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 THE WESTERN ARGUS. 63 tired, and was never again connected with the paper, sell- ing the establishment to Samuel Davenport, who changed the name again to the "Beaver Argus." Mr. Davenport was the second president of Beaver College and Musical Institute, serving for one and one half years. After the Civil War he was for some time Assessor of Internal Revenue. Later he moved to Indiana, Pa., where he died. Mr. Davenport retired from the "Argus" Decem- ber 25, 1861, and closed his work with a very appropriate editorial, in which he said: "The mtercourse between ourselves and our patrons has been of the most pleasant kind and he has not the recollection of having had a single difficulty with any one since he entered the oifice." Mr. Davenport was regarded by many associated with him, as the most scholarly man that has occupied the editorial chair in Beaver county, but being more inclined to ease than a strenuous life, he failed to impress his scholarship and learning on the journalism of his day, as he might easily have done. Thomas C. Nicholson, a young man of fine ability, as- sumed charge of the "Argus" January 1, 1862. He was the son of Thomas and Eebecca Stewart Nicholson, his father a prominent man in the county, the first Superin- tendent of the schools of the county, a member of the Legislature and Cashier of the State Treasury for a number of years. Thomas C. Nicholson studied law in Beaver, served as a member of the 140th Penna. Volun- teers, later went to Kansas, where in August 1868, he was admitted by the District Court of Junction City, Kas., to practice in the courts of that State. Later he lived at Altoona, Pa. Upon taking charge of the paper, Mr. Nicholson ad- dressed the patrons of the paper in the following edi- torial: "Being reared and educated in your midst, it is hoped this fact will inspire a reasonable degree of confi-