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66 April 3, 1867, the paper was fitted out with a new dress of type, and December 16, 1868, it appeared in a still more beautiful dress, and the office was furnished with a Cottrell & Babcock power cylinder press. January 8, 1873, Mr. Weyand disposed of an interest in the paper to Robert L. Treiber of Beaver, a printer who learned his trade in the office, the firm name being Weyand & Treiber. September 17 of the same year, the "Argus" was consolidated with the "Beaver Radical," under the name of the "Argus and Radical."

The Beaver Radical.

In November 1868, Matthew S. Quay established the "Radical" in Beaver, in opposition to the "Argus," then owned and conducted by Col. Jacob Weyand. The paper was started without any flourish, and with no regular list of subscribers. It is said that at a meeting with a number of his political friends Colonel Quay announced that he purposed starting a paper, and that substantial assistance, as well as encouragement, was given to the enterprise, and what the list of patrons lacked in numbers was made up fully in weight and ability.

It was doubtless one of the ablest country papers ever published in the State, and its columns were frequently graced with articles from some of the ablest writers in the country. It was positive and aggressive in politics, representing of course the views of the distinguished editor in all things, and making war on the enemies of those views. The existence of the two Republican papers, so at variance with each other, was injurious to the party, and led to much controversy and considerable