West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1886-07-02
COUNTY AND STATE NEWS.

-Kingwood was well and ably
represented at Terra Alta last Sat-
urday.
Mrs. j. NJ. Goodwin and Miss
Lille Elliott are both confined to
their rooms with diptheria.
The school at this place is Ger.
tainly in very 6ourishing condition.
About sixty scholars are enrolled at
this time.
-Vickery & Worthington, our
enterprising meat merchants, took
beef to Terra Alta and disposed ef it
Saturday.
ID. Sherman Guthrie and Miss
Florence Morris were married IN the
NJ. T. Church. by the Rev. Driven, on
Tuesday evening. Further notice
next week.
Rip Van Wrinkle was foolish to
go out and sleep on damp mountain
for twenty years. He might just as
we'll have clerked in store that did
not advertise.
johnson, the murderer, of the
Rev. J. p. Thatcher, of Moundsville
has been captured and is now safely
in prison. He will or ought to, hang
before another springtime,
Our Office will be removed to
Court House spare in the
course of eight or ten days. We
will then have better quarters than
we have at the present time.
Mr., and Mrs. VIM. M. 0. Daw.
sob entertained large number of
their friends Wednesday evening on
the occasion of a reception COM
plimentary to Mr.. and Mrs. ID. Sher-
man Guthrie.
The bonded warehouse Of DR.. A.
M. Jarrett's distillery at Grafton was
broken int and robbed of Darrell
of whiskey one night last week. The
guilty parties, two or three Grafton
roughs, are now in Jail.
"A company of Rowlesburg cap
italists have purchased twenty acres
of land two miles this side of Green's
boro and will erect a mammoth saw
mill. They have $4,000 acres of fine
timber land on the headwaters Of
Cheat.-[M organtown Dominion.
"A number of the leading attor-
neys and Judges of the State have
called meeting of the lawyers of
West Virginia, at Grafton, on Thurs
day, July 8, to take steps looking
toward the organization of a State
Bar Association. A full attendance
Of lawyers is earnestly desired.
We learn that the Piedmont PEG.
pie say their base ball club beat the
ROwlesburg Deltas last Saturday.
This is a mistake. Piedmont would
have to play much better game than
it did last Saturday 10 get a score If
playing the Deltas. Preston county
leads the State on base ball
Our exchanges tell us Of new
swindle on the farmers. An agent
calls and offers the farmer few
gallons of paint free Of charge IL he
will become an agent for the same.
A contract is signed Of course which
is so wOrded that the dealers may
ship the farmers any amount of the
stuff they care TO and make him pay
for II or at least cause him trouble.
There we're two exciting games
of ball played at Terra Alta on Sat.
urday. One game wrs between the
Oakland and Keyser clubs and the
other between a scrub nine of Rowles-
burg and Piedmont club. Oakland
beat Keyser one score in twelve in.
nings Piedmont beat The ROwles
burg scrubs badly. Now, let them
tackle the Deltas
The editor received, on yester.
day, two excellent specimens ofbind.
ing from the Wheeling Register bind
cry, Of Wheeling. The books sent TO
be rebound we're "bard-looking spec
linens" when they left US; but they
came back as bright and beautiful as
could be desired. any Of our read.
ers have books hIch they wish re-.