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West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1895-10-17

Messrs. Henry G.. Davis and
Stephen b. Blkins are always on
the lookout to boom their pet town,
Elkins, and gets lots Of free adver-
Using. At a meeting Of the Pres
bytery held there last week they
made a proposition to donate 800.
600 AID a suitable site for tho cree.
ton Of Presbyterian College IN
Blkins, providingthe church would
raise a like am0untand take charge
Of the matter.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1895-10-17

President Goodnight, of the
State University, has very prompt
ly and properly squelched the haz-
ing business among the students.
An attempt was made to revive the
barbarous custom this year and
complaint was made about it. The
President gave short lecture in
the chapel, and stated that future
offenders might look for expulsion.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1895-10-17

The Midway Plaisance of the
Atlanta Exposition must be fake,
as we have heard no denunciatior
of it yet as being immoral and indie
cent. The management should Sc
cure some fanatic to write it up in
scathing terms at once.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1895-10-17

There has been considerob com
Paint about West Virginia not
having an exhibit at the Atlanta
Exposition. just wait till the Press
Association gets down there on ex-
hibition. That will be an exhibit
that will take the shine out of the
National Museum itself.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1895-10-17

The busy and beautiful town of
Bayard, OH the West Va. Central.
was badly scorched hy the fire fend
last week. The fire started about
one O'Clock Wednesday morning in
the largo store building occupied
by ID. q. Marshall & Co., and in
four hours the business section of
the town was in RUNS and the loss
estimated ut from $50, 900 to 49,
600. About three hundred people
out Of population OF nine hundred
were rendered homeless and with
winter in sight. No one has any
idea how the fire originated, as it
started In part of the building
that had no flue or fire. The losses
and insurance is as follows:
Diamond Bottlery' Works, loss
1000. Insurance $500.
Nihiser & Reese, two buildings,
loss 1000; partly insured.
Buffalo Lumber Co., five houses,
loss $4,000; partly insured.
DIR. L. j. Wolf, dwelling, loss
5000. No insurance.
S. L. Anderson. drug store, loss
81 300; partly insured.
w. b. Dixon, dwelling house.
No insurance.
Gwynn Poland, hotel, loss 81, 500;
insured.
Mike Lamp, clothing store, no
insurance, but large part of tie
goods saved.
Stingly Clark, house damaged;
partially insured.
j. U. BARLEY, dwelling damaged;
insured.
ID. q. Marshall &'Co., store, loss
SIC. 900; insurance $1,000.
Thomas j.. Saucer, Opera House,
store rooms, town hall and two
dwellings, loss $4,000; insurance
81, 900.
John F.Nordeck, three dwellings
and hall, loss $4,000; partially in.
sured.
Jas. Nugent. store and dwelling,
loss $4,000; insurance 50, 800.
The principal insurance was car
ried by the Jefferson, of Wheeling,
Fire and Marine, Wheeling; Stan
dard, of Wheeling; Virginia Fire
and Marine, Virginia State, Hart
ford of Richmond and Hartford of
Hartford, Conn. Whole amount
about 100000. The principal part
of the insurance was placed by j.
+. Nyd egger.
The large yard of the Buffalo
Lumber Co. was saved only after
the hardest work. A large building
with over 200 tons of hay stood
within twenty feet of the lum Der,
and was only kept from catching by
keeping stream of water playing
on it all the time. Had the immense
piles Of lumber taken fire the rest
Of the town would have likely been
burned.
The James Nugent mentioned
above is we'll known here and is ia
son of "Aunt Susie" Nugent, who
lives out on the pike, three miles
west of Kingwood.
John +. Nordeck, another one of
the heaviest losers, is also an old
Prestonion.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1895-10-17

The Press, which was moved to
Oakland, Nd, some months since,
has lately been moved from there
to Confluence, Pa. An existence
In three States in one summer is
hustling around pretty lively.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1895-10-17
Kinswood. october II. 1895.

1t Won't be long now till the
whole country will have Congress
on it's hands, but, thank God, we
will have no Legislature this winter
to pile misfortune and tribulation
upon us.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1895-10-17

The girl who announces her in.
tention Of skating in boomers this
winter should stop for a moment
and rccollect the usefulness Of the
homeiy oustle when she fails 10 cut
tbe figure s just right. Tx.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1895-10-17
RUPTURE CURED AT HOME.

