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West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1891-01-29
TERRIBLE zINE DISASTER.
0he Hundred and Ten Men Killed By
Gas Explosion.

Day before yesterday another ter
rible niine disaster happened in the
Mammoth Shaft Of the II. G. Frick
Coke Company in the great Coke
Region Of Pennsylvania near Scott
dale. The men went to work in
the mines az usual. and shortly after
nine O'Clock the explosion occurred,
and 1t is supposed was the result Of
the ignition Of a miners lamp.
There ia not a soul left TO tell the
story Of The dreadful calamity, and
one hundred and ten men were
hurled into eternity without mo-
menPs warning. The work Of get
ting ont the dead bodies is going on
and great excitement prevails
throughout the region. 1t ia i'm.
possibls to get full particulars a.
this date.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1891-01-29

William Napier of Wayne county
10 engaged in the lumber business
on a big scale and has sixty OK
teams at work.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1891-01-29

The undersigned repeatedly snnosneea "a
ne CITIZEN u Preston county, that be & sneng.
sa e1clu,ively IT. he fruit business and IL rep
che Ter Co, Pa. and will call on the peopie
generally during the season. lie o. ers The te~f
Of stock At lowest prices
BesIecffuliy
JAcoN GtrsoN,
NeWhurg, Preston Co.. VIVA. t-e1Y
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1891-01-29

To all persons holding Hons by Judgment. or
otherwie. IN the real estate. or any part
thereof. OF Vim. T. Liston:
In pursuance % decree o. the Circuit Court
OF Preston county, made In a cause thereia pead-
I. Liston TO the satisfaction CT the liens thereon.
you are hereby required 10 present ell claims
he'd BY You and each of you against the sad
or any cart oft, Tor ad Indication. TO me At ry
once ID Eirewooi. Preston county. West vir-
ginis. CT or before the nth day OF February.
The above sntitled cause. by decree Of the
C.rcni, Court OF Preston county, w. Va. made
therein ON tho icIh day Of December, 1890. was
referred 10 the undersigned Commissioner IN
chancery. with the following directions. To az
defendant. WIN. \, I.lstor. the etsis and ccnd!.
ton OF the tito thereto. tho Items thereon Their
amounts. priorifles and 10 whom owing. and the
and rapport the amount 81 the vendors lieu due
on the $50 acre irac.in the bill and proceedings
Sc acre tract should be first sold TO safisfy ssid
lien snd tie ordor Ia which they shonId be 20
subjected and sold. Also TO specially ascertain
faehnent lien az Vim n. Glover. one OF the
PLAINTIFF. and nlson IL be lien u,on any part
81 ss'd Is, s sers ,rert q Land and 81 So what
same, and ths order in which The same should
os sold; Also to report any other MATES deem.
by the parties or any of them.
The parties 70 this cause, TO wit. Nathan Tan.
lcI, ~ "a. =; iaincr. Eiizs5otn Tanner, Alcinds
Tanner, and VIM. Glover. plaintiffs. and VIM
Lston, ID. o. White samuel Elliott. Jas. ~
ELLIOTT. Joseph Sterling. john W. rifcheneil. inc
4. ldston, rhoinaa = White. John III. Brown
John Z. ForIuan. Ella Fornan. David Graham
John W free,sud. Ezra Albright. Elizabeth AZ
nrignt, j. Albright. George w. White. NJ. A.
White. and Naoma A. H.nc, defendants, will TAX a
notice that on tho nth day OF February, 1891 NJ
said decree
Given under my hand this 1i:h Gay OF Jana
aTy, 1891
HENRY CLAY HYDE.
i-iof-siSeo Commissioner.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1891-01-29
The Police Gezette

Il the only illustrat ed paper In the world esp
tanning all the latest sensational and sporting
news: No Saloon Keeper Barber or Club RoeIs
friends wherever IL zoos
Mailed to any address in the United States, -
cnTely wrapped. - weeks for 500
Sc1d Eve cents for sample copy
RicEARp X. Fcx.
FranSha square, New York estx.
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julius X. Monroe,
SURVEYOR OF LAND ,
Ks~o,wonn -, -.

