West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1885-11-20
Our friend Deck Howe.of uowes-

partnership with his brother in the
lumber business at ~Rowlesburg.
-"Big Bill" Kinney. who was
once tried for the murder of the
Doyle family at West Union and
found guilty, had a new trial at Har-
risville last week and was cleared.
Duncan McRa, of Mononaalia
county, who is teaching the Savage
School near town, has an excellent
article in the School Journal this
month on the selection OF teachers.
We were favored Tuesday by a
call from John Doheny, late a sub
contractor on our railroad but now
of Catawbs, Monongalia county.
He was here settling with Barrett d
McKeever.
Next week circuit court com.
mences and we shall expect all who
are in arrears on subscription to
call in and settle or send us their
subscription by some friend who is
coming to town.
The Board of Pe~nitentiary Di.
rectors met in Moundsville last week
and drew up their semi-annual re.
port for transmission TO the Cover
nor. They found everything in a
hourishing condition.
The tin roof upon the Court
House has been given q Goa OF paint.
1t needed it badly. The next thing
in order now is to give the building
q complete painting outside and in.
side. 1t needs this badly.
Geo. A. Herring, of Valley dis.
trict, was in town Monday and gave
as q paying call, George is a man
who will never die leaving his cub.
scription unpaid. We wish we had
a thousand subscribers like him.
"A writer in the November School
Journal claims that the first steam.
boat built in the United States was
at Shepherdstown, this State, in the
year 1856. The time has come
when old things have become new.
w. G. Shafer, the photographer.
will be in town Nov. 10Th, and re-
main a few weeks TO take photo
graphs, He will occupy upstairs in
old ARGUS office. Do not fail TO
drop in and have yOnr picture taken
while you can.
Don't forget to notice again the
judicial Sale advertisements in this
issue. The farms advertised are all
very desirable and any one af them
would make a mar a nice home.
Look over them. You might find
one that would just suit you.
+. NJ, Ford has secured the lob
OF running the engine for the contrac-
tors on our railroad. We are not
aware who the Company will give
the job to after the road is complet.
ed. There are a number of persons
who want to be conductor also.
Some very excellent landscape
and portrait paintings, executed by
A. w. Potter, of this Office, are on
exhibition at Potter's jewelry store.
MIR. Potter copies almost as well as
his prcceptor and with a little prac.
tice will lead in this particular.
Among the deaths reported in
the Journal of November 9Th we no
tice this: "SHARrs.-At his resi-.
dence in independence, Carlo
ShaTps, an aged and respected citi.
zen. The community deeply regret
his loss" Now, Carlo" Sharps was
a dog, and Il contempory has been
duped once in its life.
Ex-senator Henry G.. Davis saws
the West Virginia Central railroad
is being pushed forward rapidly. At
Davis City, in Tucker county, n tan.
merry to employ four hundred men
will be erected also a sash and cen
eral wood working mill to employ
sixty hands will be put up. Alto.
gether the outlook for the road and
the new city is splendid.
Several persons have been an.
nOyed lately by the school children
marking upon their property with
chalk. This chalk they probably
carry from the school in their peck
cts. AS soon as this is known by the
teachers we are confident they will
put a stop To the carrying Of chalk
away from the school building. if IL
is true it has become a practice
among she pupils.
The large boiler in the foundry
and machine shop of John w. Brown.
at function, exploded last Satur.
day about two o'clock p. m. entail.
ing a loss of about 5000. Luckily
no one was about the boiler room at
the time Of the explosion, and no
one was injured. At noon, about 80
hands who were at work on the X &
L. railroad ate dinner i'm the boiler
room and only a half hour before
the explosion occurred some children
were playing near. Their escape
appears TO be providential. Boiling
water was thrown one hundred and
fifty yards.
Some young minister Of the
Gospel, says an exchange, who has
no mOther-in-law. has become so
conversant with the contents Of the
Bible chat he is willing to take an
oath as TO the correctness Of the fol.
lowing hgures: The Bible contains
8,560,289 letters Sl9,69z words, 81,
l78 verses. 1884 chapters and CO
hooks The uvord oouIu o. 4c