West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1881-03-05
oENERAELr MISCELLANEOUS.
Items written, clipped, stolen ara,
Otherwise Taken

gives at the rate OF 81 so a member
for missions.
Lsnds in the cotton region Of Al
ALBANIA have almost doubled in price
within few years.
Leeds, England, claims to have
solved the difficulty Of dspoIing OF
sewage by burning in furnace con
structed for the purpose
A playful scuflls by two gamblers
at Bodis, Gal, ended in their wind
ing themselves about each other and
shooting until both were dead.
Some rats RnsMed loose the fas-
Jennings Of trap door at Venango
mills. Franklin. Pa. and 400 bush
els Of corn foil into iLs creek below
and we're lost.
Two San Francisco police men mis-.
took each other for burglars, fired
six shots apiece, wounded small
boy, before discovering their error.
The original sechel pear tree, $50
years old, still stands ON the shore OF
the Delaware. The tree was pro
duced from q seed that was washed
on shore.
Summoned to preach Z funeral
sermon, Port Jeryis dominic found
instead of corpse couple dressed
in bridal robes, 10 be Joined in mar
rage, and pocksted his fee all the
same.
a man named Sterling was hang
ed at youngstown, OHIO, in 1877,
Tor the murder OF a young girl, He
was convicted on the evidence of
hu0kster, who few days ago, on his
deathbed, confessed that he was the
murderer.
A new feature in some OF the lead.
irg schools oil New Jersey is placing
daily and local newspapers in the
highsst department for the use Of
the pupils. The students are re-
quirsd to give an occasional abstract
OF the news OF The day as cleaned
from their columns.
A resident of G!oucester, Mass,
has bought half peck of peanuts
every Saturday night for eight years.
A few Saturdays ago he started for
Boston. forgetting the peanutp, and
telsgrsphed back from that city to
a dealer in Gloucester to deliver the
customary half peck.
At Stuttgsrt, student in love
with a very pretty girl had repeat
eddy written to her parents for their
consent to marriage Receiving no
reply, Che poisoned himself at the
girls lodgings. Next day came a
letter with the parents consent. At
the funeral ths girl swallowed poi
con and fell lifelsss into the arms Of
one of the ehoiristors singing over
the grave.
The finest portrait extaut Of Oil
yer Cromwell is said to be that in
the Baptist College at Bristol, for
which $685. has been refused. It
iS email, and depicts the Protector
without armor. 1t is never allowed
off the premises, in consequence OF
an attempt having been made to
substitute an engraving for it, There
Is no engraving from it, but engrav-
iRgs have been made from copies.
The missionaries are making such
progress ia Japan tn the chief
priest OF the Chiom Temple at Kio-
to is so distressed and alarmed at
the spread Of fine doct rine Of Chris
tianity among his countrymen that
be has drawn up momsir contain
ing bis arguments against the Chris
tian religion and transmitted it to
the department Of education.
IT the time when Heinrich
Hsine's fame had reached It's zenith
he happened TO be sojourDing for 2
few days At Munich, and q Bavarian
priscess, one Of his most enthusiastic
admirers, hearing Of bis presence in
the capital, sent him en- invitation,
ito take coffee With her u the pal
ace" Heins replied to hsr royal
Highnsss's bidding il these lsoonic
words; MADAM, I am accustomed
TO tsks my coffee whore l have
dinsd."
A Hartford woman has been mar
Tisd and divorced four times, and
each Of her busbandc bas 10 turn
married again and besn divorced
Her first husband procured divorce
from Der and she was married again.
Becoming divorced from her second
husband, she renamed the fret.
and has since been divorced from
him, and bas married 4 fourth time.