

Clerk Ami artin has erected large
and commodious stab on his land adj,
joining Mr.. Hesrmans's.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1880-11-06

'paily except SUNDAY. tDaily. tDon't
stop here. Besides the above>named
trains there Is a WY Train with pass
enger car attached, that goes both east
and west daily, except Sunday.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1880-11-06

+S-Al Il kinds OF dry goods kept in
ID. X. JACRSON's.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1880-11-06

Dat business nov b-tvre tne publlc.
nHSR GOu can make muurg faster n
work for us ibsu rf ,r,ttisg
rlse. Cepilal not required. We will stayt
you. 10 p day aui upwards mad, a.
home by tho industrious Men. uor,.,
boys and grls waited every IN r,,l
for US. Now Is the time You ca "a.
vote your whole time to the work or oil,
your spare moments. No other bnsi,es,
vii. pay you nearly as well. M, one Iii
ing 20 work can fail 10 make epornn,,s
pay by engaging AZ once C0stIy on
'nd terms Tree Ag 20 opu.Gyrii.
making money easily nd tpun ally A
dress TRUg y Co, Augusta. dane
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1880-11-06

If you want paints of any kind go q
II. B Fogle and get them. aplO
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1880-11-06

Thos. Startzman OF Aurora WAS In town
Saturday. 1 Pioneer
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1880-11-06

Doc Hanway, OF Fellowsv.lle, was in
town on Sunday last.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1880-11-06

Va Fun stock OF groceries kept on
hand at ID. r.. Jacksons.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1880-11-06

There wero no services ia the NJ. f.
church sabbath evening last owing to tho
gas becoming defective.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1880-11-06

III you want oranges or lemons, 20 10
X. Is. Fogle's, Portland, and get them.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1880-11-06

Election day WAS beautiful, bright
day and the election passed Off very qdi>
city.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1880-11-06
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

To residents Of this ooirnty-One wear.
$50 Six months, 10; four months, so
fsuts
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1880-11-06

The following deeds hive been placed
upon record in the Count, Clerks OH, q
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-02-09
SAN FRANCISCO ITEMS.

From our San Francisco exchanges Of February Sth
Upon the telegraphing of an alarm to
the Central Station. Of the Fire Depart.
ment an automatic clock stops instantly
and the time is accurately recorded.
There was light export demand for
quicksilver at this port last month. The
receipts were 100 per cent. larger than the
shipments, and prices were heavy, espe-
cially towards the close of the month.
During the past week the number OF
deaths from all causes in this city was 95,
of which II were males and "a females.
The principal causes of death were
phthisis 10, pneumonia 9, cancer ), mani.
ton and intantile commissions 4.
The remains of the eleven Cinnamon
burnt at the wash house fire on Pine street
were buried yesterday afternoon at the ex.
pense of the Ming Yung Company, OF
which deceased were members. Each body
was placed in separate coffin, wrapped il
cloth, it being impossible to dress the
bodies.
The Bank Commissioners are preparing
sem-annual report, which Will be com.
pleted tomorrow or next day and forward.
ed to the Legs ature as required by law.
1t will be mainly statistical, showing the
condition of the various banks in the State
as determined by their official examination.
Among the passengers for Japan on the
City of Pekipg yesterday was Lowell
Mason, perhaps one of the most accom-.
plished and successful teachers of vocal
music in America. He is under engage.
ment by the japanese Government to di-
rect and superintend instruction in music
in the free Government schools there ON a
salary of Sc, COO Mr. Mason is regarded
as the father of public school singing in
New England, and has held for many years
the position of Musical Director in the
public schools Of Boston.
The records of Fire Marshal John L.
Durkee show that the losses in the city by
fire from the lst of July to the 3lst of De.
cember, 1879, or the first six months of the
accruing fiscal year, were $685. 56 OIL,
which was covered by insurance to the
amount of 81, 555, 800 6S. The adjusted
losses. or amount paid by the insurers, was
1913, 465 0S. The loss on buildings amount
ed to S47, 49l %. upon which there was al
insurance of 1854, 54I so. The loss on
contents of buildings footed up 500, 5G4 80
which were insured for S69l, 364 10. The
amounts paid by the underwriters on losses
were S33,006 p ON buildings and $50,
45S 81 ON contents.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-02-09

companies. The latter put the blood
money they are forced to pay to the
American steel rail makers into their
tariffs of fares and freights. The mon
strous impost Of SIS ton on steel rails is
so much sheer robbery Of. the shipper and
the traveller. The American steel manu-
facturers cannot begin to supply the de-
mand for steel rails. They cannot come
within nine hundred thousand tons of the
existing demand. But though they could
not supply more than one-tenth of the
market if foreign steel was abso.
lutely excluded, whoever buys for
eign steel rails is forced to pay
these imposters a commission of 300 per
cent. for no consideration whatever
Really, when we reflect upon the utterly
outrageous and iniquitous character of this
proceeding, it is difficult to retain any re-
spect for the boosted civilization and pro-
gress of the age, for it would puzzle any
one to discover in the records of the most
barbarous periods more fragrant exhibit
ton of ignorance, folly AMI injustice. The
railroads demand reduction of this most
unwarrantable tariff in the interests of
their customers, and public opinion de-
mands it in the name of the whole nation
1t is a naked robbery, an open obstruction
to enterprise, a tax upon transportation, a
plundering of the many fer the enrichment
OF handful who have no claim whatever
upon their fellows.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-02-09
THE TEEATgR QUESTION.

