West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1885-11-13

Marriage licenses nave been
granted the past week TO Marshall
Richard and Barbary Gutherie.
Benjamin Bolyard and Ella Huff
man, John Hudson and Mehala
Green, Robert Seal and Rhen Rim.
ger.
j. Kelley, of Grant district,
gave us a pleasant call on Friday.
He had been out at Masontown un.
dergoing examination and had No.
!. certificate in his pocket when here.
II is unnecessary for us to say that
he was happy.
Gen. Nathan Gof. of this State.
has been ia New York and while
there told a Tribune reporter that
Virginia " carried by intimidation
and fraud IL was certainly n bic
intimidation. We can hardly be-.
lieve Nathan's story.
We had a pleasant call on Satur.
day from Hon. a. l.. Sprague. Sec.
rotary of the Merino Sheep Growers
Association of the United States.
Mr.. Sprague lisa practical farmer and
gave our farmers a practical talk
down at Albrightsville on Friday.
Mr.. viii Hart, of Monongalia
county, examined Mt Masontown
last week, got the highest grade Ger.
tifcatc granted by the Board of Eek.
aminers this year. 1t was nearly
perfect. Mr. Hart will teach the pri.
mary department at Rowlesburg this
year.
There has been granted in this
county this year 1911 teachers Ger
tihcates, as follows: 81 No. rs
Al No. 2's, SO No. 3's. At Mason.
town last week there were 10 No Is
granted, 10 No. % and 10 No. SIS
We are indebted TO the S~uperinten.
dent for this re.capitulation.
w NJ. O. Dawson. Secretary of
the Is. n T. Railroad Company, has
entrusted TO him the disposal of said
Company's Bonds. Parties who
wish To purchase can do so by call.
ing upon or writing the above gen.
tieman at this place. Bonds are
500 each and bear 6 percent inter
est.
Grafton has n little boy named
Norris Eveleth who can boast OF II
grandfathers and grandlnothcrs. 1t
comes about in this way: lie has
two grandfathcrs and two graudmoth.
ers, two great-grandfathcrs and two
great grand mothers, two step great.
grandmothers, and one step great.
grandfather.
Jos. H.. Hawthorne, ESQ. left on
Monday for an extended trip through
the west. He goes merely TO look
at the country, and if he can find a
place that suits him he will locate
in the west in the near future. He
was accompanied by his partner, w.
G.. Brown, who expects TO visit
friends in Missouri for two weeks.
John II. ProudGoot. one Of the
largest farmers and stock dealers in
Barbour county, has been forced 70
make an assignment. His liahiliti,s
are reported at $4,000, with assets
far below that amount. Much Of
his indehtdness is to the banks Of
Grafton. Clarksburg and iKingwood
ihis failure will likely carry with il
oth'rs, so that its effects Will doubt.
less be far reaching.
John Suttle, who lives on the
Sand Fork of Freemau's creek i'm
Lewis county, was recently robbed
of 81 800. Suttle was afraid To- keep
the money about the hOusr, and
stored il in the ground in a strip of
woods some distance from his resi-.
dence. going occasionally 10 the spot
To add to or take from his store of
greenbacks. as occasion might re-.
qnire. One day last week he went
ITO his nOycl bank ~ make q deposit.
when he found some thief hal been
there Before him and stolen the en-.
lire sum.
Our public school builCin is
said tn he q death trap and should
az once be repaired before Il number
of the scholars are killed. G.orge
Rider is 10 authority for the state.
ment that the plastering upon the
ceiling is liable 20 drop OF ut any
time. Should it fall during school
hours it is probable that n number
OF persons would be killed. Those
who have children TO- send to school
should insist that the plastering up.
on the ceilings be taken Off at the
earliest possib Q time. This Is a
thing that needs immediate atten.
ton
The Wool Growers and Stock
Breeders held an interesting meeting
at Albrightsville last Friday al
which time officers we're elected for
the ensuing year as follows: Presi.
dent, Jehu Jenkins; Secretary. w.
c. Worley Treasurer. Elisha Thorn.
as The Vice Presidents elected
are John ", Feather for Grant. Col.
John ID. Rig for j easant. Dorsey
Forman for Portland David Stempie
for Union, Moses Sinclair for Reno.
Mai. Orr for Lyon, John w. Guse.
man for Valley and W. G.. Brown
for Kingwood. Hon. A. +. Sprapue.
Of Ohio, addressed the meeting
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