West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1885-09-25
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Harry WorthingtOn was In town
Monday. Harry has Teen spending
a week or two in Washington City
lately looking after his official inter.
ests. he will get there, Eli in a
short time, he thinks.
We learn that Mr.. and Mrs
Roy G. Stone will commence house
keeping in Philippi where Roy has
secured a position on the Pldindeal.
eT. They will not leave this place,
however, for two or three weeks.
John McGrew, O ofIsaac Nc.
Grew, of Grant district, and nephew
of Hon. j. & McGrew, of this place.
died at the home of his father on
Tuesday morning of consumption.
Deceased was about forty years old.
The Tucker county authorities
want q man named George smith.
smith burned O house To be reveur.
cd for some iancied injury and then
shot &C the man who attempted Co
arrest him, and then made his es.
cape.
Miss Nellie Harrison. a daugh.
ter OF Judge Harrison, of Clarksburv.
is rapidly gaining prominence "a an
artist. some of her paintings have
won prizes at various art exhibitions.
and are highly complimented by in
telligent critics.
james Wallace, the proprietor
of the popular Hotel at Morgantown
which bears his nsme, has rented or
leased the DUR House i'm the same
town for a period Of five years.
Both hotels will be kept open TO the
travelling public.
The track layers on the F., M.
~ +. road are moving out from Fair
mont slowly but surely. Thev are
putting down about one quarter of a
mile OF track a day. At this rate
Morgantown viii not be reached be.
fore the latter part of November.
The grasshoppers that have
been SO plentiful in different parts
of the county this year have done no
great amount ofdamage To the crops
after all. The oats, corn and buck.
wheat crops were never known TO be
better in this county than they are
this year.
The st. George Democrat saws
That the mills at Rowlesburg are all
idle except STEMS handle factory.
They are out OF material TO work on
ana have no prospects of getting
any until Cheat River rises. There
are thousands upon thousands of
logs in the river ready to run.
While currying a horse one day
last week, Joe Wesling, OF Howes-
vile, was kicked in the abdomen.
For twelve hours he suffered the
most excruciating pain, and it was
feared he could not survive. Under
the treatment and care of DIR. Trip.
petit he is much better and will
be going about before many days.
On Tuesday morning last. about
Z o'clock, some fend in human shape
get fire to the barn of Jonah r. Sum.
mers, who lives near Morrantown.
The fire entirely consumed the build
ing together with all of Mr.. Sum.
mers hay and grain, carpenter tools
etc, and a valuable horse. Mr..
Summers is a poor man and the loss
is very distressing
Mons A. l.. L,Louis formerly
q resident Of Preston county. at pres.
ent Of SunHower Landing, Mississippi.
was in town Wednesday. M. lie.
Louis is we'll known in the eastern
portion ofthis county and throughout
Preston. He is now managing n
large cotton plantation in tie famous
1azoo cotton belt, and informs us
THAT his crop this year will be i'm
mense. He is visiting his friend
Col. Strausz at IrondalC Furnace.
GrQftoh Sen,ineJ.
According 20 the Uliontowp
GeHtus application has been made At
the state Department for y charter
to the t|alrchance and State Limo
Railroad Company, distance nine
miles, aud capital stock 9GO.tOO.
The proposed road 10 To run from the
village Of Fairchance, Fay cite coun.
~, to a point on The boundary line
between Pennsylvania and West Vir-
ginia, az or G a where the Big Sandy
creek crosses said line. The presi-
DENTS j. a. jenkins, Of Ursina.
Some people are slow in TELLING
what good things have been done
for them, but Mr. John =. DAILY. of
Gillisonville, S.. g., says he takes
great pleasure in testifying to the
wonderful efficacy Of Browns Iron
Bitters In dyspepsia, fever and ague.
and general debility Of the system.
He has personally experienced the
most satisfactory results from the
use Of this valuable medicine. Make
a memorandum of this, all We whose
systems are run down. Browns
Iron Bitters will cure you.
On Tuesday night of last week
burglars entered the boarding house
Of Mrs. Edwards i'm Newburg and
stole a trunk belonging to John Lam.
bert, a bOarder. 10 was carried to n
field near by, broken open and q sill.
yer watch and four dollars in cash
we're taken by the robbers. BOYS
while hunting COWS the next morn
ing discovered IL. The burglars al
so entered the residence Of Wort
smith and stole a watch belonging
20 AdOlph Weir valued at Gftv dol.