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South ana West.

JoHN Low, n farmer of Winamac. Ind.
hirel Michael Connor Il youth of sixteen, q
kill James McMannis. Tho boy fired load
of buckshot into McMannis, killing him in.
stdntly.
THE private bank Of Chas A. Mather &
Co, at Berlin. Wis, made an assignment tc
Joseph Yates. James NJ. Hawley, the junior
member of the house, has disappeared Tho
assets arc placed at $1,000, and tho liabil-
ties at 100000.
DURING gale Of wind largo section OF
the tin roof on tho State Capitol at Jack son,
Miss, was blown of.
MARTIN RYAN, Con. Downoy aui win
Cosgrove, fishermen, were Drowned by tho
capsizing OF their boat In san Fraucisco Bay,
IA California.
Ex-GovERNoR ANDREW SHuMAr. of
illinois, died suddenly on tho strests Of Chi.
oago OF dpoplexy.
ANNIE and Bessie Parliok, two young Boz
heuilan girls employed ~ servants In n Chi.
cago Ull,) boarding house., were found deal
i'll their bs1s having boon sufocato1 by es.
Gaping gas.
THE great carpenters strike for eight
hours in Chicago has been finally settle |,
the strikers winning A signal victory Tho
necessary papers were signed and ratidod 10y
both sides concerned in the arbitration,
G. NJ. BURT aud his bridc, Of Fairfield,
Neb vino were at n hotel at Gran1 island,
Neb., ON their wedding tour blew out the
gas They were found i'm their room next
morning dead.
a nowLfNG snow storm prevailed In Iowa
for two hours
a TERRIFIC STORM passed over South Geor.
gio, leveling acres upon acres of fine pine
timbere1 lands raising buildings uuroofng
dwellings and knocking fences down.
At Freep1rt, Neb., young man named
Clark who has besn courting Miss Mcintyre,
daughter or wealthy parents, proposed 70
her and when sno rejected him he shot her
fatally. He then blew out his own brains
GovEHNoR JOSEPH X. Too1g. Of Montana.
aud Miss Lily Rosscraus daughter OF Gen.
eral RoSecrans Solicitor of tho Treasury
Department, were married in Washington.
y. GONZALES, n prominent ranchor, near
San JacintO, Call has besu arrested on n
charge of strangling tc death tho twin chill
dren Of his daughter.
THE Congressional Investigating Commit.
tee completed It's labors at Little Rock, Ark.
Two girls named Mcdonald, aged nine an1
twelve were playing on the approach 10 n
railroad bridge across tlio river at Portland
Oregon, when they saw train coming. and
becoming frightened jumped into the river
and were drowned.
JONAS RUSSELL, aged sixteen. and Clar-
ence Hickox, aged seventeen. Of Dss Moiues
Iowa went fishing intending % camp out
Their dead bodies were found next day an
der several feet Of sand at Deep Rock Spring.
They took refuge in a cave aud tho roof fell
on them.
THE remains ~ tho late Senator Beck were
buried 81 Lexington, Ky Business was al
most suspended during Tho day.
THE Rev. George NJ Green one OF tie
best-known ministers in Arkansas. was q .ci-
dontally shot aud killed, in Saline County.
by his brother, Martin Green, while thcy
were inspecting a new revolver which the
latter had purchased. The brother Attempted
suicide after tho accident.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1890-05-15
IF WE KNEW.

Could we but draw hack the curtains
That surround each others lives
See tho naked heart and spirit
Know what spur the action gives
Often we should find IL better
Pcrer than we Judge we should;
We should love each other better
IL we only understood.
Could. we judge all deeds by motives
See the good and bad within,
Often we should love the sinner
All the while we loathe the sin.
Could we know the powers working
To overthrow integrity,
We should judge each Others errors
With more patient charity.
t we knew the cares and trials,
Knew the effort all in vain,
And the bitter disappointment
Understood the loss and gain
Would the grim external roaghness
Seem, wonder, just the sames
Should we help where now we hinder!
Should we pity where we blames
All! we judge each other harshly,
Knowing not life's hidden force;
knowing not the fount of action
lis less turbid atits source.
Seeing not amid the evil
All the golden grains of good
Oh we'd love each other better
III we only understood.
- Wonun's Work,
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1890-05-15
carrler PIgeons and Poncher..

