West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1883-07-07

was down to Kingwood on Saturday or
| business.
Amos Powell is working for NJ. Lay
ton, the blacksmith,
William Pierce, who has been WORKING
at Braddock, Pa, passed through town OF
| Sunday, en- route for Fellowsvilie.
Mrs. James Watkins died on Saturday
| afternoon, and was buried on Sunday. Mr.
Walking has the sympathy of his numer-
Gus friends in the loss of wife.
Mrs. George Z. DUR and children ar,
visiting relatives near KingwoOd.
DIR. IL. w. Harr has gone to Marion
county tO spend the Ain and visit his par
cnts.
James Donohue, the pugilist of Eighty
Cut, was visiting in town on Sunday.
Miss Laura Crayton, of Wheeling, was
visiting Mrs. Bpnafield last week.
Steve Phillips says he has quit going Ia
lsodsmer's until further notice.
Frank Jackson went down to Kingwood
on Sunday, To attend the funeral OF his
grandfather, Dir. Shaffer.
DR.. w. r. Vsnkirk, of Grafton, was in
town on professional business, last Satur
day.
Misses BERTHE anu Jennie ShaJfer, OF Aus
ten, and Misses Stella YounGman and
Dell Watson, and Mrs. A. j. Bonafield and
two sons, Guy and Hugh, of this place,
pic-nicsd at Buck Horn Wall on Satur-
day.
Geo. Layton was visiting his brother,
Mike Layton, on Saturday.
George b. Williams has gone to Pitts
burg to try his hand at railroading.
Jim Watkins cut his foot with an axe
last Wednesday. 1t is bad cut and it
will lay him up for couple of months
Who in the name OF Republican cor
ruption is Republican, When did ever
say anything about Republican p that's
the question. i see in last weeks ARGUS
an article oyer the signature of Patsy
Doodle, accusing me with wanting TO In .
crease the taxes of National Banks I'M
Willingly writes Republican, You are
a gentleman, Mr.. r., 1 accused you of
nothing. I'll admit while in froliosome
mood, one day, l had political chat with
an e1-sheriff, in which / reported him as
saying: i believe in equal taxation; /
believe III taxing National Banks This
is the ex-sheriG's language. verbatim. Let
him deny the language attributed to him,
and will then prove it by gentleman
who was standing by at the time and heard
him say il. Men who don't like TO see
Their names in print should not talk no
loud and long, for fear their henchmen
are not sufficiently advanced IN the art NJ
fabrication to extract them from the fin
pancy into which they have unhappily
fallen. There il no monkeYing about this
business. Yes, 'Rcpublicau, | voted for
Prof. Shahan and against the Dawson
Court Bill as you have dubbed it. What
of it What object had you in view
when you said you voted for the Dawson
Court Bill, and intend to vote for the SEN
ator in "a Still It's too early in the
campaign to talk politics. Inconsistency =,
thy name is Republican = I'll wager my
Greeley hat against a niclle that 'Repub-
lican' is al office seeker, and the chances
are in his favor to continue as one for the
next decade and az such he is the object
of pity and commiseratlon. You must
have been drinking water favored with to-
bacco juice when you wrote that letter to
the Journal. Try again, Republican
your accusation is not tensble.
MIR. and Mrs. Ellis Shirer, Of Independ.
ence, are in town, the guests OF L. b.
Swearingen.
}. NJ. Jeffreys, of Jrontown, was in
town last week, calling on his old friends
}. w. Loughrie, the pilot ographer, is in
town and expects to remain with us until
Camp Meeting.
NJ. +. Caulehan has abandoned his win
ter quarters and is engaging rooms at q
summer resort for the present.
Miss May Bishop aud Maggie Foster
drove over to Fcllowsville and back on
sunday.
]. T. Ruckio made Newburg a business
call on Saturday.
Dr. Muliigan thinks Of spending the 4th
q. home.
Maj 4, A. bennington and @. Kettle
well, OF Cranberry, were here in the in
terest Of the West Virginia Enterprise on
Friday.
John w. Crooks, of the Wheeling Reg
ister, was In town on Saturday, soliciting
subscribers for The same.
5 Moore, Of Rowlesburg, IL in town.
Everybody arc talking of going 70 Gran
berry the 4.h.