West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1884-03-07

charge no mdividule with dishonesty.
with IN at I have nothing do. Tho pco
per officers will have that 90 attend TO. II
this money wHs spent honestly, 80 Is a
very easy matter Tor those who had the
handling of IL 70 prove their iuuocence.
But "lntelhgeat' Ami says Intelligent
people won't believe the stStoment I'm
THE ARGUs la,tN week that SIS coo OF the
poopI0's money found It's WAY into some
individuals pooket-bocks. Get out your
pencil, Ami, and lot US figure When
Lincoln ISSUED his call December 18th.
1864. for troops. PrestOn's Quota was lS5.
Is that riylt, Nlni The fecoris ol the
War Department, Prosost Marshsll and
Acknowledgement has Preston credited
with lS6. One more than her quota. Is
that right, Ami9 To oompote with other
counties. Preston offered $50 bounty
SO the story zoos. The bounty levy is
said Ia have amounted 20 S5S, 500. Each
soliier Was paid $500. 1856 soldiers, at
$500 pioc. would mako fl6, 500 De-
duet $40, 500 from so, 800 and we have 81.
700 iett retty gooo wages tor collect
Ing and distributing. but this is not al
@hhAAs hNNt W hN IANiN~N W klfOW SHY
they only paid tho soldier boy" Sa2 n
piece. VOL, let us figure on that q lit
tie. lS6 soldiers at SOP apiece would be
sl7,ll2. Now deduct 81 ,ll2 from sos, 500
aud we have balance of S2S ,SSS. Raih.
or "A largo free for collecting aud dist ib,
ut,ng, isn't il, Amir Still we are not 10
the ond of the string. IL is said there
was about three Sr Nour thousand dollars
OF widow and orphae money collected.
We win put it at $1,000. Adr 81, 600 to
SSS,3SS snd we have S4l 1888 that cannot
DO accounted for, ii reports be true.
A. j. Bryce was visiting G. IL. Poe, near
Shoots Mill, last week. Autoay tells me
that our friend Poe IL teaching the young
idea how Ia shoot. There Is no question
abou,lMC Poe's Democracy.
"SuoVdrops" want me TO let M on the
County Scat removal, and write items like
the following: "Snowdrops" wears her
bangs cut bias, decorated with poluuiase,
h1uncod on the sides, aud frzz,d in the
middle. She smiles enchsntingly upon
every lab dc dab young dude tlst Gomez
10 To n, and his been voted 10y them the
most exquisite piece Of female beauty 10
the village of River City. Her per
qnisite viv ,ciCusmess ard pr,prossessiug
manners acts "a IA preventive against fl,
girls who enter the arena OF ccquetry
But stop! An idea strike me. Did
'Suowdr"ps" say anything about me last
wock ?
LYDIA Scott" you struck the keynote
When you said the II ideals were ling 10
ny tn pull through another cnmpsiyu on
dead issues, Prohibition. did you say,
"LydaP' Wen, now, will leave tht to
that brilliant piece 90 buncombe, known
as Or. Warner. seo by the j purnsl that
d.. Warner hss written to the Frrpm IN
and stys, IN IS B rita Slalf.r and liza
Spanr are Ding iSsi)uary work" Does
d., Warner mean TO insiuuate ta.t we are
SGT of nca' hens around here The pen
pla nre ] istly Indignant al such a bdte ac-
ousr,inn, nj should DR.. Warner VISIT this
town IS iu, he Will Iyeet with cold re-
c,ption.
The Radical IN iors. who have been
cuj yiug 'he cream from the Government
teat u SO long, VIII hnys Ia content
thenls iy,s wih.uu.tT lank s},cr ibe 4 d
II Marcl, 1884.
NJ W.n. W Williams, who lives on &
road between Tuuneltou aud Krgwocd,
told US last f day, tdut nc b "a refused 10
give 10 The exciapted Vrop,r,y OF ME T.
the A sc,s"r. III the Il iurbous wnat L.
take ny laid, let lh,ni 40 Z. nov, white
am young" cAid Mr. WI urna!.
Mr. Wn. w Wili ms to TuE ANGUS
rep Ttcr: If they want to take all
have, let them take Il nov, willie | am
young"
Repor'er--"Yeo, bu, II is not the Dem
ocras that make your tax 90 b.gh and
oppressive. II is your own party right
here in Preston county"
Mr. VI know that they are plsying
thunder with US, taxing us to death. II is
a burning shsmc.'
Such tlings will happen, you know.
The Journal can't iaake Sir. williams be-
hcye that 81 cenis il more thau one dollar
and fifty oiglt ceuts. F.eures won't lie,
aud the JJuruyl had better pretermt such
men ia the future. Patsy DooDLr.