West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1886-01-08

1t is being reported that Parker
Pepper, the bankrupt Barbour county
csttleman, since he has come down
from his fromer high estate, is now
compelled to satisfy his landlordly
ambition on a 1900 acre tract ofthe
"est Kansas land, and content him.
-. 20 dwell in q new lS-room cot
tase.
We learn that our friend Dick
Miller, of NewburS, is writing a book.
We have not learned what the sub.
Ject of the book is. We presume,
however, that the whole will be a
love story as Dick is young, loving
and quite a gallant. That he may
attain fame and make millions bv
the publication Of his book is our
sincere wish.
The commissioners appointed to
examine and assess the damages &C.
cruing to j. c. McGrcw on account
of the passage of the *. X L. rail.
road through his farm met here on
Monday and made their report.
They assessed Mr.. McGrew's dam.
ages at three hundred and twenty
FIVE dollars. We believe he asked the
company 5000 for the right-of-wav
through his farm.
The past week the following Ii.
censes have been gsrnted Theo.
dore Bush and Ada Painter, Joseph
w. Messenger and Laura JeGrevs.
Geo. Wolfe and Annie T.. Riley, ia.
cob Groves and Mary Cozadd, Harri.
son Feather and Abbie Crane, Caleb
Beatty and Annie Smith, John Nc.
Elroy and Sarah Spiker, George A.
Herring and Lydia DeBerry, Charley
Shaw and Cora Taylor.
The Philippi Republican says
that State Senator NJ. W. Cobun has
made an assignment for the benefit
OF his creditors. The reported liza.
bilities aggregate about $4,000.
His assets consist of considerable
personal property and about 600
acres of the finest land in barbour
county, on which, in 55 acre lots.
there has been raised as much as so
bushels of shelled corn TO the acre
Large inducements are held out
at the State University for literary
work this year. First of all there
are the Regents prize-S25 for the
pest essay on a given subject, and
SO for the best delivered declama-
ton. Then there is the Presidents
prize of $50 for the best essay on
"the Literature Of the Elizapethean
Age" There are the Henshaw
medals, also-a gold medal to the
best oaatOr in each Of the literary
societies. Then there is the spring
contest of the literary societies which
will carry with it, of course. the
usual 800. And last comes a New
York publishing house which offers
a costly set Of law books to that
member Of the law class of the Uni.
versity who shall write the best essay
on n given legal subject.
William A. Rafter, of Keyser,
has made an assignment and cleared
out for parts unknown, The assign.
ment was for the benefit Of only a
few of his creditors, including those
who were on his bond for purchases
made at a recent big cattle sale. The
greatest losers are private cattle deal.
ers in Grant county. lie bought a
lot Of Jacob S. Hyre, /. D.. Smith
and John Day, of Grant county, and
Flourney Bond, Of P~endleton, giving
them checks on the Piedmont Bank,
all of which came back to them un.
honored. Mr.. Bonds check vas 81.
200 70, Mr.. Days $500, and the 9th
er gentlemen's something over 800
each. From what can be learned, he
made these purchases after making
his assignment and then skipped
: with two or trhee thousand dollars,
the proceeds Of the sale Of these cat.
tie that he had practically stolen.
CEN. WASHINGTON'S RAZOR.