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The southern argus., 1891-11-19
The Southern Argus.
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY
BY Z. M. WOODS.
R. j. DOWNING, city Editor.

Subscription one year, $1.OO; six
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Address all communications to The
SOUTHERN ARGUS, E. M. Woods, pub
Usher, Fort Scott, Kans.
The southern argus., 1891-11-19
LARPH.
TWO AFRO-AMERICANs IN OHIO
ELECTED MEMBERS OF THE
LEGISLATURE

"a Lady's Experience In q Jim Crow Car
Siberians Outdone in the Mines Of Ten
nessee-The President Puzzled as to
who to Appoint I'm DR.. Town
sends Place-A Tribute to
TNr
The southern argus., 1891-11-19

1 had talk with prominent A. NJ.
+. minister last week, one who is very
close 10 the senior bishop of the Meth
odist church, and during the conver-
sation we fell 10 discussing DR.. Tow n
send and his merits. The aforesaid
minister informed me that it was the
height of DIR. Townsend's ambition to
be elected bishop, and that he had
resigned his position at Washington
on the advice of friends in the bish-
opry, in order 10 be available when
the time arrived for the election of
two or more bishops; and, said he,
believe he will be elected, as he is
without doubt deserving and would
The southern argus., 1891-11-19

Entered in the Post OtEes az Fort Scott, Kansas,
as second class matter.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-08-20
REAL ESTATE.
FOE s A LII

House Of five rooms, 1909 Jacob street. $3.50.
House Of six rooms, 2SjG Wood street, In very
good condition.
Lots ON the Island at low figures.
House Of four rooms on Charles street, Centre,
Wheeling. 500
House OF six rooms between Iwenty'thlrd
md Twenty.tOurIh streets, on Woods street
Rental value per annum, slg2 Price 81 800.
One-halt lot on Jacob street, Centre Wheeling
cheap at $500
Five roomed brick house and full lot, on
Jacob street, Fifth ward, $3.50.
Seven roomed house, on EoG street, desirable
Ten M roSmed house at bargain on North
five roomcd house, 25l5 EoT street, $500.
-Four roolned house, 100 Eighteenth street,
Sin, Sine roOmod brick house. eaSl Market street.
Tia iiSltlot on North Main street. 50 byls feet.
Half lot on EOfrs street, south of TwentyGghth
Half lot on Moyston street, south OF Twenty
sixteen lots on the north side Of Twenty.thIrd
street iu the new addition Of Fllan & Whyte.
Lots on Eor and Jacob streets, in North Bon.
Lots in McMechen. newly laid out, cheap at
Lois In zSno's orchard and Old Fair Ground
additions.
Beautiful lots in a. II. Pattersons addition to
Elm Grove ut low figures
Four.rOomed house on TWenty'nlnth and
Woods street, 81 $50
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-08-20
MOuNnsYILLE.
a Miscellaneous Nlclnngo OF Minor NIat'
tcrs from OIarshalrB Metropolis.