General Cameron, commaudaut Of tho
Royal Military College at Kingston.
Canada. is organizing system Of mes.
scugcr pigeon stations throughout Canada.
Tie proposes that the Canadian cruisers
utilize the pigeons by having stations
along the coast, and thus communicating
news ofpoachcrs aud fishing vessels. Tho
practical object in view is to supplement
the facilities for the rapid transmission of
messages Afforded by telegraph lines. re
proposes a chain of twenty-sx stations
from Windsor, Nova Scotia, to Halifax,
Nova Scotia
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1890-05-15

tion OF ratioris 81 tire affferus from the NJ
cent floods in Louisiana, Mississippi. Arkan-
sas aud rennssec, reported t'y telegraph Ga
Secretary Proctor that he has alfesdy ex'
pended about sSs, 600 OF the $50, 600 placed 90
his credit and asked that $4,000 moro bc
is sl50ooo.
Tnk President made the following iio1nipa.
tions; George w. Steele, OF Indiana, to bt
Governor of the Territory of Oklahoma
Robert Martin, OF Oklahoma, Secretary Of
tho Territory OF Oklahoma; Suprciic Co,irt
officials Of tho Territory OF Oklahoma; I'D
ward II. Green, Of Illinois, Chief Justices
Abraham J, Scay, ot Missouri, and John @
Clark, of Wisconsin,. Associate Justices
warrcn \, Luuty. of Virginia. United state
Marshal: Horace Saest. OF y .iah2mc, Un.teD
States Attorney.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1890-05-15

"The Southern States" says Dirie,
'shonld make u grand display at the
Worlds Fair. Zach State should have
an exhibit which would show the world
just what her resources are, and what
the capitalist and immigrant can EXPECT
TO find, when they seek her borders.
The Southern expOsitioDs held in Louis
vile, New Orleans aud Atlanta have
been Of incalculablc benefit to the South.
having brought millions Of dollars TO our
mines, quarries, cities and manufacturers.
The outside world must see what we
have, and the Worlds Fair will be the
place TO advertise our resources"
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1890-05-15
THE ROMANCE OF A FLOOD.
HARRIET y. cRooKER.

a"A - NNSNhnhs
They bad parted coldly.
Richard Holmes had walked rapidly
mp the street to his boarding place with
white face, stcrnly set lips, his hand.
clasped tightly behind him, and his W hole
frame quivering with wounded pride and
keen disappointment.
Eloise Ellison had turned her pretty
face homeward with proud littlo toss.
and look Of something like triumph in
her coquettish dark eyes.
That she was spoiled and pettcd
beauty, every one in the village knew
and that she was as willful and capric.
lous and eXacting, as she was bright and
pretty and bcwitching, every one knew
as well. The only child of tho wealthy
mill-owner, from her very infancy in
dulged in her every wish and fawned
upon by adIhiring friends, it was no
wonder that she was, when she chose 10
be, IL most tyrannical specimen OF young
womanhood.
She had chosen to be such the after.
noon she met Richard Holmes, her IA
ther S bookkeeper, on the street, and al
lowed him to turn and walk beside her.
II was raining, and she graciously closed
her own elegant little umbrella to share
the larger one he carried.
They had gone on together enjoying
the rain, laughing and chatting gayly,
gossiping in their light way about this
and that happening in the social life OF
the village.
Perhaps he had chosen an inauspicious
moment to declare his love and offer her
his hand, but, inauspicious or not, he
had spoken aud received his answer.
They had exchanged n few hot words
and then parted in n sudden frigidity
which seized them both. She had added
such scorn and disdain to her refusal that
1t was more than he could bear in silence.
She had even insnuatcd to him that IL
was not herself ne loved, but her fathers
wealth. She had wounded him cruelty
and Intentionally, and he had left her
suddenly with a cold adicu.
Eloise raised her own umbrella with
defiant little laugh, and a glance a,
the retroatiug figure, and then turrcd
homcward hummiug a fragment OF the
latest opera.
Her fathers bookkccperl Presume %
offer her his hand 1t was absurd!
Thus she communed with herself ne
she went on up the street to her home.
She tried TO be angry at the presump.
ton OF the man, but in spite of herself
she could not. She had always admired
him-ycs, in way she had quite liked
him. and it was pleasing to her vanity to
know he loved her; but, marriage--that
was another thing, indeed, and quite ouI
Of the question:
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1890-05-15

