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West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1898-12-22
Attention, Missionary Workers!
4 Chance TO Do Some Real Good BJ
remembering that Charity Be
gins at Home"

The family ofSilas Severe, who live
out nj the old snyder mill near town.
in the building mean the railroad.
erected for u granary for the mill. are
having Il hard time OF it and are in
need of some assistance from the pood
people, who are so much concerned
nbout the heRthens i'm Africa and hold
ing festivals and taking mp collections
Tor foreign missionary work. We de-
sire to call the special attention of
these charitable and christian people.
to the condition Of this fever and pov-
erty stricken family. The father.
mother and four children all down
with typhoid fever and no one to wait
on The other and most of the neighbors
afraid TO SO i'm. on account of the CON
tagious nature of the disease. Tho
mother rs 10Y able TO be up again but
the father and three girls are still
down with it while the oldest bow at
home, George, died Saturday night and
was buried Monday morning at the
graveyard on Samuel Martins place.
There was no minister or funeral SER
vice of any kind and only six people at
the burial none of the family beinp
able to go and could hardly get enough
outsiders 20 come and bury the dead
son and had to depend on to colored
boys, Sam and Henry Younger to put
him In the coffin and help bury him.
These boys have a whittier heart than
some people we know Of who profess
TO DO OF the elect.
The boy who died was about seven
teen years OF ago and had been nm
conscious for some time before his
death. The whole family arc there
sick in one room and It is hard to treat
them successfully and DIR. Pratt of this
place. who has been attending them
told MS me had been expecting TO find
some ono dead every morning when he
vent out TO see them and sure enough
Sunday morning found the boy at rest
and one Of the girls Is d~espairod or.
The comfy is allowing them "a small
sum for support and should allow the
physician for his services as the family
are not able TO pay anything Now
here is an opportunity for our Mis-
sionary Societies to do some real good
by remembering hat Charity begin.
at Home"
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1898-12-22
BUCkiNc AGAINST THE BRICKS.
The Costly Experience or 4 Grand
jury Witness From Maryland.

4 witness got INTO about two peeks
Of trouble AT this ter u Of Court. bv
trying 10 buck against West Virginia
Justice. Ills name is .Ioltu W. Penning-
ton and he lives at Cumberland Md.
lie is "a freight conductor on the r.. &
%. railroad and il was his train that
the two fellows from Mineral county,
namod Main and StuclScy. confined in
Jti. here, were charged with robbing
and Pennington WAS summoned before
the Grand Jury here for Monday Of
last week TO get an indictment against
them lie had a pass on the q. & @.
Of cOHrse- and came on 40 Tunuelton
and there found he would have TO pay
his expenses and get nothing for It
aud sw're he woulHn't come any furth-
er, Tut he did and pald a big price for
1T besides. lie went on down TO Graf
ton to take charge ~ his train and AS
there was no witness against the two
fellows iu jill, no Indictment could be
brought and they were turned loose.
Then Renirdon. the Il 81 q. detective
who was looking after the use for the
road, arrived and wanted 20 know " nv
no indictment was found and when
told .nat his witness never showed no,
he went TO investigate and found ont
how il was and reported 10 the Judge
The latter ordered ~ rule issued against
Pennington az once, and Constable
John M. Deyall ut Tunnelton was or
der,d to arrest him when he came back
on, mis- train. The Agent told the Con-
stable he couldn't stop the train TO get
him and the latter telephoned down to
the Judge for further instructions,
who informed him that he wa running
this Cour and the railroad had nothing
to do with it and to stop the train and
get his man which he did and brought
him to Court, The fellows plea was
that he was a citizen of another state
and didn't know they could compel
him to come, but the Judge told him
he had voluntary came into the State
and county and where this Court did
have full jurisdiction and he would
have to come TO time. Judge Holt then
lectured HIM severely and fined him s.
and costs which ran il up TO $24 10 and
ordered the Sheriff to take him to Jail
till 1T was paid. The fellow didn't
have money enough along TO pay il,
but as he happened to know Gus. J
Shatfer, of this place, he borrowed
enough of him to square him with the
outraged dignity Of the law and made
his escape.
He will probably be more careful
hereafter how no MONKEYS with the
buzz-saw of West Virginia Justice
The worst of it is to come, for the rail
road company was very much disap.
pointed in not securing an indictment
against those fellows who they claim
have been Systematically robbing their
freight cars for some time and the
failure was all on account of Penning.
tons stupidity and bull-headedness, so
that he will very likely lose his job. il
he hasn't already.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1898-12-22

