West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1886-01-22

oc iaSulOuaOle 10 uSu lOI OaSs on the
hillsides and in snow drifts; and if
unsuccessful there, it might be we'll
to go near the streams and wait un.
til the fish come out to browse on the
huckleberry bushes and club them
to death.
The trial of Campbell Osborn,
for the shooting of w. F. Richards,
ex-postmaster and former editor OF
the Clarksburg Telegram, which oc.
cupied the attention of the Circuit
Court at Clsrksbvrg last week and
resulted in a disagreed jury and a
new trial granted.
Jimmy Hunts soul is shout as
big as Bill Lavelle's feet-and that
giving Hunt credit with a good-sized
soul-but he should never prescribe
sugar crackers and cheese and look
wise while sitting on barrel ofpick.
les. 1t has tendency to bring up
recollections OF coffee house in a
for-off land.
Its not safe to write anything
about the weather until the hour of
going to press; and even then there
are frequently two or three changes
before the edition reaches the'post.of-
fee two hours afterwards. However
we should all feel devoutly thankful
that we have any weather at all,
these hard times.
Counselor Fortney's big white
dog, "Bob, lis the most widely known
canine in the county. "Bob" at.
tends strictly to his own business,
and as this is such an unusal thing
among all classes of animals, it has
given the dog widespread notoriety.
A dog should have credit for trait
so seldom made manifest by others
who are ranked higher in the animal
kingdom.
"A prominent citizen of Addison
says that worm, about two inches
in length, in the end of a dogs tail
is the cause OF them going mad. He
say, that when pups are young this
worm can be removed. thus prevent.
ing the dog from going mad. A small
scab in the shape Of a button grows
on the end of the tail, and all you
have to do is TO catch hold of this
scab and pull the worm out. He
boasts of having performed the OPP
GRAFTON successfully on several pups.
-Webster Echo.
Emory Storrs, being dead, is
credited with all the loose wit of the
land. But this is good enough to
have been said even by him, and
about Blaine: 1T is we'll for him
that he was defeated. His liabilities
of promises were away beyond his
assets of patronage. His defeat was
a grand bankruptcy of aspiration,
but it was the best thing for him"
After pause, he added sardonically,
Had he been elected perhaps l would
have beer chosen for his Cabinet.
had the advantage of not having his
pledge"
"A certificate of incorporation has
been issued by the Secretary of State
to the Pittsburg and Preston County
Railroad Company, formed for the
purpose of building railroad from
the Pennsylvania State line to Preston
county down Big Sandy Creek to
Clifton mills, and from thence in a
southeastern direction to point on
the Baltimore and Ohio railroad east
Of Cheat river and west of the Mary.
land State line in the county OF Pres
ton. The principal Office of the
company is to be at Bruceton, West
Virginia. The charter is perpetual
The capital stock is 100000, which
is divided into shares Of $50 each,
and is held by the following persons,
all Of Preston county: Charles Kant
ner, William g. Armstrong, George
II Armstrong, S. II Scott, Jos PIN w.
Michael, Samuel Darby, Andrew
Spider, William II. Miller and John
II. Feather, one share each.
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