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activity is fully demonstrated by new
board walks. freshly painted feuces
and residences. Now all we need to
make Reedsville like other iourishing
towns is few chronic loafers and tai
ented liars, d good doctor and fewer
hail storms.
Quarterly meeting in the NJ. T..
Church next Saturday and Sunday.
Sixteen of the large stained glass were
broken from the west side of the church
during the storm last week.
Ben Lennon, the popular black
smith of MaSontown, has become won
derfully interested in our city, or else
in some of its people, for he invariably
appears here on Sunday, The boys
say he comes TO Reed" but we arc
too afraid of our scalps to express any
opinion.
Ex-senator II, Huddlcson. of
near Plainview, is spending the week
at j. 5. Loar's, and is uncompromi,-
ingly Democratic The old man fig
ured conspicuously few years back,
having filled several public positions
OF honor and trust, and proposed tho
name of Polk for President in that
memorable convention.
Miss Ida Guseman, we understand,
is still suffering intensely from the eff
fects of the shock she received during
the big storm.
s. X, Guseman, our merchant, is
having delightful wrcstlc with the
"measly" measles.
Bethlehem is actively preparing to
celebrate ON the glorious Fourth.
Jack Martin, of County Capital, was
ON our streets Sunday.
Col. j, A. f. Martin is here look
ing after the industries on his large
tract of land south of town.
Mrs. Kate Boon (nee HartseD, for
merly of this place but now of Wash
ington Territory, is spending the spring
and summer at her fathers, G. w.
Hartsell. The Pacific breeze made sad
havoc with her health, and she re-
turned to eye scines of my childhood"
to recupcrate and grow strong again in
the health-giving atmosphere of West
Virginia
Miss Hattie Reed drove over to Nor
gantown last Thursday.
ii. ii. Reed has completed his largo
fish pond, just below the cemetery and
has it inhabited by the fnny tribe.
This is great temptation to the small
boy to fish after Sunday-school.
Enos Ashbum, in view of a plente-
Gus harvest, has pulled down u part of
his barn and is building greater.
Candidates and drummers meet you
at every corncr-the former with a
l2xl4 smile on his face, and if he
never knew you before, he does now
June ), SO.
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ROBBERY.
Speelal . Ia Arq~s bv Co.uie,,.


The town of Albrightsvillc was
thrown into high state of excitement
this morning by the report that j. w.
Bakers szore had been entered and
robbed the night before. The thieves
gained admittance to the store by cut
ting pane of glass out of window
in the rear Of the store and removing
nail from above the window sash,
which was then raised. Upon enter
ing the store, the robbers fastened cur
tains over the front windows by means
of pen knives, propped the ware-room
door open so as to afford quick exit,
threw a number of overcoats on the
floor to deaden the noise of moving
about, and then set to work to obtain
their plumber. The money drawer
was torn partly off and what little
change there was it was pocketed by
the parties who then turned their at
tcntion to the fre-proOf safe in the
counting-room. This they opened by
first breaking the combination with n
sledge and then drilling two holes
one close TO the combination and the
other at the side of the door-blew the
door open. In the safe they found
about seventy-fve dollars worth of
postage stamps (Mr. Blaker is the post
master here) and twenty dollars in cash.
Besides the money and stamps taken,
they carried off pair of mems fine
shoes and number of pocket knives.
The sledge used was taken form Noah
Metzler's blacksmith shop, near by.
When they departed, they left behind
wooden brace and file.
No clue as to the perpetrators of the
robbery is had, except that two strsn-
gers were seen in town Sunday morn
ing who made inquiry of young lady
who kept the store and where Mr..
Blaker slept. Upon being informed
that he slept at his house, some dis
lance from they store, they remarked /:
''EIe is the man we want to see, ."
and at once requested Mr.. b. to go to
the store and get them some cigars and
tobacco. which he did. The men en-.
tered the store with him and in this
way gained knowledge of the prem
Uses, making it comparatively easy to
perfect their plans and accomplish their
object.
We arc cory that Mr.. Blaker sus-
tanned this loss, and hope he will sue
ceed in bringing the rascals to justice.
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TOWNSVILLE.
june 4, :

