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WEST VIRGINIA MIG US.
SKORQK fDKl
KING WOOD. AUGUST 1, 1882
.■■I. I I • W,.
akaoi >< i mi:> r,
For Co'iKir*i«t«*><roml DUlrlrf.
We are *uth rizvd ?o niun u» re PA N
IKL B. LUCAS, of JifTnscn C< uut.v, t!
a candiUaia to reprts<t>t Ills ilu* 2
District in tbe 48<li l <«* ^r* ►«. mi) ject to
the decision of tbe Dlslr’c*. ,N iminating
Convention.
Since iioli.ig tie veto by tbe
Piesidect of tbe Ii v« r and ll irbor
Bill, we have received tie informa
tion that both brunches of Congress
Lave paaetd the bill, tbe objeoti* n
of the President to the contrary not.
withstanding.
All of the bids rtce.ved lor the
grading of the Kingword Itailwaj
were deemed excessive ar.d were
rejected by the Company. We sug
gest to theiDirectois t he advisability
of withdrawing.the making of the
road from contract, and to do the
work themselves under the supervi
sion and direction of a practical and
capab e agent, at the least possible
expense and with the greatest pos
sible despatch.
The President niter beiig kept
for a week or more between the
devil and the deep aea, fo to apeak,
by a prodigal on 1 pr< 1 gtte Con
gress on Ihe one band and an hon
est, outspoken, independent press
on the other, has finally vetoed the
infamous River and Ilirtor logroll,
iog hill.'
Without stopping to weigh nicely
the reasons and motives of policy
which may have influenced hia sc.
tion, we feel disposed to applau 1 Lis
course, and to award him full credit
for having done the right, thing in
spite of tko adverse pressure brought
to hear upon him.
Secret circulars aie always re
sorted to as a last dodge of dying
men. The IIcge men have issued
one without name or dale.
We only want to s^.y that the ref
erence therein to Judge Brannon
is without that gentleman* knowl
edge or consent, and the allegation
that Mr. I’ayNE roado a similar one
to Mr. Martin is a deliberate false
hood. Mr. Martin says that Mr.
Payne did not approach him at
Fairmont nor any other place or
time about any proposition.
This quibbling is simply amusing
when it is remembered that Mr.
Payne has never said that there was
an agreement between IIcge arid
Lucas. The agreement wan between
Judge IIcce and Mr. Payne.
Reliable intelligence from vari
ous parts of the Distiict, East and
West, foreshadows the certain de
feat of Judge UOGE and as clearly
indicates »n easy walk over for Got.
Lan Lucas. Of the counties in
which conventions Lave been be d
within the last tew days, II .mp
tkire eends ten of her fifteen dele
gates instructed for Lucas, leaving
the remaining five free to vote a«
they please. Marion, which was
counted as polid for IIcge. turnn nj
with fully two-thirds of her dele
gates for Lulas. Taylor semh eight
out of eleven of her delegates for
Lucas. Mineral, which was expec
ted to be solid lor IIcge, gives Lu.
Ci8 twenty.two of Ler fifty dele
gates. In Beikeley, the heme u!
Judge IIcge, the delegation i* divi
ded, while Jefferson, withuit a di -
senurg voice, wbee’s solidly into
line for Lucas.
In our accuptome t spirit of f*ii_
neta toward those differing with oh
we print elsewhere on thin page h
letter fromodr old end mu< h pp_
teemed f.jinrt, ti e Hon. V. m. G.
Brown, in wLich he rf repair.* ot
what he 10 pleated to term the hand._
oep« of ecroe undeeignafe 1 artid*
which he alleges appeared aotne
time or other in The Ar.r ar,<J
which be thir.Yi w$r. Urjuv toJudg
Hooe and Lib frit ode. A- Mr.
Brown sleltir afford* os tb»• fir.t,
last and only knowledge we have
had cf hie joaition in the C >
sional contest, he will | Q^ , g,
more tea Hly tcrpj t out b^oranc.
that we ioter.de 1 no refcrer,. ^ \r
him in anything ,v - ro<y hrt?e 1
in regard to that jitter
We i ave a'eiy had a j»r>cd ,1 t
say at out Judge ilcOE a' 1 *
discreet partism her 's, 1 ,■
and tbeaj we have efd«n d '
ately, wnb the f*dH, i w h
before ub, e.i, 1 r,K*. her io i. m
them have xte ** y tiri- >•
rnake or hj olog-» e tod' r
A* we p r u'd "-g w ] rh*. , <• r ' in•.
nation of Judge Ho«>r; ur t»*r sir
.•ircurnef ance* ** a * r^ve r r
a per.our [dined o.. jU .
er.r.tu up to bn* f /• / ]»^
and honorable rn'ani ;n « . ,
|o | i event it.
