West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1886-10-15
SOUTHERN NEWS oLeANlNos.
COTTON NIarIsct..

GALvEsrov 49, Cotton weak on the bth:
midiling, eic low middling, SlSc. good
ordihary, 'j4c, net and gross receipts,
4la2 bales; exports To Great Britain, 4,51T
bales sales, tSfS bales; stock, 63, 5l4 bales.
NEw ORLEANS. Cotton steady; uiddling,
pc' low middlWg SIC: good ordinary,
iAc. not receipts, tl,Oli bales; gross tI,1l0
bales salcs, ., 55o bales stock, 81, ,O35 bales.
MrWrms Cotton easy; middlug, oc.;
receipts, Loo bales shipments, as balcs;
stock l'oG bales; sales, 3,lOO bales
A AorNruRy-rl,Nr at ST Augustine, Fla,
is about to bloom, and has reached a hoight
near forty foot
AGEoRGA hermit has his house in tho
branches of spreading oak tree. IL is
small, but quite snug.
Two bulls met in an Arkansas town and
fought 80 nerccly that no ono could sepa-
rate them Tho duel lasted one hour and
forty minutes, and then one fell over dead.
A coLoREp boy az Nowborn, n. c., wts
bitten hy rattlcsnake tho other day, aud
thorc being no doctor accessible, his com
pnnions dug hole in the ground AMI
placed both legs in IL NIP To the hips, pack
ing the mud securely around him. Tho
poison was extracted and the boy il now
about well.
john CuLrEPrrR, an aged farmer living
alone on Julian's Creek, about four miles
from Norfolk Va, upon retiring the other
night discovered negro under his bod lIo
procured shotgun aud hrod at tho in-
truder' missing him The negro seized tho
muzElo of the gun, aud a struggle ousuod,
which resulted iR Mr,ttnpcppor being hor.
ribly bcntcn wtt tho t eapou. having his
skull and face crushed. one arm shattered
and his right ear hilton OIL. Tho victim
can not recover Robbery was the motive.
A LrruE old man named Harrison II.
Oliver of Bolton, Bell County, Tex, is
said TO he "the most remarkable repository
OF cold lead I'm the country" In tho course
OF highly belligcrcnt life ho has been
wounded lOl times, and in a great number
OF cascS the missiles arc held i'm his person
AcrrIzrN of Valrosia, Fla. wants To send
some OF the big red ants of That region,
called bulldog ants Co surgeons for uso
in fastening wounds of tho intcstncs Hs
says that II the edges of two pieces OF soft
paper arc held together with a bulldog ant
held so Tint he will clutch both sides, and
his head bc then quickly twisted of, tho
ant becomes fixture in that position He
says TINT Spanish surgeons use The bulldog
ants as suturcs IN that way.
TuE JomHoi oC Commerce, of Baltimore,
publishes special reports from the tobacco
growing sections OF Maryland Virginia
and North Carolina Nenrly all the re.
ports claim that the yield will bo much ro-
ducod, tho estimates running from one
third 10 two-thirds Of n crop, aud with tho
quality, especially IN parts OF North Cnro.
lima and Virginia, very poor. In the great
Durham District the yield is estimated at
not over forty per cent. OF an average, aud
Of very iuforior grade.
NATURAL GNs was struck al Fairmount,
w Va, few days ogo Wbon the ea was
struck, the force was 10 great that all the
tools were blown from the well and stone
were blown from 100 TO 200 feet high. tcars
ing up part of the derrick. II il said hy
experienced gas men to bc the largest gas
we'll in the country. Tho noiso from tho
rush OF the gas can be heard from six 10 ton
miles.
THE last cotton crop report for the Nom
Phis district says; The light frosls which
fell in portions OF the district on the night
Of October !, were not damaging and tho
fair weather that has since prevailed gives
assurance of favorable conditions which
adds 10 the bright prospects of the planter,
and enables him 20 gather his crop in n
clean and satisfactory manner
Az unknown burglar broke into the road
house on the National pike, near Wheeling,
w Va and was fatally shotby the keeper
AT Yazoo City, Miss, Chas Mcdonald
shot and probably mortaliy wounded Nol
lie Lawrence, and thon shot and killed him.
self The cause was jealousy
Will BOSNIAN, n young negro train
Wrecker was captured and lodged i'm Jail
at Livingston, Ala, and on the sth there
was strong probability that he would be
lynched
PEF-rDENr GARRErr will extend tho
Shenandoah railroad TO Pensacola, pass-
ing Birmingham, Ala, 10 bo completed IN
two years
GoTLrn HARrLrEH. Of Elm Grove W.
Va, shot dead stranger whom he found
in his kitchen, and who refused 70 go out.
TYrHoIp fever is epidemic ut Benwood,
W. Va, where there are fully City cases.
A SMALL boy, living orr the line Of tho
Wheeling (W Va Natural Ga. Company's
mains found a small leak in twelvc-inch
pipe and applied match 10 sco the gas
burn He was unable TO extinguisb tho
fire, and by degrees the lead packing Of tho
joint melted and ran out and the fire in
creased in volume until the pine broke
and mass Of flame shot fifty feet into tho
air with deafening roar. The result was
to cut On the supply OF gas from the city.
All Che mills and factories IN Wheeling.
Martins Ferry. Etnavilc Bellairo aud
Bridgeport, employing in the aggregate
several thousand men. had 10 close down
until repairs could bo made and the gas
turned ON
Paris green, n cheap preparation Of
arsenic is favorito antidote for cotton
caterpillar when tho worms made their
appearance Boo North Louisiana early i'm The
season 30 wa used in immense quantities
The negroes have always been afraidofit.
and claimed that tit endangered their herIth
tO pick cotton in fields where b. wa. used.
On Che Foster place. in Bosslcr Parish.
whore The plants we're literally sprinLleI
With Paris green. a sickness has broken uuf
among tho negro cotton .pickor., due 90 the
poison. Some eight oI ten have boon made
sick by it and two have died The darkies
are frightened. and refuse % pick Paris
green cotton.
1HgRr are not ono hundred saloon. in
South Carolina outside of Charleston
WILLIAM HrNW Frrl Lrr who ha. bcrn
nominated for Congress bon Nrg.uia. iea
son of General Robert Ir. uc. va.a