LII you suffer from rupture in any of
its various forms, and desire to be re-
lieved you can learn how to be cured
10y naming this paper and addressing
f.. ii. MERRlCK, Huntington, w. Va.
lie will send full particulars free. om
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1895-10-17

For Fire Insurance Of any kind,
~ several Of the best companies,
call on or address, j. NJ. Crane,
Kingwood, w. Va.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1895-10-17
OUR MAN ABOUT TOWN.


Inc reason why Monday is wash
day, is because cleanliness is next
to godliness." aud it is the next
day after Sunday.
HBaH
The melancholy days have come;
The saddest Of the year.
Not quite cold enough for liquor,
And little too cool for beer.
The indications to-day are Al
bright for another wedding in town
soon. The President of the County
Court is here now bringing in a suit
for attachment.
HHla
a man in Kingwood calls his wife
Crystal" because she is always on
the watch. We are not going to
mention his name, because he is
pretty hard case and would proba.
bly, get wound up if we did.
hHnl
The prospects are good for con-
siderable improvement in King
wood next year. Already we learn
OF three or four new houses that are
to be erected, and preparations are
being made this fall yet for some
OF them.
A reader of The ARGUS, writing
from Huckleberry Ridge, wants to
know II be can raise chickens from
egg plants. He might as we'll try
to breed calves from COW. catcher,
or raise colts by planting horse
chestnuts, or make pups from dog
wood.
HlHH
An agent called at 30 different
houses in Kingwood recently and
asked, sis the boss at home ?"
There was no man about any of the
houses at the time, yet ~ of the
women who answered the door bell
promptly replied: eyes, sir; what
do you want ?"
Sankey Metzler and Ashford w.
Brown, of independence, were in
Kingwood last Sunday calling on
two of our prettiest girls They
gave ont the word at Independence
that they were visiting their "old
folks at home," but their other
girls had better keep an eye on
them.
There is a handsome young fellow
here nov from a nearby county,
taking the Kelley cure under pc
culiar circumstances. He started
out to see his girl and got full on
the road and got so disguised with
himself that he concluded to come
on here and take the cure. We ex-
pect wedding soon as lie returns
home.
BAa
Talking about women's mania
for bargains, reminds me of story
told by Kingwood man, who saws
he proposed to his wife twice before
she accepted him, and when asked
why she changed her mind, said
that when she refused him the first
time it made him feel so cheap that
she couldn't resist the chance for a
bargain and took him quick enough
on second proposals.
The big engine on the West Va.
Northern has been compelled to
run down to Rowlesburg every
morning to get water from Cheat
river at the b. & o. pump, and as
the engine has to watch its chance
between train times on the b. s. o..
it has been Masking it very late get
ting into Kiugwood every day for
some time now, and makes it un.
satisfactory about the mails, as il
hardly gives the Postmaster time
to get it open in time to send 1t out
on time.
Rga1
The Soldiers Monument soon to
be erected in the Court Square will
make handsome appearance there,
and the County Court should now
proceed at once to remove the un-
slightly monument that has SO long
disiigured the appearance of the
grounds. We refer to the Crane
building standing directly between
the Court House and the Soldiers
Monument. Some kind of terms
should be agreed upon between the
ccuUfr or1 81. 80. a
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1895-10-17
WEDDING BELLS.


