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West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1888-12-20

TIM British steamer Hartlespoois has heen
wrecked at EgerSund Norway Only -four
OF her crew OF twenty ono were saved.
IitREE men named Fournia. father, sou,
Island, IN an open boat for thoir homes on
yarmouth River, but died from exhaustion
and exposure en- route.
form ON the West Indian Island OF Mar
Unique.
Mn. WAKE, an artist connected with the
London Grophtc, has been killed. by tho
Araes who aro bcsioging Suakim, Africa.
1T is reported that in various districts o,
ireland, IN Limerick especially, the distress
among the agricultural lnhoror- IL enormous.
MANY are asking TO be assisted TO emigratc 10
buenos Ayres
STRONG shock OF earthquake lasting
nearly half minute was felt at Rimuuski
Father Point, Sainte- Flavio and Troia Pts
toies, Quebec, Canada.
-GENEnAI. CAssoLA has resigned the port.
folio OF the Ministry or War OF Spain.
WILLIAM a. BUsn NRI.I. who defraudeq
tho New York lac flrm OF Rutler, Stillmaa
N,Hubhard of $4,000, twelve years ago, has
been nrrestcd in SantiRgo, Chise.
PnMn MINISTER SAuAsrA, OF Spain, and
his entire Liberal Cabinet have resigned in
consequence OF the strained relations with
Germany and the Conservative majority in
The newly elected Budget Committee OF the
Cortes, which controls the finances OF the
kingdom
TlIE French Government has decided 10
Introduce, " necessary, n bill To insure the
sompletion OF the Panama Canal.
MIss PRESTON, an American lady attached
TO the missions at Canton, China, aud a mum.
ber Of Europeans have been nassacred. Tho
residence of the missionaries was attacked at
tead OF night by several hundred Chinese
armed with long spears, knives aud guns
FIRE ot lsabcla dc Sngua, Cuba. caused
by tho eNplosep of a coal oil amp, dc
stroyed forty-two houscs Over ono hundrod
Families were rendered homeless. The loss is
estimated at $4,000 in gold.
THE Presidopt of tho German Relchstno
has introduced 6bill providing for the erec,
ton OF a national monument TO. William /.
THE wife OF Michael Dwyer, her daughter
and throe grandchildren were burned 10
death about threo miles from Blythe Canada.
Tho house took fire and they were unable TO
escape.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1888-12-20

half agroan, ''christmas Eve, and nary
bite in the locker nor nickel in the
pocketl It's blasted hard-blasted hard
Tor man that's seen better days.
He crunched the pipestem between his
teeth and made another round of the
deck, but stopped when be had reached
the old place again.
There's some as 'ud say twas mis-
fortin did IL. And some MS 'ud croalx
bout ill-luck. 'Twusn't neither Twas
rum. Rum and me own mulishness. If
dadn't driv that boy away, he'd be now
maxim good livin' for her, no matter
what | wus about, aud she wouldn't be
in there dyin'-dyin' for bite to eat"
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1888-12-20

