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West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1894-03-29
Pro BONO pusLIco.
An Open Letter From the Sheriff TO
Delinquent Taxpayers.

Believing that another advertised
round through the Districts that 1
am collecting (aDd the Districts
that are being collected by District
Deputies) would be of great advan-
tage to all who have not paid their
taxes, and would also be OF great
advantage to the officers, have
decided to- risk another effort in
this way, believing that those who
are yet in arrears will respond,
knowing that all taxes remaining
unpaid ut this late date must now
be gathered in, otherwise / will fail
TO meet my obligations with the
county. This / cannot afford to
do, and have so advised you from
time to- time. | have neither spared
myself labor or printers ink. Now
this is the closing scene, and all
who fail to look after their interest
this time will be promptly looked
after at their own expense.
This move will not only reach
certain sections of the county. It
means the whole county. Please do
not cast any reflections on my Dep
utIes. l am behind the whole bust
ness, and propose to do that only
safe thing, and that Is to collect oil
taxes annually that can be collected
and return the remainder delin-.
quent. TO this end l will be at or
reprepresented Mt
Gladcsyille and Albrip htsyille.
April 10th.
IrondaIe and Dougherty P. o.,
April 18th
Independence and GAINESVILLE,
April 18th.
Newburg and Corinth, April 10Th.
Austen and Terra Alta, April 20.
Nester's Mill and Terra Alta,
April 21st.
Herring and Housewife, April
25th.
Reedsville and Tannefton April
26th.
Office in North Jury Room open
for collections ut all times.
My Deputies in Grant, Pleasant,
Union and Reno will suit their
convenience and will advertise days
and dates ny posters.
Very respectfully,
LEROY SHAW, S. p. @.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1894-03-29

Judge Hoke announced in open
Court yesterday that he was going
to break mp this business of Young
fellows getting full anil disturbing
religions worship and other public
exercises. He said that for those
indicted at this term, (and there
are quite q number Of them) where
They came in and plead guilty, he
would let them of with the lowest
fine and without imprisonment, but
that hereafter he would impose the
severest penalty Of the law; give
them the highest fine allowed. and
send them TO jail for from sixty 10
ninety days besides. And If thew
failed TO pay the fine, have them
work is out on the streets and
roads, with a ball and chain. There
were three offenders arraigned be.
fore the Court at that time, who
had been indicted at this term and
jUst brought in by the officers, and
they were scared half out Of their
boots. The Judge said that this
county was the worst IN bis circuit
IN this respect, as there are indict-
ments at every term Of Court for
fowdyism, and he proposed to sec
II be couldn't break it mp. All
good citizens viii iDdorse the
Copyt's action, and We make this
publie AZ a warning to such often.
aers hereafter.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1894-03-29

James A. Williams, ex. Sheriff of
Barbour county. has made two at
tcmpts lately to commit suicide
first by poison. and then by shoot
ing himself, but as the family watch
him very closely, he has been I'M
successful so far. Financial diff
culties are supposed to be the cause
OF his trouble, as he Is very heavily
involved.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1894-03-29
HE DESERVED SUCCESS
A Terra Alta Lover Licks His Rival
and Sweetheart's Father and Carries
on the Girl

Terra Alta Lover Licks His Rival
and Sweetheart's Father and Carries
on the Girl
TERRA ALTA, w. VA. March "a.
"A few evenings ago at the close of
the last night Of school, two yeung
men by the name Of Groves and Lee
wanted to escort a Friend lady
home. She proved Friendly to
both. and left it 70 the Young men
to decide which was best. Angry
words were first used, then blows,
in which both were badly used up.
Groves succeeded in taking the girl
home. The gIrl's father, bein OPP
posed to Groves, paying attention
to his daughter, approached him on
the subject. Failing to come to a
treaty of peace, they came to blows,
in which Groves did mp the girls
father in the Grst round.
Groves c,me to town the next
day and paid his fine. The girls
father, not being satisfied with the
fine, on the following day went to
see the lawyers. While he was gone,
Groves came afts, the girl and sue
ceeded in getting her. They skip
ped to Maryland and had the knot
tied and returned to the groom
parents before the brides father gets
back. The girl is sixteen years of
age and from respectable family.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1894-03-29