shines on" Thus runs an old
English maxim and most people
believe in 1T more or less, and every
bride wants a bright sunshinlng
day for her wedding. Yesterday
was parfect October day and a
favorable occasion for the little god
Cupid to consumate his work.
AT p. M, at the elegant resi-
dence of Mr.. and Mrs. David
Young Morris on East High Street,
occurred the marriage of their
daughter Lillian Byrne Morris, to
Mr.. Benjamin Hinkle Sincell, of
Oakland, Md. The ceremony was
performed by Rev. DR.. j. w. But
Ter, Pastor of st. Marks Evangel.
zeal Lutheran Church, of Oakland,
In the presence of the immediate
relatives and friends of the family.
After the ceremony and congrat.
ulations, magnificent supper was
served and the wedding party left
at . o'clock for Terra Alta, driving
across the country TO take tain for
Washington City on a bridal trip.
The happy couple will be at home
In Oakland after November 1st.
The guests from abroad in attend
ance wero Mrs. e. Ill. Slncell, Miss
Margaret Sincell aud Mr.. Henry
Slncell, of Oakland, sister, in Jaw.
sister and brother of the groom.
The bride lis one of Kingwood's
most charming and accomplished
young ladies and will be greatly
missed in social circles here, but
our loss is Oakland and Bro. Sim
cells gain. The groom is editor of
the Oakland Republican and most
excellent young man. We extend
our heartiest congratulations.
Iammany Hall IS not dead and
dismem bered yet, but is in the fight
again for spoils and city govern
ment as fiercely as ever. The Sc
we're licking last fall gave them a
temporary back set, but the Tiger
10 now abroad again in the land
seeking what can be deyoured. The
ticket is made up Of old veterans
from among the Tammany Braves
and the fight is on again. The
outcome is awaited with much in
teTest.
Sympathy for the Cuban insur-
gents is growing so strong in this
country that il Spain don't settle
the revolution soon, she will have
to give it up. Volunteers and con-
tributions Of arms and ammunition
are being smuggled into Cuba, and
the Spanish soldiers seem TO get the
worst Of it in almost every encount-
or. Very strong pressure will be
brought to bear on Congress in
order TO secure some kind Of reeog-
milton for the fighting patriots.
-----s---------
A military company Of girls has
been organized at the Fairmont
Normal School, with 30 members.
Mics Maud Manley is captain. We
suppose, Of course, the company
will drill IN boomers, and il il
does, it will be blooming sue
cess" The company has already
learned 90 crest on arms" when the
young men present arms" They
also understand fright dross" and
guide right" better than the men
do"
The MartinsburQ Free Lance haq
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1895-10-17

Superior Grain Drills.
Mower Repairs, Sections, Etc.
Hay Rakes, Hay Carriers,
Ratchet Tooth. Harrows--Leyer,
Flows and Plow Repairs,
Scythes, Sna.hs,
Machine Oil. 10 to CSC.
MONROE & JACKSON, Kingwood.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1895-10-17
80. U. A. NJ.

1895, known as the Inyincible
Council, No. lat. The instituting
officer was District Deputy j. Lloyd
Squires, of Reedsville, assisted by
members of the Order from several
other Councils. The new Council
starts off with twenty-one charter
members and will meet every We'd.
nesday evening in Browns Hall.
The officers of the Council are as
follows:
Junior Past Councilor-Jos. A.
Miller.
Councilor-Charles Martin.
Vice Councilor--John Herndon.
Recording Secretary-Chas. Davis
Asst. Recording Secretary-Jas.
Sheets.
Financial Secretary-M. Layton.
Treasurer-Bert Miller.
Conductor--James McVickery.
Warden-Geo. w. Watkins.
Inside SentInel-Richard Bucka-
lew.
Outside Sentinel-Bert Ashby.
An oyster supper was served at
midnight to all the Juniors, and
the work of institution lasted all
night. This makes about fifteen
Councils in Preston county, with a
membership of several hundred.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1895-10-17
Weak, Irritable, Tired
al Was No Good on Earth"

DR.. Miles, NervIne strengthens
the weak, builds up tho broken
down constitution, and permanently
cures every kind of nervous disease.
"A5otsf one yearaOo Tscas onTfcfes
scfth nervousness, sEeeD2eesness,
Creeping seJs1ffon fss DsD legs, .
StfgIif 11offffatfo5a IF Dsy heart,
Dfstr9cff0g coss(nsfO5s Of the SsifpsoE,
bertotsS loss ar lapse Of memory.
Vetghfed dozen NTH care assd
sC0vFy. completely fOse appetite
aud feEf 0sU effaItfD sccorfss0 oar.
y soos sCeok, irritable ana tired,
No tCefOg,f sCns reduced TO roo gbs..
fbt fact 4 tcns no Oood, ost earth.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1895-10-17

The Martinsburg Free Lance has
changed hands.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1895-10-17

The many friends Of Mrs. Neil J.
Fortuey will be glad to hear that
she is able to be out again and has
about recovered from the injuries
sustained IN the Tunnelton acci.
dent. She was able TO drive out
during the pretty weather this
week, accompanied bg some mem
bers Of the family. The others Of
the injured are all doing we'll. and
U. >. Marshal Garden was removed
from Tunnelton to his home in
Wheeling Yesterday. flis injuries
were the most severe and painful
of any, but he is now recovering
rapidly.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1895-10-17