Shortly after six o'clock I'm tho morning an
attempt was ma 10 b. destroy Shufodt a.
Co.'S dstiHory in the northern portion OF
Chicago Ii by means OF dynamite Enough
facts could not bo discovered 81 Justify q
conclusion as TO whether u was he work 81
Anarchists or OF 3 ine one who had "A per
sOHol grievances against the hhufeldtH
AZ the hour mentioned tho neinhbOrhood
was s1nken 10y tremendous oFp'osiou. Tie
buildings IN the DoifhborhoOd troInbicd
many panes Of Rlcs5 n tho surrounding
hOuges were broken. and he people rusbet
Into tho street in greot alarm. lnVeetig0tiou
showed that tomb had been thrown. prob.
ably from tho street into q detnchei ware
house u,ed for the stofoge Of bigh wines
This building was shnttpre1i ~ the iiolp5
were hurst or many OF th casks and the
leads were driven IN, Aery sou nftfrwnrI
q package wrapped IN paper was discovered
lying ~ tho street it contained several
sticks OF dynR'uite aud si Illuminating capa
A fuse connected with the package showed
evidence OF having been lighted, but hnd
gone ont premnturely. These nrticieg aro
now IN the 70 session OF the po'iee, who arc
az work on the case.
a iagged hole about chr q feet square was
torn Ia the roof. and in various other WAYS
the structure was damegei. tr1ninntion
1cvcalei tho fact that some person, cv iIent-
ly standing on the high 8ldewaik on Haw
thorn street had thrown upO3 the low root
Of the building n package ~ dynamite
sticks. tied together and attached 20 tuso
winch ma been iHuiieds
These sticks consist Of compressed dYna.
M e., wrapped in pnsteboard and provided
with Illuminating caps Tho combination
had explode j. and 70 waq only owing 20 n
peculiar cbahcs that The entire structure. ns
vol ne the surrounding buildings, were not
instantly leyoled.
The aim ~ tho man or men who com
.ttcd fhe dosl was evidently 20 bic the
skyNIht on the roof, aud the mark vas
missed by Int a fow feet Underneath
ths skylpht arc eight lergo tuig Or
watts Of highly inlammnhie liqunf
Had the dynamite sticks exploded on no )
akyight the liquor wOnld have Teen
instantly iguifei and terrible explosion
would have resulted-nn cvplodon, Capt tn
schaack, of ths Police Force thinks ot
sufficient vio' enco TO have torn down a scoro
of buildings ~ it was. the damage wng
comparatively small a iCt ~ barreis Of
wines underneath tho spot where The cNp.o
s,on occurred had their hoops torn or bu5
mono ~ thc contents was spilled
On the roof about fifteen feet from the
spot whore fho first explosion oc urred, was
found anothtr bundle of dynamite sticks
seven iu number These had not explode
ON account of some defect in Che fuse. which
had evidently been ignited.
Fortunately no one Was iu Che building ni
The time AID no loss 0f liio or limb was
caused. There were 1000 barrels oI whisFJ y
stored under tho roof U,ot was torn oieu
and 4 these had haen i0nt a n terrible hre
would have been added 20 tho horrors 81 tn'
explosion.
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Sonfh nnd Wnst

CHIEF GfFFoRD OF the Birmingham (Ala
lire department was thrown from his horse
while going to fire and was instantly
killed.
The Navajo Indians are Off their reserva.
ton, near Fort Wmgata, Cal, and have
gone over on the Colorado kivor. Fearing
they mean mischief United States troops
have been sent after them to force them
back.
a SWITCH engine ran into n street car con.
tanning fourteen passengers at Detroit, Mich, ..
and four OF them were killed and four more
seriously injured.
A PAssRNGRR aud freight train wero
wrecked by collision FIVE miles north of
youngstown, Ohio. Conductor James Ken
nedY, of the passenger train, was killed .
rick Riley were fatally injured, and Engin.
o,r Albert Lindsay was badly injured
s.WoODS .TENKs,Ss Co.'s extensive lumber
yards at Cleveland have been burned Tho
entire stock, valued at S260,00O was de
stroyed
Mrs. SMELL, widow OF the murdered Chi
cngo millionaire, has offered n reward OF
$4,000 for the apprehension OF Tascott, his
alleged murderer.
ELEVEN HUNDRED new houses. costing
100000 isDuluth's CAiinn.l building record
for 1883
JOHN p RICHARDSON has been Inauguratod
as Governor OF South Carolina for second
term.
PREsIDENT-ELEcT HARRISON returned to
indianapolis from his brief hunting expedt.
ton in the Indiana woods, having proved
himself the best shot in the large party
that went out.
TWENTY-FIVE miserable specimens OF
humanity are now lying in the Bay Wow
Hospital at Baltimore, Md. afflicted with
discusses caused by exposure, III treatment
and insufficient food while ab work at
oyster dredging for the brutal pirates in
Chesapeake Bay
Two men lost thoir lives by suffocation
while ceaning ont still OF the Peerless oil
Refining Company, at Finilay, Ohio.
SAMUEL PLULFEI has been hanged al
Yorkville, 3. g.. for the murder Of Lucy
Smith. AZ the same time and place Adolphus
Wheeler was hanged for the murder OF
George Bechbaum. Both confessed
TuE American Forestry Congress, which
has been I'm session at Atlanta Ga adjourned
The next meeting will be held In Philadelphia.
Governor J. a. Beaver, OF Pennsylvania, was
elected President.
DM H. NJ. BEILDEn, one Of the best known
cltizans of Texarkana. Texas, was killed on
tho street bY I'd Spears. n fourteen yeaF.old
] boy whose father the doctor had caned.
TBREy- QUARTERs Of tho large iron ship.
luiiding pant Of the Globe Iron Works in
Covoland, Ohio hHs con destroyed by fire.
The loes Il estimated 40 S20l,OJ0
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1888-12-20
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.
CLEANED FROM ALL SOURCES.
The Main Facts Related without I'm
necessary Words.
EASTERN and Middle states.