wounds and the nurses who cared for
them shook their heads gravely over the
Young strangers given SO mercifully into
their hands.
Richard woke 10 consciousness first,
but lay with closed eyes, resting and try
ing 10 think why he was there and what
had happened
All at once he heard voice he knew
and loved. II was Eloise. delirious with
fover. "Richard, she was saying, az
love you now, loved you all the time,
but did not know il, Richard, did tho
horrible waters drown your O, my dar-
lingl"
He opened hls eyes and looked across
the room toward the weak voice dying
away into silence. What he saw was
Eloise lying ON the snowy cot with closed
eyes and flushed chceks-Eloise piti.
fully thin aud changed, but Eloisc still,
despite the lines of pain ON her white
brow, left there by the agony of that
fatal night.
Richard. looking at her thus, loved
her all the better for these marks OF sor-
row; they made her tenfold dearer To
him; their mutual distress had welded
together their souls forever.
II was very quiet, very brief ccrc,
mony that made them man aud wife. ID
was no time for merry making and re.
joicing, Death and poverty were every
where. Her father was among the lost
the servants were missing, many of her
friends wero gone from human sight FOR.
ever. She was penniless. Tho bcauti4
f0l home was entirely destroyed. Moth.
ing that had been hers remained.
Nothing she had loved in the old days
was left her Nothingi Yes, thank
God, her husband--hor good, brave
Richard They had gone together
through that dreadful night, their paths
henceforth through life lay sidd by side.
Eloise was a changed woman. What
had been wrong in her became good.
What had been vain and foolish became
beautiful and pure. Her whole nature
was changcd--her heart ennobled and
uplifted, made sweet aud womanly and
good.-The Ledgcr.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1890-05-15

The irony OF fate is seen 10 the sad
fate of Captain Couch, the Oklahoma
boomer After devoting his time and
energies for several years to organizing
raids into that forbidden region, and
thus doing much to force its opening to
settlement, he was so beaten in the race
for land when the day of jubilee came
That he was compelled to jump another
mans claim, and was shot in the leg and
killed in consequence.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1890-05-15
Foreign.

THE strike or the employees OF tho Stats
railways In Austria has been settled tho au-
thoritics having conceded higher wages q
the mon. Tho labor troubles In Spain havs
ceascd, except I'm Barcelona aud Valencia.
SKNoR zERrucHr, Governor OF tho StatJ
OF OaSaca MoSico, died suddenly at To
hauntcpcc
HEAVY frauds and pecuIations have boon
discovered I'm the customs depar tment OF
Buenos AyreS Argentinc Republic. The
loss % the Government is now Thought 10 DO
Si0O00,Oo0.
A GOLD mine has boon discovered nc Dun.
node, IN the western part of County Cork
Ireland, and Il company Is bong formed 10
work a..
A HEAVY wind storm has blown down fvd
arches OF the aqueduct, and the City of Mox-
leo IL without drinking water.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1890-05-15
KILLED AND EATEN.
a Frencbman Falls Victim TO Can-
nibais in the Congo Basin.

