West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1886-12-09
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS.

SVhc New lorkcrs are preparing 10
establish coffee houses upon the model
oil those in London.
some hunters near Lebanon, Pa.
snot into tree at what they thought
was a coon and brought down wild
cat " feet long.
The 'dore Tilton, who writes Paris
letters for the Boston Courier has
been describing at great length a visit TO
tue Care de la Regence, the Mecca OF
all chess players. The place is famous
Tor Its land ogds and its patrons. who
rank among the distinguished chess
players OF the world.
A Sonoml. Cal, hunter saw deer
under small madrona tree 200 Yards
away. lie fred and missed tho deer.
but hit the tree about six inches above
the animals head, knocking off a splin.
yer Tour inches long which struck the
deef's head with such force as TO pene
trate the skull and cause instant death.
At West Newton, Mass, ON Thanks
giving day. the Congregatioualists, Bap.
uSts, ana Onitariaus joined in Union
service at the Unitarian church. the
baPtist Clergyman preaching the sermon
ana the Congregationalist and Unitarian
pastors taking part in the service. Last
year the sermon was prea ched by the
Unitarian min ster.
parti c0lored baby is reported to
nave been born rec ntly at Aberdeen
Miss. Its father is very black negro
its mother light mulatto. Half the
child's body is black; the other ha {
nearly white: the hair on one de of its
head is kinky; on the other, light and
straight, while one eye is black and the
other blue
young couple of Valley Ford, Cal.
ran away together, and were married at
santa Rose. The girls father chased
tnem vigorously, and caught them Just
after they had been one, but. instead of
shooting his son in law full of holes he
asked him what in blazes he wanted to
run away with the girl for, when he
could have married her at home for the
asking
me late severe weather along the
Lehigh Valley told very heavily on the
coal trains coming from that region on
The Lehigh Railroad. The co al in each
car oil long train few days ago was
lolnu to be frozen into a solid mass.
winch had to he broken up with picks
ana DIrs. The coal should have been
un oaded ON Saturday before shutdown.
Dut the work was so difficult and to-
dlous Tor the men that /. was not finish
ed until shortly before midnight.
A little girl was shot in the head re-
Gently at Brackwayville, Pa. The bullet
actually penetrated the brain matter.
and the brain oozed out the aperture.
Doctors also probcd to the depth OF
three inches in search for the ball. For
time paralysis followed the rupture of
the brain, but gradually it wore away,
and mt last accounts the child was i'm
perfectly normal condition except the
unhealed opening. The mental func.
tlons seem to be in no way impaired, and
nc danger has resulted from infamma-
ton. Such cases have been heard of be.
fore, but they are rare.
An Lhcient loon, which has haunted
The Schuylkill for several weeks past
flew into the Geological Garden at Phil,
adelphia on Saturday, and was caught
by one of the keepers. 1t is thon0ht he
had been frightened by some Nimrod.
who attempted TO shoot him, and flew
into the garden for refuge. He is n
splendid specimen, and had around his
neck little silver collar, on which was
engraved Memo, the hermit, 1901
Head keeper Byrnc said that there was
no doubt as to the birds great age and
that from the hardness of his breast bone
he must belong to the genus boarding
house: The loon seemed perfectly con.
tented with his new quarters In the
swan pond aud does his own fishing in
the most sklllful manner.
A curious story comes from London.
Not many days since man appeared ut
The Bank of England, perspiring under
the weight of heavy bag which he
threw upon the counter and asked to
have changed for gold. The bag CON
tanned exactly elO0 worth Of fouTpenny
bits OF the ear of 1S39-all OF the g. coo
as bright and unworn az when freshly
Issued from the mint. The owner ex.
planned that the ms were legacy
from his grandmother, who had lust
died, and who, having passion for
tourponny p eces, had procured the bag
iul at the bank half century alto and
ho1rded them carefully until the dav of
her death The lega!ee took his E1OO
in gold and departed. Next MORNING
he reappeared in a very excited state of
mind and asked for the fourpenny bits
ba k, for, said he. i am told that the
jewellers will give shilling apiece for
them He was politely Informed that
the coins had been distributed