a Miscellaneous MIclnngo OF Minor Mat
tcrs from OiarshalrS Metropolis.
A large party OF Moundsville mor-
chants and business men will go to
Wheeling to-day to confer with the
merchants and business men OF the city
in regard to taking stock in the NJ. NJ.
& VI. company. The work Of building
up the town is to be pushed, and since
Wheeling merchants and others are
sure to be benefited by an increase in
population and volume Of business,
they should also take an interest and
help in the work. The people OF Pitts
burgh recognized this fact and hOr
merchants and others spent thousands
of dollars in building up industrial
towns out ten, fifteen and even twenty
and twenty-five miles. The result has
been to make Pittsburgh one OF the
greut money and industrial Centers oil
the whole country, with two more
banks than Chicago and thirty more
than Philadelphia.
The directors of the NJ. NJ. & N. Co.
met Tuesday. The members present
from distance were Messrs. Richards
and MCColsdn, OF Baltimore, Morley, OF
Kingwood, and Vance and PAUL, Of
Wheeling The contracts for industries
made BY the executive committee were
ratified, and that body instructed to
press the work OF locating other plants,
Implications from several good ones be-
ing now on Ale in the company's Office.
The work OF grading streets is TO be
pushed rapidly, so that all may be in
good shape before the grand public lot
sale which occurs September % and a.
The affairs OF the company are in good
shape, md all tho directors are highly
pleased with the progress made, and
with the prospects.
The following party Of young folks
drove out to Pleasant Valley Tuesday
evening md were charmingly enter
tanned ut the hospitable home Of Mr..
Edward Francis: Willis Parkinson,
Miss Maggie Jones, viii Turner, Miss
Ella Edwards, Ode Jones, Miss Sadie
Peters, Ralph Parkinson, Miss Edna
Thompson, Harry McCombs. Miss Lucy
Higgins, I.ewis Newman, Misses Dora
Newman and Annie Simmons.
A large number of people went out to
Cameron yesterday TO attend the
funeral OF Prof. c. ]. Higgs Among
tho number were many members of the
Jr. 0. y. A. NJ. and Masonic fraternity,
OF which orders the deceased was an
honorcd member.
On Tuesday the NJ. NJ. & NJ. Co. con.
tractcd with Pennsylvania buggy fac
tory and the plant will be removed to
the lands OF the company east OF town,
The firm is bound by the contract to
begin work by November l..
The volunteer fire company has been
giving exhibition tests with tho new en-
CINE each evening this week.
Thu athletic bull club, OF Benwood,
will cross bats with the MoundsYille
nine here Saturday
William DOnley, on aged citizen,
died at his house in the Second ward
Monday evening.
Misses Daisy and Della Pennocb, Of
Washington, D. o., are visiting Miss
Lucy liiggins.
Tho examining board put nbont SOW
cnty-lvc teachers through the mill here
yesterday.
The excavation for the foundation
for the glass works is almost completed,
Miss Maud Heller, of BCllaire, is the
guest Of friends here,
Joe Boyd, Of Fairvicw, is here for II
few days.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-08-20
MARTINS FERRY.
Personal GoS,lp-DsathS- Serious Illuss
Other SoWS,

| Other News.
The Hicks-Sawyer minstrels, twenty
three in number, arrived yesterday
morning. The entire troupe are colored
men, and are very gentlcmanly set oil
men. They gave fine street parade a
noon, and played to good business at
night. They show at Washington to.
night, and Wheeling on Friday and
Saturday.
Superintendent Of Schools Mannix re-
turned from his three months vacation
yesterday, looking rugged and hearty
and bronzed like an Indian. He spent
his vacation in South Dakota, Iowa and
Indiana, hunting, fishing and working
The schools will open the first OF Sep
tomber.
John Oxley received telegram yes
terday from Springdale, Iowa, that his
brother, Lafayette 0xley, q former resi-
dent OF Pleasant Grove, had died in that
place. There was no further informa-
ton in the telegram than above stated.
Marshal Westwood received word on
Monday that his father, Elijah West
wood, had severe hemorrhage OF the
brain. Since then his condition has
been very serious and his friends are
much alarmed about him.
The two-year-old daughter Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Marshall Croiler died Tuesday
evening ut their home OH Hanover
street. The remains were taken to
Steubenville yesterday iOr burial.
Miss Rebecca Michener has returned
to her home near st. Clairsville, accom-
panied by Mrs. Harriet Griffith and
Mr.. George Greenfield.
An infant child of Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
Ritter died yesterday morning OF sum
mer complaint at their home on North
Sixth street.
Robert Stewart left yesterday morn
ing on two weeks trip through Ohio
in the interest OF the NorthwoOd Glass
Company.
"A. G. Enoch, the photographer, went
up to Glenn's Run yesterday and took
SOME views OF the oil wells and vicin-
ity.
The opera season opened last night
with the Hicks-Sawyer minstrel COM
pany, which played to crowded house.
A number from here will go out to
the Harvest Home picnic at Stewards
Grove, near st. Clairsville, to-day.
An ice cream social will he held in
the German Lutheran Sabbath school
room next Saturday night.
DR.. Monroe Hickman has returned
home from a six weeks trip to Chicago,
Toledo and Detroit.
Several persons from here went out
to the Pennyroyal reunion near Cam
bridge.
The Northwood Glass Works COM
menced making glass yesterdayat noon.
Mrs. Edgington, OF the Third ward
is visiting friends in Hendrysburg.
There will be book social in the Y.
NJ. G. A. rooms Friday evening.
Mrs. Thomas Pugh, OF the First ward,
is quite sick.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-08-20
BELLAIRE.
All Sorts of Local News aud Gossip from
tho Glass City.


