West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1883-06-23
rntcrcsting Facts.

l'ineapplts weighing ~ pounds are grown
in Fdnford, Florida
San Antonio. Texas, is TO have a SiG,-
GOO home for fallen women.
The Augusta, Me, pOstCni e handles
100, Zoo pieces of mail month.
One day last week there was sold at Key
West S0,3lS 20 worth Of sponge.
Brighton wants to spend 5000, 600 in
beginning the work of putting IN electric
l;ghis.
Wheat in the stand to be delivered i'm
Augusta is being sold in Virginia at 81 10
per busnc.
The sum Of 81 0ij l76 WAS received a,
the Vera Cruz Custom House for imports
during the month of April.
There are twenty telegraph wires con
citing London and Glasgow and running
along the Yves, Coast OF England.
Seventy-two thousand dor m eggs were
sent from one express Office III FLORIDA %
Jacksonville in the Cost quarter Of this
year.
A PatagoniGn usually has but ore wife,
but he is allowed as many as he can sup
port. lie usually finds one all he can take
caro- of.
Washington tailors say the right arm Of
nearly all men of note are from one to two
inches larger than the left, all ON account
of handwriting.
Gas is more out of favor than ever in
sitting rooms in England. The French
moderator lamp, burning COLI. Grape secd)
oil, is the faVoritc light
The giant who ia being exhibited with
Bunum's circus was formerly a slave in
Owen county, Ky. He has made 800,
600 by exhibiting himself.
There are only eight cases OF suicide
mentioned in the Bible, Abimelcch, Sam
son, Saul, his armor bearer, Anithrorhe',
Zmri, Rails and Judas Iscariot
To SHOW that Indians appreciate histri-
onic taleni,it may be stated that two Reno
squaws purchased tickets to hear Jauaus
Checks MARY Stuart.
One Maine clo,hcspin factory keeps u
force of forty hands busily at work, and
the product Is 200 boxes Of zoo pins each,
per day-140 600 clo,hcspins. The firm
has 1000 cords of birch wood on hand.
The anti-gambing reform movement
has extended diagonally across the coun-
try from Maine to Texas. In the latter
State it has swooped down on sundry
solemn salons who have rregularly specu
ted in chances.
During the month of May there were
shipped from Sacksonville 4. 33G, coo feet
of yellow pine lumber against o, 4j5. 600
feet shipped during April. OF tnis amount
1886, 600 feet were to domestic and 1OO,-
OOO to foreign ports.
An odd book has just appeared in Eng
land 1t contains diagrams OF the palms
and baks of the hand OF twenty two emf
nant persons, among whom are Mr.. Glad
stone, Charlie Darwin, WIlkle Collins aud
the Duke of Argyle
Twenty-seven girls of Council Bluffs,
by way of reminding their male friends OF
remssness IL the matter of taking them
to entertainments, bought seats for the
theatre one evening and went in body,
with only marion for escort.
An eating match against time took place
10 Valley Falls n Y, the other night.
Richard Sullivan ate twenty-five
CLANS, one pie, seven chocOlatet bars
weighing two pounds, one pineapple, in
seven and one half minutes.
A watch maker says watch should be
cleaned every year and half and wound
up regularly. If this is done watch will
last lifetime. l! not cleaned it will run !
for about five years with Indifferent suc-
cess and then becomes worn out.