HHess Y had taken she sfcfh bottle
nv tcefOfsf Increased 60 FgG b.,
The se"saffofs fSi mn EcOs fraa gone;
nv NerUes sfe0dfed eOsnDgeseFDs
nv memory seas fssilU reinforced.
nv Ov0ffs seemed cfe0rerfhoH eser.
AIeff 0s 0Ood ~ ann man SIs earth.
Dr. Miles Restorative Nerpfue fs
A Dreaf medicine, r assure yos.0
Augusta. Nc. WAITER X BURBANK.
DR.. Miles Nervine Is cold on a positive
guarantee that Tho FIRST bottle will bencnI
81 o.uHkists sell 10 ~ 81. 8 bottles for t5 or
" VIII 20 sent prepaid, on receipt OF price
~ tho at. Niles Medical Co, Elkhart. lad
DR.. Miles NerVine
Restores Health
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1895-10-17

a friend brought
me Or. Miles book,
New and Start
ling Facts." and
! finally decided
20 try n bottle Of
DR. MuLEs Ro-
ofative Nervine.
Before 7 had taken
one bottle I could
sleep as well az n
1O-yr.-oid boy. Ny
Appetite returned
greatly fncrearosi
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1895-10-17

A new Coun-
ell Of the Jul
Nor Order Of
u nited Amer
lean Mechan-
les WAS insti-
tuted at 'l'un-
Melton, Mon
day n ig h t i,
October 9TH,
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1895-10-17

Talking about women's mania
for bargains, reminds me of story
told by Kingwood man. who saws
he proposed to his wife twice before
she accepted him, and when asked
why she changed her mind, said
that when she refused him the first
time it made him feel so cheap that
she couldn't resist the chance for a
bargain and took him quick enough
on second proposals.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1895-10-17

upon us.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1895-10-17

There is hands some young fellow
here nov from a nearby county,
taking the Kelley cure under pc
culiar circumstances. He started
out to see his girl and got full on
the road and got so disguised with
himself that he concluded to come
on here and take the cure. We ex-
pect wedding soon as lie returns
home.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1895-10-17

Sankey Metzler and Ashford w.
Brown, of independence, were in
Kingwood last Sunday calling on
two of our prettiest girls They
gave ont the word at independence
that they were visiting their "old
folks at home," but their other
girls had better keep an eye on
them.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-12-14
+EM
HEN
tg~ 4
= ~ .
FOUGHT FOR LIFE.
Eer-ib1e Struggle to Escape From Run
away Locomotive.

Eer-ib1e Struggle to Escape From Run
away Locomotive.
1 detective switch outside the freight
yards Of the New York, New Haven and
Hartford Railroad, at Port Morris. n. Y,
derailed a locomotive containing trains
crew, causing the death Of three men and
the injury of four Others. & still more SER
GUS accident was averted by the presence Of
mind OF one OF the injured men, who stag
gered up the track and tagged an ap-
preaching fast freight. which was only
stopoed when within twenty feet Of the
wreck.
The list Of killed is as follows: Thomas
Fitzgerald, engineer; Frederick Naples:
brakeman: Thomas Naliy, brakeman.
The panic stricken crew knew the danger
ard fought to get out before the catastrophe
came. Fitzgerald had at last regained his
feet. and he reversed the power as. quickly
as possible. It was too late. The momentum
carried the engine to the edge Of the en-
banknect, ard it dashed over, landing with
a crash in the swamp below. The tender
turned complete somerset falling on its
side in the mud. The engine plowed its
way along for ten feet after the plunge be-
fore it stopped. -.
One Of the steam pipes burst at this mo-
nent. daluging Naples, Nally and Fitzger-
aid with boiling water. literally scaldirg
them to death, The body Of Fitzgerald tell
out OF the cab. and AS the engine settled
down on one side, finally falling over, be
was crushed under It.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-12-14
The Ambition of Our 8oyi:eod.

