West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1889-09-12
Amsng Our Exchanges.

and Squire Shaffer, of Kingwood,
were in town Tuesday.-SentiRel.
Good morning, little orphan,
said the corn to the oats. Why do
you call me orphan p replied the
oats, Because you have no fodder"
chuckled the corn. The oats was
shocked. -Sentinel.
The intelligence is cabled from
London that Tennyson, who is now
eighty years old, walks three miles
a day. We know men in this coun-
try not half so old who walk twice
that distance. Sentinel.
The game law is still in effect, but
still we hear that the man with a
gun, flask and spike tail dog is prone
to steal off these cool mornings and
have a few hours hunting all by
himself, law or no law.-SentineI.
Miss Mary l.. Brown, daughter Of
our old friend Granville Brown. of
Clinton District, will enter school
to-day at the University. She will
room at Mrs. Boughner's and board
Mt Mrs. HawthornG's. R. G.. Ber-
kelley, jr., reached home Friday after
an extended tour through Great
Britain, France and the Continent.
Macy McGee Waters, who has
been attending the Boston Theolo-
gical Seminary, is visiting frieds in
town. Post.
Mrs. Lucy Dering, of Morgantown,
will this year have charge of the
music and art department of the
Normal, having been selected by the
Executive Committee yesterday to
the position.
She is an accomplished teacher of
both music and painting,and we con-
graduate the Committee upon secur-
ing her services. We are confident
she will make the department a sue
cessful one and popular feature of
the school. -FdirmOm Inder.
Col. N. W. Fitzgerald says he has
Travelled over three continents and
finds no place so pleasant and heal
thy in summer as this. These tes-
timonials to the worth of this place
as n summer resort are not
only gratifying, but ought to arouse
the energy of all to improve the
place as much as possible.
Terra Alta band is again organized
and is practicing regularly. So far,
VIC believe, there is no regular
instructor, which every band should
have in the start. 1t should receive
whatever encouragement the people
can give it. Times
Our friend George 2. Zinn, Of
Reedsville, holds the belt for this sec
ton in big lambs. lie has a lamb
only four months old that weighs l 90
pounds. II is Of the Shropshiredown
stock. Who can beat it ?-All
but one of the numerous suits
brought some years ago against the
Orrel Coal Company at Newburg
for the lives lost in the coal shaft at
that place, have been compromised,
the company paying $500 for each.
-Messrs. Gus and Yes Barker
have bought tremendous big cir
cular saw mill that they will locate
in their timber land in Preston
county and turn out lumber by the
tens Of thousands. We hope they
will make fortune ont Of their
venture.-NeO Dominion.
Judge Hoke was in town the lat
ter part Of last week and directed an
order Of publication to be entered in
the prohibition case against the
County Court and others, so as to
mature the case for hearing on it's
merits at the November term Of
court.---Tho old Irontown furnace
was sold few days ago for 50, 900,
and moved to the State Of Ohio.
When this furnace was built it cost
about one hundred thousand dollars,
and was one Of best in this section Of
the country. It never did much
good ut Irontown. There is q
move on foot in the third district
to send Gov. Wilson to Congress.
The Governor is a hustler, and II he
receives the nominotion he will make
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