There was bad accident on the
b. 6 o. Railroad between Austen
and West End last Saturday after
noon. A freight train of empty
cars was going west, and it is
claimed that "Buckr Williams, of
Rowlesburg. the engineer, was run
ming too fast. Anyhow, the tender
jumped the track at reverse curve
and threw about fifteen freight cars
off and smashed them into kindling
wood, killing Charley Trudle, a
brakeman, who went over with the
ears. He lived at Rowlesburg
with his widowed mother, and was
her support. All trains were de-
iayed till about eleven o'clock that
night before the wreck could be
cleared away and the track repaired.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1894-03-29

The first passenger train through
from Morgantown to Pittsburgh,
left Fairment Monday morning al
s o'clock. It was special train,
and there were many prominent
citizens on board, public men and
capitalists, who were entertained at
Pittsburgh by the Chamber of Com
inerce. Speeches were made by ex-
Governor Fleming, Hon. John II.
McGraw, Hon. John W. Mason
and others. Senator Morley was
With the crowd.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1894-03-29

KINowooD, w. Va, !
March 81, 1894. I

EDITOR ARGUS -
notice poem going the rounds
OF the papers. and accredited TO me-,
as written for the Msrtinsburg In
dependent. This is not the COM
plete poem, but only fragment OF
New Years Carriers Address
written for the Independent, at the
request Of its editors and paid for
by them.
They furnished me the data, and
political matters IN detail that they
wanted run into rhyme, and / write
it as representing that papers poll
ties and not my own, aud the peo-
pie of Martins burg so all understood
it. For twenty years / have rsgu-
larly written the New Years Car
rier's Address for that paper, as the
people there have always known,
and while w. L. Logan, Chairman
Of the Democratic Executive Com
mittee of the Second District, was
editor of the Independent, wrote
the addresses at his request, put
ting IN the items and matters that
he suggested. II Democratic
editor wants me to write Carriers
Address for his paper, and pays
me for it, l will write it and it is
no Republicans business il l do
write from Democratic standpoint.
1t is the first timo l ever knew any
man taken to task for writing po-
etry, for it is poetic license to use
fiction more than fact in all poetry.
j. Il. HONE.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1894-03-29

There was some lively bidding on
the vacant.lot on Price Street, which
was sold at the front door Of the
Court House last Friday, it being o
part Of the estate Of the late DR..
Tnppett and was sold by a decree Of
the Court. by the Commissioner
John $. Herr Of Grafton. Charley
Craig was the Auctionoer and he j.
a good one. The lot is oulY p feet
front BY 90 back and was knocked
of to William O. Miller for $500,
It vas the best sale ever made in
The towu.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1894-03-29
PREELANDs GET THREE YEARS.

The FTeelands, Samuel Judson
and wife, Belle, Of Terra Alta, this
county, tried in the Federal Court
at Chicago for converting SO bills
into $50 bills and passing Thorn on
merchants of that place, while az
the Worlds Far last fall, were
found guilty jointly and slngly and
sentenced to three years in the Peni-
Tertiary at Joliet, Illinois. This is
one Of the strongest and best man =
aged institutions of the kind in the
country, and over twelve hundred
prisoners are confined there. Joliet
10 q thriving city Of 25, 900 inhabi.-
tants, situated about fifty miles
southwest Of Chicago. 10 is the
general opinion that they got of
very easy, as q much longer sen .
tence was expected. II is said there
arc other cases against them upon
which they may be tried, when their
time expires at Joliet. Edward S.
Elliott, formerly Of Kingwood, now
located % Chicago, was one OF the
attorneys for the defense.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1894-03-29

The Poor House freak known as
the "Snake Man." shuffled of this
mortal coil last Friday, March 20,
and was buried in the Infirmary
cemetery Saturday afternoon. His
name was Charles Hillery, and he
was brought to the Poor House from
hear Cranesyille, April 18th, 1891
lie had weak lungs and has had q
cough ever since he was brought
here and died of consumption. lie
was about rs years of age and a
natural born idiot, hardly resem-
bling human being, and with such
quick. snake like movements that
he was called the ''snake man.
and when first brought hero such a
Wild account was sent to the Wheel.
ing papers about him that Dr. Har-
tigan came over here from the
University to examine him.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1894-03-29
April Forecast, 1894.

