The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1890-11-27
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60t5t00t II rec.
William Mounts was before e..
>. Commissioner, Fl. G. Ragland, )
tuesday ON a charge of selling!
whisky, and was sent on to the g.
5. District Court, which is now in
session at Charleston.
d. T. Bryan has resigned as
Sergeant of the town on account
Of business engagements, and,
Leander Cary has been appointed
TO fill the vacancy. The appoint
ment of Mr.. Cary is a splendid
one.
John b. Wilkinson and Don
Vinson returned Monday after an
absence OF three weeks sight see
ing in the large cities. Don says
he took in the Peoples Theatre
in Cincinnati and seen lots Of
fun g.
r. w. Peck, who, together with
his wife, has been visiting Mrs
Peck's sister, Miss Alice Clark,
who has been quite sick with ty-
phoid fever, returned home on
Sunday, and reports Miss Alice
as improving.
Owing to the series of meetings
at this place, there was no meet
ing Of the Temperance Society
last Friday night. There will be
a meeting, however. on next Fri
day night, and we hope there will
be full attendance. /.
If boys want fun, and we like
to see them have it, they should
select some other place Than The
hall of the Court House. or. the
streets in front Of the Court
House, while religious services are
being held in the Court House.
Mr.. Z. A. Bennett, the popular
IN the grocery depart
ment Of U. b. Buskirk's store,
left for his home in Calhoun coun-
ty on Monday evening. He will
be absent about ten days. Guess
who he will bring back with him,
but then sis it anybody's business
what anothers business is"
The w. g. T. U. at this place
is composed of noble band OF
ladies, and We believe that they
will do good work. A youthful
SBand Of Hope has been organ
lied and has quite a large menu
God bless and take care
of the children, should be the un-
ceasing prayer of both saint and
sinner.
Hon. S. a. Miller, of Charles
ton, died on the 18th inst. He
practiced law at this place for
many years and had a great many
warm personal friends in Logan
county. He was member OF the
Confederate Congress during the
war. He was loved by all for his
purity of character. May he rest
in peace.
4 We now have some hope of see
ing the cause of the christian re-
ligion builtup at this place. The
christian ladies of the town have
taken hold of the work in. earnest
and our experience is that the in
huence of half dozen christian
women will have more effect on a
community than a score OF the
ablest devines in the country.
The section of road on Island
Creek from the house Of Howard
Ellis to the bridge below } M.
JacKson's has been let to contract
to Eli White for one hundred dol
lars, and the section from the
bridge up to intersect with the
old road has been let to Lewis
White for ninety dollars. Both
sections are to he completed by
January LIST 1891.
Our right bower. Lieutenant
William Preston Floyd, left for
Charleston on Monday evening.
We hope that he will not only en-
Joy the delightful roads between
this place and Brownstown, but
that his stay in Charleston may
be both pleasant and profitable,
and that upon his return to this
place he may bring with him one
to divide his sorrows and multiply
his joys. n
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No one in Logan county has any
legal authority to sell any kind Of