WIN answer calls for land surveying frosa nsy
part Of the county promptly an az reasonable
rate1. Plots, drafts and calculations neatly and
Ing out and grading pikes, country roa1s nrA
tfemways also laying ont town lots, sgree1s
'ouaoatiou1' etc. correspondence solicited.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1891-01-29
NOTICE TO LIEN noLDHns AND TO PARTIES
:. ! ! = s wo'.' ,, :, In cA."ssr,-

To AL persons holding liens by Judgment. OF
otberwise. 90 the rel eytate or any part
thereof. Of Ellis Wolf and Philip Wolf. part
ners trading "a Wolf 4 Co: S. H. Gran s.,,j
George W Curtin -
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1891-01-29

To al persons holding lieas by Judgment or
o;hsrwise. on the Isal estate, or any usst
thereof, OF Jseo5 Fra1shoas Or
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1891-01-29

To oil rersons holding Hons by Judgment or
otherwie. IN the real estate. or any part
thereof. OF Win. T. Liston
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1891-08-08
MORE STORMS GATHERING.
Much Unsettled Weather for the Early
Part OF the Present Month.

ST. JOSEPH, Mo-, July 31.-My last
letter gave forecasts of the storm
wave due to cross the continent from
July 80 to August 2, and the next
will be due to leave the Pacific coast
about August A, cross the Rocky
Allegheny Valley from 9th to 7th
and reach the Atlantic coast about
the Sth. This storm wave will have
a tendency to increase cloudiness
and foggy weather with a moderate
amount of rainfall. The low baron
eter will probably take southern
route with cool rains in the North
ern States. Weather will be very
changeable and second storm wave
will be due TO leave the Pacific coast
about the 7th, cross the Rocky ALE
gheny valley from Sth to 10th and
reach the Atlantic coast about the
18th. Sudden changes of the wealth
err may be expected, and third
storm wave will leave thePacific coast
about the 10th, cross the Rocky-Al
legheny Valley from the 18th to the
18th, and reach the Atlantic coast
about the l4tn These storms are
not expected to be of very great
force, but much unsettled and change
able weather may be expected from
August A to the 10th The weather
will be favorable to the crops, and
August will be the best growing
weather. of the summer. July is us
ually the hot month, but August
will be the hot month this year.
August weather will not average ex-
cessively hot, however.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1891-08-08
Elegant Fashion Books.

The new Fashion Journals, "Ls
Mode" La Mode de Paris,'' and
"Album des Modes" published BY
A. Mcdowell q Co.. 4 West I4th
Street, New York, are the most Gle.
CANT of their kind ever brought &c
our notice. The styles are drawn
by the best artists; and the books
are produced by rival houses in Par
is, each trying to excel the other in
the character of its publications.
Formerly they were printed only in
French; but they are now published
in English for the use Of American
readers. These journals furnish the
styles one month in advance of any
similar publications; and they have
a practical department, in which les
sons are given each month on how
to make dresses, etc. The admirable
fashions, the lessons in dressmaking.
and the giving Of the styles one
month earlier than heretofore are
strong points in favor of these Fash
ion Books, causing them to be called
THE Favorites" These excellent
publications can be obtained from
all newsdealers.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1891-08-08

West virginia's growth in coal
production in the census decade is
one Of the marvels of the time.
With this growth has been edvelop-
ed the fact that in quality West vir-
ginia is equal to the best, while in
extent Of deposits she leads all.
The high official commendation in
the census report is well deserved.
West Virginia. Notwithstanding the
relative place she has taken among
coal producing States, is destined to
take still higher rank.
The railroads now under construc-
ton will bring into market new and
large areas of coal, and rich deposits
along the established highways
long apparently unnoticed, are at
tracing attention that will soor
bring in the capital to turn them te
account.
With coal, iron, and hard Wood
West Virginia must make increas
ing progress in manufactures. Ma
ture has assembled the raw materi-
ais for us; we have only to avail our
selves of the golden opportunity
| Tntelli1encer.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1891-08-08

