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West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1899-08-17
COMMISSIONERS SALE


WIN. G. Brown
Preston county West Va. rendered IN, iba.
above STYLED cause uu the 2tth dav cot March
I-yt, iue undersigned special commissioner
Ist Day Of September. 1899,
AZ The front door OF the court bouse. in Kim.
sp.usiblc bidder the following de-rritci I.aI
estate situate b. Kfugwood District. said r. UNI
~ near the village of Howesvile
1st--A tract of nirety.s ven acres. being the
home farm ~ the def udaut o. A. Bergman. un
which he now resides. Ihls g. "a va uaIlc farm.
100 "a hiRh tate of Cul i@vafiOu. ON the Irf of tho
West Va northern Railroad. aud has unYn ita
me tw9,st9ry frame dwelling house, with orch
2nd-Iwo arcrls OF 40 and 80 acres respec-
lively. conveyed 10 aid bergman by o. H.
bofgman and wife by deed Of March 2. 1876
'Ia-N tract oi Goa tcres corvcy.d o. said O..
a borgmau by Prank T. Koch and wife by deed
4th-A tract Of i2i4 acres conveyed ID, seid
bergman by Henry Rche aud wife Boy deed Of
5th.T wo tracts. one Of 800 acres and ono
Of 1901 acres which were conveyed 10 fbo said
b"rgnau by HaNans' hy deed Of May D. 1871.
heretofore sold about isacrcs less fbs r,-i Yp,
der the same to Frank Greaser. or. and abgYt
6th-Au undivided interest Boo % 10 acre tract
conveyed 90 said B|orgmau by Mary r Ints1
and husband, by decd dated March 10. 1881.
TERMS on SALE
one third cash aud the residue upou n credit
ot6, 10 and ls months. the Purchaser to cxc.uto
interest bearing notes. with approved personal
security for the deferred payments.
f.d tEuGAN.
HENRY LAY HYDE.
Special commissioner
Bond and security has been given bv s,if
special commissioners in tho above 81 Ird
cause as required by the decree Of sale.
Iaato
$40 20 A. St8 Cisrk.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1899-08-17

Prof. Frank Butler Trofter,
Vice President Of the Conference
Seminary at Buckhannon, arrived
10 day 10 look in on the Institute
and take part in the proceedings.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1899-08-17
COMMISSIONERS SALE.
David Mines EX'0rs
vs.
David Whft.hafr 80 IL

"NNAa - I'll
IS.
David Whitshsir e al.
The undersigned special commissioner pur-
su0nt 10 a. tccrce OF th2 Circuit Court , Z Pres
ton county, est Virginia. rendered Ia tie
above entitled csuse. viii. ON
FRIDAY, September /, 1899,
at the front door Of the court house ~ said
county. in kinr'v o. a. on,t a public anction
m following described real estate
70 AereS Of Land ia Union District.
ad dining lands ~ James entity aud otbors
and being the same land conveyed by trust
decd by avid htehlir 10 John -. Z. ShaTer
trustee, by dve1 dated Mag =. 1916. aud now III
record pa b. Office 90 the Jerk Of the County
Court 81 said county.
TEENS SALE.-Ctuugh cash IN hand 20
liy The costs 81 suit and cNutuSes Of sale aud
tht r'-ldue upon "a credit Of .. l2snd rs months.
lh. purchaser o. execute Interest hearing N ties
win good security FOR the deferred payments
CH'eAN. Specisl commissioner.
~. W. Wat son. clerk Of the Circuit Court OF
said county. do ctrGfs that the hove named
'p" 10 --ipuer hiss execute bond with Cord
srcurlN. a. provide . iu said decree for sale.
wv ). ~ Assn, ticrk.
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ORDER OF PU B|LIcATIoN.

STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA
At rules he'd in the clerks ONCE of the Cir
cult Court for the county OF rtstuu. ON tho
first Monday Of August. 1888.
George 4. OFT
vs. In chancprv
p A. Fox's admir- ct al
he object CT this suit is to sublerr the real
estate oil the late ratriCN y. r. \. of Ierta Alta.
Wesi virginia. O." the payment ct his debts
Ana " appear.uG II, IA AN umGaVIt flied I'm
sid cause that the defend uts Th.ma A.. ,roa.
cen, - Nor ~, 10th ard other un-
known parties trddi' g as MoIitz 10th * Com
;- oder --NcH. and othe an
known paltieS trading as YOder. Mchoe a. Ion.
phny; l.. %. Rome JAS. T. tu"k;-- e..
"a d other unknown parti : tr ding az Rea a
% Runneidale MAJ =. a corporation; ImperaI
Poltrtt oiUptny; and H. wis T. All lie. are MOI
rtsiaen s OF this state. on motion Il the plain.
I'm u i> ordered hat the said defendants &c re-
ruined Co. dplear VII iI one month after nh,
ddtt'i ''s ID. 81 lab cltiuu = aus oIte ala
40 "htt e. % crsa'iy tn protect tie 2 interests
] Is further Jric',d tuat thi, o..sr We yu3
H-rei th PCS ca "> ga .etb by uw.
"A ~cOgJ-Itste. JoHS 10 NArr.,. sIc.k
Ia tsi5 first ii.Uu, August a.. 1884.
Al'cii .oiN AgsON, C.Grh
~ tRJGAN. o.I. T. ipr % di.LnI.
e. t,.J4. Oh
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We will send the ARGUS to anv
school IN the county for the full
term Of five months for the small
sum Of thirty cents in money or
stamps. This only covers The cost
of paper ami mailing l.. No atten
ton paid TO any orders unless nc
cpmpanled bv the pay. aud stamps
may be sent for convcnlencr.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1899-08-17

In 4 short time We want to pu b.
lish az complete a list as possible
OF che teachers aud schools OF The
county, ss we are now making an
effort 10 get sue. a report. Many
teachers cannot tell for sure till
they know the result Of the exami-
nation. We will be under special
obligations TO anyone who will help
az with his matter. Drop as "a
card giving US your name aud
school.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1899-08-17

Secretary Of War Root has in
aUgurated bis career by re]investinp
Inspector General Breckenridge
with authority which be was sborn
Of by the action Of Alger. General
Miles is one more ia close touch
With all military plans and move.
ments,
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I'D Union district. near Nnh err burg. being the
same property owned by Geor q q Shaner, aUd
which was couveJe ed TO him by Christopher
Sh9htr ~ deed dated the 17.h day If + ebruary
IT. l. now OF record I'm the Office ~ the clerk Of
the county court OF aid county.
TERMS OF SAIL -Opetbird ca.h - a.
b"iauce i'm one "a q two years. the purohtser to
execute notes with = % security, Il d caring
interest for the deferred pa neuts,
l.. d. HOGAN, Special Commissioner.
ii w. W atson, q ERIK az the ircuit rourt ~
Preston county de- c,itifvthat the special com.
missiDHer herein has given bond md ssourity.
as provided IN the decree In said cause
. 10 W ~ % 70 j. W. WATSON. Clerk
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lo&MI sIoNEU's SALE.


The uujCr-.EIyd Sd Ccit! commissioner pur.
suaut to- "a decree OF the irCuit tourt - Pres.
Ton count ,i,ndercd ia the above styled cham
ceis can e. william
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FridaU September l. 1899,
HO0se ~ -. o. fifth Of an Aere,

az the trout door OF the court house Of said
rouutr. offer for sa e. 60 the highest bidder. the
'"to"lng eC. crihcd real estate:
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1899-08-17

By virtue of a decree of the Circuit Court Of
Fre.ton county West Va. rendered in the
l-gt, iut undersigned special Commissioner
will. on the
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FRIDAY, September /, 1899,
20 Aeres Of Land in Union Disfriet

at the front door Of the court house ~ said
county. in kinE'vO, d. on,t "a public anctIon
th. FOL 0w.nE lescrIbet real estate
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elOgo els
Omaha daily bee., 1899-08-15
oMAHA's

