West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1884-09-19

gentleman by the name Of Pride from
MorG
There is a good deal of sicknes, near
town, Bob Shaw aud VIII are b,.,h low
with typhoid fever, and Johu Potter is
not expected to live.
DIR. MsckeF, of Mureantown, was
here on hoRdsy to see John Potter, who
is in a critical condition with an affection
Of the stomach and Liver.
A crowd 81 ladies md geetleE-eu OF
this place. and q large uember OF the
Normal 11stitsse toys went to the picnic
at hasontown on Saturday.
The stone to be used in tho coustruc-
ton of X ibeit CARROTS new residence In
Baltimore are now being quarried at
Eighty Cut, near Function.
The latest curiosity in Grafton 10 a
sis-lSSged dog. Tue whole town, and
esPt ciAlly the newspaper mcu, have gone
almost wild over the monstroeity.
The Ch,lk Talk by Prof. Little on
Tuesday evening OF last ~oesI, srd the
X adings Of Prof. Houston on Thursday
evening follOTing. were Largely attended.
The Mother Hubbard dress is not the
lsted. new style of psets called the
Father Hubbard is out. aud strange to
cay. they are made TO 6t closely about
ehe waist.
The Rpublicsnsa down N Marshall
county hsYc put TWO tickets in the field.
One of the tickets is known as the Court
House Ring ticket; the other as the Peo-
Piles tic ket.
-There are very few negroes on the
Camp Ground. The crowd on Sunday
was made up sltoge,her 81 whites. Mt
more hhsn d, I'm colored,pecple were in
| ATTENDANCE,
Julian Fl, mining, Of the NJ, Egantown
New Dominion, is If the opinion that
Aunie Z ct Ia must he isy. Il wouldn't
do fJr you To tell the NewOurg people
this Bro. Fle'nping.
Thieves blew open the safe in the
hount.iu Like Park hotel last Sunday
night week, aud carried of money aud
| papers amounting to ab"u, 80 900. There
| II, as yet, NO C Tic To the robbers
The NORMAL Institute is progresehnR
finely. The Attendance, although not As
large as WAS expected at first IL would be,
lie eair, and the prospect for 4 v.ry large
attendance the last week, isg,"d
Frank jackson, OF Tunn-ltuu. was IN
t"wn Sinking hands with lila friends two
days last week A great.chznge has late
| ly come Ov'I Frank. He has no d-sire,
whatever. to he with the ladies any more.
Strange 1t ia too.
Hon. Alphens +, Wilson, prominent
cit.z n of Fayette county, died at his
home in Uninniown last week He wa
born in 1920 at Valley Forge. MonongalIa
county, this State. He was for ten years
Judge Of the courts of Fayette and Green
counties.
"A little three yer old daughter Of
William Murphy of Oakland was burned
To desth Unc day last week She was
playing near fire in the yard. and her
ciotbiog took FIRE and C implicitly burned
from her body before assistance court
be rendered.
The following appointments Of In
terest To oar readers were made ct the
late NJ p. Confererce ut Newburg; Morgan
town, ID. G.. Helmick; PsIatiDe, ri +.
Westfsll; Grafton. B. b. Evans; Iude.
pendence, ID NJ. slmington; MssUntown,
j. II. Nestor.
"A proud yourg man down at Cum
beKsDd was too vain to take:off his CORK
leg when he weot 50 bathing before his
lady friends. Tho mex rabe law OF
grAvitstion turned him upside down, and
he was drowned IN the presence Of the
fsir ones he had hoped to charm.
1t was reported here the fret part OF
the week that Patsy Doodle had flo2
ped into. the Republican rsnks We
wrote hin IN regard IN the matter at
once, and can COW cay that the report lie
n0 true. The report said the reason he
went oyer To the Republicans was that
he wanted to sfiliale with low taxation
party
As yOunE lady by the name Of
FrankhOuser wasgoing home from church
IN the neigbborhOod of GAINESVILLE last
sunday evening, tramp assaulted her
In brutal manner She screamed, and
young man who was some distaoce be
hind bUruod to Der rescue. When the
tramp saw him be let loose the young lady
and escaped 10 the darkness.
William q. Brown and ~ @ Morley
while out driving on Tuesday, met while
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