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West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1896-02-13
TEACHER TROUBLES IN RENO.

Some of the young teachers up
in Reno district this winter seem to
be having considerable trouble with
their schools, and at least two of
them have been turned down hy the
trustees. One young man from
fucker county named Gordon Ath-
erton, who was teaching at the Red
Oak school, was discharged by the
trustees for neglect of duty.so we are
informed and Miss BERTHE Showalter
employed In his place. At No. 8
school, called the Shaver school.
about two and a-half miles from
Tunnelton, the teacher, Guy Mar
tin, from near Kinswood, had trou
BILE with one of the trustees, where
he boarded. 1t seems that Mr..
Martin used little spirits fermenti
during the holidays and while
away from the school, and the son
OF the aforesaid trustee got intoxi-
Gated on part of it, and his father
being an extremist on the subject,
was very wrathy and blamed Mr..
Martin severely and persuaded one
OF the other trustees to act with
him in Diminishing him. The teacher
would not accept their action and
appealed to the Board of Education.
lie also got up petition signed by
many well known citizens testifying
to his previous good character. and
with this and attorney Neil j.
tortney went before the Board at
Fellowsville and had hearing, and
he was reinstated and is now hold.
ing the fort again, although some
OF the patrons are keeping their
children away and trying to break
up the school by running the re-
CURED per cent below par.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1896-02-13

Early last Saturday morning fire
broke ont IN the lower part of the
handsome new Normal School
building at West Liberty, this
State, and in spite of all Efforts
made to save it burned to the
ground, entailing loss of about
10000 and seriously cramping the
school. The building was only
completed about year ago. 1t ia
thought that the fire originated
from defective pipes in the base
ment.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1896-02-13


Out in Richie county the people
are all torn up over the prospective
removal of the county seat from
Harrisville to Pennsboro. The lat
ter place is on the B. & o. railroad
and is the most important town in
the county, and is making big
fight for the court house. Col.
Presley Morris, the editor and
statesman, is fighting for the pres
ent location, and we can see no
special reason in moving the county
capital and think it should be left
alone at the pretty little city of
Harrisville.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1896-02-13
NIeshac Hayward.
TO CREDITORS.

TO the Creditors Of Joseph c. sisler
deceased
In pursuance of adecree Of the Circuit.
Court OF the County OF Preston, made
IN a cause therein pending, TO subject
the real estate OF said Joseph 9. Sisler
20 the payment of his debts, you are
required TO present our claims against
the estate Of the said Joseph G. Sisler
for adjudication 20 w. H. Parkhurst-
Commissioner, ut his Office in the said
county on or before the 18th day OF
March next
Witness, J w. Watson, Clerk Of said
Court, this 24th day Of January. 1896.
j. w. WAraOH, Clerk.
=. J. CEoGAN, Attorney
(1-SO-o6-6taAsB)
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1896-02-13
munications,

If any boy is unfortunate enough
TO DO born on the last day Of this
month aud lives, he will be eight
years old before he has another
birthday, and he will be SS years
old before seeing his twenty-frst
birthday or being old enough to
vote. This will be an unlucky day
for boys to be born on, but very
lucky for the girls, as they could
claim to be "sweet sixteen" till
they we're 60 years Of age.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1896-02-13

To morrow is st. Valentines Day
and we hope people will send all
their ugly valentines to the "devil,"
and he will feed them to the office
goat. who is in need of something
spicy to work the bile off of his
liver from over-eating rejected COM
munications.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1896-02-13

ington, D.C.,says:
i was for a long
time under treat
fneDt of two of
the best physi-
clans of this city,
for a severe case
of blood poison,
but my condition
grew worse all
the while, not
withstanding the
fact that they
charged me three
hundred dollars.
My mouth was
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1896-02-13
Kingwood. February 1s. 1896.

Washington's Birthday comes ON
the fourth Saturday Of this month,
yet the month will only be three
weeks old on that date.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1896-02-13
SUMMONS.
THE STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA,

THE STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA.
otte sheriff Of Preston County Greeting |.
You are hereby commanded to sum-
mons Meshac Hayward TO appear in the
Clerks office of the Circuit Court 81
Preston County, at rules to be held for
the said court, on the first Monday of
February. 1896, next. to answer a Bill
in Equity. in favor of Mary e. Hayward
And have tnen there this writ.
Witness, j. w. Watson, Cle-k of the
said court, at Kingwoad. the 20 day of
January, 1896, and in the 80 year of the,
State. j. w. WATSON, Clerk.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1896-02-13
Blood Poison.