1.1,
IjA8T year the i at e of taxation in
I ibip county for geneiK. purposes, un
! • 1 * r t be hoed ot “General Fur.il, ’ w >s
j severity cents on the one hundred j
i do!iu-, but at tlio lute t pi m of the
, County C. uit the talc* wh.< increased
i to i inely cent..’, h:j I divided aa iof_
j lows : poor fund, twenty cents ;
biidge fetal, t.. etdy cents; tool
fund, twenty cants; aril for
other put|»ofpp, tluily cents.
While tl ua increasing by pre_
Fcription flu* quantity of rasdicrne
to be administered to the tax.payers
of lhe county, our financial doolots
“eem to think that it will he taken
v■ ry readily if given in “broken
doses.’’ Ti.t*y should not
however, that it h the broken dose
that sal votes 11 e patient.
We were very greatly surprised to
learn nom the Journal ol Inst we* k.
that during our absence the w< ek
before, “a meeting wan held h*re hy
some Dtniccratic gentlemen opp med
to Lucas” at which “there was much
disbrtt irf.iction expressed at the
course of Tfe Argus in iL j \ resent
fight, and the propriety of closing
•up that paper wan discussed.’’ Our
eeteemed contemporary does not in
form ns who these “Democratic gen.
llemen" were, but we learn iron)
other sources that they were the
same “Bt mocrat iu gentlemen” who
howled themselves hoarae at the lat*
Democratic County Convention, and
whoso siliy and lidiculous attempts
lo set aside the action of that con
vention and to *'iay out” their ruoie
successful profers'onal rival “too
dead to skin,’* have resulted in such
wietcbed and humiliating failure.
“It is proper to add,” says the
Journal, “that the idea cf stopping
the } ublication of The Argus was
opposed in the meeting, perhaps Ly
a msjurity of those present.”
We desire to express tho gratifi
cation we feel at the discovciy ol this
.point ol perfect agreement between
ue and “j *ibupe u majority of those
Democratic gentlemen,” and hasten
to assure them that wo have not the
remotest intention, at this writing,
of making any change whatever in
the ownership or management oi
our paper, and furthermore, it it
will be any consolation to them,that
it will continue 6tcadily and inflex
ibly to maintain an unswerving and
uncompremieing independence of
men and factious; that it owei and
owns ollegience only to RiGnT, ar.d
th.it it wi 1 never become m our
bands the subservient organ of any
man or ret cf men,nor the vehicle
in the gratification cf poraoc&l re
venge. All of which the minority
«8 well bp the majority of thoce
“D.mccratic gentium n piesc-nt at
the meeting' aforesaid, may j *t down
in tLeir note-books ns being per
fectly authentic and reliable.
T .iE J}j rbour Jiff tr son an haa dis
J covered a mare’s neet which it thinks
| proves beyond a doubt that the
j Dayne-Hcue agreement at Fair.
moot is a royib. Jt has been inter.
1 viewing C<q t. Bradford, who, it
aileg*b, states that he lias no recol —
Don of Mr. Payne calling upon biro
and rtqueei irig l ira to withdraw as j
j a candidate, and i hat he never in
j his life mnde or became directly cr
I indirectly concerned in a political
j bargain, which at least lets the Cap.
! ««‘n out very nicely. The next gen.
j t'emsn inter Vie wrd v,as Mt»i. Toil
LROWN, who also disclaims any rec
ollection oI b inc approached hy Mr.
PAYN3 on the subject of the Fair
mont combination. There arc etill
some fifty-one millions, nine hun
dred and ninety.nine thousand per
sons in tae United Staten to be
heatrl from, m d who it ie confident
ly expected will uniformly testify
with M*j. Tom Frown that th y
have not the slightest recollection
' f having been aj proschrd by Mr.
