West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1889-09-19
south and West.


JACOB SCoLL was working i'm Purcolrs ole
Vator, Chicago, when one Of the doors gave
way aud an immense quantity Of wheat
poured in upon him. burying him so that no
was snothcred 10 death.
Two men have been blown to atoms and
two others injured 10y an explosion OF dyna-
mite on Government lighter ON the st
Johns River, Florida,
THE South Dakota Democratic Convon-
uon has declared for tariff reform and noIni-
mated State ticket headed by l.. Il. Nc
Clure, OF Pierre for Governor.
The Union Labor party Of Iowa, I'm con
vention mt Dcs Moines has nominated =. Is.
Downing for Governor, and Ezra Brownell
Tor Bieutcnant-Governor.
a nRE in Laird Norton & Co.'S lumber
yard at Winona Mimi, has destroyed
property 10 the Vnluo OF $4,000.
THE Republican Territorial Convention of
Washington, which has been IN session at
Walla Walla, has nominated Ex-Governor
y. 7. FoTy Of Seattle for Governor, and
John H. Wilson for Congress.
THE business portion Of the town Of Link
Vile, Oregon has been burned The loss
amounts 60 about 100000.
Mrs. MYERS, the wife OF blacksmith Of
bourbon Ind, threw vitriol in the face Of
DR.. r. J Linn, prominent physician, de
priyiug him ~ sight, He had assaulted her
while ON professional visit,
FOURTEEN colorcd men have bcen whipped
Bt East Point, near Atlanta Ga the whip
ping party consisting of white men whose
identity II not known,
DR DAVID TuToN fjRowN. formerly ply
sician in charge of BloOmingdale Asylum,
who had become insane and lad been re
ported dead, hanged himself In n barn on his
sons farm near Batavia, III.
A MOB ~ armed white men surrounded tho
Jail at Columbia, Mo- and took from his cell
George Bush, negro ~ years old, and
hanged him from one of tho windows Of the
Court House.
TIrE city of Upper Sandusky, Ohio, has
drilled in q gas wel which shows n capacity
Of over 5000, 900 cubic feet daily Forty
five thousand people visited the place I'm one
day, and the excitement is intense.
THREE farmers willis standing under n
tree near Albany, Gn. during a storm. were
struck by lightning and Instantly killed
LOUIS NELSON and John Coleman were
killed NJ Mintcr City, and Wilson Porter
was hanged NJ Sunnyside This swells the
total number Of cOlored men killed IN the
Mississippi riot 70 twenty-five
President HARRIsON was present Mt the
first days exercises of tho celebration in
Baltimore of the battle Of North Point
Two freight trains came into collision on
the Lake Shore road near Millersburg Ind.
Ihrty-siE cars and two cnginos were wrecked
~ n lNti OF teVifVIy.
Two Italians working on the Midland
Railroad near Clarksburg. W Va were
blown 70 pieces BY the explosion Of n cart
ridge and others wore seriously injured.
TnE canvass Of tho contested votes for
Governor in West Virginia has given Judge
Fleming. tho Democratic cundidate. n
majority over General GoG
THE tlirty-niuth anniversary of the ad
mission of California into the Union was
celebrated in San Francisco by public holi.
day
By o. freight wreck on che Norfolk and
Weston Railroad noor i4ynchhrg, Va
(horlas McDOwloy, d fireman. has been
killed and o brakeman fatally injured.
THE Aurora Watch Company. Of Az.
rora. TO-, has made on assignment The
liabilities arc about E2J0,OO0
FIVE farmers have been killed near Car.
bondale Ili.. by the explosion of % thrcshina
machine boiler
rfgHr coioren men nave boen arrested
near Norfolk Va. on suspicion Of being con.
cerned iu the murder ~ a siOrokceper named
r. L. Waller
DH H ~ TUCKER. one of the leading
BAPTIST clergymeu Of the South, and pro.
through falling from the window Of his
house ot Atlanta, Ca
THE Washington Democrats have placed n
state ticket in the hold headed by Eugene
ocmple. ~ Tacoma. for Governor
THE striking miners Of Spring Valley, Iil
nave refused The employers terms They
ask The Governor o. uec the State Emergency
Fund in fheir behalf
hLEvEN influential citizens Of Marian.
ind have been arrested charged with being
implicated in fhe White Cap outrage. in