frank and manly denial i'm II three
column article by Editor Brown.
who D. ais1 cblirmaH II the Den.U-
craft: County COMMITTEE f; the
testimony OF such men as JUNIOR
Brown uad other prominent Demo
Gratis who live i'm the county. TO The
effects that Preston connty's
elections are fairly and honestly
conducted aud n true return OF the
result made, counts nothing with
the Register. II said there WAS
fraud when it hadn't u particle
Of evidence TO warrant its asscr.
tions. That paper. ~ an eft Irt TO
break he farce OF Editor Browns
defense Of 40, only the democrats,
but ihe Republicans OF Preston
county, printed last week FIVE or
SIX columns Of stuff i'm v%indiC,tion
OF IT'S accusations. and yet in The
Whole mass OF words printed By
the Register there Is not "a word OF
testimony 10 substInttate the
charges made. The whole Of the
SIX columns is made up OF the
theory worked out OF the imagIna-
lions OF those who formed il and
who have insisted upon lis truth
because Ihst Was The WY the de-
feat of MIR. McGrnw had 10 DE &C
counted for aud expected that
every DuIHncr,t would fIll int0 H..
Nobody believes it aud the Register
is simply showing it's II TO be an
uneonscienS,ble minnie.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1898-12-22
GOING l. RIGHT.
Cheat River Railroad is Getting
AlOas Nicely.
Fror the New Domiqion

Fror the New Domipion.
w. D. Wilson, Of Cheat Haven,
was in town Thursday and had u
talk with Il representative of this
paper He is the right Of way
agent for the Cheat River road
which we all hope will soon be
built up the bank of the raging
Cheat.
He represented himself as very
well satisfied with the progress that
no has made and stated that he had
the right OF w,y bought as far mp
as the Big Stndy with a few excep-
tons. There are many difficulties
to be surmountel in cutting this
and y Of the greatest mes is
that a railroad company is ex
pectcd to stand and deliver what.
ever the within OF the rural popula-
ton may care to do.
Many people hive asked more
for thcSHght Of way than their
whole places are worth. In one
place a nan asked seven thousand
dollars for the narrow strip. In
all such cases nothing is done but
at the proper time n jury will bo
put on the cases and the right
will be fixed by it.
a meeting of the stockholders
was held last week in Pittsburg
and Mr.. Wilson was down to con
fer with them. lie stated that
they were very we'll satisfied with
what had been done and that they
will push the road through with MI
possible speed. There seems to be
no doubt but that the road will be
built and hat at once.
The survey has been stopped by
the cold weather but it will be re-
sumed as sooa as the present spell
OF weather moderates. Thsssnow is
very deep and the engineers can
not get through it.
Janeway who was go badly hurt
some time ago and who is now Mt
home in PIttsburg was seer and
he is getting aloug very we'll. He
will soon be able to be out and re-
sumo his duties again.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1898-12-22

At Granada, in Spain, is u enc
monument to the memory OF TO
lumbus, and the other day u Span
ish mob stoned it for spite, because
OF his discovery of America. The
poor fools are very mad at this
country now.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1898-12-22

An effort has been started by q
lot Of religious fanatics to Try 10
keep Hon b. II. Roberts. a Con-
gresham elect from Utah, from
taking his seat. because no Is %
Mormon and stands up for his
church. The crusade won't amount
TO anything with Congress, and
will only succeed in giving pub
licity to a lot Of people, who are
located ~ the wrong country and
should move at once to Spain, or
China, or Siam, or some country a
thousand years behind the march
Of progress and modern civilization
and have an established religion that
p%ersecutes al non conformists. In
this country It is generally sup
posed that a man can belong to any
church he pIeases or 10 none, IL be
prefers it, which seems 20 be the
safest plan for any man who wants
orun FOR Congress.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1898-12-22

