West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1898-08-18
THE NEST VA ARGUS.
Or Alex Leed., Dentist, Grafton


James W Robinson. OF Fenowsville.
was here this week.
Postmaster ~. II. MeGibbons, of
\ Brueeton. was in town Tuesday.
SCOTS Emulsion. Household Syrin~es
aud all Of DR.. Perces kenedieS a, the
ks'raham Drug store
Daniel Dawson from Charleston, is
here visiting friends and relatives
Try the Great Council Cigar, latest
aud best thing out Graham Drug
Store.
Prof Holden an ! vvifs arrived home
Monday morning after an absence of
three weeks. the former holding iusti-
tute's and the latter visiting relatives.
Charles w Waddell. OF llrindonville.
Is attending Che institn,e this week.
lie will not go back tn the University
this year. bat will teach at Bruceton
tins coming winter.
McElrees Wine of Ca rdu. Is truly wo-
mans friend. 1t pron otes health and
beauty. For sale at Graham Drug
Store.
Onion parties arc again coming into
vogue. Six giris stand in n row; one
bites IL small piece out of an onion and
: young man pays ten cents fora guess
as to which one it was. IL he guesses
right he gets to kiss the FIVE; IL he
dosn't he is only allowed to KISS the
= one with the scented breath.
Is life worth living? That depends
on the Liver. Use Thedfords Black
" Draught for the liver and make life
worth living. For sale by the Graham
Drug Store.
There is Parkersburg woman who
Is ingenious. She is haunted by the
fear that her clothing may some time
catch FIRE and she has Invented de-
vice whereby she hopes to secure pro-
lection. BY merely pulling string
every fastening in her clothing is re-
leased and they fall from her. 1t is
TO be hoped that the boys will not in.
sist on yelling fire" when they meet
the lady in the street.
Wanted Fifty Teams to Haul Slaves
from mill near Valley Point. TO
King wool. for which we will pay $3.50
further infoi nation. A. KNABB &Co..
valley Point, w. VA. 8-4-4t
Elegantly engraved invitations are
ont for the wedding of one of King
woods most accomplished young ladies.
Miss Nyra Watson, daughter OF Circuit
Clerk, John w. Watson. The groom
elect is Edward Thornton Hartman,
travelling representative for Harper
Bros, Publishing House of New York
City. The event takes place at the
home OF the bride next Wednesday,
Aug. cath, 1898
new post-ofice has been esta blished
at Hayden. this county, a place over
in the Craborchard. about half way be-
tween Lenox and Albrightsville. Mrs
Flora Il. Hayden, wife of +. II.
! H~yden, has been appointed postmas-
ter. The Office is supplied for the
present from Albrightsviile. three
times week Tuesday, Thursday and
Saturday by special carrier.
TIE true story of those 97s days of
suffering by Greely's heroic little band
of explorers in the Arctic region has
been told by General Greedy himself
for the first time, for the October
Ladies' Home Journal. For years
General Greedy has kept an unbroken
silence about his fearful experience
and that OF his companions. as they
dropped dead one by one at his side
and it was only after the greatest per-
suasion that the famous explorer was
induced TO write the story.
Wnhelmina. who is to be crowned
- L
Der next has personally sent To Mr.
Box, the editor of The Ladies' Home
Journai-himself "a Hollander by birth
--one OF her private portraits for pub
lication in the next number OF his mag
aziue 1t is the last portrait which
will be taken of the little lady before
her coronation. ana will be printed In
connection with n specially prepared
sketch. showing the personality of the
first Queen of Holland from every
point of view.
Owing to the death Of Gov. Briggs
OF North Dakota, which occurred Tues
day, the lieutenant governor Joseph
M. Devine, now becomes governor Of
that State. GOV. Divine was born in
Wheeling, this State. attended the
public schools of his native city and
completed classical course az the w
Va. University later on. a few years
ago he engaged ia school work In
North Dakota. incidentally engaging
in politics. and was elected Lieutenant
governor OF the state az thc iast cleo
ton, OF which he now becoaes shief
magistrate.
Thomas Funk, an inmatc az the
Hospital here. committed suieide on
yesterday afternoon bY hanging. The
unfortunate man halls from Preston
county and had been az thc Hospital
about six weeks. lie bad bsfo been
here, but had been discharged. but
was again returned. coroner Jury
was summoned. heard the evidence
and returned the usual verdict Of
death by his own hands. wish mo- blame
attached TO any one 60 charge. ue
went to the water closet, looped the
roller towel around his neck and
dropped % the floor. When found he
IL. l.. 81.