EDITOR ARGUS: While the Demo-
Gratis of this county are entirely de-
prived of representation on the Board
of Commissioners and are powerless in
controlling county affairs their only
privilege being that of paying their
tax receipts when presented by the
sheriff, they have the satisfaction and
consolation of knowing that they arc
in no way responsible for the reckless
extravaganza i'll the expenditure of the
peoples money. And while we feel
delicacy in criticisiug those in author
ity, yet as a good citizen VIC feel it our
duty TO call the public attention to what
is great and useless extravaganza.
The pike from Kingwood to Tunnelton
mas always heretofore been one of the
leading thoroughfares of the county,
and been necessarily source of great
expense to the county in keeping it in
repair. But the completion of the
Kingwood and Tunnelton railroad has
taken nine-tenths of the travel off that
road, which leaves it Of little impor-
lance as one of our highways, and We
understand that but small appropria-
ton was made by the County Court to
keep up the pike for 1888; and it
seems that all Of the appropriation, if
not more, will be expended in thoroug-
" Matchmaking the first two miles of
the road leading from Kingwood, This
is very unfair and unjust to the people
living on the TunnoltoR,s end Of the
pike, which end Of the road for this
summer, must be entirely neglected,
unless the appropriation be increased,
which we believe + unnecessary rs, like
all amounts heretofore appropriated, to
be excnded by the present supervisor,
G. G. Craig, will be chiefly used in
repairing and keeping up that portion
Of the pike leading from Dir. Craig's
coal bank to Kingwood. While we
arc in favor Of dealing fairly and justly
with all our citizens in all sections Of
the county, We do not believe that pub
lie monies should be Incorporated
for the advancement Of the interests Of
any one citizen or any oncsection. In
the words Of our Chief Magistrate, we
believe that a public Office is a public
trust and as such ought 10 be honestly
and faithfully administered.
Perhaps we ought not to eensure the
County Commissions, personally, as we
know them all to be just and honora-
bic men. But in thoir public capacity
they are responsible for the cxtraya-
gancc and Encouragement Of their
subordinatcs.
To- PlYER.
--a=s-a-
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Your stomach Of course. Wby2 Be
cause if "a Is Out Of order you arc one OF
the most miserable creatures Livirp.
GIVE - iairs honorable chance and SEQ
u 10 10 not tho + ost friend you hnve in the
end. Don't smoke in the morning. Don't
drink IN the morning. II you Esusf aniok
and drink wait until your stomach rs
through With breakfast. You can drink
more aud smoke more in The evening
aud it win tell on you loss. ~ your food
ierments and docs not digest right. If
you are troubled with Heartburn Dizzi-
neas OF the head coming up Of TIE food
aHer eating Biliousnoss Indigestion or
apy other trouble Of tho stomach you bad
best use Green's August Flower, IS no
pers"n can use 10 without immediate Fo-
Hef
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ANOTHER SWINDLE.

Sharpers are travelling through the
the country with new confidence
game with which they are Hcecing
farmers. The game is to take orders
for groceries at ruinously low prices.
The goods are delivered by the car.
load, each mans purchase wrapped
up IN separate packages marked with
his name. Collections are made at
once. The victim on opening his
first package of adulterated goods,
and in some instances almost worth.
less stuff. It is estimated that the
swindlers clear from $500 to $500 on
each carload that they sell. OF course
it is to those farmers who cannot az
forl TO take a newspaper and who
are so full Of wisdom they think
strangers are ready to give them bet
ter bargains than their home dealers,
who are the victims of those swind.
lers. and they are deserving of no
sympathy.
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Farm for Sale.

Tho undersisod has farm Of 100 s.reS,
situated about four miles from King yood
which they win sell cheap. ABB Il 90
acres OF this farm Is under guilty alton
Ia good fences, n 2-story dwelling ana
out buildings, well watered and splen-
did young orchard, II IL only about two
miles from tho railroad and is underJnid
with 1-ioOt vein of coal, Lime stone in
abundance. Church and school houees
within mile Of the farm, Call on or
address STONE a KILDOw,
KIngwood. w Va
or Jimeson Snyder on the promises.
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County and State News.
Children's Day next Sunday.