DR. CHARLEs GooDSPEED, a Young physl.
can or North Abingdon, Mass was found
dead IN his oiiicerunder circumstances indi.
S"tihg suicide by means OF morphine.
FIRE at Cortland, n. ", destroyed large
pare OF the great wagon works there, entail
ing an estimated loss OF S2l 900. Among
the property DESTROYED were eCO cutters and
a large stock OF wagons
CANoNoHEr, Governor Sprague's mansion
az Ne.raganseu Pier. r. l., owned by
sold TO a syndicate. including New York aud
hhoae Island men, William Clarke aud
Banker Earle OF Earescourt, for $500, ,OO0
it WIN be used Tor hotel purposes.
GANG Of men were engaged at work In
tne shaft at the Nesqnehoning (penn1 mines
when the water Iron, the Haekelharne Nine
whieh was Hooded and abandoned years ago,
forced It's way TO where the mon wore and
buried two OF them IN a watery grave
JosErH THOMPSON, President OF the
dominion steamship Company, while Gro
ing the Pennsylvania Railroad az Elizabeth,
n. j., on his way 60 church was stiNcl< by a
train and INSTANTLY killed. HIS body was
carried 70 Linden on the pilot OF tho On.
gine before Il was discovered.
- TYPHOID fever prevails as an epidemic in.
lrOvdcnce.lR l.
GEORGE Downs. a wealthy young man OF
Troy, ~ ", shot and killed james Logan,
his dearest friend. over a trivial matter
Edwin GooDwiN was burned TO death i'm
Ferguson's sash factory at Kennebcck, Me
GEoReE w QurNN and Abby l.. Wiggin.
OF Chelsea, Mass, were killed hy train
while walking ON the track near Everett,
JonN lNrlsEL and wife, an aged German
couple residing at Burnt Hill, n. ", at.
drowned.
lHE dynamite gun cruiser Vesuvius, con,
structed for the United States Government
by thesMessrs. Cramp, had an official trial
20 determine her speed over n measured milo
near the Delaware iPenn.l -BreakwateE Sho
showed "A speed OF 2l.4l knots per hour. Tho
contract calls for speed OF twenty knots an
hour.
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Along Of that time when the forests are
On the moor, within the sound Of the belfries,
Twelve mystical spirits. the months OF the
Setths chimes a-riaoinci
With laughter and song they dance in their
And deep N the circle their footsteps have
Sits hoary December his beard on his
Set ne chimes a-ringinoi
He t6iSks not Of them, and his mind is
FSr fSs ho Is TOO Sld, too old to be gay
'-'ke nsafsy eetoeer or hly-erowned May.
And dreaming, stn dreanniog, he murmurs
Fair memories forgotten, tho tears on his
But whom the bells burst he remembers and
SCI tse eh'mss a -r,nosnOl
: -'Iin TIE watch Of this night. hn the Orient
Thro' Tho PASS Of the bills which glory DER.
.sa.ald ..ld lIs'.. 9 sss Light Of the World by the
Ssthe chimes a-rinoingy
1hey hear him, they heed him. that reverend
And TIE words hS, hath spoken shine out like
NoH0tne Wild 'shalnt is hushed and the froiic
SCI setthefehimes a-rfnginst
Then sudden o,ss fSr praise and for joy that they
They ksissi9& his feet, lsneol them down in
ana AZ saor the sake of the Child that we
Se' 1s chimes o-'tagsn1y
For the star Of our hope in the gatsways Of
rer the lover OF love and tho scorner of
is born. ~ ''''''
Set the cafaes a-rir0in0i
Louise Imogen Guineu.
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cHRIsrMAs nRLlA.