Philadelphia Record: The fatality at
omsha by which four fremen were
killed by contact Of a ladder with a
live electric light wire furnishes q
startling reminder Of the danger continually
lurking in the use Of overhead wires heavily
charged with electricity and not infre-
quently lacking proper insulation. Recent
deaths in this city show that there is not
sufficiently stringent regulation for the re-
moyal of unused wires. Carelessness in
respect to the use OF such a dangerous agency
as electricity should not go unchecked.
There should be a legal responsibility at
tached that would insure the observance OF
all possible precaution.
Washington Star: Four Omaha fremen
were shocked to death the other night while
fighting a fire. They were hosting an ex-
tension ladder when the apparatus came In
contact with a naked electric wire. In
stantly the deadly current sprang down the
metal fastenlngs OF the ladder and the men
at the crank fell to the ground. two in
stantly killed. two others so badly shocked
that they died Immediately afterward. Two
other iremen were seriously shocked. Here
again the miserable method q strlngil * these
dangerous conductors through the air makes
good its threat against human life. The
danger is not only to the brave fellows who
man the steamers and trucks. but to the
property owners and houscnolders, whose
buildings may be destroyed because the fire.
men are prevented from fighting the flames
by the wires, whose families may be de-
stroyed while the apparatus is being extri-
Gated from the maze Of electrified metal.
The menace affects every citizen. Not un-
til every wire of every kind, electric light.
street car, telegraph and telephone, is put
under the ground and exposed only at the
point of immediate use is the ---y safe.
Washington hopes to attain this ideal soon.
1t has accomplished much already to that end.
But there are yet many wires overhead and
these must all be buried. Those four vic
tins In Omaha are sacrifices to the sloth
and penuriousness of the municipality and
the corporations.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-08-15

We were under the impression that
the state labor commissioner was re-
CURED by law to operate n free employ
ment bureau. which has several times
been heralded as a wonderful success.
Governor Poynter, however, evidently
has little faith in the ability Of his own
labor bureau to handle the applications
for employment for the returning vol
unteer soldiers. AS a matter Of fact,
we believe the governors a~pprehensions
are largely without foundation. There
never was a greater demand for labor
in Nebraska than there is now, as n
result of republican prosperity, and
the returned soldiers ought to be abb
sorbed in the army of the employed
without any great trouble or delay.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-08-15
Personal AND OTHERWISE.

lima Daisy Cook is the name Of a lady who
has recently been appointed postmistress OF
an Oklahoma town.
Georgia populists are going II alone this
year, in spite of the fact that Tom Watson
has retired from politics.
Roger Q. Mills of Texas has struck it rich,
having sold a part of his farm to the Stan
dard Oil company for $342, 900.
The Chicago woman who recently offered a
reward of 5000 for her lost pet poodle. and
who has had no claimants for the prize, now
fears the wurst.
There is fresh trouble in Kansas. The
farmers there Lave so much corn, this year,
that they are put to the expense Of building
larger corncribs.
The fact is stated in a letter from Butte,
Mont, dated August /, that, though the
recruiting offices had then been opened for
three weeks. only twelve volunteers had
been secured in the state.
To add to the comfort of bicycling n
spring attachment has been patented, which
is inserted in the rear forks. with a central
rod in each fork engaging the hub connec-
tion, the springs holding the rods down and
lessening the shock and jar to the rider.
The death of Nine. Aubrion Menzieres, the
toNhS VI tHV tiC y flChNu dIdut-
mician, calls to mind the metamorphosis OF
Irish family names in France. Nine. Men
zieres was a descendant of the O'Briens, but
her surname was changed by the Parisians
to Aubrion.
After having successfully passed through
the %severest trial of his life, General E. Burd
Grubb Of Edgewater. n. j., announces that
he has retrieved the fortune which he lost
in paying the debts OF the iron firm Of
William M. Kaufman & Co. OF Sheridan, Pa.
General Grub says that he is richer today
than he ever was in his life.
Father Ducey is a Catholic priest In New
York who is well and personally known in
that city. He has immortalizad his name
by erecting a structure in New York to be
known as the House of Repose for the
Dead" which will be as free 70 Professionals
as to Catholics. The unknown dead may be
borne thither and await the last rites of
their faith. A great number die yearly in
New York who are unknown. The structure
with the ground cost s65, 900. a most hu-
name and noble work!
The West Indies. which have just been
devastated by a cyclone, are peculiarly liza
BILE to such visitations. In 1880 nearly the
whole island of Jamaica was devastated,
hundreds of buildings being destroyed and
twelve lives lost. In October, 1882, a hurri-
cane crossed Cuba, killing forty people and
thousands of cattle. In 1888 a cyclone killed
!, 900 people in Cuba. Three years later a
struck Martinique. wrecking all
the shipping in port and killing $40 people,
in addition to a property loss estimated at
$40, 900. 900.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-08-15
OPPOSING THE COAL COMBINE.
Can Western Cities Unite Against the
Anthracite BRrons:

minneapolis I1meS.
Cities all over the country, and particularly
those OF the west and middle west, will
watch with interest the outcome of the pro-
test made by Minneapolis against the
arbitrary and gouging methods of the coal
barons. Local fuel dealers here, in all
probability, resemble their fellows else
where and would be satisfied with open
competition II each man had a fair field
and with living profits. 1t is very doubt
full, indeed, whether the local men get
more than a living profit at any time,
We have not heard that any Of them are
buying diamonds by measure. Every man
knows, who knows aught Of trust methods
and combine channels OF action, that 1t is
the big coal barons In the east, in con-
junction with their kin, owners of the
docks at Duluth and West Superior, who
fix the prices of coal for the twin cities.
The eastern barons fix the price also for
every city, town, village, hamlet, house and
fire In this land. They say, to a ton, how
much anthracite is to be mined and how
much hauled within a specified time and the
natural law OF supply and demand gives
them Of anxiety not one iota.
1t Is not at all likely Minneapolis can even
dent the coal trust by refusing to buy the
usual amount Of fuel at the increased cost
and supplementing its supply with coke and
wood. But If to Minneapolis were added st.
Paul. Omaha, Kansas City, Denver, st,
Louis. Chicago, Milwaukee, Cleveland,
Detroit and Buffalo and a municipal bund
were formed In which the primal article Of
faith and the earnest agreement met in the
dlctum I'VE will use as little coal as we
possibly can, supplementing it with other
fuel whenever possible" 1t may be the
haFnna would ha Tnnauu OF Least nnH 1afar
more complaisant. The cities will not form
the bund. They win roar Justify at the in
justice they sutherland continue to suffer it
with nothing OF recourse save protest.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-08-15
Alliance of south American Republics.

The South American republics are striv-
ing to bring about an international alliance
to promote peace and among them
and minimize the chances of war. That is
in line with modern ideas and tendencies,
which look to building up and producing
rather than tearing down and destroying
as the Cbuttressing force of nations. Sus-
tanned by the spirit of the time, which is
in favor Of such movements, the South
American states, will no doubt be able to
arrange a pact of amity strong enough to
tide them over numerous difficulties of the
minor sort, though they will all be ready
to fight as usual when any serious interest
is menaced or any deeper mood Of enmity
is stirred among them.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-08-15
CRIES FOR HELP FROM THE WEST
LOng-Range on the Shortage
of Harvest Hands.

New York Mail and Express.
Up from the wide, free west-the ~vocifer-
Gus land OF Organism and THE Man with the
comes a long, loud, Emporium
ate call for help. Not that the west is in
pain; not that she is in the clutches of the
money power: not that the octopus OF mo-
nopoly has smashed the fences and swaI-
lowed the stalled OK, nor yet that the grass
hopper, the potato bug and the seventeen
year locust have combined to eat every green
thing off the face Of the smiling earth. 1t
is not because of these nor any of these that
the west lifts her resonant voice and yells.
1t Is all on account Of the crops. They are
so enormous that she can't handle them,
and hence her earnest, hearty cry to every
body to come out and help.
Dispatches from the western grain fields
report q scarcity OF harvest hands. EN-
ployment agencies In Chicago, st. Paul,
Omaha and Sioux City, are sending every
man they can hire to the great wheat re-
gions of the northwest, yet the supply is
not at all equal to the demand. The rail-
road companies offer special rates in order
to enable helpers to reach the fields at the
lowest possible cost. Wages for farm labor
are the highest ever known. Common har-
vest hands are receiving all the way from 81
to SO per day and board; men to feed
threshers and sack the grain are paid 81 a
day and engineers for threshing machines
get Sc a day. The wheat harvest Is we'll
under way and will last for six weeks;
after that comes threshing and storing OF the
grain, which will afford employment for an
army of men for twelve weeks. The en-
ployment bureaus are, therefore, able and
willing to guarantee three months OF steady,
we'll paid labor to all the competent men
who apply to them and the unanimous re-
port is that they cannot get enough.
This is what ails the west. she has tickled
the earth with a hoe and 1t has laughed
with a harvest which overtaxes her labor
resources. The argumen of the grain
fields is being made up for the campaign OF
1900. Can any one doubt that 1t will be In
favor OF a. 100-cent dollar?
Omaha daily bee., 1899-08-15
AN INTERRUPTED PLEASURE.
Denver Post,