The severe storms of wind will oc.
cur within tie first half of the
month, while those Of the after part
Of the month will be much Iessened
in severity and scope. The rainfall
OF the month will not exceed the
ordinary; however, there will be
more in the first part than in the
latter part of the month. The
temperature Of the month will he
apt to remain at normal; that is,
zephyrs wiz not chase each other
nor butterflies hunt Wild flowers.
April Will be comparatively free
from thunder and lightning. The
month will open with disturbed
meteorology which will run through
the 1st and %. On the 9Th, 9Th
and 7tb storm wave Will pc expe-
rienced here and storms OF wind i'm
the west and south. The 11th.
18th and 18th denote dates Ia
which storms Of wind and rain will
prevail in central and estean parts.
and in Western and southern storm
centres hurricanes and cyclones will
make their presence felt. The 18th.
18th and 10th will bring abont a
disturbed period when rainfall is
likely to prevail, and in The cyclo-
mic belts the marshaling and mass.
ing Of the clouds should be care.
fully noted and places Of refuge
safe from the storms fury secured.
On the 23d and 24th rain and
storms Of minor strength and
violence may prevail.
The month will close atten ed by
q storm wave in progress.
had almost forgotten TO say.
watch for frosts following the storm
period lst, 9Th and 18th, and also
May fst and 9th.
r. r. SMITH.
March 10, 1894,
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1894-03-29
UNCLE TOMMY HAwzEa

Sets Loose His Dogs Of War on
"E5crezer," and They Have No
Trouble in Running BIN IN a
Mudhole in the County Road
Where He Has to Defend HIM
self Against Tadpoles, Bullfrogs
and Reptiles
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1894-03-29

Proceedings Of the March Term.

Proceedings OF the Msrch Term.
Court convened Thursday OF last
week with His Honor, Jadge Jos.
y. Ho<e on che Bench.
The following Grand Jurors we're
sworn and sent to their room: Jno.
p. jones, Foreman, Henry Core
man, Jacob Bower, John Dill, K.
NJ. Hartley, William Wolf. Clfas.
s.. Fovtney, William Lawrence, j.
Nelson Baker, Charles Lawton, q.
G. Lee, Garrett r.. White, William
Bishop, Abraham Liston, l.. II.
Smith and +. @. Barnes.
The Grand Jury made its report
Saturday, finding FIVE felonies and
81 misdemeanors. a total OF 40 in
dictmsrtss and the Grand Jury
made further and special report
to the Judge, asking that the
names of the persons indicted be
withheld from the public and not
allowed published in the papers.
As the Cosrt con 6rmed this, we
cannot give our readers the names
Of the persons SO indicted. although
this is the most interesting part Of
the Court proceedings.
State vs.. Lee Philips, indicted
for disturbing religious seryices,
confessed guilty and fined $40 and
costs.
State VS.. George Mencar, Of near
Terra Alta, indicted for breaking
into store over there. BY advice
of his attorney, Neil j. Fortney,
plead guilty, aud upon the testi-
mony of his mother that he will not
be fifteen years of age till July 10,
next. the Judge sentenced MIN to
the State Reform School until the
comes of age, unless sooner dis
charged by the Directors.
State Va. Loman Menear, IN
dicted in three cases for disturbing
the services out as the Millersport
Chapel, plead not guilty aud held
under 500 bond, with George w.
Ashburn as security for his appear
ance at the next term of Court.
State vs.. W. S. Armstrong, in.
dicted for forgery; continued till
next term and held under $500
bond, with William Horned as Sc
curity.
State VS.. Susan Nugent, three
indictments for unlawfully retailing
the ardent" Plead "not guilty"
and gave 800 bond for appearance
at next term.
State vs.. Frank Carroll, indicted
for disturbing the Christmas Tree
Services at the Miliersport Chapel.
Came into Court, and being assist
ed by Neil j. Fortney as counsel,
plead "not guilty" Held under
800 bond, with Charles NJ. Carroll
as surety for his appearance at the
next term of Court.
PETIT JURORS.
The following list comprise the
Petit Jurors for this term Elisha
Fortney, JOS. NJ. Metheny, Robert
Pierce, +. r. Speelman, l.. M.
Hanger, Geo. w. Crawford, S. 3.
Kirk, Jos. W. Davis, @. b. Everts,
Jos. r. Miller, Henry Combs, e..
Q. Ashburn, Geo. r. Spiker, Ed
mond Wolf, Josiah Ditmore, Il. w.
Summers, jeremiah Ringer, Lloyd
@. Brand, Leroy Bucklew, Samuel
N. Smith, Geo. A. Ringer, s. p.
Herndon, +. M. Halbritter, Isaac
}. Welton, Eugene Lanham, Ebbert
Boyce, Il. j. Gribblc, Eli Murray,
Geo. FL. Hervey, August Calcamp,
Thomas G. Poulson, e. E. Ashby,
j. s. Pulliam, e. p. King and
James NJ. Turnkey.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1894-03-29