One of the first things the com.
ing Legislature should do, is to
pass u law allowing witnesses sum
moned before the Grand Jury, pay
for it same as before any other
Jury. 1t is an outrage to compel
a man to travel, a long distance,
come times and pay his own ex
penses and loose his time, to testify
before the Grand Jury for nothing.
or be fined and imprisoned for it il
he fails to come. like a witness was
here at this term Of court, although
the Judge did right ia enforcing
the law, but it's the law that is
wrong and should be repealed.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1898-12-22
TRUSTEES SALE
VALUABLE Real ESTATE.
In pursuance Of Il 4 ell Of trust executed by
Iainc a Brown for the bei eft of all his crcdi-
UrS. thc undersigned trustees will ON
The i4th Day of J~anGary, 1899,

hy virtue of said deed, which W $ execute ed by
sid ia ues a. Brown. a. %grantor. to Henry Clay
Hyde ana Leroy hqw. trustee and gran eeS,
and which dec ut TRUST is dated March T.. 1870,
u q recorde 1 in the clerks ofice Of the County
Court OF Preston .Olnty In Book No. 81. pa 20
and ~. etc at the front door of the court
house, in k~ingwOud " Va. offer for sale the
following n.nrihnI unuI -n.Infa VIZ.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1898-12-22

What do the Republicans Of this
county think OF the Journ,I any
how for joining in with the Wheel
ing Register aud Il rascally poll
tieian from Baltimore, to try To
down TmE ARGUS in its fight for
the honor OF the county
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1898-12-22

Col. William j. Bryan has re-
signed from the Army and resumed
his Law practice aud keeping the
Republicans stirred up generally.
He announces that since tho Treaty
OF Peace has been signed and there
Is no prospect for any fighting, be
prefers TO 60 back to his family
and his business to loafing around
camp and garrIsons and now that
he ls entirely cured Of the military
lock jaw, he has already expressed
himself on several important qucs-
tions, among them the Treaty Of
Peace which be says should DO rati-
fed promptly by Congress aud the
expansion business scttled after
wards. This is a worry sensible
view Of the mafter.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1898-12-22
The RRlCK HOUSE AND LnI.

in Kingwqod. whore said brown resides. said
lot being bounded on tho east by "A line paral et
TO the east end OF the said house, and fifteen
feet east the efrom, and on the west bv a limo
parallel with the west end OF the small brick
bulldog, at the west end of said rick house,
and on the south by the palings between said
two lives. which lines extend south to sail
pHlings and extend north 20 the palinos on tho
north side of the garden on the north by a line
connecting said two lines first mentioned. and
gdrden. Aso "a lot adjoining the first mentioned
lot and between the lot frs % entiOned and tho
Is published. aud the lot Of James A. Lenhart,
which lot Is bounded by the pdlinQs on Main
street. on the south. and the palings on tho
north SIDE between this and the orchard lot :
also the lot on which said g%rautor's stables arc
erected between the lot said brick house Is on.
and the .ot on which a small white house with
slate roof IS situated. bounded on the east ~
the lot IN which the bi lex house is situated, uit
the south by the palings on Jackson street. and
on tho west by the Inc parallel with the fence
white hnnse stands. extended north tiJ a. IN
tersects the line on the north side e said trick
house lot extended west to intcrseCt It.: also
the lot ON which the orchard IL situated. NORTH
Of said brick house lot aud adjoining thereto.
Tho lots on each side Of said brick house and
the lot on which said brick house stands will
together. and will be sold whichever way they
will bring the most. Also tho pasture fold of
three acres adjoining each other. and adjacent
70 ne aforesaid property the said pasture field
and the said wheat field have been laid on into
town lots, and the Same will be sold on In lots
or Hs a whole, or in parcels, embracing one or
iHVt' 'NlN 10 NNll purcONEef4. WilHn0NeF way
eaid pasture fold and wheat Geld VIII bring tho
most q plat Of said property as laid on IN lots
Gan be seen by calling. on the undersigned at
the law offices 81 Brown g. Hyde, I'm KiugwOOd.
Terms Of Sale
The aforesaid property will be sold upon n
crcdlt OF one two and three y ears hom ate0f
sue upon the purchaser cxeCuting interest
bearing notes with securities TO be Apr we'd by
tho undersigned trustee. and the legal title to-
bc retained ass further security.
UFMnK 1F.fW FXnF
bINOY SHAW Afusttcs.
Dec, 20, 1895.
Tho On Owe named trustees have executed
Dond % ths penalty 81 5i2.OOO 90. conditioned
according To- law
Tosto. Cro VALE
IL Rg qs N-sij2s
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1898-12-22

