West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1888-01-19
81. -. - .saI. VI ID.

% aaNNAfN u In sc I've NNN Naf ~
Ami Martin. MAYOR, q. Clay Hyde.
recorder, W @. Brown. Smith Cr.n
z. Thomas ". G worlry and VIM.
". q. Dav son, counciin, p.
/, il rumorcd thai ~ L y. orr
ard Elisha Thomas have purchased
Tie yScaut lots opposite tie court
house OF - : oar aud viii erect a
large ho:sl ia The near futurc. We
hope the rumor b. correct
Mrs lsaac r. Lcese, ~ Bomney.
aged twenty yeas while brushing Oh
the mantle piece on Monday. Jsuu-
AIRY, ca. had her clotling co catch IN
frr. she ran out u tie run and tr,el
Co quvn,h the flames but a. no ore
was ncsr to assist her, she was burnt
TO- such Terrible manner that death
relieved h,r 81 her suffering on We'd.
nesday, the 4th.
The j'wolp store of. W. Hull &
Co, Grafton was entered by burg lars
last Friday night and robbed Of NO
thousand dollars worth Of jswelrv
This is the fourth time MFR. Hull has
been robbed since he started in bust.
ness in Grafton.
The X. & I. Rail Road Managers
secured the services Of Geo. X Lilly
at their big blowout last Saturday,
TO toot the baritone in the Kingwood
band. George astonished the natives
over there and is said to have been
the flower of the band "A regular Lii.
~ you know.-Graftoa Eagie.
The Eog'e is mistaken; il was The
members of the old Mozart Band
who secured tho valuable service OF
Mr.. Lilly.
The following freight tari1 has
hccn fixed by the managers ofthc X.
Il +. General merchandise, / cents
per hundred; in car load lots. cents
per hundred; salt, fertilizers, -four
and grain, per car load. 6 cents per
cwt lumber per car, cents per cwt
Crossties, each, : cents from King
wood, Gl cents from Snider's, 6 cents
from Switchback, . cents from How
esville. The express tariff has not
been made out "a yet.
j. u. McCortney, Of Union, Mon
roe county. has "a piece ~ provincial
currency issued AZ the city or Anna.
polls, Nd, on December 2Gth, 1875.
for the sum Of two ana two thirds
dollars, aud is said to have been or.
i2inally signed by BEN. Fra kiln
himself. This interesting relic is now
so much defaced that il is impo.si-
bic to decipher the signator. 10y the
naked eye alone. The authenticity
Of thc note is unquestioned.
Mr.. and Mrs. w G. Dunnington
gave party in honor OF their guests
Misses Minnie NeH and Florence
Parks, Of Kingwood, at their home
Tuesday evening". a royal good
time was had, AMI the rerreshme t,
wcree xceIlent. The guests were
Misses Laura Rigg, Emma Carr,
Matte Adair, Cora Jone.. Nina Frey
Mira Watson, Nottie Herndon, Eta
Lovenstein, blanche Groscup, Eva
Shawen, Messrs. Walker, Postcn,
Herndon, Parsons and Watson
Terra dta Times
A company has been organized in
this county TO be known as the king.
wood Coke Company for the purpose
of mining, selling and shipping and
dealing in coal. manufacturing, sell
ling and shipping and dealing in
coke, manufacturing. selling, ship
ping, handling and dealing in brick
Of all kinds made from clay, and OF
purchasing, holding and leasing ards
and mining rights in West Virginia
for such purposes ofth.s corporation
the principal Office to be at Kingwood
Preston county ami charter to expire
in 1888. The sum Of four thousand
dollars has been subscribed TO the
capital stock, with privilege Of in
cieasing same to fifty thousand dol
lars. The cOrporhtUr, are james X.
Smoot, of Newburg, 4 J. BonaGell
Of Tunnelton. w. NJ Dawson, J
Ami Martin, VIM. 6. Brown. and
WIN. G.. Worley, Of Kinlwood. Geo
NJ Whitcscarvor, John r. McGraw
and Jonn w Mason. Of Grafton.
a serious cutting scrape occurci
at TSrconueH. Tdy lor county, last
Saturday evening, which came near
hcing fatal To one Of the parties con.
rncd II seems that John Summers