Contagious Blood Poison has been an
propriately called the curse OF mankind.
II is the one disease that physicians can
not cure; their nercurial aud potash
remedies only bottle up the poison In
the system, to surely break forth in a
more virulent form, resulting in a total
wreck of the system.
Mr. Prank b. Martin, a prominent
Jeweier at gao Pennsylvania Ave, Wash
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1896-02-13

This month is the shortest in the
year, and still it has five Saturdays
in 1t and therefore popular with the
school boys.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1896-02-13

DR.. T. Oliver Belt. Of Washington
". C., will visit the Arlington Hotel
Grafton, the hrst Monday Of each
month. practices limited 20 Eye and
Ear Diseases am
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1896-02-13
The Cyclone Of Cyclones !
q SNAP SHOT---RED HOT---Cup PRICES W.

Great Special Sale, beginning SATURDAY February 9Th
1926 and will continue for thirty days CASH The Books
will be Closed during the time of SALE
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1896-02-13

hlled with eating sores; my tongue was
months was unable TO taste any solid
food. My hair was coming out rapidly.
and was in horrible fix. j had tried
various treatments, and was nearly dis
couraged, when a friend recommended
S.S.S. After had taken four bottles, 4
began to get better, and when i had
finished eighteen bottles, 1 was cured
sound and well, my skin was without a
blemlsh, and have had no return of
the disease. S.S.S.saved me from a life
of misery" SIS. (pHa,unfeed purely
Degeka6ke) will cure any case of blood
poison. Books on thedisease
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1896-02-13

When Baby was sick, vo gave her castoria.
When sbo waa a ChGd, she cried for Castoria.
WHOM she became Mis-, she chung 70 Casloria.
when she bad Children, she gave them Castoria
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1896-02-13

and its treat
ment. mailed
free by Swift
SIP fc Co.,
Atlanta, Ca.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1896-02-13

Children Cry Cor
Pitchers GastoEIa.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-06-13
FOREIGN.

Persimmon, the prince Of Wales colt
won the English derby Mt EPSON.
Gen. Fitzhugh Lee, who was appointed
United States consul general to Havana,
reached that city.
Dispatches announce that Spanish
guerrillas in Cuba were again inficting
horrible tortures upon men, women and
children.
P. NJ. Arthur was reelected chief Of
the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engi-
neers at the annual meeting in Ottawa,
Ont.
1t is said that Russia had warned the
porte that Christian massacre in Crete
would unite the whole of Europe
against Turkey.
An explosion of gas occurred in the
Fontancs mine near Rochelle, Francs,
killing 25 miners.
The French government has sert a
formal protest to Washington against
the retaliatory action of this govern
ment in putting an absolute embargo
on French cattle,
The sugar crop has been gathered in
the Sagua district of Cuba and shows
$4,000 bags, against 100000 bags last
year.
The French Niger expedition from
Salaga was totally routed by natives
and many of it's members were killed
by poisoned arrows In the Borgeo coun-
try.
The committee of the French cham ner
of deputies unanimously approved tho
bill making Madagascar French col
ony.
Gen. Fitz-Hugh Lee, the new consul
general for the United States to CUBA,
had long conference with Capt. Gen.
Weyler in Havana.
Birliet, Egypt, was taken by Egyptian
troops and 900 dervishes were killed.
A bomb was thrown into crowd
during the Corpus Christi procession
at Barcelona, Spain, and its explosion
resulted in the killing of seven per-
sons and the injury of so.
Official advices say that 3, 3,s73 persisted
and 10000 persons were injured in the
recent crush on plain outside of Mos
COW:
Because of the recent bomb thrown il
Barcelona, Spain, martial law was de
clared in that city. The impression was
general that anarchists did the work as
result of widespread plot.
Jules Simon. the distinguished French
statesman, formerly premier, died il
Paris, aged SO years.
The big department store of Jane:
n. McKendry G. Co. was burned at To
ronto. Ont, the loss being S150,000.
| Muzaffer-ed-Din, the new shah o
Persia, was formally enthroned at TIE
| heran.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-06-13
LATER.

