West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1888-08-09
south and West


john MooRE killed his sister.in .in.law in De
troit because she asked hun 20 pay his board.
self '''''
NEAR Bentonia, Miss, the young daughter
OF Dolph Miles (coloredD poisoned her father
and three brothers. all of whom died I'm her
presence in great agony
EUGENE IiNNu, OF indianapolis, com.
initted suicide at a prayer meeting in church
py drinking bottle of carbolic acid His
aged father aud mother killed themselves
two weeks ago.
DEPUTY SHERFF l.. S. ELMER, OF wah.
peton, Dakota, murdered pretty Miss Mollie
kerbell under circumstances OF peculiar
atr0fity On the following day a masked
mob OF one hundred determined men over
powered Sheriff Miller, who had him under
arrest, and took the murderer out and hanged
nm TO bridge over the Bois do Sioux River.
Ex-Governor CARNEY, the war Governor
of Kansas, dio1 few days ago OF apoplery
at Leavenworth
a. kLEsHAR cut his wife's throat at Fern
died.
The Indians who have been I'm council nj
standing Rock Agency. deliberating the prop
Ositlon OF the Government 10 throw open
their reservation TO settlers finally after
much speech making, decided unanimousiy
not TO sign any treaty to that effect
DAYBnEAK duel occurred at Norfolk
Va, on Saturday between John r. Evans 4
prominent saloon keeper, and Peter Mel can
a p9Puiarr ar sporting man. Mclean was in
SANITY KILLED, and was carried home with
four bullets in his body
WILLIAM Sr. CLAIR and Bob Ashley
crossed the river on a ferryboat at Alton, mn.
and after landing on Missouri Point 0uor
relied. Ashley ran at Sc. Clair with bowl,
kniie and drove him into the river. St Clair
could not swim. Ashley prevented hin
hn ala l.
drowned.
SENATOR PALMER of Michigan. has pub
licly notified his Michigan constituents thai
he would not be n candidate for recollection
Ills term expires March 9Th, 1882 and he in
tends toretire to private life.
AT Scandinayian gathering at LAX,
Nadnais, MINI, Ole Oleson was struck on
the back OF the neck with n club hy ono of ,
gang OF 'fakirs' and instantly killed An
othcr or the gang disemboweled "A carpenter
named johnson with n dirk and fatal,
stabbed two other Scandinayans.
A PARTY OF boys Of Somerset. XIV. wer,
playing Indian and engaged In n fight
Virgie Hamilton, whose Side was gettIn,
w0rsted, seized his fathers gun and fired
Killing Willie Haines instantly aud fatal,
wonndihg bis brother Lee.
Fremont E1MoNs, who murdered Berth,
schultz because she refused TO marry him
was taken from jail at Pawnee City, Neb
square in broad day light with the ron,
around his neck and made to hang hmseI
by jumping off n high railway trestie
DR. RoHERT MORRIS, PRESBYTERIAN
minister, the Poet Laureate Of Masonry. nno
recognized as the most distinguished Masor
IN America, has died at his home i'm Lagrange
Ky
THE first State Convention Of the Prohibi
tion party Of West Virginia has been held Il
Farkersburg A full State ticket, an cleo
toral ticket and a Congressman for the First
district were placed in nomination. Thoma
X CarskadOn for Governor heads the ticket
While indOrsing the national ticket the plat
form does not indorse the national platform
with It's women's rights and tariff reform
clauses
CABLE dispatches received from Rom,
announce the appointment OF tho Rev Dr
John y Foley, for the last twenty years pas
Tor OF Sc. Martins Church, Baltimore, to b.
Bishop Of tho diocese Of Detroit. and tho
Rev. }. j. Hennessy, OF ST. Johns Church
80. Louis, % bo Bishop Of Wichita, Kan.
V. j. SniPMAN, n wealthy resident o
Pensacola, has been nominated for OoyernOi
by the Republicans Of Florida.