West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1888-11-08
NBWsY GLEANINGS,
1ssounT has 7sls miles Of railroad.

Missouri has 1918 miles of railroad.
The lead corner has completely failed.
THE City of Bremen has entered inCo the
German Zollyerein.
The CAR is expected at Berlin about the
middle of November.
THE wife OF a Kansas farmer cut OF her
baby's head while insane.
The Chicago street-car companies lost
$500 a day by the strike.
The steam engines of the world have a total
OF 4j,OJO,OJO horse power.
EVGLAND and Germany are negotiating for
joint action in East Africa.
THERE are close 10 200O music teachers in
New York and its suburbs.
PRESIDENT CARSor's tour through France
will cost the Nation about $4,000.
The proposal to nave a London beauty
show is being put into a business form.
B%osroNIAFs have already contributed
nearly $4,000 to the yellow fever fund.
PRAIRIE fires in Dakota have caused heavy
losses to farmers over a wide extent Of coun-
try
A KANSAS CRY girl has committed sui.
eide because she thought herself too ugly to
live.
SINGS the war OF 20 France has spent
S1,5l2, 100000 besides the ordinary e5ti
mates"
THE last census Of India indicates n po9u-
~E.1ar.f "fNNNtFNp AtRAN
males than females.
J.. II RAM8o, ex-Rezister OF Wills NJ
NoTristoHn, Penn, is "a dofaultsr in tho sum
OF $4,000. He has disappeared.
A CHARTER has been granted to the Dodge
City aud Denver Railroad at Topeka, Kan,
with e. capital stock OF 5000, 09l.
THE new e~mbankment. erected at n cost o.
50. 100000. t%oconlins the waters Of the Yellow
River, IN China, was swept away by a recent
food.
a MINNESOTA County Treasurer was
pulled from bis buggy by four highwaymen
near Duluth and ROBBED OF s2JJJ la scdo0l
f--.c.
discovered that her lover Vas sworn tomarry
another girl Miss Lester took strycbnins
and died.
TRE cost Of one o. tho Nays new siS-inoh
guns weighing 1i,OJJ POUNDS. ig about $3.50:
mat o. a ten-inch, weighing $500 pounds, is
about ss0,5JO.
THE Eastern Minnesota Railway has petit
toned for the condemnation OF e25J.OO)
worth OF laud in tla heart u Duluth, % b.
used for erminal purposes
THE chalk pond in Newbury, " IT,,
ciHlned - 20 the only one oi tine Kin iu tho
United states has teen bought and viii bo
operated by a stock company.
CgtEr JUsrIcE FULLER has delivered his
hrst decision. Ho decided that n State may
only tax n telegraph company for messages
between points within the borders Of the
State
a cOLonED man, horn ~ o. slave mother.
about % exhibit fifty paintings in New
Haven. lis name is William ~. n Jackson.
he has studied three years 40 the Art School
Of Yale University
STARVATION and desGtution are rsDortaI
among the Indians in the Ath1haaea and
feaco River Country in Mau t0ba Can.
ninaIism has teoI ros3rted 20 on several
occasions 90 sustain life.
As unknown rascal entered n stable a.
Troy, Ga, and administered strycbnino To
twelve valuable horsaa When ths dqstardig
net was discovered most OF the horsss laws
were locked and they were writhing in
agony.
Jack Wells. a hunter Of Livingston.
Mont while shooting in the Crazy
III uhta.no he other day. ran on three
silver tip hears. JIG turned loose hia re-.
peauD0 rife ard killed two in their
tracks Tho other was wounded and "a
That moment the main spring Of bis rio
broke. lc tie 10 dof.ud himself with
fnn Gun a. O. Climb Nuf r.na f.faffg E.rt