a Frencbmam Falls Victim TO Can
nibais in the Congo Basin.
The news Is Confirmed Of the killing Of
tIr Musy, the commander Of the French
post 10 Bangui. on the Mobangi branch Of tho
Congo iu Afr,ci. He ~ the second white
man who has been killed by the natives I'm
the Congo Basin the first was the cornrade
ot Captain Triyiar n his trip last year across
the clufiupnt 10 was not COnclusivelY
known 900 about three weeks ago that
Triyief's cJfurl le was murdered.
Mr. Musv wit killed. with twelve men Of
his stn .ioa. on Jauu1ry 3. He had left his
post with many native allies from the BO-
touoi aud JGr0bi tribes 20 chastise the vii
iage o, Salauga Tor making slave raids upon
Villages thar wcr' in friendly relations with
the French During the fight which followed
his arrival ut Salauga all his allies deserted
him and BE- and the twelve men ~ his station
were left alone, surrounded by tho enemy I'm
Ovcrpowering numbers. Musy kept the saw
ages at hay until his ammunition was com
pioieiy oxnaustei. and he was then killed BY
au asscgai Al his men perished with him
and their boiie were eaten by the cannibal'
vino overcauc then. The station at Bangui
ss -e-e.lrblslcI by the French twenty
four days aftsr tIs lamsntaOle death Of its
commander.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1890-05-15

Mr.. Foster, of Buckfeld, Me-, tn.
largest manufacturer of toothpicks in the
world, says of his make alone there arc
now enough in stock to supply the United
States for two years. When running, his
mills will produce in twelve months more
than the total American consumption for
twice that time.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1890-05-15

The unmarried women of Massachn.
sets, according to the reports of its saw
ings banks and other Institutions. have
S29, ,OOO,oO0 in deposit Perhaps this
will explain, hazards the New York Ne,cs.
why the women of Massachusetts, have
the reputation of being so independent,
as nothing contributes TO the feeling of
independence like good bank account.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1890-05-15

The pet names for four baby States arc
as follows: North Dakota is the ''Flick
ertall State" South Dakota is tho
''swinge Cat State," Washington is the
"Chinook State" and Montana is the
''Stubbed-Toc State
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1890-05-15

Now that Canada has been scratched
-off the list of safe resorts for American
rogues, remarks the New York Telegram,
Australia looms up as n-extraditablo
paradise The length of the journey in
volved may prove handicap in ras-
Sality
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1890-05-15

For days and days it rained. Il grew
monotOnous and wearisome.
Eloisc, wandering aimlcssly about the
drawing-room, looking over book alb
stractedly; striking few chords on the
piano; going from window 10 window
to look out at the falling rain and the dis
mai landscape was wrctchedly lonesome
and in at case.
Why did not some ono come! Even
Richard Holmes would be welcome
caller, II only 10 quarrel with. He used
TO drop in 30 often 70 play game of
chess or listen TO her music. She wished
she had not treated him quite so badly
the other day. Why could she not have
said, as other girls would have said. that
she would be sister TO himg n Ind
never occurred to her to say that. Sine
wished she had been less unkind that
day wished she had held him oil n
little longer at lcast-it used 10 be go
pleasant TO have him drop in for an hour
or two.
The day was closing in dark and
stormy. Eloise from the window looked
at the swollen river, and the pools that
stood here aud there on the lawn.
Suddenly she stood erect, and looked
eagerly OF a well-known figure coming
toward the house It was Richard
Holmes.
The girl stood watching his progress
eagerly, as he picked his way among the
pools Of water, her lips parted her
pretty head thrown back, her dark eyes
giod and bright
''I am glad he is coming she said.
softly to herself, as She stood, surrounded
by the creamy drapcrics Of the window.
waiting for him.
She heard his firm step on the piazza.
She heard him ring the bell, and then
spcaka few words 70 TIC maid who opened
the door
Suddenly great roar flied all the air,
drowning the voices in tho hall, drown.
ing the siivcry chime Of the little From ,h
clcck. drowning everything, swallowing
up everything in is awful volume or
sound. There was q terror in it unlike
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1890-05-15

Poverty has driven many persons to
Micide, observes the New York HeraId,
but the story from Moscow of the widow
OF an army officer and her five daughters
locking themselves in room, turning on
the gas and dying from suffocation on
account of dire want excels in horror
most cases of the kind.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1890-05-15

IL is nm open secret, AYERS the New
York Commercial Advertiser, that the
German Army has not that affection for
the Kaiser that existed between Paul and
VIRGINIA
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1890-05-15