Children's Day next Sunday.
Will Copeman is gradually conva-
lescing.
Mrs. Poster, living about two miles
from town, is seriously i'll.
Squire Hef had the misfortune
to lose on of his COWS on Monday.
Doctor Trippett is having u new
foundation put under his residence.
The doctors seem to be busy, the
last few days, bu: all the patients
are out Of town.
Full line OF base ball goods Of
every description for sale by A. Zeck,
Grafton. w. Va. 10 If.
Four persons were admitted as
members of the NJ. f. Church, by
letter, last Sunday.
Mrs. Philip WesliDg, of Howes.
vile, was taken seriously i'll last
Sunday, but is now much better.
There is some talk of changing the
name Of Charlestown to Charles City,
to avoid confusion with the Capital.
Mrs. Ward Dawson, of South Graf.
ton, presented her husband with a
fine little daughter last Sunday
Eagle.
1t is feared that the b. e. o. shops
at Harper's Ferry will have to be re-
moved to some other point on the line
of the road
The apple crop in this section will
not be as large as was expected. For
some cause the apples are dropping
from the trees
The ARGUS from now until the 6rst
of January for only 90 cents cash.
Send in your names and get the best
paper in the county.
Gen'l George w. Brown Is having
some extensive improvements made
TO the interior and exterior of his
brick residence on Washington street.
Eagle.
One or two Of the classes in the
M. +. SundsY-school contemplate Wis
ting Mountain Lake Park and Oak.
land during the camp-meetiDg at the
former place next month.
Base ball clubs supplied at man
ufscturers prices, Spalding's league
and Reach's association balls At
l.25. Other goods at similar prices.
at A. Zeck's, Grafton, w. Va. 4 10 If.
Some time last week Charles Car.
roll lost a pocket book containing
about Sll in money and s35 in pa
pers, and all searching failed to dis.
cover It. Several days afterwards,
when Mr.. Q. had given up ell hopes
Of recovering the book, be was sur.
prised at seeing his dog coming to
him with q book in his In his mouth
When the dow came to him he found
It was bis own book with money and
papers safe.
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AZ Che meeting Of the Presidents
Of the Boards Of Education, held in
the courthouse on Tuesday, Frank
Trotter and Miss Alice Paul we're
elected assistant examiners for the
ensuing school year.
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LETTERS FROM
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Translated from the fourth German
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PlYER.


Tbat our town is ehjdy inga healthy
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Trains daily except Sunday. The right
TO change this schedule without notice Is
reserved. CD. SHAVER.
General Manager.
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WANTED LADY !, 4s s, ;9, %. ls. s =
an 81 nrln Retorcnecs rel.irsd reuasnenlp osligP
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Trains leave Tunnelton station as
follows:
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X. KIT. Time Table.
The following time table went into
eject on the l4th of May, 1888:
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Nos. 2, 6, 5 and / do not stop
WM. NJ. CLEMENTS,
General Manager.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1888-02-02
Uncle Esak,a Wisdom.

Literature is the diet of the
common mind, but genius feeds on
the unwritten things.
You may travel a good ways on
whisky, and travel fast while you
are going, but you can't get back
when you want to.
When you have learned to listen,
you have already acquired the
rudiments of a good education.
Faith won't enable a man to lift
a ton all at once, but it viii, ten
pounds at time.
Genius invents, talent applies
Vanity and jealousy are the two
weakest passions in the human
heart, and, strange to tell, they are
the most common.
A thoroughly neat woman IS a
joy unspeakable, but dosen't she
make it busy for the dust and for
the people in her neighhorhood !
My young disciple, don't hunt
for new things, but study to i'm
prove upon the old ones; every
fiat stone, and most Of the bowl.
ders, have been turned over al.
ready by the novelty hunters.
We find plenty Of people who
don't average well; they know tot
much for one man, and not quite
enough for two.
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Macon's Well a Failure.

MACON, No., Jan. 26.-Opera-
tions at the prospecting well which
was being bored here have ceased,
as at the depth Of ], ,020 feet bed
of quicksand was reached, through
which it was impossible to make
any progress. No veins Of valuable
mineral were pierced and there has
been no flow of either water or gas.
The company, composed of Macon
business men, was to have paid the
operators 50, 600 when the depth Of
i 800 feet was reached. As they
failed to do this $3.50 were accepted
as full payment for the work done.
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Look OUT for Centralia.
A Moonless Month.
E,-o,,, fbo Galdau DayS

The month of February, 1886,
was in one respect the most re-
markable in the worlds history.
1t had no full moon. January had
two full moons, and SO had March,
but February had none. Do you
realize what a rare thing in nature
that WASP 1t had not occurred
since the time of Washington, nor
since the discovery of America, nor
since the beginning of the Chris
tian era, nor the creation of the
world. And it will not occur again,
according to the computation of as
tronomers, for--how long do you
think7-2, SOC, 600 years. Was not
that truly wonderful month?
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HOPEFUL AND HAPPY.
Waiting and Watching for the End
Of the World.