A correspondent thinks that there is a
great obstacle in the way of building new
theater namely, that in case that was
done, " the owners of the Metropolitan
g would be compelled to renovate it to
compete with the new one, and then
cit would be here as it is now in San Jose,
ga strong and bitter competition for
patronage" We are not alarmed by this
suggestion, and we do not recognize in it
an obstacle to the building of new theater.
The argument used by our correspondent,
if valid, would doom Sacramento forever
to the squalor and discomfort Of the old
theater, for it is perfectly clear that there
never could come time when it would not
apply as forcibly as now. If the argument
has any force, however, how is it that new
theaters or buildings of any kind liable
to competition ever get erected? But it
does not follow that if new theater
was built the owners of the old one
would be " compelled to renovate it. On
the contrary, if, as our correspondent
alleges, the result of such a course must be
to produce competition fatal to the profit
ableness of both theaters, it is evident that
this consideration alone would deter the
owners of the Metropolitan from inviting so
fatal competition, if they possessed any
business prudence. The competition spoken
of, moreover, need not be feared by the
owners of the new thcater. The very
reasons which we have already given for
building a new theater conclusively prove
the futility of any attempt to construct a
formidable competitor out of the old one.
The latter could not be so renovated as to
compete with new and commodlous
building. The new theater would secure
all the patronage, and very brief expert
ment in that direction would convince the
owners of the Metropolitan that they had
better convert the building to other and
more profitable uses. We believe that
if new theater is projected, the old one
will naturally and quietly be abandoned
for dramatic purposes, but whether it is
or not we are thoroughly convinced that a
new theater has nothing to apprchend from
any competition that old tumble down
barn can bring to bear. The thing to
do, for the interests of Sacramento, is to
build new, convenient, well situated and
handsome theater. No other scheme will
meet the requirements of the case. The
Metropolitan cannot be made to fill the
bill, not even by rebuilding it, and that
fact ought to convince the community that
there is really but one sensible and practical
course in the matter.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-02-09
A STATE DETECTIVE FORCE.

A circular has been published giving
reasons for the creation of State Con-
stabulary or Detective force. They are so
weighty that in our judgment they ought
to determine the matter. For example,
this circular gives a partial list of mur-
ders, highway robberies, incendiary fires,
burglaries, ETC., the perpetrators Of which
have not been captured, committed in the
State of California during the past four
years. And this list is appalling. In four
years there have been no less than seventy
nine UNPUBLISHED murders in California,
and in ffty-three cases the murderers were
and still are absolutely unknown. We do
not hesitate to affirm that this is the most
disgraceful exhibit ever made concerning
State having any pretensions to civiliza-
ton, and not cursed with customary feuds,
turbulent factions, civil war, OF an abnor-
mally quarrelsome people. II we hal been
infested by Thugs the list of mysterious
murders could hardly have been larger
than it is, and it is perfectly apparent
that the immunity attending these crimes
must have been primarily due to the want
OF police. In a great territory ike Cali
fornia the localities are few in which an
active man cannot, with little vigorous
exertion, place himself in few hours
beyond the reach of tie county or mu.
nieipal authorities, and whenever this
happens the chances OF ultimate
escape are very great, because the local
officers are seldom able to keep up pur-
suit OF the criminal The result Of this
defective executive machinery is that the
ends of justice. are practically dependent
upon promptuess Of arrest which Is very
unlikely to be possible, since criminals Go
not usually perpetrate crimes in the pres.
ence of the officers. But it is not only in
the case OF homicides that better police
service is needed During the four years
last past there have been rs successful
stage robberies, and in several of them the
thieves got away with large booties. The
worst of the whole series was that of last
September, when the stage from Moore's
Flat to Nevada City was robbed of 81, 200,
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-02-09
PRACTICAL HINTS.