tho Glass City.
Great clouds OF dust have been COM
ing from the Stag cars unloaded near
the b. & 0. bridge. Complaint was
made by the residents, and the railroad
people are wetting the Stag now before
handling it.
Thomas +. Booth, the Troy, n. Y,
wool man, was here yesterday arrang-
ing for wool shipments. Twenty-eight,
thirty and thirty-two cents per pound
was paid for the most OF the wool he
bought.
The funeral OF Mrs. Thomas Hamil-
ton was largely attended yesterday.
The hacks came over on tho ferry. Tho
intermcnt was at Rose Hill.
Joseph L. Bates was made vice presi-
dent rs well as manager OF the Enter
prise Window Glass Company, Mr..
Schick declining the Office.
A boy named Parlette lost a leg and
an arm at GAINESVILLE. Trying to jump
Ona moving train, he fell under the
wheels.
Mr.. Ed Sanders, OF tho Bellaire Win
now ullSS SOlupuuH, lGIG ICstcIuuy VIZ
New York for South Carolina trip.
A cart heavily loaded lost tire in
front OF the Windsor last night and de-
laved traffic for little while.
Mr.. Peter Morrison and wife, of Nun
Gle, Ind, are here, the guests Of rela-
tivcs and friends.
The Women's Relief Corps will have
charge of the dinner at the big &. a. R.
meeting here.
Elmer Long has one finger less now.
lie got it under press at the stamping
works.
Arthur King, son OF P. T. King, OF
AIuncic, Ind, is here among old friends.
Mrs. A. klotz and son, Charlie, came
home from Atlantic City yesterday.
The butchers met in Turner Hall and
organized with eleven members.
Col. J. 7. Mercer is home from Chi
| cnrO
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-08-20
NEARBY BURNED TO DEATH.
A Very sad Accident to Little Girl ut a
Wedding.

A Very sad Accident TO Little Girl ut a
Wedding.
NEW YoES, Aug. l9.--Annie Quense,
the soyen.year.old daughter OF William
Quense, foreman of the composing room
Of the New Jersey Dsttsche Zciaug, Of
Newark, was seriously burned last night
at her home, No. S04 Fifteenth avenue,
Newark. Miss Annie Margherita Offer
man, the sister OF her stepmother, had
Just been married in the parlor to An
dreas X. Rink by Rev. George Sham
bach, and the guests were Offering their
congratulations to the newly married
couple when series OF shrieks resound-
ed through the house.
Quense, followed by most OF the
guests, ran into the cellar from whence
the screams proceeded, and there found
his little daughter running wildly
around with her clothes in flames. He
tried to beat out the fire with his hands
and in the attempt badly burned HIM
self. Somebody brought a coat from up
stairs and by means OF 1t the blaze was
smothered. The little one suffered
great agony
DIR. Hahn was sent for and he dressed
her wounds. She was burned very bad
~ about the legs and body. The doctor
thinks she cannot live Her clothing
took fire from lamp, which she had
placed on the floor beside her while she
attempted to open the door OF q closet.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-08-20

GosuEN, I'D, Aug, 19.-Early this
morning, near Burr Oak, Mich, on the
old line OF the Lake Shore railroad, a
dastardly attempt was made TO wreck
the fast mail. Five large piles Of ties
were placed on the track, but discovered
in time to save the train. Whether it
was the design 10 wreck and rob the
train or simply to wreck it for some rea-
son is not known. Several railroad de-
tectives are working on the case, but
without clew as yet.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-08-20

Say some dealers who try to sell n sub
stitute preparation when n customer
calls for Hoods Sarsaparilla. Do not
allow any such false statements as this
induce YOU TO buy what YOU do not
want. Remember that the only reason
for making it is that few cents more
profit will be made on the substitute.
Insist upon having the best medicine
Hoods sarsaparilla. 1t is Peculiar
IN Itenlfn 4
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-08-20
COCOA
GRATEFUL---COMFORTING
COCOA.
BREAKFAST.

rpy thorough knowledge OF the natural laws
which govern the operations Of digestion and
nutrition, and by careful application oil the
has provided our breakfast tables With deli.
Catcly iav0urrd beverage which may sAvc US
MANY heavy doctors bills. Il l. by the jndlcious
use Of such articles Of diet that a constitution
may be gradually built up until strong enough
10 resist eyery tendency TO disease. llundTcdsOi
snbtle inhnaies nre floating around rs ready to
attack wherever there u q weak point We may
escape many u fatal SHIFT ~ keeping ourselves
we'll fortified with pure blood md n properly
nourished frame "-"CIviL SERVICE GAlET1E-"
Made simply with boiling water or milk. sold
only in hali.pOund tins. BY Grocer. labelled
thus: JAMES EPPS K CO.
OC9l-rTil4S
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-08-20
NESBlTT & DEVINE,
1899 Market Street. auA
Real Estate for Sale.