I’aynk in ref-renre to the agreement
between him and Judge Hook at
I di'mont. Scene of them may go eo
, far hh to deny all knowledge even of
the existence of either Paynk or
IlOCK ; und a8 if contemplating in
»t» minds eye the overwhelming
character of all of this cumulative
t' **1 mony, the J<jUnon an exclaim*,
i “How wi,; Paynk a friends get over
i the** Statements ‘*
Iteally “there statements’* are eo
.utterly bewildering thut we don't
quite Me bow anybody »« to “g#*l
•)V* r them' or under tb»ift or
tbreugh th* in or armed them, but
w«- cat' h our treatb to oc :. nt to
Mi, i AVM, ji frier, I t'«at 11,j y
t pf • y i ub tbro g i by C id.
trg ittenti ;ii to ' • (act, :t. ,t Mr
• 'Hi,*** m* i * with Judge iI» o, i
tht tie Cop tain bast rop y kick t
* befitt 9 he w>ik
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4
The W.,-1 Virginia School Jour,
nul, in referring to »l.o recent m^et.
ing o; tl d State Teachers' A^eocia
ti^n here, says that "The peop’e of
King wood ’»d themselves proud in
t' v way of enter laiuio;* the teacher?.
T ie place ia rioted for the borpitality
of iia inhabitant?, arid they kept
tip t heir l .j'at 100 IQ this |*e«l t.
In an interview with a Wheeling
Jicyistcr reporter ou the subject of
the re«i8iffstuont ol i eal estate,which
we pi int elsewhere on th;n page, Mr.
JoHM W. GusFMAN eays : *T found
thi6 week a very peculiar cato.
Ti. re weio several tracts of land
own >.l by one firm, and upon one
ol t Loie tracts was a attain daw mill
and 8evci.il dwelling bouse?, stable?
and other building, which (stuped
taxation."
Tne owner of the lands, ?av; mill
and othei Lui.dings in this “very pe*
cu'iar cai-e" which "escaped taxa
tion, ” at d to which a??e?8or Guse_
man refers, is Commissioner Jno, P,
Jones, who new haB the floor to ex
plain.
It Inn been perfectly understood,
of course, for some time that the In
dependents in Pennsylvania would
not surrender to Mr. Cameron; lut
the foirual refusal was j ut in j>roper
shape on Ti.uraday ot last v/e*.-k, and
ttie fl tg of tiuce was pulled down,
fue letter flora the Independent
State Committee to the Stalwart
Committee says that tho latter’a
j>ropoeition cannot be accepted be
cause to do so would be to strength
en the v;-iy dictatorship against
wnich this struggle is unde. The
Independents did not want to meas.
me candidates with the Cameron
men • they wanted their principles
accepted, and the ucctjdance guar
anteed. The eolo teJt of sincerity
which the Stalwarts could ofTer was
the pledge that a new ticket should
be named. And that they would
net give even at. the coat of a Demo
cratic victory. The letter from the
Independents contains tli9 polite re
mark that the Stalwarts must have
misapprehend 1 tho main facta.
Tout ’h n But their greatcut
mu-apprehension lay in supposing
that the Indejiendents could bo eas
ily duped. They realized perfectly
wed that if their pioj>oeitions were
accepted, they would be the victors
in the contest. Theie was not any
misapj relienaion about that. They
htV‘* not at any t ine meant to yield
on any point cd importance to the
perpetuation of tin ir machine. Now
they no longer are deceived on any
j oint. They know tint the Jude*!
pendent leaders ate a a shrewd as
their oj ponents, and cannot be d
ueived wi b fine words. Mr. Came,
ron ar.d li s followers are wiser now,
but j robably not much better men.
A KrroRTER of the Wheeling
Jitjisler baa been interviewing Mr.
John W. Guseman, assessor of the
First district of this county, with
the following result:
(J. Wh it w.ll be the probable in
crease or decreaee in the valuation
of real eatato in your district ?
A. Tins question I can not an
swer satiafactoiiaily, aa 1 have from
twelve to fifteen days woik yet to
do. I am satisfied thet the increase
Will be considerable.
Q. Have you found many irreg.
olarities in the present valuation?
A. I have found numerous cases.
For ir.etar.ee I found a tract of land
on the li. & O. It. It, assess? J ^t
•N.62 rer «<>?, and the tract adjoin
ing it at $2.20, a third tract. at $3 80.