"Few Of Us ever achieve the smb!'
tioas OF our boynooa." said well
known layer to Star reporter.
ssNow, 7 have a friend who, when re
was growing up, had a yesrning de-
sire to oe railroad engineer. When
mere baby, ne liked 70 toy SC
well as train Of cars, and no game
suited him e. school like that OF being
a engine and have oo2s ciinging to
esch others coats for cars. 1t was Ms
aoDoY oy day and his dream by night
but he coald not obtain railroad po'
eition when Re left scnoo:, and became
6 clerk, and, subsequently,, a nec'
chant. bat No las never felt satisfied
al rot being able TO follow MS natural
oent; so, realizing that 1t was 700
late n life TO ever become az en2:'
neer. ce wrote me seT Gays ago tnat
ne nad bought rai!-oao, ana coalo
..;Ge IN en engine, If he wanted tc. -
Washington Star.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-12-14
town - ti.is Sta+:a foc the n:irSoas Of

town "a ti.is St2tte foc The purpose Of
bonding Inc same, ~ general assem-
big s!l,!. prescribe IS !: cc:53i:sion pre-
ce5iert % tie ly!G!jng o. sad election
petition from majority Ct The free
holders cf said city Q. town ss shown
by its :ax books, and 1T such elections
FL electors o. such ciry Or town who
ere Gal? qualified for voting under Sec
ton y OF tl:s article, and WHO have
paid all ta3es. s;;tsEo, county and
municipal, for the rra";oas year, shall
be allowed to vote, aad tie 7ote Of
majority Of those vot;n,g n said cleo
lions shall be ncc''ss2rSto authorize
the issue Of said bonds.
Sec. II. Electors shall in all cases
except treason, felony ar breach Of the
peace, be privileged from arrest oa
the days OF election during their at
tendance at the polls and going and re-
turning the-efrom.
Sec. IL. No power, evil or military,
shsll at any time interfere to prevent
the free exercise Of the right Of suf-
fcage il this State.
CONFINED NEXT wEEE.I
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-12-14
Some Queer Bones.

The Lakeview (Oregonl Examiner
has this correspondence from Silver
Lake: =,
have lately returned from fossil
hunt on what + count the great Oregon
desert, which has become famous to
the scientific world on account OF the
manv fossils of extinct animals that 1t
coatains-many OF which have never
even been classified. On my recent
trip, in company with 3. J. Rinehart,
who was my associate and helper, We
found some new and very interesting
fossils that had never observed be-
fore. One is foot Of the equine, not
larger than small Shetland pony and
from the appearance Of the coffin joint
the foot must have stood quite
vertically. The other foot, OF part OF
foot, is hard 70 describe, being we'll
sustained by g strong joint and deep
grooves. We also found the toes o.
some ani,na! that must belong to the
rngaiata or or unsslatesall. All told,
We brought IN quite lot OF ooaes OF
different animals, and among them &
beast whose bones I had found before,
but was never able to describe. The
bones we're broken, but enough we're
gathered to see that he was rather
singular beast, as the bones are short
and very crooked.
These fossil beds were named by
Professor Cope the eques, or equine,
beds of Oregon, because the norss
predominated in numbers. There
we're two varieties Of this animal. One
was very large and clumsy, while th'
other was small, and, from MS organ
jzation, must have possessed grea
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-12-14
VALKIRlE'5 OWNER TO TESTIFY.
The '.OefeIdor'' Iavest:gation Assuming
International Importance.

The 'DefeIdor" Iavest;gation Assuming
Iate-aat:oaa! Importance.
The bitter feeling aroused in the United
States and in England By the extraordinary
charges Of Unfair play, made by Lord Dun
| raven against the Defender syndicate, has
caused tneir investigation to assume an in
| tecnationa1 aspect.
The special COMMITTEES Of the New York
Yacht Club having the matter il hand has
shown its appreciation Of the gravity OF the
task entrusted to it ard, at the same time.
its determination to reach decision which
sportsmen on both sides Of the Atlantic
should accept as conclusive; by adding to
its number Edward J. Phelps, form erly MIN
lister 10 England. and Captain Alfred T.
Mahan, Of tie United States Navy. whose
works have probably made him even nore
popular in England than he is here.
Lord Dunraven clbled his intention OF
sailing from ENGLAND on the Gsrnanic to
appear before the con- nittee Witl suca evt-
dence as he can obtain in support OF his
charges.
L statement issued by the Investigating
Coromittee-J. Pierpont Morcac: ". C.
Whitney and G.. l.. Rires-contalnedth the sig-
nifcant information that the Royal Yacht
Squadron had declined to take any. action In
the matter. regarding the controversy as
personal one so far as concerns Lord Dun
ravens participation in It. Thus he is left
to fight his battle alone.
But the names q those comprising the
committee is q guarantee that he will receive
the fairest Of fair play in his endeavors to
prove that ballast was surrepsitious!v added
to the Defenderto give her an unfair advan-
tase over the Valkyrie in the first race for
the Americas Cup.