West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1885-11-06
AND STATE NEWS.
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Last Saturday was 2 payday
on the X. d T. railroad.
This town has q man who was
never known to laugh but once.
Our first snow appeared on Fri
day last. 1t made things white too.
Ba8~Shipping tags and posters are
printed on short notice at this Office.
The Morgantown people had a
bad time for their celebration last
week.
Those who are indebted to US on
subscription must settle at once. We
need money.
Bag~Justices' and Constables'
blanks can be had for Is cents per
hundred at this Office.
james White, of the Grafton
STANDARD, spent Sunday circulating
among his friends here.
John Graham and his sister.
Miss Jennie visited Newburg friends
from Saturday till Monday.
The work on the X. and T. rail-.
road has been brought to n kind Of a
standstill by Mr.. j. c. McGrew.
We can furnish this paper and
The New York World one year for
one dollar and seventy-fVe cents.
We can furnish this paper and
Godey's Lady,s Book one year for
two dollars and seventy.fve cents.
The y9tng folks about town
ought TO organize a literary society
and keep it in operation ali winter.
Died, on Monday evening, a
little child of Rensy Duncan (color.
ed) Burial took place on Tuesday.
-Butters, the portrait painter. is
putting out some fine pictures from
his studio. They are natural as life
-Niie Parsons, of Tucker county.
was in town n day or two last week.
lie depart0d for his home on Sun
day.
Mrs. Jos. II. Hawthorne and
Misses Fannie Hawthorne and Tina
Goodwin are visiting Grafton friends
this week.
Jacob Guseman and wife, Of
Guseman Mills, stopped in town
Sunday on their way home from
M0rgantown.
Local letters from GAINESVILLE,
ROwlesburg, Newburg and Rockville
are crowded out Of this issue but
will appear next week.
The gasaline fixtures in the NJ.
T.. church are out of repair, and Sun.
day evening the church was lighted
by lanterns and lamps.
The grading upon our railroad
villa bee completed in about two
o weeks, if the weather is favor.
able for outdoor work.
Editor Long, Of the Moorefeld
Examiner, was married last week.
AS q consequence his paper was un-
usually good this week.
To morrow friday the Wool
Growers and Stock Breeders, of this
county, will hold their semi.annual
meeting at Albrightsville.
observation-disclosures appearing in
this issue are HamiltOn's Piano and
Organ, Duf's College, New York
Sun and Godey's Lady's Book.
Frank Hine, the Bruceton tin.
neT, came near burning himself to
death and his building TO the ground
last week. He dropped q lighted
lamp and the oil ignfted.
Examine carefully all the Judi.
cial Sales in this issue Of our paper.
1t may be that you want TO buy a
good farm or other property that Is
herein advertised for sale.
Al Brown, who has been resid.
ing in Randolph county for some
time past, is now at his home below
town sick, He is threatened with
typhoid fever, the Doctor informs US
&WiH Glen, A. j. Lawton, and
Heb Harshbarger, who attended
school here during the summer.
spent Sunday i'm town. They al.
have engaged schools for the winter.
Tho boys were ont about town
last Saturday night, and did some
harmless mischief. They staked and
ridered James A. Browns palinp
fence and lighted the street lamps at a
late hour.
Dur public schools open next
Monday. The attendance in tine
advanced department is not likely
TO he as large this year as on former
years. Many Of the large pupils
will teach this year.
Members Of tho family Of Eli.
JAN Nusgrave, deceased, OF Marion
county, recently discovered about
5000 iu silver coin which bad been
buried by the deceased in his life
time ON his promises. Some Of the
coin bore the stamp Of 1876. and it
had doubtless been buricd fer several
years.