West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1878-10-05
LOCAL CHIT-CHAT.
Happenings Here and Herea6Outs

To the machinery ola cider mill.
All persons owing Us for lass year
subscription will please remit the amount
within five days after thn receipt OF this
paper, We mean business.
Jno. Barton Payne, Esq, was over at
! Portland on Monday.
Hon. Henry G. Davis spoke at Port
land on last Tuesday evening.
Everything new. everything nice ana
very cheap al Gibson and Albrights.
All who have paid us subscriptions i'm
advance will receive the paper until the
expiration of the subscription.
Services will be held. for the first
time since the dedi -ation. in the new
church at Housewife Oh next SUNDAY
October 9th, at 10 \. NJ, and p. NJ.
gzo~What do you Think They tell MS
w, II. Liston sells both right and left
handed hillside plows.
Frank Mckee, of Brandonvin. was in
town Monday.
Jos. II. Hawthorne started to Nor
gantown ON Tuesday morning.
| To do the best is the best thing TO do
SO go to Gibson and Albrights for new
goods.
The work on the new NJ. f.. church is
progressing rapidly.
The West Virginia NJ. f. Conference
meets at Petersburg on the 10th inst.
At Gibson and Albrights you will md
a nice line of Black Cashmercs, Silks,
etc.
c. L. Vjekery, of Portland, was i'm to
see us last Saturday. He is one of Port
lands most substantial Democrats.
Jerome Menear will begin playing the
devil" in this Office next week.
DIR. A. M. Jarrett, Dentist,
will be in Kingwood Oh the sth of Octo~
Der and remain four days.
lie will also be at Portland on the llth
of October and remain two or three days.
Preston county is very properly styled
the vermont of West Virginia"
Several of our citizens will attend the
Norgantown fair
&a-Post hole diggers, tanning mills.
pumps, farm bells, iced cutters, anu all
manner Of things sold by w. T. Liston.
our young and talented friend DR.. u.
NJ. Dent, of Newburg, will start To Bal
timore this week 70 sttend the College Of
Physicians and Surgeons. Frank is
brilliant young man and we heartily
wish him success.
&G-Why blister your hands and skin
your knuckles when You can buy one Of
Tifin's best corn~shellers from w. r,
Liston, Portland. lau 81
There may be Beauty in rose; there
may be rapture in listening to music
floating over silent waters; but man
seldom pays much attention TO them
while he is breaking pair of tight boots.
RI What do you think? They say that
butter made by the Union churu, sold by
W. #. Liston, is sweetei and commands
a higher price than any other la the mar
ket.
Squire Parsons new house is now
ready for occupancy.
Va Know, all men, aDdwomcn also
that w. +. Liston, Of Portland, w. Va.
is.agcnt for all and every kind of Agri~
cultural Implements.
Mr.. Henry Heermans and lady. of
Corning, n. Y, arc visiting Mr.. +.
Heermans, of this place.
It's surprisingi- and Albright
sell II lbs. sugar for Sl.OO
lbs. good coffee for LOO
pr. WCman's shoes, 100
pr. mems shoes. 100
Chieviot Shifting, only .Osl
Rev. Prettyman, Of Montgomery
county, Nd, and a brother 10 Rev.
DR.. Prcttyman, OF Kingwood, preached
to the Methodist congregation last Sum
day evening.
The Oakland Hcorid advertises
$4,000 residence for sale in Kingwood.
bithf vi TIC iNL lllSi.t III hluGWOId
district. Mrs. Elizabeth Nutter, aged
"a years.
James II. Rees, Esq, has put in a bid
to paint the new NJ. j.. church, Of this
place.
The normal school, now in session ut
this place, will close on Friday the 18th
inst.
We have "A lengthy and we'll written
report Of the Republican meeting which
was held at BrIceton few days ago. and
we are sorry that we are unable to pubs
lish IT,, We take the following from the
reports "After two weeks advertising i'm
the Jo'onot, and by posters, the audi
ence assembled( came to market
was composed Of tweuty-seven Ropub-
licans, four Democrats and seventeen
Greenback ors - fouy-eight in ALL"
4 machi ne has recently been invented
iu England for curing hay, and grain al
so. By artificial heat "a very desirable
piece of Machinery for the miserable
damp foggy climate ofthat country. This
hay dryer said to work 10 a charm
drying from ten to fifteen loads Of green
grass per day, and make a better article
of hay, containing more nutnment than