West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1884-12-12
LOCAL HAPPENINGS.

And saws costs.
-Kingwood is not an ad vertising town.
Put on your oyer coat and look warm.
Cheat river was on high last sun
day.
"A Rowlesburg negro was cooped last
week for stealing keg ~ beer.
There are yet few schools in this
county that have not been taken.
Singing schools are all the rage in
the southern part Of this county.
The small boy signs for snow so that
he can spend his spare moments coasting
Hawthorne and Crogan went to Terra
Alta on Tuesday to attend to legal bus
mess.
Capt. John d. Elliott has moved to
town. He Is Shaws deputy for Reno
district.
SSTry THE ARGUS and the Now
York World one year. We can gave YOU
both for 81 rs.
Miss L ina Goodwin left on Sunday to
take charge OF the Rhoade's school in
Portland district.
II. p. r. Brown, Esq OF Philippi.
was in town "A par I of last eek All this
visiting relatives.
The criminal calender of the Decem>
Der term Of Court at Uniontown, Pa.
contained 100 cases.
There are five Chinese and twenty
pine Indians in West Virginia. accord,
Ing 10 The late census.
Several communications have been
crowded out this week, They will ap-
pear IN our next issue.
Tho Huntington News was burned
out last week. The Office was destroy
sd. nothing beins sayed.
DIR. Manown, who has beon here for
two or three weeks, returned To his home
in Clarksburg on Tuesday.
Hon. George f. Price, Of Keyser, is
generally spoken of as the probable Pres
ident Of West Virginia Senate.
The six electors OF this State met at
Wheeling on Wednesday last, and cast
their votes for Cleveland and Hendricks
Cleveland has instructed his private
secretary to burn all applications Of Of
tees sent to him without showing them
to him.
Court adjourned on Tuesday, and on
Wednesday His Honor, Judge Ice. left
fof st George whore his next term will
be held.
Although Grafton has w. G. T. u.
and local option laws, the town contains
lOurteeA places where beer and whiskey
are sold.
Tho present indication poin to a cold
winter. so the prophets say. In the
spring we will tell you if the prophets
are false.
-Ceph Harrington and DR.. Dent, of
Fewburg, favored us with calls last
week. Ceph's happiness is immeasura-
BILE since the late election.
Tom Frey, Democratic commercial
man from Keyser, was in town on Mon
day, He has gained SIX inches IN girth
since Cleveland's cleo ion.
The Register Of last Thursday cons
trined lengthy descript ton Of the cav
erns near the Beaver Hole on Cheat.
Ehe account was written by II. Clay
Hyde, Esq
Tho West Virginia Conference Of the
AZ. K. Church has a committee which
met last week at Grafton Cor tho purpose
Of making arrangements to establish
college in this state.
-Everybody agrees that Kingwood is
. dead town in a business point Of view.
We need a railroad 70 wsken things here.
Nothing else will revive the business
interests OF the town.
Owing 10 the appearance Of scarlet
fever ola very malignant type in Hinton
- N"f''H hNHb AAbAtfUliIltu 70 close the
public schools in order to prevent the
disease from spreading.
On Monday night Of last week. the
3. " X. X. depot at Shepbcrdstown was
entered by burglars, the safe blown open
and about sixty dollars stolon-evidenuy
the work Of professionals.
Our venerable friend Hugh McAleer.
OF Frederick, Nd. vas here during court
being interested IN the McAleer land cnse.
He is stsuRch Democrat and = pleasant
aud entertaining convosaHonalitst.
Two charming little girls we're dano-
ing "the racket in the streets. "What
makes you 80 happy ?" gentleman asks
cd. "ohi our mas have thrown away
ell our horrid medicine, and we have
only to take DR.. Bulls Cough Syrup, AMI
tbat amt bad at all"