West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1888-05-10


in week or two and the road push
ed to an early completion.
There is no better Job work done
in the county than that sent out
from the AReUs-office. All kinds of
work executed promptly and at rea.
sonable rates. Send in your orders.
Huntington, lodge Knight OF
Pythias will attend the Cincinnati
celebration, going by a special Pull
man car over the Chesapeake and
Ohio and Kentucky Central railrays.
Mrs. Hartman, wife OF Marshal
Hartman, of near Housewife, died
last Thursday and was buried in the
cemetery at this place on Saturday.
Rev. Weekly, of Tunnelton, conduct
ed the funeral services.
Base ball clubs supplied at man
ufacturers prices. Spalding's league
and Reach's association balls at
1.25. Other goods at similar prices.
at A. Zeck's. Grafton, w. Va. 4 10 If.
A large vein of free-burning an
thracite coal has been discovered
near Martinsburg, Berkely county.
The discovery was made by st. John
Shepherd, who has been on the
search of the vein for several years.
Still the subscriptions to the AR
GUS come in! Let all our friends
send US at least one new subscriber
and in that way assist us in placing
it in the home of every voter in the
county. Plenty of room in our sub.
scription book yet.
When you want a gooc spring wa
gon, buggy, or anything in that line,
call on e. Y. Bishop, Kingwood.
He furnishes the best, and at correct
prices.
The Kingwood railway was sold
last Saturday for $4,000 to the gym
dictate that completed the road. The
name of the road has been changed
to the 'Tunnelton, Kingwood and
Fairchance Railroad We hope the
gentlemen will meet with success.
A bed OF soft fre-clay has been
found on the lands of Thomas F.
Watson, near Opekiska, Mineral
county. Where it crops out it shows
a thickness of about nine feet. 1t is
said to be admirably adapted for
paving brick. There is also bed of
potter's clay in the same neighbor-
hood.
Prof. p. G. Weimer. of Allegany
county, has been in Baltimore the
past week, arranging q program for
the inter State Teachers Association
of Maryland and West Virginia to
be held at Mountain Lake Park on
July IL. The indications are for the
largest meeting of the kind eyer held
between these States Oakland Dem
ocTdt.
There is some trouble in the B. &
O. shops st Martinsburg, in cOnse-
quence Of q reduction of the time al.
lowed for Sunday work. Heretofore
one and half days have been allow.
cd for Sunday, but last Sunday the
men were informed that only one and
q quarter days would be given in
future. A number of men refused
to go to work and were discharged,
while others threaten to quit work if
their broth er workmen are not rein
stated.
The late postal laws are such that
newspaper publishers can have ar
rested fer fraud any one who takes a
paper and refuses to pay for it. I'm
der this law any man who allows his
subscription to run for some time
unpaid and then orders it discontin-
ued, or orders the postmaster to mark
it refused and to send a postal card
notifying the publisher. lays himself
liable to arrest and fine, the some as
for theft. etc.
On Friday mOrningl of last week
John Talbot, living in Union District
Barbour county, was burned to death
in a very shocking manner. He had
been engaged in cleaning up a piece
Of land TO plant in corn and in burn
ing some trash on It the FIRE caught
in the woods he and young man
named Criss we're putting It out.
They became separated some distance
when Criss heard Mr.. Talbot hollo.
but being busily engaged at that
moment and thinking that uerhaDe