SECRETARY CARLISLE has decided to
drop Capt. Healy, revenue marine serv-
Ice, to the foot of the list of captains;
TO suspend him from duty and to place
sim on waiting orders for four years,
md for a repetition of drunkenness he
viii be discharged from the service.
FIRE at Bay City, Mich, on the 9th
destroyed the Republic house, three
story building. The fire started in the
fireworks department of Buck & Leigh
;on's store on the ground floor. A far
ner was struck on the leg by rocket
and badly hurt. Loss S25, 600, with $13,-
300 insurance.
ST. PAUL, Neb., reports that the full
extent of the damage done by the re-
cent storm in that vicinity is just be-
ginning to be realized. Scores of farms
are flooded and thousands of dollars
worth of live stock, farming imple-
ments, etc, have been swept away.
GEN. ROBERT WHITLEY, u. S. A.
retiredD died at his home in Baltimore
on the 9th, aged 81 years Ged. White
ly saw active service In the Seminole,
Indian and civil wars He was born
in Cambridge, Nd, and was graduated
from West Point in the class of 80. He
was retired in 1875 with the rank of
major general.
Two British officers have been ar
rested at Metz on suspicion of being
spies engaged in obtaining informa-
ton regarding Germanys fortifica-
tions. 1t is likely that they will be re-
leased shortly.
A DISPATCH from Havana says that
the Cuban harvest this year will be
only one-eighth that of 1895. The au-
thorities are trying to prevent the
laborers on the island from joining the
insurgents. Four months pay is due
the army. The dispatch adds that the
forces of Maceo are overrunning the
province of Pinar Del Rio.
| A FATAL accident occurred in the
harbor of Norfolk, Va, on the night of
the Sth. The steamer City of Ports
mouth collided with an unknown light
er with several men aboard, cutting
her completely in two Several men
aboard the lighter were knocked over
board. 1t is not known how many
lives were lost, but one man is known
to be drowned.
FINAL conference reports on the naval and
Indian appropriation bills were agreed to by
the senate ON the 9th. In the naval bill COM
promise was made REDUCING the number OF new
battleships to three and directing that no con-
tracts shall be made for armor plate until after
the secretary OF the navy shall have inquired
into the cost of manufacture and make a report
to congress .. In the house the contested cleo
tion case OF Adrich (rep) VS. Underwood
nem) from the Ninth Alabama district was
decided in favor OF Aldrlch and he was sworn
] In. The Anal conference reports on the Indian
and naval bills were agreed 70.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-06-13
The News Condensed.
important Intelligence From All Parts.
CONGRESSIONAL.
c Tho Proceedings of tho First sess

{ Tho Proceedings of tho First Session.
The senate on the Sd passed the rivcn
and harbor bill over the presidents veto
by a vote OF SC to 8. This was the last step
IL, making the bill effective, and 1t is now
q law. The house agreed to the confer.
ence report on the bill making appropria-
tons for fortifications and coast defcnscs.
The contested election case of Murray vs.
Elliott, from the Charleston Is. CD district
was discussed. but no action was taken.
The senate on the 4th passed the filea'
cheese bill which taxes manufacturers S4OO
annually; wholesale dealers, $3.50 and re-
tail dealers, S120. Conference reports on
the naval and Indian appropriation bllls
were agreed to. In the house the claim OF
William Elliott from the First South Caro-
lima district was defeated and the seat
was given to George w. Murray tcolored)'
The committee on ways and means by
vote of l3 to 2 decided to report the senate
bond bill adversely.
In the senate on the 9Th the resolution re-
lating to Americans captured on the amer
lean vessel Competitor in Cuban waters
and sentenced to death or imprisonment
was discussed. The immigration bill was
considered, was also joint reso'utlon
for constitutional amendment for the
election of senators by the people. A reso-
luton was offered for final adjournment
on the Sth Inst. In the house Gen. Rinaker
(rep.) was given the seat from the Six
teenth Illinois district now held by F.. e.
bOWHlnB. ne SeHdIe W
the issue of bonds without authority OF
congress was reported adversely.
The senate gave it's almost undivided at
tention on the 9Th to the conference re-
ports on general appropriation bills and
several of the m were agreed to-. The house
disposed of all the essential business be-
fore it, which consisted of conference re-
ports on appropriation bills. The presidents
veto of the general deficiency appropria-
tion bill was sustained, and q substitute
was sent to the senate emitting the French
spoliation and other claims which had in
Cured the presidential opposition.
The senate passed the new general de-
ficiency bill on the sth and the conference
report on the post office appropriation bill
was agreed to. In discussing the immigra-
ton bill Senator Morgan spoke of the pres
ent war in Cuba and said the conditions
were such as to Justify Intervention by the
United States.....1n the house bill for the
amelioration of the condition of American
seamen was passed and conference reports
were agreed to on the post Office, Indian and
District ofColumbia appropriation bills.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-06-13