] heard the bells on Christmas dav
1heir OLD familiar carols play
And wild and sweet
80. The words repeat
VI peace ON earth, goodwill to meni
!. Ana ma thoought how, as the day had come,
ls'1o oe-fries OF all Christendom
Had rolled along
The unbroken song
II peace on earth, goodwill TO menl
~ III ringing, singing on it, way.
Inc world revolved from night To dav.
A voice, a chime.
A chant sublime
ct peace on earth, goodwill to men!
But In despair bowed my head
mere IS no peace on earth, - I said.
For hate Is strong,
And moclSs the song
VI peace on earth, goodwill to menr'
Then pealed the bells moro loud and deen.
uoo Is not dead, nor doth He siesp,
The wrong shall fail,
,,,,. The right prevail
"itn Eoace on earth, goodwill TO mems
Henry W. LongCetlo,o.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1888-12-20
WashinRton.


THE United States fonnte cot VS. for the
year ending Juno 30. $500, ji3 Salaries and
mileage of members amounted 10 ssJl.i5Z
BWGADfEE.GEvERAL a. W. GnfRLY.
Chief signal officer, Ia pursuanco Of orders
attended the annual meeting Of tho Amcri
can Forestry Congress at Atlanta, Ga.
PnEuDEsT CLEvKLANp has resumed his
afternoon receptions 10 the public.
THE Rivor and liarbor Committee has
liked sl0,OW,UOD ns the aggregate amount of
appropriations 20 be covered BY The bill.
THE District Of Columbia Appropriation
bili. which Tho Committee on Appropriation
has reported 10 he House, 6ppropriates
rrOpriations FOR Che current fscal year aud
fi.OR. .bi2 less than the estimates Of The Dis
irict Comm ssionera
tins Pension Appropriation bili has been
completed by the House Appropriations
Committee 10 appropri ties 81 ,f0l, 200, aud
u Identical with last years bill
TnR National Government has ordered
from Duluth lMnn dealers three thousand
telegraph poles Tor The use Of military teies
graph lines in Dakota.
Army and navy men no Washington say
tllc bursting during the tsst n the Boa.omer
steel gun 40 Annapolis was due solely 20 the
fact that cast steel has neither sufficient
strenRth elasticity nor tensile power 20 be-
utilized FOR heavy orduence.
Ak awafd of 10000 in favor Of repre-.
scutativcs 0f Chnries Won Bokkeien q United
States c'fizon. hos been nlcd 0f tho sfalc Do.
pertmontani Hayfian Embassy. Won Box
kceu was imprisoned Tor debt at Port 90
bim 20 make on ass Rnment Tor his creditors
and be leased
PaYsfnETr CLfVELAND has appointed
Emory ~ raunt formerly Lieutenant in tho
Navy, o. Consul 20 The Congo River Free
state. with headquarters at Bona Africa
OnDER have been isuof by President
Cleveland ior IRE vessels or tho revenue MAJ
rino On The Atlantic coast r. cruise along tho
coast durIng fho season Of severe 9eather
iof the puposo of o6ording oId 70 distrss ied
navigation
RAILWAY mail clerks have been placed
unicr civil service rules by order of Post.
master General Dickinson
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1888-12-20