John Bright is of opinion that cruelty tc
dumb animals begets cruelty to our OWL
species, and says that if he were school.
teacher he would make it ga veryimportant
part of his business to teach children to
| be kind to all animals.
Students who use newspapers as sup.
| plements to their histories and geogra
plies are well informed of the discovery Of
the sources Of the Nile and the Congo Oh
Livingstone Now it is reported from
Paris that two Frenc5 explorers discovered
the sources OF the river Niger some time
in last September.
Professor w. n. Payne, of the Chair Of
Pedagogics in Michigan University, says
"He who secures uniformity, accuracy anG
harmony in complicated industrial pro
cess. imparts additional value to the
product OF each mans toll. Superintend
ence is therefore not only necessity, bat
il is the highest and most productive form
OF labor"
Professor Ward, OF Kansas State Agri
cultural College, says: 8. Reading Is some
thing more than the ability to pronounce
words at sight. He only reads who is able
to comprehend the thought that is pre-
scented en- the printed page as readily and
as clearly as he does when it is enumerated
By an animated speaker. He has not YET
learned to read who cannot at a glance
comprehend the sense of sentence as soon
as his eye takes in the words OF course,
this applies only to subjects with which
one is familiar, and to thoughts expressed
by words whose meaning is known"
The eminent English astronomer, Mr..
Proctor, III his recent lecture in Newly ork
city. SAID that if the earth is regarded as a
globe of one inch diameter, the sun should
be regarded as Globe OF three yards diam.
eter, and the distance between them $40
yards. The difficulty of measuring the dis
lance OF the earth from the sun may be
appreciated by supposing it were attempted
to measure the distance between these two
globes by triangulaiicn from the smaller
one. On the same scale the span of the
solar system would be about lO5 miles.
The illustration was modified substantially
thus: Let l-inch globe represent the sun,
and by this scale the earth should be rep
resented by a tiny grain, l-l00 of an inch
in diameter, the distance betv cen them
represented by three yards, and the span
of the solar system $50 yards.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-02-09
TIE STEEL RAIL ISSUE.

The characteristics impudence of the
vampires who suck the e-blood of the
nation under the pretense of protection
" to native industry" was again illustrated
at Washington the other day, before the
House Ways and Means Committee, in the
examination OF the steel rail question. The
President of the Bessener Steel Associa-
ton was before the committee, and init
mated that "there was an association in
90 England formed to influence our tariff on
"steel rails" He also asserted that Amer
lean railroad companies made no demand
for reduction of the tariff. but this state
meut the Chairman denied, saying that
'sthe railroad companies in all parts
.sof tie United States, all the
.'Pacifc companies, all the South
Germ companies, and some of the
{. Northern and Eastern roads, had send
memorials desiring a reduction of the
tariff" The argument for the extortioners
was made by Emory A. Storrs, who de-
'snied that the resolution was sought in
"the interest OF railroad companies. !"
Mr.. Sterrs might make that denial with a
tolerab,y clear conscience. The resolution
is not sought in the interest of the rail-
read companies, but in the interest of the
people of the United States. It is the
people who pay the tariff, not the railroad
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-02-09
MILK DIET IN HEART DISEASE.

Nj. See, in his book ON the treatment and
diagnosis of heart disease, regards milk as
powerful diuretic. He does not approve
of exclusive milk diet, which, in his opin-
ion, reduces the patient to a state of ex-
IRENE inaction, but prescribes a mixed
milk diet of about two iters and half of
milk per diem added to the patients usual
food. This does not in the least interfere
with the diuretic effects of the milk. These
effects must not be attributed merely to
the water contained III the milk, as has
been supposed by some authors, because
the same quantity of pure water would in
no wise produce the same results. It is eyi.
dent, therefore, that only the sugar and salts
possess the diuretic properties. their action
being similar to that produced by salts OF
potash and soda by their osmotic power
These diuretic properties seem to be much
more powerful than when the milk has not
been boiled II should, therefore, be taken
unboiled, and fresh from the COW if posi-
bic, or at least lukewarm, rs cold milk
does not act In the same way. It seems as
if boiling the milk destroyed these proper
ties; nevertheless, it must never be forgot
ten that some patients can digest milk
only when boiled, so that the rule is not
without exception. Another curious point
in the action Of milk is that it is equally
powerful in cases where the cardiac affec-
ton is not combined with dropsy. NJ. See
has often observed that patients who either
no, longer suffered from dropsy, or never
had suffered from it, were extremely bene-
fitted by mixed milk diet. The action
of the heart became much calmer and
more regular and the palpitations disap-
peared altogether.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-02-09
TIE OAKLAND TRAGEDY.

That was a frightful occurrence in Oak
land on Saturday, when a bar.roon fight
resulted in the slaughter of poor woman
who happened to be passing along the
street outside, and who was shot dead by
a stray ball issuing from the saloon. The
most horrible feature of the case was the
circumstance that the victim was about to
become mother, and that thus the bullet
destroyed two lives at one stroke. The
brutal drunkard who was the primary
cause OF this h;deous deed, though he
does not appear to have fired the shot
himself, was no doubt one of that
class of reckless men who think it
manly to carry pistol, and thus
to give themselves the best possible
opportunities of committing murder on
the slightest provocation. II, how
ever, innocent passengers are liable to be
shot dead in the streets of California towns
in this way, it will be necessary either to
disarm those who drink fighting whisky, OF
to take measures to prevent the drinking Of
fighting whisky. This case is most dis.
tressing one. A happy family is plunged
into the depth of atfiiction by the sudden
and shocking murder of the wife and
mother. The lives of all these innocent
persons are blasted as by the curse of the
Almighty. And all this unspeakable sor-
row and pain is the result of drinking.
We cannot wonder, while such occurrences
are possible, that the advocates of tenn.
perance sometimes are carried away by
their horror of the results of intemper.
ance into the championship of extreme and
impracticable measures.