West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1883-11-23
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Domestic, Foreign and Political.
nO,iEsTIt.

prepared.
AT the marriage on the 10th Of Charley
Credle, a prosperous cotton planter OF
N"r1h Carolina, and fashionable young
I"hN' dispute arose duriu. the wedding
ie"st regarding the dance which was TO FOL.
ioW,and pistols were drawn. when the firing
mad ceased, and some OF the braver guests
ventered back into the dming-room, Chas.
Balance, the groom's best man, was found
dead on the floor, and Thomas Sidun, an.
other groomsman, near him, mortally
wounded.
IHE recent gales took the form OF n CIV.
clone throughout Maine. The damage i'm
oxford County was 100000, aud in Frank.
I'm the loss is $4,000. Houses and barns
were destroyed and cattle killed.
IHE compositors on the morning papers in
New rk,with the exception of tie Sun and
IIeFdtd, struck on the 18th for an increase
irom forty 10 forty-six gents per thousand
ems. The demand was granted i'm all tho
offices except the Tribune, where the stSke
Is declared TO be in full force. An increase
oil from thirty-hve TO forty cents is de.
hahded OF the afternoon papers.
n STRANGER was found hanging by the
neck from limb, high up from tie ground
oy Long Island farmer, on the 18Th.
0e"ed under the lining OF his coat was a
note from Bismarck, introducing "IIel Won
HIan to any officer OF the army OF the
united Empire, who will give him all in.
I formation IN their power" Tuis was all
that could bs ascertained about him. Tie
body was buried in the town lot.
Tux trial of Martin and Coffin, charged
with completely in the Grand Lake assas.
sination last July, was called at Golden.
lta 81.
cient evidence 10 convict, the prisoners
were discharged.
a NUMBER Of sesmen and marines who
served ia the West Gull squadron under
admiral Faragut have formed an organs
cation, 10 be be known as tho Farracut As.
sociation OF the Port OF New York. The
! OBJECT OF the association is similar TO that
OF the Grand Army of the Republic. 1t is
intended TO send Il delegation to Washing.
Ton To urge the payment Of tho long DELAY.
"d new Orleans prize money.
IErEk SMULL, the fasting horse.thief,
escaped from the Jail at Belvidcre. n. j..
on the 10Th. he had tasted thirty eight
days.
IHK breeders and importers Of Percheron
horses ia the United States met at Chicago
| on the 10th, and decided to recognize the
American Percheron Stud Book as the
standard authority. It's editor was direct.
cd not to admit TO registration after tho
present year any imported horses except
| those registered in tho Pcrcheron Stud
| Book of France.
FOUR disguised men entered the resi-
| dence of n farmer named Olsen, near
Petersburg Grove, Col, on the 9Th. and
demanded his money. Upon his refusal
to tell where it was concealed they over.
powered and whipped him until his body
was covered with blood. Olsen remaining
obdurate, the robbers built a fire upon
which they placed the poor farmers feet
and literally roasted them Even then he
would not tell, and the ru1ians left after
securing six hundred dollars, found hid
under the stove.
The wholesale dry goods firm Of Cleve-
land, Cummings & Woodruff. OF Chicago.
have assigned. Assets $500, 100; liabilities
not stated
THOMAS BURROWS, living near Rittery,
Me-, was murdered in his barn few nights
since Inc perpetrators escaped, and are
unknown.
Inc North.bound passenger train and
freight on the Chicago, Burlington &,
Quincy Railroad collided near Streator.
H., On the 18th. -Four persons were killed,
Mrs. Henderson and daughter, of DAYTON.
ILL.,, being Of the number. Several others
were wounded.
J.C. BARNES, n well known coal operator
and Councilman of Pittsburg, committed
suicide at the ST. Cloud Hotel, at Nowcas.
tle' Pa, on the 10Th, by shooting himself
through tho head. Financial embarrass-
Inent IS said 20 be the cause Of the deed
The Tribune has followed the other New
York papers in yielding 10 the demands Of
tho striking compositors. Tho Erening
Post and the laU and EIpress refuse 10
pay the advance demanded.
SUIT has been brought i'm Milwaukee
90 compel McGeoch 10 account for money
involved in the settlement Of his lard fail.
ure. The amount is 81 10000.
TBE saw.mill Of Mr.. Maxwell in I.vcom.
ing County Pa, was totally DESTROYED bv
the explosion of the boiler on the 1Gh.
Seven persons were killed and six badly
injured.
THERE have been two hundred and thir.
ty-fve business failures i'm the United
States and Canada within the seven davs
ending tho 1Gtb, an increase Of twenty-five
over the previous week.
lcE was formed at Pensacola, Fla. ON the
1Gtn the first Of the season
FIRE at Allentown, ~. ". fin tho AL.
legneny oil field, on the 10th. DESTROYED
Fox Lechner & Co.'S machine shops, an
OIL tank containing two hundred and hfty
barrels Of oil, and a number of dwclHnps
For a time the main portion OF the town
was threatened with destruction. Loss not
stated.
EDWARD PtCBERD, who killed Mrs. vii.
son, bis clearinghouse keeper, fin ST.
Louis, has been acquitted. This rs the
third trial of Pickerd, who is a nevspaper
reporter. On the first trial he was con.
victed and sentenced TO hang, and on the
second trial tho jury wos divided
THE body of Robert Fellows. n New York
broker, mysterioueiy missing since Oeto.
her 20, was found in North River ON the
l3'H inst.
THE conference Of glass manufacturers
and employees as Pittsbure adjourned ON
tho 10Th without arriving 900 q settlement.
The workmon, through their committee. de-
mandcd am increase of Gffocr rar cent ON
certain sizcs of glass. and offered 90 accept
reduction ON others. This the manufac.
turcrs refused, and Che matter was Gnaliv
placed in the hands of n .ub- committee to
report TO tho Conference Committee be.
cembcr ls
TUE National Convention Of starkmen.
which met at Chicago to take action on
contagious diseases prevailing among live