The man groveled down upon his
knees beside the box and his head sunk
upon his hands. lie was that moment {
The veriest picture OF humiliation aud re-
morse. Put she before whom he hum
blCd himself did not seem 20 see him
Her eyes were fixed on vacancy and her
lips opened and closed as though She
were speaking 20 some one unseen
Then she rose with a CRY of Edward
my husband, whom / would have
wronged by doubling come to me. come.
or / will die, " and fell on the floor in a
swoOu
The old man, al in trenblo. orept TO
her, raised hef in bis arms, dashed water
into her face laid her down again. apd
rushing to q shelf. felt for a bottle ard
held It to the lieht. Emptyi A curse
upon the fiery brew that had brought
ruin aud was gone when IL might do
good lie knelt again, beat her hands.
wrung his own. and then starting an
like a madman, dashed out into the air.
leaving the woman lying IN the cabin ag
though che were dead Over TO the pier
and across IL he hurried. Hcfan to tho
side of the BIG bark. There was no
gangplank there. but he aprang for the
lower rigging grabbcd II aud clambored
on the deck
lie snw p figure pacing up and down
Ga the dark aud the yellow light FOR
ward showed couple OF scamon who
had risen from coil of rope. uo turned
toward them, and with hands stretched
entrcatingly, he called cut
"FOr Gods sake. mates. lct me have n
drop Of grOV or somclhin' Ne cal
me daughters dyin' over on tho boat
thege. and I've pothin' 70 bs.og her tor
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filtering through the Shiny piles I'm.
defneath the pier, only the distant
swash OF paddle broke upon the
m0notonous creakiHg Of chains and
cables, the same big, still ones that Old
Tom Saunders had seen make fast the
newly arrived bark mt nightfall lie had
been striding up and down the bare
deck OF the dnsky canal boat to keen
himself warm ever since the stranger
had lo0med MP on the other side of the
pier. Tic had heard screaming in The
clip beyond the whistle of the tug boat
that had brough her in. and seen the
Dustling little craft steam away with
the spa ks and smoke from her tunnel
leav ng luminous trail in the dark.
From that the gloom had been thicker
about the pier aud the damp mist roll
ing mp from the bay had wrapped tho
shipping in a shroud OF moisture. There
had been clatter Of voices for n while
on the big bark, and he had been half
conscious Of itting lights and hoarse sea
orders but all these had ceased long ago
and now the Dlack hull oftho new arrival
rose up In the gloom. solemn and silent,
with her masts slightly tilted OIL and n
lantern forward cleaning like o dim
yellow star.
Old Tom Saunders paced the deck Of
the diDgy hulk hc was on, with his pipe
gripped fast between his teeth and his
hands slowed away down IN The pockets
OF his threadbaie pea jacket. The bat
tercd aud decayinQ boat WAS no shabDicr
and more woel eg0nc than The man.
Old Tom he was by virtue or the years
that had turned his few Struggling
locks gray and drawn all sorts OF deep
fnrrons across his face. Fnmiliarly cid
Tom among tho wharf men, who knew
him ~ such ever sine he bad come along
on tho old canal boat, n Brokcn-down
man " ih % favor Of better times ab0It
bin. facoiiousiy Old Tom. in cOnse
Cuence of fhe fondness Tor the fippie
of that name which, Sc was hintcd. had
lfagQed him down Go hs present low
fBiaic I'D Tom Saunders had once
been buriy. and DC was still q big man
Int be had lost ali his fosh Ills faoo
looked like worn parchment, and d d
that colorlcss blencled out appearance
which life O' constant excuses tezofs.
There vas also that fcrvous twit hing
about the lips and that aim ess wander
ing OF the fingers which bctoken o con
niitution nnstrnne and shattered.
In low spirits indeed ho seemed This
night Of h0stmas Eye ns he stopped at
the stern Of tho canal boat 10 look of
toward the big black warehouses That
shut On The river side like WALL Jpin
the air o redd sh haze hung 0qcf the city
where The l1hfs of coutlless lamps on
tie thosoug fares beneath had sol the
damp Mmop phefo aQlow. and from fomo
lofty tui.dinQs The radiance Of electricity
showed iH ihc faH blue ond palld. as
death lights oi somo inictnal orQie
$50 this is hr simas Eve ch5' mute
tered ld Tom uifh q snort ihsl was
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1888-12-20