In communication to the Cleve-
land Press, Hon, W. ". Armstrong
replies at length to criticisms ON the
rooster as the emblem of the Demo
cratic ticket in Ohio. Being held
to personal responsibility for the
bird, Mr.. Armstrong confesses and
avoids by giving the history of the
rooster in politics since the time of
Jefferson.
Mr.. Armstrong; essay is an able
one, and the subject has been recent
ly handled by DR.. Charles Anklome-
tic Daua with even more brilliancy
and less strabismus than usual, but
as between the rooster and the
chicken hawk the Republicans have
put on their ticket, there still re-
mains much to be said in the roos-
ter's favor. He is Democratic in
that he remains on his own premises
and fights only on his own dunghill,
where in defence of his own he
fights his best. But he spends very
little of his time in fighting. He
scratches for his living and for the
support of his family.
On the other hand the Republican
chickenhawk is thief by taste and
habit. He has no principles except
that of predacity. He lives off the
earnings of others. He has neither
conviction nor courage, except the
courage through which petit larceny
under stress of circumstances trans
forms itself into robbery. The
eagle with which the Republicans
seek to indemnity him is only more
respectable in being holder thief
a more Persistent Plutoerat. Both
hawk and eagle are first cousins to
to the buzzard, and both are gravely
-
suspected of eating carrion when
they can find nothing to steal Mel
Their ever did an honest hours work ;
both are such enemies of all other
animate nature that they are exter-
minated wherever found. Both are
chicken thieves, and the game roos
ter is their natural foe.
But the rooster has other uses.
He not only crows for victories al
ready won. He proclaims the com
ing day. His clarion is the herald
of more light. So now when the
night of Plutocratic rapacity is far
spent; when he has already crowed
his cherries crow for midnight, put
on the Democratic ticket and let
him crow the sunrise. Republic.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1891-08-08

The difference between the Dem
ocratic and Republican parties on
the question Of taxation is not
difference between 40 and So per cent.
which is only matter Of detail. 1t
is not question rs to how much the
protected industries shall be per-
mitted TO steal from the people.
But it is a question which lies at the
very foundation of government,
question upon which depends wheth
or our government shall be of the
people, for the people and by the
people or government OF all the
people by very few of the people
for an extremely limited cIass of the
people.
1t is question which involve, the
right of property whether or not each
man shall have the privilege to enjoy
the fruits Of his own industry and
exchange it for that which his wants
dictate. The Republican party
maintains that taxes are blessings,
and the more the individual is taxed
the more prosperous the nation will
be as whole.
The Democratic party declares
that taxes are burdens and the less
we have of them the better, and the
idea of taking property in minute
quantities from great many people
and giving it in large quantities to
few is scorned 1t holds that
though sixty million dollars in one
mans pocket is very imposing
evidence of his prosperity, the nation
would be far better off if each one OF
sixty millions of people had dol
lar in his own pocket 1t is a differ
ence as to whether taxes shall be
LIVED for public or for private pur-
poses, whether or not one man shall
be aggrandized at the expense and
improverishment of another.-Oid
| Guard
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1891-08-08
Church Notes.

The name of Mr. Geo. G. HAYES
was inadvertently omitted from tn,
list of stewards Of the Methods
Episcopal church. He was elected
by the quarterly conference.
Mr.. V. D. Bozovsky, Bulgarian
and student in.the Medical depart
ment of Ann Arbor University, gave
most interesting address at th,
Methodist church Sunday evening
narrating the circumstances of bis
leaving the Greek church, in his ma.
tive land, and becoming protestant
1t vas profitable to all who heard
him.
The Rev. Mr.. Day has been invi
ted To deliver an address next week
at Mt. Lake before the Ministers In.
stitute, upon the Influence of Mod.
ern Science upon Traditional Theol
ogy. We learn that Mr.. Day has
accepted The Institute will receive
an intellectual treat.
Rev. Henry w. Biggs, d. d., Of
Chilicothe, Ohio, and formerly pas.
tor of the Morgantown PRESBYTERIAN
church, will preach in that church
next Sunday morning. and admins
ter the communion DR.. Biggs ie
anxious to meet his old parishioners
end other friends and acquaintance
at the service ON Sunday, as this will
probably be his last visit to Morgan
town
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1891-08-08