These tracts are valued tor their
minora! Wealth, and all lay with the
Mtnr acre•-:* to the B. & O. It. It.,and
all have the same veins of coah
The tract assessed at $4 62 per
acre, ii far superior for agricultural
purposes arid contains ov* r 1500
acres, upon which iani'uafed a (mail
town. This ft* 1 k»» Valuation is not to
he blamed upon my predecessor*
who valued the land, as the Cjunty
Court reduce I the valuation from
$12 to $ 1,02 per acre.
1 found this week a very peculiar
rase. There were «eveial tracts of
land owned by one firm, and upon
| one of I hose tracts wes a 'ite.im saw
mill ar.d several dwelling houses,
j Mablf S and other buildings, which
j ‘ * -ped tax than.
- IniVe h. en informed by (ho A-<
*"f,-r>r that it had been an error in
l, l,,,r K B.c I u:.Jmgs upon (he
wrong 'fart, v < v r . of the ti ul*
oorn r n< ir the buildir gs, and the
; f arliM int to,ted applied to the
i ('ouu\y Court, ha ! the irn; i vero-nts
v-rg ah Ut \yt y ,r.y t|,f :f
f</i» on their land, that the
I Va -uKun ;r fed,wed and put oi
li »r I .'■My h vts o 1
• •• » * ’ -l J I ' V 01: - y 'U
- ' 1 1 ■■■» -■■■ ~ ■-»' -■ ■ ■ I■ I
the land books, and thus escaping
taxation ?
A. I found one tract in R*no
district, owned by parties in New
York, containing about GOO acres,
not ou the books. I find iu my daily
travels numerous small tracts and
warty buildings that have escaped
t, xat.6fl.
Q. In wbat clsni of lands—
whether fai tiling, mineral or timber
—do j’ou find the greatest increase ?
A. In timber and mineral lands
and small tracts that huve been no.
proved in the laat eight yeare.
Q. Ilow have the j eople of youi
district met your efforts to secure a
uniform appraisement ol the real
estate ?
A. I have had no trouble in tine
matter. It :s true that nearly all
the land Lo'deis claim that theii
property :s assessed to it* lull value,
but this is on account of tlie very
high taxes levied in this county.
The tax "for county purposes” is 90
canto on every $100, 40 cents on
every $100 tor roads and from GO to
70 cents in different distnots for
school purposed.
Q. In wLat condition hii7e you
found the crops, the live stock and
the demerits ol prosperity gener
ally ?
A. Wheat was supposed to be
good before cutting, but tho grains
are now found to be considerably
shriveled. Live stock is doing well
and demands a lair price. Grass is
a very prosperous crop.
There are some few points in the
controversy le'Weeu Judge IIoqe
and Jno. Barton Payne which
ee< m not to have attjacted public
notice.
Judge IIoqe in his letter to
Payne of Deo. 26. 1881, uses ibis
language ; “As you will remember,
I conferred with my friends, stating
to them plainly the points of our
understanding — maik the words,
noi the to ms of your proposition, but
the points of our 'understanding”
or Mgreemeu*.
Then ace Jrdin 55 to Judge Hook's
letter there was an “understanding”
or agreement between Payne and
hi ru.-elf, ami this understand ng was
communicated to his friends.
N jw whit fiiendsof Judge Hoou
then assembled in his room that
night, and there could not have been
less in number than ten or twelve,—
except it ho the excentric and re
doubtable h'rt.iGQ—has ever report id
tnat ‘the points of the understand
ing’ t’.s communicated hy Judge
IIoqe to his friends d l!Sr Irom the
meuioiand'.itn of Payne?
C rtain it is (hit Ju Ige Faulk,
nhh has n.>1 °s .1 aa, nor C'j!. Wm. T.
Stewart, noi Col. J. E. Boyd, nor
V. m B. Colston, We mention the
namen td i h- -h ge.iiiem *,i because
their u.ifi hve ba*m Pet foith in
the newspapers as filing nr 'onf,
an i acting upo.i that occasion as the
friends of IIOGE.
Ju-lga IIoqe in his ief'er of
Dec. 126, 1831, pro! easing not to lie
accurate in his recollect ion ot that
"understanding* ar.d stating that
there \va. * * • I iT-i-.ncn of rfooilec.
tion among hui friends, lo relic ave
his mind from til doubt calls upon
Mr. Payne (his own agvnt ill re.
ducing the agreement to writing) to
give him its exact terms, announc
ing :—"Having absolute cor * lence
in you I am content to abide by
your statement.”
