West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1888-02-02

The social will meet at Mrs. Matte
Parks tomorrow evening.
Messrs. NJ. C. Gibson and John
Garner have large tract Of timber
near Snider's mill. on tn. h. Il T. r.
r. The gentlemen inform US they
will begin operations in a few days.
Mr.. Gibson estimates they will have
over = million feet Of lumber to ship
over the X. & +. They are both
wide-awuke business men and the
ARGUS wishes them success.
Jsmes 4. Brown. Esq, OF King
wood, WAS in town on Monday. shak.
ing hands with his many friends.
NJ. Brown is ore OF the oldest mem
bers of the legal fraternity in Pres
ton. and it is Whispered 10y his friends
would have no objections TO being
Judge Ices successor on the bench.
The Republican party would find in
him q very popular candidate. Eagle
Yes. and the party could go great
deal farther and fare worse.
Monday evening. about fifteen
couple of Kingwood's society young
folks drove over to Terra Alta to tax.
supper They stopped at the Wash
ington House where they enjoyed at
excellent and well.prepAred supper,
after which they amused Themselves
in general good way until about
one o'clock a. m, when they started
home. Never was ore successful
and enjoyable time had by them be.
fore.
a person receiving letter through
the postotice by mistake, or finding
ono on the streets or else Sere, car
under no pretense, designedly break
the seal without suhjecting himself
TO severe penalty; the endorsement
opened by mistake; being too thin
The penalty varies frsm fine not
exc"edin. $500 to imprisonment for
ten years.
A new ruling OF the pustoffice de-
partment provides, that all uncalled
for postal card SHALL be returned to
the writer after three days. Also
that advertised letter will be held
but two weeks, instead Of four as
heretofore, before being sent to the
dead letter Office, at Washington. a
fee Of one cent will also be charged
on all letters advertised.
The mule drivers in the Newburg |
mines came out last week and refus-
ed to work until one OF their number
who was discharged, was reiestated.
Our information is that they were
in the wrong, as the mule driver Was
discharged for letting the car run
away and breaking the mules legs.
If this be SO and the driver Was in
the fault, we can't see the justice of
their strike.
Roy. Lakin is holding success
full reviv at the Roberts ridge
church. H will also begin a meet
ing at Calvary church, Graysville,
next Sunday evening. II ounSsvile
Herald.
Rev. Lakin is well.known by a
number 6 our people. having been
Presiding Elder of the Oakland dis
trict for four years.
Laxador, Is the remedy now most.
~ relied upon when good purgative
family medicine is needed All drug,
gists sell it for 25 cents a package.
The oeadening preparations Of
opium for the baby are rapidly dis.
appearing before the use Of DR.. Bulls
Baby Syrup. SOLD by All druggists.
A very neat swindIe is the torn
check racket which is now being sue
cessfully worked in come quarters.
The swindler obtains from a deposi
tor in the bank a small check. Then
he takes a blank one exactly a like
filed one and lays the two one upon
the other so that the edges are exact
~ even. Both checks are then tom
irregularly across. and in such a way
that the signature on the 6lled check
appears on one piece and the amount
and payee on the other. The checks
having been held together while being
torn, one piece of the blank check
will exactly ft the other piece Of the
flied check. The sWindler then Ills
in one piece Of the blank check with
the name Of the pAyee and the sum
70 suit himself, takes II With the