VIII the Wheeling Register and Its
Special Reporter, Hon" u.
PeytoR, Please Take Notice

We haven't very much SPACE TO
waste on the "Hon." G. X. Peyton,
of Baltimore, expert accountant
and Il ''political manager" in the
late campaign, but there are a few
things in his letter rs published in
the Journal Of last week and i'm the
Register before, that we cannot al
low to pass unnoticed. First, Mr..
Peyton recites some alleged inter.
views and conversations he claims
he had with us, when here. first in
October and later in November.
AS a matter OF fact there is not one
word of truth in the whole story
and he is eli her guilty of downright
lying or else got his mtervIe Es
badly mixed. As he was an cntlre
stranger here and met with several
prominent Democrats for the first
time. he may possibly have had some
such interviews rs he alleges with
some ono and thinkS it wins ia. or
ne NAV have had these interviews
in some other counties, but we nre
more inclined to think that he is
simply lying.
For instance, he claims that we
told him that the Republicans hid
succredcd in getting an old mrn
appointed Democratic judge at one
of the precincts who could hardly
read aud write" This ia y lie on
the fnca of it., for the Republicans
had nothing to do with any of he
Democratic JUICES OF elrc'ion mp
pointed Thrl were MI s%rlcc'c}
by The Democratic Committee and
we made out tho list ourself aud
certified it to the County Coar' g..
who simply confirmed our appoint.
ments. everyone Of them. Then
he goes on TO give another inter
view. either manufac'ureI or hid
with some one else here about Tho
probable Republic, majority m
this county. When he declares
that W ''came to him and exnreis
ell the hope that ho woul3 nbe 20
the bottom the gross franls that
we were positive existed nni WIS
urgent IN our request that he dc.
mand the throwing out OF these
precincts on the ground Of gross
frauds" he is simply guilty Of
down right lying. as he was the
only man himself who was bowling
fraud and making all the fuss
about it, himself.
The only kick we we're making
was on the moving of two voting
places OH the dav of election and
we wanted this Investigated. which
was done and found to be satisfnc.
tory by the Court and the only
other point we wanted decided was
about the election Of a Democratic
Justice down in Grant district,
which the Court decided all right.
and swore the said Democrat into
the Office and two Of the Court
went on his bond so that the Court
acted very fair with us. This man
Peyten was the Wheeling Register
reporter and WAS here sending in
all that cry about gross frauds and
conceptions that was published by
the Register and he wanted to
make his JOB last as long vs. he
could and because the Democratic
leaders here wouldn't help him lie
and act tho rascal, he has 20 use
for rs nov.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1898-12-22

The good old reliable Wctzel
Democrat seems to be entirely in
he dark about the situation over
here in Preston nRd becaase we
have been calling down tho Wheel
ing Register for publishing 70 lot Of
rot about the returns from this
county rejecting on the houertv
ADD Intelligence Of our election
officials and the Democratic leaders
and people generally, the above
paper has the idea ibat we ARE the
special champions Of The Republi.
can party Of the coaaty. Tho
stun polished by 'bo Register re-
nscted on the Democratic elccuon
officers ~ well rs the Republicans
and 81 coarse va could not dcfen3
nj pITty any more than another
under the ircumstanCts and the
proper thing WAS Tor The Demo
cratic paper Of the county To- do Dc,
Tor % defense ~ the Republican
paper, would be considered as
p7rtisan politics and % we bpt littio
effect on The pebble go large,
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1898-12-22

The Journal lass week was brag-
glng about a subscriber paying up
to 1900. A year ago several ARGUS
subscribers paid up to 1900, and
o we have fifty or more paid up
to 1900 and others paying up to
that time every day. Still we are
not Dragging about it. Our readers
know a good thing when they SEQ it.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1898-12-22