BATTLE CREEK, MucH., Jan. 26.
Rumor has long maintained that
1888 was for adyentists the year Of
doom. Common fame has pictured
them as selling their jewelry, their
houses their worldly goods. Trades
men in Battle Breek have sent their
bills precipitately. Friends have
written them a fearful farewell.
All was ready for the ascension.
Elder Uriah Smith, editor Of the
4ddeeat Reuieae, is a mouth-piece
|ofthe denomination in Battle Creek.
He is man of 50, tall, erect, with
frank face and smile and very hos
pitahle manners.
Elder Smith believes that the
world is coming to an end very
soon, but he is not going to be
brash about it. He is not fixing
dates. 1t may be in 1888, but he
wouldn't stake anything on it.
tYou see the world may not end
in 10 or Is years yet," said he, $50
I prefer not to specify dates. AT
the same time, if the dissolution OF
terrestrial things should occur in
1888, I should not be surprised.
Most of the signs have been given. !"
"What are the signs?'' asked.
II rely chiefly on the biblical
texts relating to the cleansing Of
the sanctuary?' he replied.
Being asked if VIM. Miller had
not relied on these texts, he said he
had but Miller made the mistake Of
naming a date positive, and there
by greatly disappointed the peo-
pie.
"There are two sets of advent
ists,o said he. zone is always
fixing dates; the other admits that
the time is doubtful. I belong to
the latter class"
Just then could be heard in the
college over 400 students, youths
and maidens, singing the adventists
hymn:
At the door; at the door.
He is coming; he is coming;
He is even at the door.
And the reporter hastened out.
side in order to be first on the
ground in the event of anything
unusual transpiring.
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RESOLUTIONS of Respect.

Att regular meeting of Hebron
Lodge, No. 354, A., F. & A. NJ,
January "a, 1888, the following res
olutions were adopted:
WHEREAS, in the providence Of
Almighty God, our beloved brother,
Thomas Smith, has been called
from labor in this lodge to the SUI
preme lodge on high, therefore,
be 1t
Resolued, That in the death .oi
Bro. Smith the lodge has lost a
faithful, jealous brother, one who
honored the principles of Mason
ry; the community good citizen
and honest man, and his family a
fond, affectionate husband and
father.
Rcsolued, that we extend to the
heart-broken family our most ten
der syrnpathies, and assure them
of that loving care and protection
due the family of a deceased
brother.
Resolred, that the usual badge ol
mourning be worn for 30 days; thai
these resolutions be spread upon
the records of the lodge and a copy
be furnished the family of the de,
ceased, as also the Mexico papers
for publication.
J. G. BAssFoRD,
A. s. HousToT,
A. G. TURNER.
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NOTICE attached to the doors of
the First National Bank, of Au-
burn, New York, Monday morning
was a model of composition for SIM
liar institutions: pending an ex-
animation of the affairs of this
bank, and in the absence of the
cashier, this bank will be closed
until further notice." Could any
composition be more compact and
expressive than this2
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Resolutions of Respect.

At a meeting of the real estate
and insurance firms held at the Of
flee of Hayden & Frost yesterday,
Judge j. P. Clark, J. w. Howell,
J. G. Lakenan and E. S. Frost were
appointed a committee to draft re-
solutions of respect to VIII. Wood
ward. The committee reported
the following, which was unani-
mously adopted:
WHEREAS, it has pleased an all
wise Father to call from our midst
by death, our fellow member and
co-worker, VIM. II. Woodward,
be it
ResoIued, By the present board
assembled, that in the death of w.
HI. Woodward we have lost an ac-
tive, energetic member; the city a
progressive and enterprising citi-
zen; the family kind, loving hus-
band and father; that copies OF
these resolutions be spread upon
the minutes of this board and pub
lished in the city papers, and a
copy sent to the family of the de-
ceased; and, be it further
Resolved, That we close our re-
speetive offices of business and at
tend the funeral in a body.
JOE. OFFuTT, J. D. TUCKER,
Secretary. President.
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Local followers of the doctrine
of the Union Labor party met at
the office of Silas Wilson several
weeks ago and organized club for
the purpose of looking after the in
terests Of the party in this county
and city. w. H. Barton was made
chairman; H. A. Fields, secretary,
and G. P. Wade, treasurer. A
number of those who attended tile
meeting were approached by LED
GER reporters but they positively
refused to say anything about the
club, who its members were, its
purpose or what had been done.
The club has held several meet
ings.