Bn ingenious Yankee proposes to
place big search light on the Ca
madam side Of the Niagara river and
project advertising announcements
on the American Falls. The broad
curtain Of water would make fine
back ground and the rapid fall Of
the waters would produce wonderful
effects on the advertisements It is
not bad idea and may be accom-
plisbed With moderate expense,
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1894-03-29

Congressman Wilson is improv-
ing rapidly and has started home.
He Is at San Antonia, Texas, where
he will remain till he is able TO re-
turn to his work.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1894-03-29
DO YOU WANT

FLOUR, MEAL, CHOP, BUCK
WHEAT FLOUR, MILL FEED,
Etc. 80 TO
THE KIEGTOOD MILLING CON PAEY.
Or hand your orders to JOSEPH
GRAHAM, kingwood, and we will
supply you.
Orders from Kingwood will be
delivered.
KINGWOOD MILLING co,
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-02-10
TABLE FOR COOLING MILK.

&nd one-half feet in length, from three
by four-inch hard wood stuff, and firm
~ nail to the side OF one end Of these
q hoard at least eight inches wide, to
form the sides of the table. Along the
top edge of each end drive wire fence
staples, one and one-half inches apart,
with about quarter of an inch OF
staple left projecting. Througho these
staples tightly string No. IL galvanized
wire lengthwise of the table, as shown,
making all spices near the staples, to
produce a smooth surface In the CEN
TER. For every four feet in length nail
a cross-piece or support. The proper
width Is for three rows of pans, and
by little calculation the cross pieces
Can be located between the cross rows
of pans. Hence no wood work will be
within several inches of them Should
the space be limited. q two-story table
may be used by increasing the length
of the legs and using a four-inch board
for the upper sides, in which case only
two rows Of pans will prove more con-
venient to place in position and re.
move. unless the space between the
two tables be increased. which is easily
done. BY using the best galvanized
staples and wire these tables will last
many years and in most sections wire
can be obtained almost as cheaply MS
Tho pine boards. Milk thus set cools
b quickly as if hung in mid-air.
lean Agriculturist
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-02-10
A CHEAP CiSTERN,

Built by an Eastern Farmer at a Cost of
Eight Dollars.
A Pennsylvania farmer tells the Ma
tional Stockman how he built cheap
cistern. He struck a circle seven feet
in diameter and dug down three feet,
then another circle one foot less in
diameter and dug three feet farther
and broke down the sides to a slope;
then with a dve-foot circle he went an
other three feet aud cut away again,
making the cistern in the form of a
Jug. The sides and bottom were plas-
tered with cement directly upon the
clay, aud the top was arched over with
brick packed up with sand and CO.
ment, and a tile was put in to serve as
an overflow pipe about eighteen inches
from the top As the average diameter
would he little more than six feet,
1T would require nearly seven barrels
of water for each foot in depth below
the overflow pipe, over fifty barrels
when the water was seven and one half
feet deep.
His figures for the cost were: Two
days. labor. q; one-half days of mason,
81; two barrels Of cement. g.. SO; 400
brick, &c. 40; total, $3.50. 1t has been
In use ten years and is good as ever
near the top. where he al
lowed 1t to freeze, and the cement
and pulled of, which could
have been prevented by covering with
straw or other material.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-02-10
FARM AND GARDEN.
STRONG root eRlDoE.