Denver Post.
(Scene: A Creek Near a Mountain Campo
Listen! Hear that jolly laughter!
Wonder what those girls are after?
Let's sneak up a little closer
To the creek; eavesdropping? No, sir!
Wouldn't think of such an. act as
That; 1t Is a beastly practice!
Easy now! No noise! Don't skeer EN-!
Mustn't knoW that we are are near ,em!
Holy smokei il there amt BESSIE.
M hS1ltf' Je eS's AnS but Wa ain't It af sho ossfns:
Jess is peeling off a stochng!.
So is Maude and Kate a~nd-Thunder!
"nSs sa agf hook there. "A'"
Sh-h-h-h! Don't speak! N'
Amt that a freak!
Every blessed charming maiden
Sheds her hose to go a wadin'
Hear ,em giglel Amt they jolly!
she is picking at a corn!
Dainty feet you've got, my grille!
Amt her ankles white!. And. cay. Jack.
Isn't that a curve from way back!
Echoes coming back in moeRinss
At their laughter! Kate is modest,
Thing She ever didI Jemima
Crickets! look at Jessie! I'm a
Wilted old last seasons onion
IL she naSn got q DunlOn.
There they go!
Now lay low!
What you blushdng for, you sneak!
Rude? What folly!
Why, it's jolly.
Watching waders in the creek!
Hear them saueal! The waters colder
See the crystal ripples playing
Round their toesl What's Bessie saying
As her neck she's backward crooking?
Says she knows someone is looking!
There! you careless chump! she saw you!
May the wolves OF torment gnaw you!
Now we've got to cut and scamper
Quick! before the dears have sized US
Up! They haven't recognized us!
Make a sneak,
You awkward freak
OF nature! Darn your pictures, that's
The way 1t always goes! Of rats!
Omaha daily bee., 1899-08-15
The RipeninE Corn Crop.


A current article on the prospective corn
crop and the means of transporting it re-
calls the great crop Of 1891, which it says
has furnished the most exciting traditions
for the railway managers and for those who
then had an opportunity to pass through
some part Of the millions of acres that COM
prise the corn belt" 1t is added that. this
years crop promises to exceed that of 1891.
The latter was 1000, 154, 900 bushels. This
had never been equaled but once before, viz,
in 1889, but it was surpassed in 1896, when
the crop was 1888, s75, 900 bushels. The rail-
road facilities of the country are consider
ably greater now than they were eight years
ago, and this years corn crop would have
to exceed that of 1891 very considerably to
test the railroad facilities in the same de-
gree. 1t is certain, however, that the NOV
ing Of the wheat and corn crops will con-
tribute largely towards making this a
record breaking year in the way of railroad
earnings.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-08-15

1t only requires time and opportunity
to show the falsity of the yellow journal
fakes. The captain of an English war
ship was quoted recently in an inter-
view as making some very harsh criti-
cisms Of the American campaign in
Luzon. The captain not only denies the
story in its entirety, but demands to be
set right by the paper which originated
it. Papers of that class are too busy
originating other stories of the same ma
ture to devote any time or space to cor
rectiOus.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-08-15
Douglas county populists are not

Douglas county populists are not
alone in their wish to repudiate the
plans of the f~usionists. 1t is significant
that the advocates of fusion are in
variably Bryanite democrats who cannot
hope to get into Office except through
fusion. They ask the populists to sur
render their convictions of principle as
the only means by which the hated re-
publicans can be defeated, but in Doug
las county they are unwilling to give the
populists any Office paying a good salary.
Reports from other counties in the state
give u~nmistakable evidence that fusion
is designed for the good of Bryan fol-
lowers exclusively.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-08-15

Port Arthur boasts that 1t is now a
seaport, since a magnificent steamship
beautifully decorated with flags and
streamers entered its ship canal last
Saturday and steamed through in celc-
bration of the completion of the work.
If Port Arthur will now entertain Il
few steamships bringing in or taking
out cargoes of freight the flags and
steamers car be we'll dispensed with.
The usefulness of II harbor must de-
pend upon the carrying business which
goes through It.