West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1885-08-14

has been removed and used for ma.
cadamizing the streets in front of
VOLTS building. We would be
| pleased to see the entire pile taken
sway and a brick block erected on
the site.
"A fishing party from Elizabath,
Pa, passed through town on Tues
day. They had two wagons and
brass band, which discoursed some
excellent music as it marched
through town in the rear of the wag-
on. They have encamped out at the
four mile post on the Morgantown
pike.
Dan Fawcett. our accomnods-
ting liveryman, lost a valuable little
mare on the pike between here and
Tunnelton last Friday. He was on
his way TO this place, when the horse
became suddenly sick and died in
a short time after it was noticed to
be i'll. The cause is attributed to
cholic.
Rev. w. Y. Cline, of Carmel, w.
Va, came to Oakland Friday TO meet
his father who was coming from Cul.
pepper Co., Va, TO visit him. Mr..
Cline has five or six stations in his
charge just across the border, but it
does not appear to have affected his
general health and fine physique
Democrat.
Best book for every body
The new illustrated edition of Web
ster's Dictionary, containing three
thousand engravings, is the best
book for everybody that the press
has produced in the present century,
and should be regarded as indispen.
sable to the well-regulated home,
reading room, library, and place of
business. - Goldca Era.
Capt. Jas. +. Murdock's pension
which we noted as being allowed,
some time ago, will be received by
him in few days. He has been al
lowed eight dollars and fifty cents
per month from Nov. 25, 1864. The
back pay which he will get amounts
to the snug sum of s2l56,5O. We
congratulate the Captain on this
streak Of fortune in his favor.
Maj, w. II. Watts, a contractor
on the railroad building from Fair
mont TO Morgantown, accompanied
by Chas. h. Hopkins,of Morgantown
was here Monday. They came here to
see Mr.. Barrett and contract with
him, if possible, for the building of
two or three miles of our road. They
left here Monday for Howesville,
hut we did not learn what success
they met with.
The grasshoppers have appeared
in Valley district by the millions
and are doing great damage to the
oats. Some fields have been almost
ruined by the pests. What has our
people done to warrant such seem
ing divine displeasure? First we
had hard winter on our stock, and
then came the drouth and now what
escaped the drouth bids fair to be
eaten up by the grasshoppers.
During the year 1888 there we're
1865 failures in business in the
United States and Canada. Some
Of these were big and some
were very small. Failures are sor-
rowful business to any man, espe-
caially lit is his health that fails. A
great many times 1O,568 people fail
in health in the course of a year.
Many of them might be saved if they
would take Browns Iron Bittcrs,
the great family medicine and re.
storer Of wasted health.
The Parkersburg correspondent
Of the Register says that ginseng is
becoming one Of the important arti-
cles Of export from West Virginia.
lie asserts that, in many cases this
season, the wolf has been kept
from the door by ginseng digging on
the part Of those who had no other
means Of obtaining a livelihood.
| A pound Of the root will often sell
for more than the cost Of a bushel Of
| potatoes. The State has exported