CALVIN s. Buce, one IF the ma
tional leaders Of the Democratic
ptrty, died in New York on. lat
Thursdly Of pneumOuJa. The ry-
mlins we're taken 10 bis old home
in Lima. Ohio, for burial. BE wiz.
born in Ohio in 1915, and vas the
su Of Presbyteran minister. Hp
served 10 thls State during The war
jn the 8Gth Ohio Infantry. Be
then became Captain Of q Company
in the lO3th Ohio, aud served 10
the end OF tho war;. iIo graduated
On law aud took an active part in
politics aud succeeded William 70.
Barnum as Chairman 81 the Na
tional Democratic Committee. an
81 1890 was elected to tho n. s..
Senate. lie was active in tusineas
- veil as in politics, aud Jpcame p
milhonairo. lie leaye "a VIE and
Iana sons and Two daughters.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1898-12-22

1t makes n pretty hard fight for
The ARGUS to stand up for the
honor and integrity of old Preston
against the Democratic press of the
State and the Republican organ
OF this county also, but we hive
just got grit enough to try it any
how. o, but the deceAt Republi-
cans Of this county should be proud
of their PIPER. It's not only u
dandy, but a "Jim Dandy or even
slim Jam Dandy" as we have
heard it called.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1898-12-22

President Mckinley has been
making a tour of the South trying
to atone for the appointment Of SO
many darkoys to Office down there
by ''jollying" the Southern pcopfc
over the era of good feeling estab-
Ilshed by the late war and Ee de
clared in u speech before the Geor
gia Legislature that it was now
high time the general government
joined with them in ciring for the
graves Of the Confederate dead.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1898-12-22

canal, instead Of guaranteeing H.
'%terest bearing bonds, and to limit
the CO 5l15, 900. 600 and stated
that Senator Morgan was willing 10
accept the amendment 50 far as IL
related to appropriating money in
stead OF issuing bonds. Senator
Rawlins has offered an amendment
To the bill. providing ihIt the act
shall not 20 into effect until The
United States ecures by treaty the
right 10 for.ify aid garrison the
canal, to send armed vessels md
munitions OF war through it in
time OF war. and TO close it against
any Other nation with which the
United States may be at war.
~
senator Turpie aevrr mincos
words when he Ia. anything TO say.
lie fovors the Nicaragua Canal.
but does not favor letting the Mari.
time Canal Co. have anything to
do with its construction. In the
course of a short speech advising
the post poncmcnt of NC ion on the
question until the report OF the
Commission. sent over TO invest
gate, is submitted to Congress, MIR.
Turpie sail the object O: the Mari
time Canal Co. was not 10 cut .
canal, but "to cat u channel OF
communication ut the least possible
cost between the Treasury of The
United States and the empty cof.
fers Of that beggarly corporation"
The Lodge immigration bill is
thought to have received It's death
blow, this week, when the House,
by a majority vote, declined to take
it from the Speakers table, where
1T has been since it passed the SEN
ate, early in the last session. This
makes twice that the House has re-
fused to take the bill up, and it is
regarded as very doubtful whether
it's friends will make another at
tempt.
Col. Bryan is IN Washington
oo,forr;uo u,;,h ~
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1898-12-22

Col. Bryan is IN Washington
comforting with the Democratic
Leaders in Congress.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1898-12-22

Representative DeArmond. Of
Missouri, had the pleasure OF nag
ging Car Reed INTO making %
speech this week. The incident
was started by Representative Grow
Of Pennsylvania, a Republican,
making a speech attacking the gag
rules Of the House. Mr. DeArmond
then took the Aoor sud charged
that Reed bad compelled the Com
mitteo on Rules to- refrun from re-
porting a new got Of rules, ~ order
that tho rules Of tbs last House,
supposed to have been adopted
temporarily at last years extra
session might continue IN force.
SIR. Reed tried to wrIgglo out by
being funny. lie made The House
laugh-any clown could do THAT
but he didn't convince anybody.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1898-12-22

Senator Berry has offered an
amendment to tho Nicaragua Canal
bin, providing for direct appropri.
alton Of money TO construct thc
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1898-12-17

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