West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1886-08-13
SOUTHERN news eLeANlNes.
Cotton Markets


eros, receipts, 26 bales, sales, l25 bales,
stock i,o'S bales.
Nrw Omr>~s Cotton quiet; middliug,
o 8-lGc. ioN m,ddlng, lll6c good ord,
nary Sec net receipts 255 balcs; gross,
.o2 bales salcs, 4OO bales, stock, 1854
alc>
MrNwI~ cotton steady, middlng, oasc;
receipts, bales shipments, ~ bales, stock,
t,Gll bales, so,y-. 300 bales.
Lwlevur Cotton steady; middlins,
9,lr
\ cortlsio> occurred on tho Mpornt
roirunl, uclr Bummyhun, Ala Eugrncer
Ken Junr, wu, kulrd, aud both cngiue, rud
.ovcral cars arc % total wrcrk. Tho other
engineer and fireman o,capc,l bv jumping.
Tr Democratic Congressional Convon-
v"utiou cot th' Fourth district " C., nom-
mated John W. Grnham ON thC 2lith hnl-
lot He IS the oldest son ~ the latc Hon.
VIM. \ Graham, who was Secretary of tho
Navy under President Fillmore
VIII UNwKINs. aged twelve, was drowned
IN the 1tuuo,sco river at ChRttauouga
whilc bathing. Ills body has not been "a
covered
TuE Democrats carried tho Tennessee
state election hy ~ largely increased ma
ioriiy-a gain of 2S 900 over two years ago.
II G. TRNrU has been rcnominatcd for
Congress in the Second District IA
Az Millcdgovlle, Ga., Frank Humphreys
was found guilty of murder and sentenced
to death THcr months ago lac Induced
hI false statomonts, bis sistcr-in-lsw and
uocc, Mrs Carrie Raincs and Miss Ella
Humphreys 10 go homo with him on tho
way he shot thcm dead and outraged their
,.if Ia chi A
present during the trial Humphreys paid
no attention Co them whatever. He will
certainly hang.
JUpGr Josrrn SHIELDS, we'll known mem
bcr OF the bar, and author Of tho "Lifo and
Times of S S Prentice" committed sui
eide by strangulotlou, at Natche1, Miss
The loss OF his wifo some months ago had
affected his mind
Tur skeleton of n man was found undora
bagnio at Atlanta, Ga, supposed to lao tho
remains Of n New York drummer named
Ncwol, who disappeared mysteriousIy
rom Atlanta in 1872.
DR. J. w EpGr, of Macon Gn. recently
purchased in Montozumn n pair Of kittens
that may bc looked upon as being quito
curious. The heads aud fore feet arc lilIo
those of nm ordinary house cat, hut hcro
the eat onds and the rabbit commences,
their hiud legs and taus being those Of rah-
bits They Jump just ns all rnbbits do, aud
therc is nothing IN their actions TO suggest
the cat except the moving.
NJ ~ '9n nY'p,l'DN u''" u, U'"" p""
md Mr. Dnv,dson botb sit,ing nsmbc,.
were rcnomiuntcd for the Fittiotb Congress.
Tur present condition of the cotton crop
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At Malvern ARK John Williams WIS
found Euuiy OF attempting TO wrccE y
tram uh tho Iron Mountain railroad ana
was sentenced To ten years IN tue peniteh-
n
l'h'' ". IL '''N'I' Oh" Oh McN'n"'o
'l'nn.j l"i'm'Hb ''W@'u'' ana Tor yosf'
po''"'"'''' 'H'I'' is "'n''
ENLfMoH papers 'Inim that there ~
| colotcd man VINO ~ los years ola III thhb
r.i5'
Aurnr arc tvs" brothers IN Lincoln C"un-
~. Ga, who married two sisters both have
large inmilirs oi chldi"n, and che children
81 one arehl npS7 hnd OF the. other an
girls.
ilrNTNCrpS 'W. va bonsts of nm eigh-
teou- ycurold cp.orod boy, VINO, beginning
p
| he readily aud ensily chows up beer bottles,
| glasses, etc
NArINNIrL II. IL DAw-oN, Of Alabama,
wa, confirmed as Commissioner OF Educn-
| tiOn by the Senate before it, adiournmcnt.
Josrrn TRps nnd Samuel Rich
| nrd.ou. who reside pcnr Hawks,
| Ncet " Va Oybite menl
employed az lnborers on tho Short-Iine.
were dangerously INJURED the other after
noon Tbev were working 10 get "A log out
! of tho wnv of the mon who are grading on
| n .bort-Iino rond and wore standing below
| tine log. when b. started from It's position.
and before tboy could Get ont 81 the wnv
! thew ,,.ro caupbt and dangerously crushed.
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MI. Woavcr a..ertcd that her husband had
| deserted hoi. and gone 10 Texas whore no
| changed hi. u4mo tod " Pierce She
followed h.u to lcsas and caused hi, nrs
rest Uo ,,h. fprd "a OpJ and left Toxin.