New - D1lla Ooo Of enc Popular 0uspsn.
esoa variety.
Foot bridges, In both mountainous
and nearly level regions. across streams
from ten to ono hundred feet in width,
would often be great convenience
and save going around to cross ON some
public bridge. Since wire has become
80 plentiful and cheap there IL no great
-dinculty In having foot bridges, across
almost any stream less than one hun.
dred feet in width. Posts are set firmly
In the ground from four to ten feet
back from the margin of the stream.
rs shown in the illustration, from q
sketch by L. p. Shook. Against these
posts Is placed . strong piece Of timber
OF some durable wood. around which
are firmly secured the ends Of the wire
intended for the bridge support. A
dfty-foot bridge requires No. or .
gauge annealed fence placed from sin
to eight inches apart, always renemr
bering that the shorter and narrower
the bridge, the less weight in foot
boards it will be obliged to support,
consequently the more durable 1t will
too tightly. but should have a curve OF
about ten inches in . fifty-foot bridge.
Make the floor OF some light, durable
wood one inch thick and four inches In
width. Commence laying at one end,
fastening each end of the board to the
outside wire with q staple driven un.
derneath. Place the boards one inch
apart.
The posts should be about four fee!
In height, over which are strung hant
wires firmly secured to anchor posts a,
shown. Short guy wires are placed
every few feet and connected with the
outside foundation wires; these not
only add to the supporting strength OF
the structure but prevent the bridge
swaying In heavy gales. If heavy
stones are placed near the posts fol
The cross-timber to rest against tn:
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-02-10

structure will prove more durable.
apidly-growing trees planted near the
posts may In a few years be used to re.
place them. Where the entertainments
arc low raise the end timbers so that
the foot wires will be in no danger OF
injury by hoodwood during freshets.
If short sections of two-inch gaspipe be
used for all the posts and for the enc
crossPicce. and once in five years the
wires are painted where they are warped
around the end support, the bridge
will prove good and serviceable 70,
fifty years.-American Agriculturist.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-02-10
SOLID SALT ROAD,

Across Death Valley.
The grading a road of solid salt ,vaa
until recently an unexpected task IL
engineering and is thus described by
one OF Its operators: In what is known
as Death valley we found a stretch O;
solid salt about eight miles across. liz
sense it was level. There were nc
hills or valleys. In another sense there
was scarcely u level square inch on the
whole beds, for the salt crust had.
probably through the influence of heat
from above and of the moisture from
below. been torn and twisted an6
thrown up in the most jagged peaks,
pyramids and crisscrossed ridges i'm.
aginable.
They were not high-none more thar
four feet-but there was not a level
space even for a mans foot between
them. Every step made was on a rag
ged point or edge of same kind The
nearest approach to anything like tina,
l have ever seen was on the ice of Lake
Erie. where two fields had been jam.
med together by the wind md held sc
by the frost. The ragged ice masses
were somewhat like these salt masses
They were larger, but they were not
30 sharp or in any way so difficult to
cross.
Judging that the crust would sustain
the weight of the wagons the work
men swung the sledgehammers day
afteE day until they had beaten down
these pinnacles into a smooth way six
feet wide. 1t was perhaps the, most
la borious engineering work ever done
In the country, for the climate and 10.
cation, far from civilized habitations,
combined to retard the efforts of the
NorIsmen. The roadway when COM
pleted led over what may he properly
'aiied a naturally formed bridge of
salt eight miles long-the only bridge
IT the kind in the world.
AS one enters the easterly end of this |
Dad two unmarked graves are seen in |
he salt crust near the track. They are
ne graves of unknown men who died |
here from the heat, and after the |
ashton of the country were buried |
where they fell. They were covered
With pieces of salt broken from the |
'lnnac1es near by. The crust was too
ard to warrant digging into it. One
must travel long time to find two
nore graves like these, if indeed two
aore can be found in the world.-Age
Steel.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-02-10
WOMEN AS Mixers,

Why They Arc to BE Preferred to Mel
When They Can he Had.
A correspondent in the Countr,
Gentlemen says:
We have several times had an ar
ranRement with wives Of our tenant:
for milking morning and evening, ant
have paid ten cents for each service
that is twenty cents per day. This i:
based upon an hours service at each
milking, at the rate of one dollar for q
DAYS work. In an hours time q good
mixer ought to milk ten cows.
There are several reasons why WON.
en- are to he preferred for mixers when
they can be had, or when portion OF
the force can be women. Their natural
dexterity is greater than that of men,
and they will milk with more rapidity
and with greater ease to the cows,
milk. and the udders of tho cows will
be kept in better condition.
The presence of women at milking
time checks rude conversation and
boisterous conduct, and the quieter the
stable can be kept the better, especially
If You have any nervous cows. The men
are not apt to neglect the thorough
of the stalls or brushing OF
the cows in the occasional absence Of
the proprietor If they know that wom-
en- are to aid in the milking. The
average man, born, or long resident in
this country, looks upon every woman
as a lady, and entertains for her a re-
spectful courtesy which keeps him up-
On his good behavior in her presence.
Anyone will be making a good move in
as many women as he can
among his mixers