But he is no more true to bis word
here, than he is in his compact with
Lucas. Having appointed Payne
his ag nt to reduce the agreement
to writing, and declared his «bso.
lute confi lence in the memorandum
*o prepared—he now repudiater, it,
because it doea no pint hia present
purposes rj ist as lie repudiated the
agreement by which he obtained a
seat in Congress through the layer
of Mr. Luca.'*, because be wished io
eerve another term.
In the face of such clear and as
certaine I facts—admissions' drawn
from Judge Hook’s own letters—
what convention can undertako to
present such a name to the -Demo
cratic voters of this District ? It is
slid there is a "scut of hemor among
thieves’—tb d is to Pay, they arc
taught not to betr-y or deceive each
fdlier, Surely it, nnnot he that
there is ie?H among Honorable* who
R*p i* to a scat, in ibe Congress ol
the United Htatee.
A g i n fudge Hoof, in his letter
announcing hi hum I a c.n’dc for
0 ngrens, • <>■« fr.^t the Fairmont
convention rscogn zed or estab -h
e I the rule that. the counties West,
of » h-* Moil ii tain* wei e to hate two
• sit Urn count e.s Ki t of the
Mountai tvn leirn , an 1 "o on a
1 i < ug »v ry t'.v> veers b wetn
i. ■ r and Wed . ^
If this be Ids cor.f lruction of ti e
i f,f t hi* l) strict, how ungrstr -
fu ly doe* ne act toward* his gencr.
oi a ly who \ roenred for bun the
Victory at Faina ,ut I Jiy tlrs r i s
iha Member* KmI of tLo M .uiitains
" 1 -——-—«-■
aro only to have one add.tion tl tenn 1
for the nt xt s.‘x y.xrrs I Why does
J'udge IIcOE aeelrto monrpol z • and |
•ppropriate to binned ad that the
Eastern count itR can or will receive |
Iar tho next 8 x year? ? If hie own
strength had carried Into through at!
Fairmont, the desire won d have ;
been excusable. But when h<rlrno«a!
that he procure 1 the nomination
Holeiy by the temporary sacrifice ol
the clairan of Lucas, and without
that, be would have neyei occupied
a 8*-at in onr National Legislature,
the desire to return has something,
in it. impure, if not criicinel. If be
was tnt under tbe most solemn writ*
ten obligation to diode with Mr.
Lucas tLe Eastern preempt ire oc
cupation o< lour years, common jus
tice, fair dealing, ordinary honesty
and gratitude ought to icajell him
. to stand afiide. But this fair d;vi.
sion of the Eastern pnvii*-ge wae
not permitted to rest upon Judge
Hook s sense of just ice or honesty —
trail indeed, would have b-en it« ba
sis, if such had b?on the ctose—it was
the result of a distinct written agree
ment,—it was the sole condif on
upon which Judge Hoof. w.»h allow
ed to Bit at the first tab'e of the
Congressional f-**«t — Lucas modi fit
ly reset ving to himself h seat at ihe
second table. But Judge Hoge Iihv
ing once tasted ol th<* heavenly Cm
giesHion.il manna, arid h. Y ng his
appehte stimulated by its delicacies,
Hogishly, if not hoggishly seek# to
drive his former alley from the ta
ble, and voraciously devour the
whole feast.
Is it to be believed that, the peo
ple ot this Congressional Distiicl
will function such selfishness, injus
tice and breach ol faith?
j.tiTricit riio.it troy, in/, o. niton v
Editor A 'QVyS :
There appeared in your paper an
editorial that whh harsh, and I think
u-jimt, towards Judge Iloge and those
that advocate Ins re-el*ciion.
