West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1890-09-04
wero first used In 1870.

rHs' newspaper advertisement 1889.
Tho fret Dalsy Fly Killer made 1888.
, a womsn's club 10 stili q novelty In
England.
Tho frat COPPER cont was coined In
New Haven, Conn. I'm 1887.
Kerosene was frat used for lighting
purposes In tho year 1890
The first telescope was probably used
In England In 1908.
The first sawmakor's anvil was brought
TO America In 1919.
Tho first usc OF locomotive I'm this
country was In 1919.
=, The first almanac was printed by George
Won Purbach In 1859.
Yellow fever Ia said TO have appearod
In Brazil of late.
III London cabs were placed I'm n line.
ihey would cover distance OF "A miles
A Columbus, Ohio, man rcjoiccs In tho
name, Independence John Hancock Els
enbise.
The now extradltion treaty between
Sreat Britain and tho United States will
go Into operation.
Prince Bismarck Ia compiling n memoir
Tor publication. IL will comprise the inst
twonty-fivo years OF his official life.
Samoa Is becoming highly civilizedg
Tho latest news from thence relates 10 a
defalcation there.
Some people who were mover succees.
fui at anything else make exceedingly
successful failures.
Mas Ella Ewing, n Missouri girl. eIph-
teen years old, Is foet inches tall and
weighs 225 pounds.
An American publisher hns made an Of
for to the Princess OF Wales for a series
OF magazine articles.
Madame Patti, during her visit TO tho
CITY OF Mexico, donated flvc thousand
dollars to the poor OF that city.
Two hundred thousand unmarried wo-
men and girls arc said To be employed In
various trades In South London.
Tho Western Decorating Works OF
Chicago presented Mre. President liar.
rison with an elegant vase rs an Easter
Offering.
The richest negro In tho West IA Ed
ward j. Sanderlin, OF Denver, who hns
made fortune OF $200,000 out OF his
barber shop thero.
The "Writer" OF Boston has undortak-
on tho preparation and publication of n
Directory OF American Writers, Edit
ors and Publishers"
The rifle OF tho Germany army has
been changed threo times since tho SUM
mer OF 1871, each time at an expenditure
OF 110,000,000 marks.
An Ohio girl has had her father arrest
cd for opening letter addressed TO her
by sweetheart, md court has held him
under very heavy bonds.
Tho new parasol In made with n hollow
handle which serves as a receptacle for
halrplns, powder rag, vinaigrette, PEN
ell and for any small articles.
Joseph Chamberlain of Bangor Is very
nearly 100 years OF age, yet ho Is able To
shovel snow, split wood, and go on pic
mic excursions all by himself.
Miss Mary Garrett rs probably tho
wealthiest spinstor In the United States.
At tho ago Of thlrty-scver she still re-
mains heart whole and fancy free.
Hop Yam Lee, aged thirty-three years,
a Chinese lRundryman OF Philadelphia
has been taken TO the Municipal Hospital
for Contagious Diseases with leprosy.
A Nuremburg manufacturer has In.
vented pencils in blue, black and brown
for writing OF the human skin. They
arc for use I'm anatomical and chemical
demonstrations.
IL Ia understood that tho betrothal will
soon be announced OF Princess Victoria,
sister OF Emperor William, to Prince AL.
bort OF Saxe-Altenburg. Prince Albert
Is q widowcr.
The Garfield Memorial in Lake Wow
Cemetery Mt Cleveland, Ohio, will be
dedicated on next Decoration Day Ex.
President Hayes is president of the Me
mortal Association.
Representative Wallace, OF New Yorl,
has introduced bill reducing the course
OF study at the Naval Academy from six
10 four years, and limiting the age of ad.
mission from fifteen 20 nineteen.
Mrs. John MoWilliams, n Nebraska
wife, prays tho court 10 restrain heI
lawful husband from patting her on
tho head, poklng her in the ribs and
talking baby talk TO her"
G. II. Phinezy, president OF tho Georqis
Railroad Company, is reported as boast.
ing that his road is the only one OF IL
size In the world that never either killed
passenger or had a mortgage on it.
The largest OK I'm the world died n,
Franklin Park In New Brunswick. Tn,
animal was owned by Carrot Nebblns
It's weight was 5000 pounds. It's heaI
was literally as big as barrel. "
Gen. Don Bernardo dc Soto, Presiden
Of the Costa Rlcan Republic, astonlshcs
Chlcagoans during his stay In tho LAX.
City by spending $500 a dag. Ho wa
looked upon oB q second Monte Crlsto
Charles y. Pilgrim, OF Philadelphia. A
"boy evangelist" who is having won
derful Success IN tho pulpit. IIo is a
present proaching IN Ohio towns an,
converting hundreds OF people TO th
faith ho breaches.
A little fellow halllng from Cork wa
the first newsbOy that ever sold a copy o
the Sun in tho streets OF Now York, an,
thS Sun was the FIRST paper thus sold
The name OF the lad was Bernard Flaher
~, but he is better known 10 fame a
Barney Williams, tho actor.
The King OF Siam Is n magnificent oh
iect IN state attire. He gllatens from
head 20 foot with towels worth NOR
than ~ ,OO0,0 900. 10 - commonly re
ported IN Bangkok that he has two hun
drod wives and eighty-sevon children
though the exact figures have never heel
given 10 his subjects. He was n fatbo
at the ago Of twelve, aud Is now onl
thirty-six years old.
Italy Is 20 honor Beatrice I'm n move
way. In Florence there IS 10 be held H
May, on the supposed six hundredth an
nivcrsary 81 tho death Of SiQnOra Bard
POrtuan, AN exhibition Of all the indus
tries now carried on by Italian women
together with grand display Of paintings
sculpture, lace and cmbroideries. Dante
love Is beloved still by the Florentlnes