West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1888-04-26

and was = decided improvement over
the frst rendition about three we, ks
ago.
Base ball clubs supplied at man
ufacturers prices. Spaliing's league
shd Il arh's association halls at
l.25. Other goods at similar prices
at a. Zeck's, Grafton, w. Va. 4 10 u.
Engineer MCGEE made the best
run ON Tuesday ever made over the
X d +. road. lie left Tuuncltnn
twenty -dv, minutes late. stepped 1T
all the stations except one. and pull
ed into the Kingwood station on time.
The Argus acknowledges the re,
ceiPt of an invitation 70 attend the
second annual meeting al the West
Virginia Division, of the Travellers
Prot, ctive Association. Ia be held la
Parkersburg on May 81 and 9TH.
George Williams, whose death G
noticed last week, was killed while
ol'ening . new mine for the Spring
Garden Coal Company. tie was
brei beneath an earth hank
George leaves a wire and three small
children.
While Mrs. Amt. Su omerville, nf
RoSne county, was receiving con-
Tau. atmhs Friday night on her ooh
birthday she fell dad. This so
shocked her daughter, Mrs. Lewis
Compton. that she fell ut her moth.
IRE side and died in ten minutes.
The prisoner confined in our Jail
charged with STEALING horse in Penn.
"ylvania, will, by order OF the Court,
he hcld thirty davs So az to give the
authorities of PennsN lvania time
10 idenufy him anil take him into
their State
Mr.. James All nder. Of this city,
has traded bis large nrick dwelling
and surrounding propor,y, near the
Grafton mill, to Mr.. Isaac Means .or
the valuable farm upon W ich the
latter now resides, near Klottsyille.
The gentlemen aud their respective
families will exch rngc residences
about the Hrsl OF 5 'pt"mber. Eagle.
G. Y. Bishop, while in the cast,
bought the largest and fncst stock of
gr"ds 'v. r brought u K'ngwood. Ii
is nothing unusual. for the last few
days. to hear tho ladies' talking abou
the 'ine goods Charley Bishop has.
and they arc so cheap you are almost
compelled TO hus'
Rev. A b. Rohrbdugh, editor Of
the West Virginia Christian Advocate,
and'who is also lecturing in the inter
ost'of the Amendment. spoke in the
courthouse last night to a small au-
dience. Mr. r. is good speaker and
handled the Amendment question in
mastery manner.
The late postal laws are such that
newspaper publishers can have ar
rested fr fraud any orc Who takes a
paper and refuses to pay for it,. I'm.
der this law any man who allows his
sal script on to run for some time
unpaid and then orders H. discontin.
ned. or efdtis the pcstmas or to mark
it refused and to send n postal card
notifying the Publisher. lays himself
liable to arrest and fne. tue some ~
for theft. tic.
A colored man, knoWna as Ben West,
who has been living in Pt. Pleasant
some time, is charged with having
killed man about eight months ago
out in Ohio, near Corning, but has sue
ceeded IN evading arrest. Officers
Tippett Hoover went TO his home Fri.
DAY morning TO arrest him, when be
opened fire on them in the house aud
fed TO the hill back Of the city, where
he is still in hiding, while officers are
searching for him
At midnight, on thursday. the Tel
ephone Exchange. al Clarksburg was
closed, by order Of the Bell monopoly,
The exchange has been in operation
for over two years, and has been
success from the start After the re-
cent decision Of the Supreme Court,
the Bell Company came down on the
Clarksburg concern with both feet,
and 70 protect their patrons the latter
decided to close thor Offices They
made liberal offers to the Bell Compa-
ny IN order to keep the exchange run
ming, but tho Be ! people Wouldn't ao-
oept them.