from there to iistil all ito Remaining
riches upon hundreds OF acres Of
growing grain. This stream comes
from the Prickly Pear five or six
miles away, through many devious
manmade ways. That one little
narrow stream adds thousands To the
value of this rancho In fact rancho
without an irrigating canal and a
water right is practically valueless
except for hay Law suits and blood
shed often ensue during dry times
ever the desperate contests for water
to save the scorching crops.
l once saw 100 acres of the most
beautiful wheat imaginable dry to-
tally up, when heading out, because
the gophers had cut the reservoir
from which it was to have been irri-
gated. A system of artesian wells
or else government reservoirs head
ing at the Missouri river only IL OF
10 miles away is all that is needed
to make this entire region blossom
like the rose A few days ago VIZ
drove over TO fruit farm and goi
several gallons of the finest straw
berries ever saw. The owner tol6
us that during the drought last veal
in order to save his vines and small
fruits he had to dig a well at a cos
of $500.
Word comes from the Smith rive
''round up" that about one half o
the calves and colts of this year hav'
been destroyed by wolves. They arr
what is known as big timber" wolves
and when no calves are to be ha(
will hamstring and kill a three-year
old steer so strong and savage ar
they. 1t is proposed to assess al
cattle owners in that region and or
ganize band to hunt out and exter
inmate these cruel pests. NJ. A. Y.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1891-08-08
Lincoln versu. NC KinIey.

Well, this is indeed an odd Incl
dent, Minister Lincoln remarked to
certain Englishmen in London re-
Gently, apropos the Chicago fair, that
the sslaus of The United States which
might be construed adversely TO er-
hibitoys pould be amended so as 10
afford them every facility desired"
He emphasized this statement by
saving that he was "authorized" to
make it.
So, then, the republicans themsel-
YES have no faith in this Mckinley
bill, Ell? They spent the valuable
time of Congressional session to
pass law for the exclusion Of for
elgn products, but now confess
through the authorized statement
of their representative, that the whole
thing was piece of fool nonsense,
that they are willing to allow Eng
lishmen to come into our market with
their goods, and will even amend the
law in order to furnish them with
every possible encouragement.
Here is Mr.. Mckinley running a
personal campaign in Ohio on the
theory that foreign manufactures are
an injury to home industries, and at
the same moment Mr. Lincoln assures
his audience that if they wish to
make an exhibit at Chicago with the
hope of creating demand for their
goods in America McKinley's prohi-
bitive law will be set aside, and the
old fashioned free trade door will be
swung wide open.
1t is evident that one of two things
ought to occur at the earliest posi-
Bile rnoment-either Minister Lincoln
should be told that he has made q
very rash promise, or else Mckinley
should stop making laudatory speech
es of an exclusively home market.
While Lincoln says one thing in
London and Mckinley says another
thing in Ohio, the political situation
presents very ridiculous aspect.
But the truth is, the American
people don't propose to pay the high
prices enforced by the Ohio candi-
date for Governor. Mr.. Lincoln sees
that and practically tells English
men that the bill will die suddenly
after the next election. He is true
prophet.-N. y. Herald.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1891-08-08
A Greene County Stock Dealer Disap-
pears.
Waynesburg Democrat !.


For some time past it has been
rumored that Mr.. Thomas Hunt
left this section of country after dis
posing OF a considerable amount of
stock bought of various persons in
this county. We had still hoped
that be would return and quiet the
rumors by making all right as far
as he was able. But this he has
failed to do. He bought up and
shipped some thirty nine head of
cattle, fifty hogs and several bunch
of sheep. As he did not return at
his usual time inquiry was made
which revealed the fact that he had
left this section of country. His
friends do not believe that it was
his intention to defraud when he
left here. Several things indicate
that this view is correct. He refus-
ed TO take several head of stock
which were offered him and he let
$500 in the Citizens bank and $500
in the Farmers and Drovers hank,
which amounts have since been
drawn out by persons to whom he
had given checks 1t is said that
he was considerably in debt, and
that he last several hundred dollars
on his last shipment. and it is pre-
sumed that he suddeEis resolved to
go off with what he lhen had in his
possession, rather than return and
face his creditors. The sums lost by
farmers from whom he bought stock
vary from $25 to $500, and this, ad
ded to his other debts, aggregates
something like $4,000. Mr.. Hunt
was sober and very Industrious and
had the reputation of being honest,
having little difficulty in buying
stock from farmers who knew him,
on promise to pay on his return.
II is hoped that Mr.. HINT will yet
be able to meet the demands against
H.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1891-08-08