I'10m long u--;igr» it has become a
common law in this diet riot to re
elect our representatives in Con
gress, when they have been true
and faithful in the dischargo ot their
duties. Many o! Judge Hoge’s coo.
stituents think it due to t berajelvea
to have the ben. tit of his experiemO
and services lor another turn. 1
am among that number and h.irdly
expected from you ar.y unkind woids
lor exercising my undoubted privi
lege : eurely I will i.ee none such
towards you. Mr. Hoge can take
care of himself. I kne-v Mr. Huge
well. I served with him in the iavt
We t Virginia convention at Charles
ton, acted with him on several c ?m.
raitteea, have observed his course aa
a Judge and as a member of Cor
gre-s, and Wjuld us soon believe
that any other genii* m in within rny
knowledge would be guilty of tailir g
a falsehood as Judge Hugo. II**,
like other :nen, might he mistaken.
With regard to the alleged contract
between Judge Hoge and Mr. Lucas
made at Fairmont at the last Demo
cratic con vent ion, I don't caie in
what shape it wan ruado or by whom.
It was, in my View of the case, a
nudum pactum \ they were trading
on other people's capital. The p
pie have a right to day to m I on
either Mr. Hoge, Luca i, Payn.*, Mar
tin or Travers (or, if thev want a
R-publican, Mr. Jones, of I’renton),
and it is the July of the mao -elec
ted to Seive them in Congre--, uire x
he can make a reasonable excuse. 1
submit if it would not he well to ig
nore all bargain# and sale# of h iding
politicians and Relent the in tn we
think best able to serve us in all our
interests. If Mr. Lucas is selected, I
will roost cordially anil actively
sur poit bun.
Mr. Editor, we do r ot want to
lose your valuable services in the
coming political cotifln.t ; between
the at rikera, id lera, spend*! hrilts and
file general demurs izition of the
times, with the i <pid increase ot
fsxes on all we have, earn or ron
“um**, tho outlook is all nt flat
ting. Wil. G. Brown.
Order of Publication.
WI'.ST VOKilNIA, sk :
A» IlH. m hold iii tl>© Clerk'© ©nice (A
th© Circuit Court of Pr.mtnii Couiily on
1110 (Irat Monday of July, ihs^.
FAIRFAX A MA in IN
VM.
OBOIKIK W. FA IllFAX ot a).
IN KQUITY.
TIi© ohjo©t ' f this milt is to otitain n
dteroo of tli© i ireull Court for Hi© -ml© «,|
th© lionio farm, In th© lull mentioned
containing hIhmiI four hundred ncich, oi
whlc i i; i&itiidh t.. Kalifax <ji< i . j
j f'>r the leson tnat th© xhiiic r.nmot t»© », r!
I llliouod iiui-uig th© © o ral diatiliiun • s
: whii at d©tr»:i.e .:><) lhl< rll h Mniti i
of Ih© proceeds among th© hens ..f
dec* <!< nt.
And if <) j.e ring that th© defend,nits
Henj itnin K !*>»• rf tx, C|i,u| * \\ , j.
Iix, Mfii.ei Arnold, Irvin Arnol I, M i,
it'h Morgan mid Morgan, imr bus*
tmi <1; Itmkncr It. I drf.ix. Ann. ||, |„is
I oi, li. Helms ml Commodore !•'
: Fairfax hi no* r©*id uls nr ti,,., nlH|©
I *h©y nr., Ibeiof. i, , I r, i,y re.iulp !
"I'l 't 'hi - to 11* hold ft , , ,,.•
< .rt, on tit htv' V ,i.,,«y of A tigimt
n»*tt, and do wii u i noei »,,'ry p, ,,, .
... herein, And, on t,i«>ti><tt
ot tli© pi.i'iititIs ny n,r,ir alto n< v U <•
ord* rc i mat Mi© h.i-f<»lf:« I,© ) >tt i<l IsIi -
In ThbWi - I VmniviA Ai'ot *• , v, .,
ly n©\VHi>H|i©r pnMlMlied in tlna .fount v
A < o, , *| ..( .
NM I Til (HANK, dor ;
Johi Jlarton Pay!) ,f AtC , y j,,r
j PllUUllIis.
JOHN K. QBRKit..
MERCHANT T AILOR,
GIUrl'ON, WI2ST VI110IN' A,
just Cottea a ww and handsome
•dock of yclltlcilifli’a
I ASIIION AIil j:
Spi ing aiid Sairirner
GOOD u
He desires to pull the attention of the
gentlemen ot Prestou and u 'j u’.it <j poim
tieK to bis uuMirpaaacd tacihiiee tor fur !
nidiing th -rn with
Cheap, Lasting nnd Neatly M'tdo I
Clothing.