The New Mexico democrats in con-
vention at Albuquerque elected free sill
YER delegates to the national conven-
ton.
Josiah w. Begole, who was governor
of Michigan in 1883 and member of
congress in 1872, died at his home in
Flint, aged 81 years.
Gen. Rafael de Quesada, who was pre-
pairing to lead the next tilibustering
expedition to Cuba, died in New York,
aged 5s gears.
Capt John G. Bourke. Third cavalry,
United States army, who had brilliant
record as a soldier and author, died in
Philadelphia, aged SO years.
The withdrawal of eX-Gov. Russell,
of Massachusetts,, from the democratic
presidential race was announced.
Frank Mayo. The distinguished actor,
died suddenly on train while en- route
from Denver to Omaha lie was 81
years of age and resident of New
York.
Arizona democrats met Mt Phoenix
and elected free silver delegates 10 the
national convention.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-06-13
some watcrmoions.

Seventy-two million pounds of water
melons is what the railroad and fruit
men estimate will be raised in Florida
this year. This is equivalent to 5000,
900 melons, which, if placed end to end,
would make n chain of watermelons
s52 miles long, or further than from
Jacksonville to the city of Washington.
What picture to cause the astonished
smile on the face of the average negro
to broaden into n laugh of great glad
ness. To carry these melons to market
train of 5000 cars would be neces-
sary, and this train would be nearly
10 miles long. But our friend of the
African persuasion need not change
his glad smile into look of lugubrious.
meditation. AL these melons are not
going to leave Florida. Some are go-
ing to stay right with us, and this sum-
mer a kodak 6end will find happy
snapshot on the shady side of many a
grapevine fence in the shape of two
empty melon rinds, a sleeping negro,
with n rim of flies dancing war dance
around his yawning mouth. Rail-
road men say that this years crop will
be three times larger in Florida than
that of last year, and the prospects are
brighter for better prices, as there will
be only half melon crop in Georgia
to compete with.-Florida Times.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-06-13

THE state of Pennsylvania loses an
nually 100000 from forest fires while
in New Jersey the flames are greedy
nough to burn over as much area ev.
cry five years as the whole state con.
tains Forest lands once worth $500 an
acre are now worth but ten cents an
acre. In Pennsylvania the man who
fights a forest fire is by legislative en-
actment worth but $l.50 per diem and
he receives pay at that rate only for
the hours he is employed. The wonder
is that the annual loss is as small as
81 600 600
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-06-13
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

