West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1886-02-26
COUNTY AND STATE News.

Junior Brown took flying trip
to Terra Alta last Monday night.
-Thos. j Watson. OF Reedsville,
gave us pleasant call last Saturday.
r B FogIe and Dorsey Formap,
of Terra Alta, were in town on Mon
day.
The people of Kingwood are
longing for the snort of the iron
horse.
john b. Cough, the great tenn
perance orator. died in Philadelphia
few days ago.
The lighthouse of the Rowlesburg
Handle Factory, at Rowlesburg, was
destroyed by FIRE last Friday night.
Loss SiOO.
eaD-If you want hay, YOU can get
it of F. b. Blue, of Grafton, w. Va,
in any quantity and of best quality.
W rite MIN Tor prices.
Mr.. L. b. Trotter and Miss Mil.
lie Clark will teach an eight weeks
subscription school in the Kingwood
Academy, beginning March 90.
The thief who took new hatch
ct out of No. coal bin, Of the rear
of the Courthouse, is known; and if
the matches is not returned he will be
exposed.
The attendance this year, at the
Fairmont Normal School, is largely
in excess of that of my previous
year. The spring term begins
March list.
Miss Emma Fream, daughter of
the Rev, J. Fream. OF independence,
died at that place last Friday night.
She was about thirty years of age
and had been an invalid for long
time.
We learn from the Morgantown
papers that Col. Jno. A. +. Martin,
of Preston County, was one of the
passengers on the first regular train
run over the F. NJ. d p. Railroad on
the 18th.
The negro, Joseph Burns, who
outraged the person Of Miss Mollie
Fellows, white lady, near Martins
burg on the 9Th inst was taken from
the Berkeley County Jail last Friday
night and lynched.
jesse Pugh, of Keyser, a brake
man on the b. & o. r. r., fell from
freight train at 80 Cut last Friday
night, and was instantly killed by
the cars running over him. His re-
mains were taken to Keyser for in.
terment.
On Tuesday we were shown the
Presidential election ticket OF 1910
for Virginia and Of the long list OF
the electors thereon only two OF the
distinguished gentlemen are alive to.
day-Hon. Andrew Hunter of this
town and Hon. Waitman T. Wiley
of Morgantown. -Chsrlestown Free
Press.
-Profs A. j. Hare and f. IL.
Trotter will teach a normal school
in KingwOod during the coming sum
mer. IL will begin on the 9TH OF
May and continue for l3week. The
tuition will be from $3.50 10 80 for
the term. Any information can be
obtained by addressing Prof. Hare at
Grafton, or Prof Trotter at King
wood.
The famous Pictured Rocks are
on the Evansville pike about four
miles from Morgantown, and for a
hundred years have attracted the at
tention Of visitors They are cove.
ed with rude figures Of panthers,
snakes, wolves, DC. &c, evidently
the works Of the Indians. They are
now much worn and hard 10 deciph.
or, but orc still full Of interest
Howe's history Of Virginia says speak
ing of these rocks:- On the plan
tation 81 Henry Hamelton there is q
large fat rock, out 100 feet lon
aud so feet wide, with numerous en-.
cravings Of animals, we'll executed
such rs panthets Of foil size, buf
ralo tracks. horse tracks, deer tracks
turkey Dracks eel 6sh, women large
as liC, humao tracks, offers. beavers
snakes, GROVE, eagles, wild cfts, fox
es,wolycs, racooons, opossuios, bear
clkg, etc. New Dominion.