West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1884-03-21
LOCAL HAPPENINGS.
Our county taxes are TO high.

Our county taxes are TO high.
Tho roads are IN terrible condition
in come places.
-Morgantown is preparing to have a
baby show in next month.
The attorneys are busily engaged now
preparing for Circuit Court.
County taxes one dollar and fifty
eight cents. State taxes thirty cents.
Thomas Hill, residing below town,
recently had seventeen sheep to die
County tex one dollar and ftty-eigh,
cents. How do you like it, farmers?
Subscribers WHO are yet in arrears on
subscription must settle immediately Il
they wish TO save costs.
The spring poet. It is thought, wen,
back into hibernian quar- Iers alorg With
the prophetic woodchuck
John II. Brown, we learn, exaects to
go out of the merchantile business as soon
MS he can settle up his business
Peter Volrz says he can beat any man
or boy in town playing doniuos. Dan
FAwcett and Mil F,rtney doubt the as
eertion.
select delegates to attend the Convention
at Chicago, will meet in Msrtinsburg ON
April sob
We are informed t,at several Reno
teachers hai trouble in their schools the
of the trouble.
The Piedmont Observer, the only pa
per published in the town OF Piedmont, is
credit to the proDrietors and the town in
which it lie Published.
"A very successful protractcd meeting
Ia in progress at Grant school house Val
lY district. The meeting ie bling CON
Quoted by Rev. Webster.
Read the article ia ;hs iRsue on the
supplemental assessment. is a contin-
UltiOn Of the article which we published
last week on The same subject.
A social purity was gwen the little
folks 1T the ,resdeuce Of Francis Hecr
mans last Wednesday evening The party
was quite success in every particular.
The late Fillmore Hickman's wife,
brother and sister will hereafter publish
the West Union II cord The new pro
prietOrs have our wisnes for aLundan, sue.
cess
The school at Albrights Mil closed
last Wednesday evening with spelling
school. a very large crowd was present
among which were several PERSONS from
town.
There will not be many persons from
this county at the Democratic State Con
vention at Charleston. Circuit Court will
be In session here at the time the Conven
tion meets.
We have received from d. p. Faulds,
the music dealer, 1856 Fourth Avenue,
Louisville, Ky, fine piece of instrumon
tai music. entitled, ''sweet Mem'ries Of my
Childhood"
Our county taxes are too high. This
yesr we pay a tax Of opg DOLLAR AND Pry-
TY-BIeHT GENTS 10 this county on the
hundred dollars, and yet this Is the banner
Republican county of the State.
-THg ARGUs is booming Ia the rast
two weeks We have lost two Subscribers
10 the same length Of time We have added
eight new ones 20 our list and still we
hear Of more to follow ia the near future
The local editor Of the Journal Gays
Tucker county is Democratic. We has
ten 10 correct White. Tucker Is now con
troled by mongrels. A better state of
affairs existed up there when the Dem
Ocrats controlled the county affairs.
In another column Of this issue will
he found q letter from the pen of Joseph
Sprigg, E.q, Of Hardy county, on the
Governors Assessment order. The letter
was received by William @. Brown. Jr.,
and with his permission we publish Il.
a very large and beautifully execut-
ed picture Of Bsrtholdrs great statue Of
'Idberty Enlightenlrg the World" has
been presented to US by the Travellers Ins.
Co., Of Hartford, Conn, who have been
among the most liberal contributors 10 the
Fund. The picture, which IL 26x36 inch
es In siz3, gives On excellent idea Of the
superb work of art (which 10 10 adorn the
harbOr of New York.