Gov. Bradley, of Kentucky, repudiates
the report that he has withdrawn from
the presidential race.
The silver men controlled the demo-
cratic state convention at Lexington
and Kentucky's delegation to the ma
tional convention at Chicago is almost
solid for free silver.
The democratic state convention at
jamestown, n. D., elected free silver
democrats to the national convention.
The Maine populists in convention at
Auburn adopted free silver resolutions
and elected national delegates.
Virginia democrats in convention at
Roanoke elected free silver delegates to
the national convention. The platform
declares for tariff for revenue only
and against a third term of the presi-
Dental office.
The Kansas democrats in convention
at Topeka declared for the free and un-
limited coinage of silver at the ratio "f
sixteen to one, and instructed the 20
delegates chosen to vote only for such
a platform and candidate at the national
convention.
Judge e. ID. Crumpacker, of Valparal
so, was nominated for congressman by
the republicans of the Tenth district OF
Indiana.
Thomas Walker Kennedy, pioneer
iron manufacturer, who built the first
blast furnace in the Mnhoning valley
died Mt Youngstown, o., aged 81 years.
Latest advces from the Oregon elec
ton say the republicans elected both
congressman and majority of the
Legislature.
John Hauck, president of the John
Hauck Brewing company, died in Gin
cinnati, aged G5 years. He wns a multi
millionaire.
Wisconsin republicans will meet in
Milwaukee on August 8 TO nominate q
state ticket.
Tne Utah democrats met in Sal
Lake City and elected free silver dele
gates TO rhe national convention.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-06-13

THE experiment of building electric
lines through rural districts is being
tried in various parts of the west with
apparent saccess There is 19-mile
line now running between Carthage
and Joplin, Mo-, carrying the passen-
gers between those two points for 25
cents. There are two steam railroad
lines running between the same points
and on them the regular fare is 55 cents
1t is claimed by the electric railroad
managers that they can sustain them
selves on the rate just quoted. Their
line is proving decided advantage tc
all the farmers who live along the
Fonta-
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-06-13

THE special bureau at the French
ministry of war. is examining the in
vention of Limoges manufacturer,
which, it is said, will revolutionize
aerostration. The inventor has not
followed the traditional method of at
tempting to guide balloon by means
of a screw. He has adopted a pIopel-
Ter worked by electricity. This pro-
peller, when beating the air, closes
like double sheet of writing paper,
and to remain in the air works auto
matically.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-06-13

GREAT BRITAIN exports to South
America annually $4,000, 900 worth of
manufactures and imports from the
same continent but SOS, 900, 600 worth of
products, while the United States in
the same period exports to the same
continent but $27, 200, 900 worth of man.
ufactures and imports from the same
sos, 100000 1t is with view to chang.
ing these figures that several excur-
sionists are to go from the United
States to South America in the ap,
preaching summer.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-06-13

A YOUNG New Yorker recently in
herited 100000 from an uncle. AS he
has wealth of his own, he decided to
seek investment for the trifling wind
fall. So he put an advertisement in
the paper, stating that he had that
amount to blow in" in anything that
promised well. The frst day lie got
600 letters, and among the odd schemes
held out as bait were flying machine,
bucket shop, green goods game, a
patent rainmaker, an automatic cradle
and e Wild West show.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-06-13

A MAN in Lewiston, Me-, tells this
story of a burglars visit. The thief
entered the Lewistoniue's house
through the cellar and filled bran
sack which he brought with him with
silver The next morning when the
theft was discovered, the trail was fol-
lowed to the cellar, where the silver
was all found in the bran sack, and it
was also found that an old meal bag,
which had been filed with tin cans,
etc, preparatory to being carried off to
a dumping place, was gone. The rob-
ber had probably taken up the wrong
bag.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-06-13

In the Gallatin valley, Mont, this
year the principal crop will be barley,
and virtually the entire product will
go for export The 10000, 900 pounds
of barley raised in the valley last year,
exclusive of the Manhattan plantation,
all found a ready market at a figure
which makes it by far the most profit
able crop the Montana farmer could
raise
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-06-13

In South Dakota divorce case the
judge instructed the sheriff to summon
women as jurors, consequently seven
ports state that the women did their
duty much as men would have done,
and liked the position no better than
do most men; that is, they brought
their good sense and their consciences
to bear on the question, but were very
glad when it was all over.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-06-13

IT is noted that since the extensive
planting of EUCALYPTUS trees in South
ern California there have been no
droughts. There can be no doubt that
the change in climatic conditions has
been due to the planting of trees, and
the EUCALYPTUS, being the tallest of
those planted, probably exerts a special
precipitation.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-06-13

THE opinion of a well-known medical
man on the subject of wheeling is this:
''The amount of iron in modern BIZ
cycle, combined in drug form and given
to person run down in health, would
require months to produce the desired
tonic effect. A bicycle, judiciously
ridden, will do it in few weeks"