Ono of the troublesome questions
which architects have never been abe
TO settle is tho placing OF permanent
foundations undeg large building5 Ihe
latest experiment, according 10 tbs
american Architect > Is % cover before
commencing che f0oings 1.-The entire
nfca Of the exc iVaiiou OF the building
with a t0ick stratum Of concrete, laid
d ecily upon the top OF ihe clay hrds
rou Tho depth Of this course S. nwrly
luo 'est. and its object ia 10 strengthen
the clay that iho SO Element ma bo 70.
duccd % a minimum.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1888-12-20
ON CHRISTMAS EVE,

NOW had been fall
ing early in the day,
but SO lightly that
only a white heck here
and there marked the
distant housetops and
a thin frosty layer
made the stringpiece
show ia the dark
like a glittering line.
Down by the waters
edge the night was
silent and gloomy.
{ My the hoaTse CUR
Cling of the stream
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1888-12-20

PcTATore nre drug iu the market 60
Coifar, Wis, owing - tho enormous crop
raised n that section The bost price 10 hs
got is ten cents q tushoi, and one farmer or
ferod to give q friend q wagon load Of choice
oats if be would take Che trouble b send fof
tnem.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1888-12-20

IYWty q Cofs wholesale drnr housa
Moe'ree'' s,oa 5ss Canada baElrm bunsd foa
The Wahpeton times., 1888-10-11
A Horrible Tale.

WICHITA, Kan, Sep. 25.-The
baby of farmer William Beattie.
who lives on the Cimmaron river.
north of the territory line, was
carried off by an eagle Saturday,
Beattie went to work in the morn.
ing. leaving in his mug out his two
children-one five years old and a
baby two months. About noon
Beattie returned home and found
his girl in tears. She said she had
taken the baby into the yard and
left it while she went into the house,
In a few mintues she heard it cry
and looking out saw baby "fying
away" as she expressed it. The
father knew at once that an eagle
had visited his home, and summon
ed his neighbors to the wooded
banks of the river for which the
eagle had made. In about an hour
the sound of a shot summoned the
searchers together. One of the men
had found the eagle and was en-
gagged in deadly conflict with it.
He had emptied his gun at the big
bird and broken his wing and was
using his gun as a club when rein.
forcements arrived. The eagle
Hutted into the bush and then the
father saw his infants dead BODY
horribly lacerated and part gone.
The Wahpeton times., 1888-10-11
To Our Friends.

We are not unmindful of the
courtesy due our Democratic friends
and others throughout the county,
for the interest they have taken IN
connecting our name with the can
vass for the territorial council this
year. and will add that it is not,
perhaps. out Of place to assure them
that we would have accepted the
instructions to tho legislative con-
vention and made the canvass, had
our business matters admitted of
the sacrifice. However, the Hon.
S. E. Stsbbins is placed in the field
and. has his coat off :" is Il better
man. deserving Of all Democratic
aud reform support let us give
it to him,-and elect him.
The Wahpeton times., 1888-10-11

Democratic party. he. like many
Others makes a clean breast of the
change of heart and comes bounding
over into the Democratic ranks,
declaring in his speech before the
convention that he is for tariff for
revenue only. that he has long since
decided to vote for Candidate Har.
den and that had he q vote for
president it would most heartily 90
for President Clevcland-and sub.
scribing fully to the democratic plat.
form. makes a good enough demo-
crat for THE TIMEs,-and we think
a good enough democrat for the
party in Ricl'land county-or any
other county. Mr. Stebbins took
his coat off from the very moment
OF his selection and has gone to
work to have the Fifteenth leg:sla.
tive Democratic convention called
which will probably occur at an
early date in D;ckey county, this
district being composed of Richland,
Sargent, Dickey and Mcintosh
counties. THE TIMES rises to re-
mark here, that with vigorous
canvass all over the district, Mr..
Stebbins stands a first rate show of
being elected, He is right on all
the issues and being the right make
up Of man to begin with, taxpayers
looking to the best interests of the
northwest will surely vote for him.