West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1886-10-01
CURRENT TOPICS.

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NEARLY all the New York banks arc ,,,k.
ing loans at four per cent.
THr steamers on the Nile are driving the
crocodiles from that river.
MAsSA'BUsETTs boasts OF having 6O art
schools and 1000 art students.
One haul OF a seine near Bridreport G,
yleided 1900 pounds OF bluefsh
NEW form of iron street nsxi,~ ho.
been tried in Chicago on Madison stree,
EhilApELPnA claims that oue-hfth of its
PoPuiatlon Is enrolled i'm its Sunday schools
a n.Br was seized az security for rent
IN little Pennsylvania town the other
day.
SHORTHAND has been introduced in the
Heading tPa) high-scbools as an optionaI
study.
FoRrY-Two new chemical clements are
reported n discovered in the past ten
| years.
InE unveling Of the Statue OF Liberty
Enhghtening the World is fixed for octo.
Der ~ ''' '''o
THE present popularity Of the chestru,
belle ought to give the red-headed girl a
chance
Tar house in which General Hancock vas
born near lonsdale, Pa, was burned a few
days ago
IhE production of quicksilver in Cali.
fornin has dropped to the lowest point fo,
many years
a PnnLADrIrnlA child, on seeing a negro
ohby Tor the first time asked. is that .
spoiled child"
JERRY RUsK, who has inst been renoui J.
mated for Governor of Wisconsin. used TO
be stage driver.
1T Is said that watercress DESTROYS tho
Toxic principle OF tobacco without iniuriug
It's other properties
a MONTAGUE, MICu boy fell head for.
most IN barrel containing eight inche, OF
water and was drowned.
Is Charleston, $. c. the scene of the "a
cent earthquake, there live $3.50 colored
persons and 1905 whites.
IRE conscience fund i'm the Treasury at
washington is approaching the round sum
OF quarter OF a million of dollars.
EL CoroTE appears to have been tn.
Jesse James OF Mexico, and met very mucb |
the same fate as his Missouri prototype.
Az Egyptian mummy on exhibition =,
The Iowa State Fair was seized bv land. |
III.
a NEw foRK policeman has been robbed |
vi S4oo diamond pin. Preserving the |
peace mnst be paying business in Gotham. |
orc% %Hth E2 Eysr ,o MsSs PossSSmHe Rqys
the street into the Salvation Army bar
racks.
TnE new issue of two-dollar silver certif
Gates bears portrait of the late Major.
General w ). Hancock in full dress uni |
form.
SENATOR DAWES SAYS there are to-doy
200 OOO Indian, who, To all intents and pur.
poses, are rs uncivilIzed as they we're 30 |
years ago.
THE Car OF Russia adds an abnormal |
fear OF hydrOphob.a 10 all the dangers
real aud imaginary, which surround his
royal path.
TnE Chinese notion OF England is said to |
be that of "a tr bute-bearing nation of men |
without pigtoils, governed by lady with |
large feet"
\ FORCE Of ditchers in Council Bluffs, |
la, recently eNbumed we'll l-preserved |
wagon that had been buried since the old |
Mormon days
PREACHERS have much 30 be thankful for. |
No man will be allowed 10 ring a chestnut |
gong ~ a church, no matter how old the |
sermon may be.
IT cost fashionable lady who was so. |
iourning AT Saratoga this summer 500 for |
doctors bills for attendance on pet dog |
which was taken sick.
THE Boston .fdceytiser thinks-that voices |
in Boston are running too much TO tenor
and ascribes the fact 60 the use Of the |
telephone and high collars.
\ SINGLE block in the vicinity Of Castle |
Garden, and which is about ~ by 500 feet, |
contains no less than thirty y-fve saloons, or
houses whore liquors can be obtained
The greatest balloon in the world has |
been constructed at San Francisco byR Mr.. |
Van Tassel. IL will hold 10000 cubic feet
Of gas aud has been made for the purpose
OF traversing the American continent from
ocean 10 ocean.
HARRY WRIGHT. the veteran base ball
player, is said to have invented the chest
nut gong, and his firm in Philadelphia 10
have made $4,000 out Of the little nuisance
IN less than two months.
INpIAN BELLEs Of Alaska wear n thick
coating Of oil and SCOT on their faces when
not in full toilet This is said to preserve
the complexion, which, after q thorough
scrubbing. looks as fair and smooth as .
good article Of soft soap.
SIR JoHS SLoAN, Of England, died in 1897.
In accordance with bis will twenty two
rooms in Lincoln Inn Fields have been
sealed and unopened since death They
will be examined ON November 2} A. the
will provides Their contents are a mys.
terry.
THE King of Portugars marriage has
finally been settled with the Princess Hen
rietto. younger daughter Of the Comte de
Flandres. Princess Henrietta will receive
an immense dowry She is the favorite Of
her father.who is among tho richest princes
in Europe
GEo. J.. PEEKIN- of Norwich Conn is
undoubtedly the oldest railroad man in
active service in the country. He began
his ninety-ninth year in August. and Is the
active financial head Of the Norwich and
Worcester railroad. working rs regularly
now as he did twenty-five years ago.
SprtEiVc Of thirteen a. an unlucky mum
her, how about the original thirteen colo
ME. and the Nation that has grown from
them any thing unlucky shout them
Tbrtecnly not
GEEVASY, Notwithstanding its weakness
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