West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1888-09-20

of Mr. MCGEE who is nursing his son
George who is sick with typhoid
fever.
The Rey. A. E. Fortney will preach
in the Bethlehem church, about FIVE
miles from Kingwood next Sunday
morning, September %. at 1880
o'clock.
Capt. Gus j. Shaffer made his last
trip as conductor of the T. X. & +.
train last Saturday. Charles Carroll,
of this place, took charge of the train
on Monday.
News reached here last Friday that
DIR. Fuller, at one time q resident of
Brandonville, had been murdered q
few days age. He has been living in
the west since he left this county.
The Cadet Corps will present a
very respectable appearance. Sixty
FIVE old cadets have reported and
there are sixteen recuits. Sergt. Ma
jor Phil Shaffer, is "rattling" the last
Neutrality-suspicious..
The Albrightsville band passed
through Kingwood last Saturday eve-
ming and rendered some good music.
The 'boys" have not been practieing
long but they demonstrated the fact
that they have the making of first.
class band.
Messrs. Hare. Brown and Stoetzer,
the newly elected tutors in the Pre-.
paratory Department seem to work In
their new groove without the slight
est friction, and no doubt will fill
their places acceptably; but, boys,
don't-don't" professor" them, please.
Post.
The new time table went into effect on
Monday, September IL, 1883, on the t. X.
81 f. railroad. BY this schedule the train
leaves Kingwood at 30 a. M. aud ar
rive at Tunneltou at 40 q. M; leave
Function at IL 800 a. M, arrive at King
wood at IL 80 p. m.j leave Kingwood at
$50 p. M, arrive at Tunnelton al 5 40 p.
M; leave Tunnelton at 40 p. m, arrive
at Kingwood at z 30 p. IN.
Lloyd Wheeler, son of Squire III. II.
Wheeler, of Rowlesburg. fell from .
freight Car near Independence last
Thursday night and was killed. CHE
lived several hours after he was hurt.>
The unfortunate man had been to
Grafton and was returning home
when the accident occurred. He Was
3S years Of age and unmarried. His
parents have the sympathy of all.
The Brown Guards have been: invi-
ted by the city of Pittsburg to part:c-
ipate in the parade at the Bi-Centen.
nial Of Allegheny county, at Pitts
burgh, commencing September "a.
There will be nine companies from
this State attend, and our company
thirty FIVE in number - will be fur
nished with free transportation, free
bedding and free board. They will
leave here on the morning Of Soptem-
Der "a, and arrive in Pittsburg same
evening for supper. They will likely
be gone three or four days.-Post.
Yesterday Deputy u. s. Marshall
Springston took b. T. Stone. of Fell
louisville, to Parkersburg upon a
charge of fraudulent use of the mails,
Stone sent out confidential circulars
in which he said he had goods" that
could be regularly passed, and that
for Eve dollars he would give one
hundred dollars worth in return.
When arrested, letters from parties
in Ohio, Illinois and Florida asking
for the goods" were found upon
him, and a circular stating that he
had ones, twos, 6ves and twenties
that could not be detected. After q
preliminary hearing he was sent to
Jail.
A party of thirty of our young
folks and friends spent last Friday
At the Cave, After the party arrived
and the young ladies were preparing
dinner, some OF the young men
thought they would explore the cave
They did not venture far back, for
they heard a noise which they sup.
posed to be a wild cat, panther OF
some other wild beast, and they made
tracks for the open air. They we're
frightened badly and called upon one
Of the boys for a revolver-thst there
was panther 10 the cave. But no
rovolvor oorfd ho fonud and u,oo