West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1884-04-25

swhs county. They have our best wishes
Tor prosperity in their new home.
Plug" our newsy Rsedsville cor
respondent, whom our readers thought had
given up the ghost or got married, comes
out in spicy letter again this week.
Your subscriptions must be renewed
at once, subscribers, IL you wish the ben
EFT of the one dollar per year offer, This
is only to those who pay in advance.
We want subscription list of 500 by
the 4th day of July next, All our friends
should help us make it this, and they oan
EASILY do it by talking little for US
A Quarterly Meeting was held at the
Snider church, about three miles from
town on Saturday and Sunday last, con-
Quoted by Presiding Elder Dix, of Fair
mont
The delegates from this county to the
Charleston Convention have all returned
and they speak in the highest terms of the
Kind treatment they received every where
while gone.
DUR and Wallace, of Morgantown,
recognizing the fact that the railroad is
bound to increase business in that auci-
ent burg, have both commenced enlargipg
their hotels.
-Elihu Gregg, the Preston county
court house incendiary now lives with one
of his daughters iD Greene county, Pa.
lie was in Greensboro one Cay last week.
Dominion.
Rev, ID. NJ, and M,s. Slmonton re.
turn thanks to the good people of New
burg for the liberal donation given them
at the NJ p. Parsonage, Independence. on
the evening If the 18th.
The handle factory recently started
at RoNlesbug is doing an immense bust
ness, ani is likely to be largely paying
concern for the owners. The factory Is
now running double time
The citizens about Aurora are sorry
because subscription school could not be
gotten uD at heir place. An effort was
put forth but the requisite smouut of
money could not be raised
-''Yes,' said the country member, 81
went to that variety show because / felt
sure thcre'd be nobody there who knew
m' burned if pretty much the whole
| l. gi-laiure wasn't there :"
-"Eld,r Smith," the greatest biblical
scholar living, as he characterzes himself,
| preached on the street before the court
house two or three evenings last week.
He is H very eccentric man, to say the
| least
-KiugU ODD will experience small
building boom tbs summer. Three dwell
irg', store room and shoe shop are ia
contemplation. We are pleased to see
mis- kind Of an enterprisIug sp,ri, manifest
ilsol. in our midst.
N. X, Micuel, who has been employ.
"a il G. w. F4s cctt's shoe Oh ~ for some
time past, viii oDeu up shoe shop in
B'ucet'n !ha m,us week. AIr Michael
is L gpnd workman and viii meet win
success, W. IRE sure,
-Cro"ds Of cur people visited the Gem
"'ery last Suudry 70 zee the grave Of Hon.
! William @. Brown. II Was Dug to depth
Of FIVE ard half feet. and walled with
hricb. a vault was cut in the solid rock
for the rough Box ia which the coflin vas
placed
The religious editor of the .Cumber-
land Squire has been discharged for
| dIu. nuess, and the literary editor has
composed d poem on Spring" Alas
What hard lHils and great fluctuations the
publisher Of newspaper ia compelled to
Jude go.
Tue Western Union Company have
solved the bridge problem at
Point Pleasant by laying heavy cable
across the river at that point Tits put,
an end to all prospects Of further COLT
sion between government authorities and
the bridge officers.
The Agricultural Bureaus April re-
turns make the winter wheat area about
! p, 500 coo lcrcs-an increase of per CT.
over las, year. The increase in the
Southern States is nearly $50 600 acres.
The average in West Virginia is 100, in
Virginia l01, Ia Maryland 1O2, in OHIO SO.
We extend thanks TO all ;hoso persons
who have been untiring ia their Efforts to
increase our subscription lst during The
term of court. Not only one, twoO- three
individuals have interested Themselves in
this matter, bat score or more Of our
friends have worked earnestly in The
AR0Us' iuterostc.
Wonder who that special was who
wrote from this place to the Enterprise
stating that there Is great enthusiasm
here over base ball The fact Of tho
msiter is, and we Say it with reluctance
there has been no organization Of our club
yet, and nearly all the players say they
arc not going to play this year.
The Coal ard Iron Railroad 70 run
from Winchester through Hardy, Grant,