French scientific men aud engineer
dre discussing the feasibility of rail-
road across the desert of Sahara. It is
claimed that such an enterprise is neces-
sary to confirm the hold of France upon
her possessions on the west coast of
Africa and to develop the north African
provinces that she holds.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1890-05-15

Apostal convenience in Mexico is an i'm.
mense insurance company which guaran-
tees the senders OF valuable letters and
packages against loss in the mails.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1890-05-15

The United States Patent Office IL
more than self-sustaining. On the books
OF the Treasury it has to its credit some
thing like $4,000, 900.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1890-05-15

More than two thousand farmers have
applied to the Agricultural Department
at Washington for seeds of the sugar
beet.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1890-05-15

Harjbakc-"I hear that that cbao
Drysou is somewhat Of an inventor.
snarlcigh Yes"
Hardbake-- --" What's he ever inventedfn
Suarlcigh "
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1890-05-15

1t is understood that it will cost $780,,
600 to render the old Treasury vaults at
Washington secure.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1890-05-15

EMPEROR WfLLfAw opened tho German
Reichstag. the speech from the throne advo-
Gated principally legislation TO protect work
ingmcn.
Henry NJ ST. sybEy had an audience with
Queen Victoria NJ Windsor, England.
THE Germnnt under Major Wissmanu,
captured Kiiwa in Etst Africa. driving out
the Arabs.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1890-05-15

1T is ann0uncei from the flooded districts
Of the S0,dh that The appropriation by Con
gross will prevent any actual suffering.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1890-05-15

In Paris they arrest and punish any one
who throws banana peel on tine side
walk.
Los Angeles herald., 1890-12-16
SITTING BULL SLAIN.
The Chief Disturber of the
Sioux Removed.
Indian Police Take the Old
Chief Captive.
His Band Attempts Rescue and a
Battle Ensues.
Bull and His Son and Six Other Braves
Slain - Four of the Police Killed.
A. ID
Associated Press Dispatches.

CHICAGO, Dec. 15.-At clock tonight
Assistant Acknowledgement Corbin, of
General Miles's staff, received an official
dispatch from st. Paul, saying Sitting
Bull, five of Sitting Bulls men and seven
of the Indian police were killed in fight
today, following an attempt by the po-
lice to arrest Sitting Bull.
The following was also received:
ST. PAUL, Mimi, Dec. 15.-To Colonel
Corbin, Assistant Adjutant- General,
Chicago Sitting Bull, arrested this
morning at daylight by Indian police.
Friends attempted his rescue. A fight
ensued. Sitting Bull, his son Black
bird, Catch Bear and four others were
killed; also seven Indian police. Captain
Fouchet arrived just in time with his two
troops, Hotchkiss and Gatling guns, and
secured the body of Sitting Bull.
By command of
GENERAL Miles
Los Angeles herald., 1890-12-16
WRITTEN IN BLOOD.
A DIABOLlCAL CRIME AND ITS
SEQUEL.
Boy Cuts His Old Fathers Throat.
The Young Culprit's Guilt Estab-
liShed in Most Remarkable Manner.

CHICAGO, Dec. ia crime OF sur
passing diabolism, and dramatic Sc
quel, took place in little tenement on
West Chicago avenue. Carl Holtz, an
aged widower, lived alone in an upper
fiat with his son Paul, aged 16.
Tonight the boy took to bed with him
an old table knife, and after his father
had gone to sleep raised up in bed and
cut the old mans throat from ear to ear,
severing the jugular vein and windpipe.
The youthful patricide then rushed to
the West Chicago avenue police station
and declared that his father had at
tempted suicide. s
when the police, with physicians,
the house, the old man was still
alive, but could not speak. He had
crawled from bed, and, ON a piece OF
yellow wrapping paper, which was be-
spattered with his blood, he wrote in
German, "Paul Holtz did it,"
The paper was the first intimation the
police had of the affair. The doctor
bandaged up the old mans throat, and
to the surprise OF everyone, he uttered
few hoarse words. With his finger point
ing to his son, he said: You have
killed me, Paul, but can never enjoy the
money. God will punish you for this"
A few moments later the old man ex-
pired. The money referred to was $4,000
life insurance, in a benevolent organiza-
ton.