No. IS South broadway. frame. $500.
No. l5j Sixteenth street, brick and frnmo,
$500.
No. 1ll7 Alley H., East Wheeling, frame house
OF four rooms, lot 3JXl20 feet, 500.
"Brooksidc," on the National road nbont ono
acre Of ground with good dwelling and allnGccs.
sary Improvement, $500.
building lots on west side Of North Huron
street. Island, at so per foot front
lO0X3JO feet In Pleasant Valley, on the National
road for 81. jO0 Oh easy terms.
Tho business properly, No. 1922 Main street.
now occupied by J, W. Hunter & Co.'S spice
mills
The Pryor place on National road, near Elm
Grove, consisting OF about eighteen acres
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-08-20
NIoundsvillb Camp Meeting, August 18th
20 ssh, Inclusive.

For the above meeting, during the
week, i. d o. trains will leave Wheel
ing for the camp grounds at $500 n. M,
and 1880, ":S and 900 p. M. Return
ing. will leave the camp station ut 0:l5
a. M, and 1905, 4:3j aud 1000 p. M.
sundays, August 10Th and sd, i, &
o. trains will leave Wheeling for the
camp grounds at 500 and $500 n. M,
and 1880, 2:3j and 600 p. m. Return
ing, will leave the camp station at 1905,
1880, 500 and 1000 y. NJ. Round trip
tickets, - cents; good returning until
the 25th.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-08-20
READ GEO. NJ. sNooK& co.'s"ud."

Two Genuine Harvest Excursions
will be run from Chicago, Milwaukee
and other points on the lines OF the
Chicago, Milwaukee q st. Paul railway
to points in Western Minnesota, North
western Iowa, South and. North Dakoth,
Nebraska, Kansas, Colorado, Utah,
Wyoming and Montana, at cheap ex-
cursion rates, on August % and Septem-
Der %, 1891. tn
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-08-20
NIII IOT TITUS OF IITV ITOIH your
careSt station consult appended table:


We made use OF Chamberlain's Collie,
Cholera and Diarrhpa Remedy on two
occasions for pain in the stomach. Re
suit satisfactory IN d very short time
after taking the medicine. hesitate
not in giving my opinion in favor Of
the medicine. At least it has done all
claimed for it rs fur as we have tried it.
L. d. Book, BlRin, Perry county, Pa.
Dkw
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-08-20
SUCKED ITS BLOOD IN 0nD-AIR,
Ohio wenscIs are Not Easy Prey and are
Rarely Caught slumbcrIng.

NuFcly SuuBht SlulnDcFlhS'
ALLIANCE, O., Aug. ia few days
ago farmer of Hanover township
while in the field at work noticed a
hawk which suddenly flew up near him
with weasel in its talons. The hawk
sailed UP almost perpendiculnrly and to
such height TINT 1t looked like mere
speck 10 the farmers eye. As he
watched, it suddenly began to fall, and
it came down flying in q circle until it
ing at the cause OF the sudden iall,
walked over to the hawk and found it
dead, with its throat cut by the weasel.
The weasel lay beside its late adversary
completely exhausted, but while the
farmer looked the little animal sum
moned all its remaining strength and
escaped to n neighboring stone pile.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-08-20
Reduced Rates to williams Grove via
NnlLIMOFn * Ohio IlhIlronh.

For tho GrQngers' Eighteenth Annual
Interstate Exhibition at Williams
Grove, Cumberland county, Pa, August
"a to % inclusive, the Baltimore & Ohio
railroad will sell round trip tickets good
to return until August 81 inclusive, at
greatly reduced rates from Frederick,
Washington, Lexington, Connellsville
and intermediate stations TO Wheeling
and Parkersburg. No admission fee to
the grounds is charged.
For time OF trains see published
schedule, and for rates OF fare from your
nearest station consult amended table:
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-08-20

Ayers Ham NiGoR restores color and
vitality to veal; and gray hRir. Through
its healing and cleansing qualities 1t
prevents the accumulation OF dnndrUl
and cures scalp diseases. The best hair
dressing ever made, and by far the most
economical. Dhw
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-08-20
UNDER THE BED.
A Feature of the Sitting of a Wire
Gage Medium.
ANNIE WEST IN VERY FEHCLOTHES

Found Hidden Close to the Stamping
Ground of Mrs. Eta Robcrts's Ma
terInlized STANDARDIZATION of
spirltuallst Who Discovered the
Girls Presence Under a Bcd-..A
Very Amusing Set of Incidcnts.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-05-30

