West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1894-02-22
NEwBUge, w. Va, !
February 10, 1894. (

bDiTOk ARGUS -
The weather has been "fitful'-
q rain, blow, u snow, and now it
is warm and falr-Spring-like--bu
it will soon be cold again, for did
not the abominable Ground Hog so
ordain it {? / believe there ought
to be some legislation against the
Ground Hog controlling the
weather.
The Masquerade Social" for
the benefit of the Good Templars,
was we'll attended and was success
in every respect. / believe they
realized about ten dollars.
Mr.. j. r. Anderson, who has
been to Cincinnati for surgical
treatment, arrived home yesterday,
and reports that he is I'LL right. He
looks well, and we hope he may
long enjoy the blessing of health.
The h. & o. h. r. Co. has re-
duced the working force in Machin-
cry Department at this place by
retiring Messrs. Gull, Averas, Du-
lin, Fleming and Fromhart. The
| first four mentioned arc ''old en-
ployees," some of them having
worked here before the shops and
engine house were built, helped to
cut down the sugar trees that stood
where the track and engine house
now occupy. Retrenchment and
reduction of expenses is the order
of the day with che Company.
Some of the officials of the B. &
o. on last Saturday made tour of
inspection from Eighty Cut to the
new coal field south of there, and
learn they will at once procure
some of said coal, and il it proves
good for steaming purposes, that
they will run branch road from
near 81 Cut to it, and erect tipples
or chutes for coaling their loccmo-
tives at that point. OF course there
is great deal of uncertainty IN
these reports about big corpora
tions, but / am certain that this
project is on hand, but of course
cannot tell It's final outcome.
Although times have especially
been dull at our town, yet at pres
ent there are many encouraging
signs. As the old saw says, "When
things get to their worst they must
mend" And Newburg having lost
81 sher prosperity, or at least all her
mining interests, and of all the B.
& o. Helpers except thee, she can
not of necessity lose more, and
having adjusted herself to the stu
alton, is looking around for some
new enterprises, one of which has
sprung into life during the present
winter, while many Others are
projected.
There was six months school
for Newburg this winter. The vote
was taken, and, | understood. the
levy was laid, but it now turns out
that we Will have only five months,
consequence of which our schools
will close March 3rd. How this
happened / cannot say, as i have
not consulted the "powers that be,
but | know it Is unfortunate for
the children, for we have a good
school and all are progressing nicely.
In conclusion, l myself wish to
say to your "T(d)andy" correspon.
dent from Rowlesburg, that l am
sorry that he even imagined that he
hurt the ''just succeptibilitier" Of
me or OF any citizen of this place,
as can assure him, with the
greatest complacencibilitiness, that
neither l nor any other citizen Of
this place have got one---in fact, not
able, financially, to possess one.
And that he need not refer to
"NcRa's Prospectus" as 1 was not
talking about a town con paper"
Il
but 20 the town itself as it actually
exists, RUsTIcUs.
The officers Of the Uniform