CoLUMBus, July 31.-Colonel Jes-
sic Harper, the farmer statesman
of Illinois, addressed a mass meet
ing under the auspices of the Peo-
pies party local committee in Capt.
tol Square tonight. He said among
other things that the people of Ohio
would soon witness the most aggres-
sive campaign against Sherman and
Mckinley that has occurred in the
history of the country. The Kansas
cyclone, which wiped out $4,000
Republican majority and buried In
gals, viii be duplicated in Ohio
this fall. He said there would be
400 Peoples party speakers strike
Ohio the lst of October, and the
Republicans will cut no figure in the
result of the election.
Colonel Harper said they would
neither fight nor indorse the Dem
ocratic party, bus would devote
themselves to the defeat of the Re
publicans. Harper has been in Ohio
since July 20 and has addressed
meetings in the principal cities Of
the State.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1891-08-08

The Extensfon Or the r. N 4 r
We are reliably informed that the
B. & o. has entered into and conclu-
ded contract TO extend the F., NJ.
Il p. to UDiontown and finish the
same, by the LIST Of August, 1892.
We do not know whether the con
tract is of such a nature as to admit
of extending or postponing the time
of completion or not. Railroad com
panies are prone to take all the op-
tions Of this kind they can get, and
If it is not entirely convenient for the
b. q o. to complete its contract with
in the limit named it will probably
not do SO unless compelled to do il.
But it is quite certain that this com
pany intends to make this extension
within near future.
When the gap between Morgan
town andUniontowni is filled up the f.
M. q p. will become the thorough
fare for all the traffic between Pitts
burg and the interior of the State;
carrying not only the traffic of the
b. q 0. branches but also of the
West Virginia Central and the Cam
den system of roads. 1t will also BIZ
more direct route to Chicago and
the Northwest by way of the Pitts
burgh & Western road which the b
d 0. has recently purchased.
If the extension were only to
Uniontown, it is safe to say that the
Uniontown branch would be as prot
table to Morgantown as the Fair.
mont branch has been, but it gives
us new eastern and western outlet
at Uniontown just as at Fairmont,
and thus makes our railroad facili.
ties all that we could desire. We
shall begin to realize the boomness
of our boom when the F., M. d p. is
extended.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1891-08-08
HARRISON DESERTED.
Quay and Dudley Resigned in Order to
Wage War on the President.

WASHINGTON, July 3l.-The resig
nations of Chairman Quay ano
Treasurer Dudley from their posi-
lions on the National Republican
committee naturally have been a
prolific subject for gossip and con
lecture among the politicians to day
and among all classes of them the
opinion obtains that it means some
thing more than appears on the sur
face. 1t seems to decided by those
who should know something about
the matter that the designations OF
these gentlemen mean fight from
this time on against the nomination
of President Harrison for a second
term.
Little attempt is made among the
close friends Of Colonies Quay and
Dudley to conceal their conviction
that this is the fact. Holding the
positions they did Quay and Dudley
could not well engage in open battle
against the "oflicial chief of the Re-
publican party. They were largely
responsible for the election of Har-
rison, and they hold the leading
offices of the great committee which
should be logically the mainstay of
the administration.
DUDLEY DISGUISED WITH HARRISON.
Colonel Dudley has from time to
time freely expressed his disgust at
the mugwump tendencies of Mr..
Harrison. Senator Quay, in fire
.quently canvassing the Presidential
probabilities of next year, has sig
nificantly refrained from naming Mr..
Harrison as even remote possibili-
ty. Colonel Clarkson, now the head
of the committee, at least until an
election can be held, resigned his
position as First Assistant Post
master General because of his dissat-
isfaction with the methods of the
administration, and, not being ham
pered as Quay and Dudley were,
will, it is asserted, seconded the out
side efforts Of those gentlemen by
his work within the committee
A secret poll of the National
Committee said to have been made
recently showed majority opposed
to Harrison's denomination that
almost amounts to unanimity. In
one way or another the President
seems to have tramped on the toes
ofnearly every member. With Con
ger, of Ohio, it was the postofiice at
Akron. With Fassett, of New York
it was the postoffice at Elmira, and
so on.