West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1883-11-23
SOUTHERN NEWS sLEANlNGs.


space utilized, aud yet it appears that the
mills are unable 20 keep up with thoir
orders, especially i'm wooden goods.
IN Texas, the other dav, while a gcntle.
man, his wife and child and nurse were
travelling on the International Railway,
The child sprang out OF the nurses arms
and icli ON the track. The train was stop
ped, and, strange to say, tho child was
found 90 bo alive and did not appear 60 be-
much injured 10y it's fan.
Nav ORLEANs Times. Democrat. eco
South" will soon Supplant tho eco West"
advice. We do not assert that other sec.
tions are merely marking timc, but that
the South is marching at "A speed which do.
hes competitors is mduhitablc. Hers is
no progress born OF advontitlous circum.
stances. II comes OF carefully nurturcd
and we'll disciplined strength that can on.
dure the campaign leading 20 the very
acme OF success. Let the country Wow her
forces and Judge tor tsclf
The General Missionary Committee OF
the Methodist Episcopal Church has nppro.
priated $1,000 To Kentucky and $4,000 10
Central Tennessee.
GUM tree in Florida was fred the other
day, and the occupants summarilv cvictcd
were swarm OF bats, followed by flving-
squirrels, screech'owls, various other night
birds, two coons and one 'possum.
lHE report OF the vaccination canvass OF
the New Orleans Sanitary Association ia
highly satisfactory. It's physicians have
been Noccinnttng people at the rate OF
nearly "a hundred day, tho greatest work
being done among tho negroes. IL seems
probable that 10y the timo the association
gets through, New Orleans will be as woll
prepared against the disease as IS possible.
VIRGINIA cattle buyers nrc making heavy
purchases In East Tennessee. They fattan
these cattle in the former State, where
they say, the grass is stronger than I'm Ten.
nesSce, and then ship them To the Eastern
markets.
a fRANEn-MEETiNG ia Rnpidos Parish,
la'' broke up in row, one man thrashing
another, who persisted In saying "Amcu"
IN the wrong place while he was pray ing.
AN old colorcd man in Virginia, who has
voted the Democratic ticket for the last
ten years, was presented with handsome
SUIT OF clothes by the white Democrats of
the county after the recent election.
NAsulNGrON correspondent OF tho
Fort Worth Gd<ctte says: Captain G. &.
gibbs, recently promoted from the freight
agency of tho Sunset road to that of tho
continuous lines from New Orleans to
Houston, San Antonio aud lei Paso, de.
serves all the honors he has won. On the
occasion OF his promotion, Pierce, the Bos.
tonian owner OF the Sunset route, present
ed Gibbs with magnificent lot i'm Houston,
with purse OF $4,000 to bo expended on
| the property. He is "A tireless toiler. and
endowed with rare capacity for tasks
| assigned railway muuugcrs."
The amount appropriated for the exten-
ion OF the University OF Alabama is $780,.
900, and the contract has been given TO Mr..
Freret, OF New Orleans. This extension
will accommodate over three hundred
scholars.
THE Prosbytorian Synod Of Mississippi,
which wHs in session iu NatchpZ n few dnya
ago, reelected B. NJ Palmer, u. d., OF New
Orleans, director Of the Southwestern
Presbyterian University al Clarksvillo,
Tom.
DURING the demolition of an old brick
residence ut Richmond, Va, the other day,
wall fell, crushing three colorcd lnborers
one, WIN. Tnlialerro, aged ninety years,
fatally.
SoIE two vo1rs ago tho daughter Of Mr..
aud Mrs. william Richards, Of Canton
Miss, mysteriously disappeared in Vicks.
burg, while on her way home from "A visit
in Natchez. No trace Of the lady has ever
been discovered. Tho Np,cbcz Democrat
suggests that the press of Mississ ssippi exert
ITS power in aiding 10 disooyrrt tho lost ono.
The 81. Louis papers contributed 10 the
discovery Of Mary Churchill and the Dem-
oorW thinks those OF Mississippi may be
Of like service.
MISSISSIPPI has s5o)o,0oo invested in