West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1895-02-28

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broke through the ice on the river.
and was carried long distance un-
der the ice, by rapid current. He
reached shallow place. however,
where he lay until peck OF dried
apples which he was carrying, swell
ed and burst the ice. He was re-
suscitated.
A dispatch from Parsons last
Thursday to the Pittsburg Chron.
icle telegraph saws: Word has just
been received here that two children,
aged 10 and ID years, brother and
sister, were frozen to death on their
way from school in Glover district,
this county. They were found In
each others arms and the brother
had wrapped his little sister in his
coat.
A new game has made it's APP
pearance down east and is all the
rage this winter. 1t is called the
"onion social" and is played as
follows : Six young ladies stand
in row, one bites a piece out of
an onion. and the fellows pay ten
cents each to guess who bit il. The
correct guesser kisses the other FIVE
while the unsuccessful kiss the one
who bit the onion. Girls, isn't it
time to organize
There was big church wedding
up at TOWNSVILLE this week. The
contracting parties were Mr.. Jacob
5. Greaser. SON Of Frank Greaser,
and Miss Isabella @. Lynch, second
daughter of Michael Lynch, Esq.
The ceremony took place at $3.50,
a. m, Monday, Feb. IS, 1895, in
the Catholic Church. Rev. p. A.
Boyce, OF Rowlesburg, officiated.
There was a large crowd present,
about a dozen from Kingwood at
tending.
The dwelling house OF William
Groves, who lives out in the noun
tain the other eide of Masontown.
was burned to the ground Monday
night about nine o'clock. 1t seems
from what we can learn that the
family were away from homo at the
time and it is not known how the
fire originated. All tho contents
were consumed with the building
aud it leaves the family in a bad
fix. Friends have been taking MP
subscription for them.
Tle Frostburg Journal has the
following in regard to the blind
bunco man who was in Kingwood
recently and yictimized the Journal
and the Exchange Hotel:
Webster Barrick, blind man.
was arrested at Barton, Tuesday on
n charge of abducting and ilI-using
the | L year old daughter Of Michael
Fogle, OF Elkhart. Barrick halls
from Harrisburg, Pa f. and is an old
Of Fogle. lie spent
several pays with the latter, and on
Monday induced the family to let
the little girl lead him to this place,
and here he persuaded the child To
go with HIM to Barton, where he
represented her as his daughter.
Wednesday afternoon Barrick had
a hearing before Justice T.. j. Par
ker and WAS committed until the
April term Of court. Ills insolence
ut the hearing intensified the ex-
cited popular feeling against him.
We have been using Piso's Rem
edY for Cntarrh on two cases OF
long standing and find it even more
effective than it is claimed to be.
Each OF us have suffered much from
Catarrh. and had given up cure
after spending large amounts of
money for doctors bills. but now
we feel safe to say we expect per.
manent cure in q short time; in
fact, my catarrh only troubles me
q little, and then only when | take
fresh cold. My brother bad the
worst kind of case. and the change
in him is so great that his friends
speak about 1t, and he tells them
that Piso's Remedy for Catarrh did
it. A. NJ. ALLEY e. Go.
VIM II. ALLEY, Mgr.
1888 Market St. st. Louis, Mo.
Dan Shawen, Of Romney, has
been sentenced to be hanged on
March 30. sentence being imposed
by Judge Faulkner last Thursday
aweek. Shawen shot and killed his
hrothar.futa ,y Ah.,for. f.. l.