A certain Librarian declares that one
day a visitor pointed 70 a bust which
adorns the reading room of the estab-
Ishment with which he is connected
and asked, is that anybody about
hereT'
The librarian, supPosing that the
~questioner was simply attempting to
guy him, answered
"He has been dead too long for me
20 presume TO say where he is
Il mean was he a man who lived
here, - corrected the stranger; and then
without waiting for a reply he added,
What was his nameF'
Nero, the librarian answered.
"Nerof' the other repeated thought
fully; that don't seem just ike an
American name. What was his bust
neSsf'
He was at the head Of the fire de-
partment," the Librarian replied un-
blushingly Boston Courier.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-05-30

A French scientific man has a ne~
theory Of the aus of seasickneSs
which is briefly stated below. Perhaps
n n were TO give himself up wholly
70 an attempt TO understand the the
cry he might forget TO be sick.
The propounder Of this theory, NJ
Rochet, points out the enormous ca,
paeity Of the reservoir formed by the
muscular and PerimuscalAr venom sys
TEN, and the considerable role Of TO
meity and voluntary or reflex musco
r c-ontractons in the action of empty
ing it; also the predominance of refer
muscular actions over voluntary in
keeping ones balance and "a most
movements.
In the movemolts of a vessel the 70
kxation of muscular tonieity and sup
preston of reflex movements result fA
. considerable increase Of the penph-
eric reservoir and as a consequences in
cerebral anemiA-Youth's Companion
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-05-30

Il think that man has an under
standing with the waters, said a little
man with a big steak in front Of him,
as two men at the next table got up
and left the restaurant.
What do you mean p asked his com.
panion.
Notice the big nan at the head OF
the table,
Yes
Notice he didn't pay the check OF
nj you did. He never does. and
I'll tell you why. He comes in with a
companion every night-seldom the
same man He lets the other mar
order first generally, and then takes
the same. When the order j. served
the waiter invariably asks. ''One checA
or two, siri' and he invariably ad.
dresses the query To the big mans
companion.
Now the result Of this great Amer
can treating is thar h~esitates 70 sag
Two under those circumstances. al
though there was no expectation of a
double check when ne came in. But
the remark is addressed 70 him and he
has 10 answer, especially a the big
man becomes deeply interested in a
newspaper about that time. Ninety.
nine men out Of a hundred are afraid
Of appearing niggardly and will answaS
One check
I've seen that played here a good
many times and, a. | say, l have never
seen the big man pay a check. nor have
| ever heard the question. One check
or twOf put 70 him. That's why | say
/ think he has an understanding With
the waiter. Perhaps Others have also.
Why should the question be put
anyway Let the waiter bring two
checks, and if one man wants TO grab
both off he has all the opportunity neo
essay. Chicago Herald.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-05-30
saturday, sv so 1891.

THOSE VINO teel "a pride IN the new
navy Of the United States. will wait
with no little curi' s'ty for the story OF
the Charleston cruise sfter the Itata.
The utter failure Of - superior a vessel
As the Charleston is represented TO be,
to overhaul an ordinary steamer like
the Itata il something that can hardly
be creditably explained. When the
chase began the wOrlu was Informed
that the Charleston could sail two
miles to the fugitive's one aud with "a
fighting captain aud a splendid crew
something different was looked for
than the lame and %iInpotent outcome
that has transpired. II looks as If a
great deal of explanation would be
necessary.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-05-30
Tie Inc He Morked On.

There is a prominent clergyman in
New York who resembles John A. Cir
ven, Of Columbus, GA. He wa on his
way 70 Brooklyn bridge when he was
Efopped by a salesman who is quite
near sighted.
Hello, John" said he, very heartily.
"How is business"
The clergyman, who is about ~
bright and quick a man as there is to
be found in this town, instantly saw
that there was no desire 70 bunco him,
and that the salesman was honest in
his greeting
We'll, business in my line is not as
good as / would like il 70 be You see
the devil is firmly established, and he
d a hustler. We get no business from
him without a hard pull, for he
lets up if there is any possibility Of
holding a customer"
The voice betrayed the man, and the
drummer knew that he had made a
mistake.
"ETcuse me, l thought you were a
friend of mine.'
mo excuse Necessary, we all make
@ors."
After a laugh on both sides the sales
man said
-What line Of goods do you carry,
anyhowr
Il carry the Bible replied the I'M
clerical looking clergyman, and / am
trying 70 run the devil into bank
Hptey."
"Oh." cried the salesman, don't
tel anybody about this mistake of mine.
will your The boys might hear Of it."
Dry Goods Retailer and Jobber.