Mr. Ocrkin can sell particularly ]•.* at i
thitr time Louise t»r« went early in the
oiatkct and bought at q heavy iii-c: uni i
His atnek is of the viry lust quality, and |
of, the tn'>st fashioiuild'* patteMi'. Gertie
men w ill do well to take au cariy udvu;
tage of the
Rare Opportunity to Get 2Jicir
Clotti ng Cheap.
Mr. (Jerkin has every ficiii'y f- r giving
his custnruirn the v.-ry be«i hargiiiea. lb*
hi it sco |) h Block ut »ny rate b< fore piir
j chat-ii g tin:when-, whether you buy or
I not. »t will give Lira ;»!■ isure to exhibit
t his eupiOb r,ml cleg-iut stock. IIis charges
I will be I mid mutt reasonable, mid only
FIRST-GLASS WORK
t leaves li s establishment.
JOHN H GERKIN
MCIIODANT TAII.OB,
G It A FT OX, WEST FA%
TOWN . i
FASHIONABLE TAILOR,
CHANUKRliy, tV. VA.,
Keeps on linn.I ;i linn assortment of!
brnlli men s (foods iiitd Triminings. I
A Is. a lull line o! Simples front I'nil.
delphi i to bn selc.'tcd from tur suits,
’ •’ <mud tits and tuisonaldc charges
for work (guaranteed. Also
Agent for the Domestic Sew
Ma;hine,
The best Machine in use. N’.impVs of
"oi k enn bn seen t»t »ny time by calling
at bis oliieo. lu>r fufitter reference as to
its pood Utilities call on Miss Mattie
Jones or J. W. Watson. Will .sell cheap
I lor cash, or on easy monthly pavilion's.
i.'iprM
NOTICE TO
RAILROAD CONTRACTORS.
SKAT.F.J) PKOPOSA I.S will be ro
er'tveil up tof p. m. of July 2f>, l*S-\ .'or
1- rim gr ■ luati n, treading hikI run*
sr.nry of six miles ol tin* Kingwood
(nanow gauge) Ihiilu’.iy, h< •.inning at
r tmneiioii on the Bdtfmoio and Ohio i
. lv t lto.nl. No bid will l"j received lb'- i
ess than one section (one mile); 2. The
cm aval.on of a tunnel 01 fif»o feet, more t
or less, on Sc< ion Four; The furnish- |
tug id 'Jo.tJOO cross lies for narrow -gauge i
railioad, to l.e dcdvererl at spoeifled
points along the line 1.1 sdd I’ til wav.
I'r«.tile ami Kpeeilicttioiis and other In
ioiuiation cun t.c s,.| n . 111.1 h,i,i at the
Company's 1 All e in Kin.w.. d W. Va.
on and alter July II, |s-4 t on tract 01 s !
v\ i i 1 be n a 111 rod to pi ve bur.I, w i h good 1
•s •ent ity, in a pomiltv «ipiai 1. ih.nl.Id
the amount of Um hid ; and the n u. es
of 1I10 sureties most accompany th • hid 1
I right to reject nr \ lad 01 aJ! «,| them .
is expia -sly i< -ervcl.
Ah' bids should ho addressed to the'
Secretaiy, John Bnlon Panic King
woml, Preston Count\ , W. S'a.
By order 6f tin Bourn 1 tors,
C. M. ItlsiloP, i*r» s'r
JNO. BAHTON PAYNC, s« 'y.
REAL PEOPEETf
FOB SAFE.
I offer for s tie at reasonable prices, on j
fair conditions and ca>\ terms, my ni- j
Jiie property in, and adj. cut to. u-. .
Town of K lng’a ood, Pre-tort County, 1
W. Va., consisting of my dwelling h u'-.’ !
ami grounds, it v cry d< Ira l>ln property '
- theh'iek building in which the S’ 1- J
tional Bank of k lug wood and Joseph'
Jai ksnns M< re are located ; 17 in res 01 j
valuable meadow and pastille Jaud. a I- I
hniib g C e borough ; also “Mapln
V* uo'l" I irm contain'ng IP'.i acres, tm
derl lid v\ ith eo.il, Ihrt o-fourths ol n tmle j
from town.
i or prices, condifiri- and terms apD’v
to the under-igti f
J. C. McfiURW.
Kin ;\vood W. Va.
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