West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1886-09-24

is,6lO bales; sales. G.6i2 bales
Nav ORLEANS. Cotton firm; middlng,
pAc.; low middliug sac good ordinary.
&c. net receipt l,62p bales; yru,, receipts.
l,>'h bales exports To Great Britain 2Oa3
bales; sales, an iolos. >tocl,, 81. dB bales.
weekly net aud gross receipts, l2Q0s
bales; gross, lASSt bales. exports, TO Great
IN tain 2W2 bales export, coastwisc,
. 80 bales; >alc>, S,,Ol bates
MrNru-. Cotton Rrm; middljng. pc.;
receipts, @0 bales shipments 3D.; bales
stock, los bUlc,, salos, IJp balr,
Rrv. .I.-~r CooN, colored wa, banged in
But er ga, Cor the murder uf hi, wifo last
April The crowd ~ the execution vns -.
timatcd at eight thousand. Cook madc
full confession
DEMOCRATS OF the Tenth District. Tom.
nominated James Phclon, pruprictorot tho
Memphis IroiUpcho, for Congress by nc.
clnmotion
BNn RoCN, weighing hundred, of tons,
tumhlcd from a mountain stdo ian Jackson
County w Va, crushing hou,o and
barn killing two men iniuring other
persons, aud killing several horses and
mulos
W T. RoHTUTNoN has been nominated for
Congress 10y the Democrats of tho Sixth
District, La, over y. B. Iron, tho present
incumbent
Tur total vote of Arkansas ia the sep
tcmbcr election foot, up liaOOl, Dcmo-
cratic RiDrity, 3inO Tho Legislature
stands: House, Democrats, o. Republi-
cans aud Whorlcrs, ~ Sruntc, Democrats,
y; Republicans aud Whcelers, )
Hos. j. c. ArkiN, senator in the last
General Assembly from Gibson County.
Tenn, died NJ his homo near Trenton tho
other morning, aftcr short illness lie
was native OF Gibson, aud was univer-
sally populni.
TmE Louisville and Nashville has com
mencod work at Woodhinc, Ky, for now
line of road 10 bc run to Morristown, u
distance of siNty-Scven miles The new
line Is to connect with the Richmond aud
panville line Nt Warm Sprngs y. c.,
forming q link which viii be OF grrat bene-
nc To both roads, aud passing through
valuable "oal aud timber section
TmE Democratic Convention Of the Firth
District La. nominated G. Newton for
Congress over M. King, the present incum-
bent
nisA-TEuU~ fire ut Danvillc Nn. de-
stroyed the furniture factory OF the Hci-
the city electric plant, loss 5000; Wor.
shain's box factory, loss Sil 900, insurance
81, 800, and the city ice-housc loss Sl2 O01
insured. g. W. Midlaugb OF Toledo, o.,
wns burned To death i'm th" connagratiou.
Ar Memphis the other afternoon. Mrs.
Kate Wright attempted suicide by jump
ing into the river at the foot Of Bcul street
but was pulled out h time TO save her life
HrNn BARNES, colored, was ynched az
Milen, ca. for outraging white lady at
Rogers station, on the Central railroad
\ porty of masked men did the lynching
Bhrues was taken from train near Millen
and Iiddlcd with bullets
THE new stock company formed i'm Du.
rant. Miss. recently, under the Style and
name of the DurRnt Tanning Mnnufnctur.
ing Company. have completed all their a~
ranRements and are now putting NY build
ings, and before long the tanning Of leather
will commence by what H. known az
Rhymes paragon process. By th process
the best of leather can he mnde within
from twenty To- forty days, the cost
of which will be only one third of the
old plan, since Il tsns the leather without
bark or vats.
THT other day while Edward White n
well-kuowu citizen, was walking down the
street a. Wcsternport Md. he wns shot
and instantly killed by David Johnson. a
man who has boon considered n harmless
lmntic for some time past johnson was
90 once arrested and locked up. There was
no known cause for the act, and IL created
great excitement. That evening party
~ citizens attacked the building where
Johnson Was confined. They quietly took
him out go the bridge across the Potomac.
tied n rope around his neck and made him
walk on. Ills neck was broken bv tho fall
and after allowing him 20 huug for few
moments the rope was cut aud the body al
| lowed 20 fall into tho river where the swift
current carried IL ONT Of sight in few mo-
ments
AETHrR McNicHoL was arrested by OH
Ger jacob Watson. Of The Wheeling wv.
| Va police force for wife bcsting Tho
prisoner showed .gns ot running. when
Watson said "Non iuu, and fll Lill YOU
Half square further on McNiohol did run.
and Watson kept his word shooting tho
prisoner iu The hack, the ball pa a.siDg close
10 the spine. and inhictinn fatal wound.
Watson was 81 once suspended by Chief ~
Police smith md held in s2Oy bell by
Justice 90 await the result of NcNIch0is
wound
TUr smallest fec on record was received
by ono of 'ho Van Buren, lArkI attorney
losf v"ek A man came to bis Office oud
| bad some papers drawn up. When the
work wp, finished he asked what the hll
,as. The man of lawrepliod Just what
yoti 'hi0I s right 20 his ostonishmcrt
his client taudod hifu one and two cont
piccc. iio ntenda having then, mounted,
and weor ne trsm a- mcmeutoc. OF mo
smallest foe over received.
A GroEsfAV explains how one John
kniaht came 10 reside iu thaf State His
ft'ber Evei boz Che baokwopd. of North
carolina. aud fhc first time be- ever .aa a
two horse wagon oe Iau alter b. He he-
rame -o absorbed iu fho question off tp,7
long t v"u'd rur before tro hig heels
YvorioYk fhe It''e 0n~, chat he followed it
rlcm .o augusta f-,. hcforo he sevo out
sud bad fp stop &c. li1n know tbc way
back aud rad fo ~ta1
Tnr diN~ carried every ward FOO VIM
chester. o.. end iheir ticket, D., lWmo ior.
it's. The lav goes into effect CON thc is. ~
next May and continue for two year. a
variety OF opinions are expressed us fo fbo
probable effect upon The hu-irc-. interests
Of the city
WN. AND Hf>HY Hor -INcrR aged twelve
and hfrpuu wears reSpcsffvafr wore