West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1894-09-06

1t is said that President Cleve-
land will visit kingwood, w. Va,
on hunting and fishing expedition.
Mrs. Cora Bishop was taken
seriously i'll again Sunday night
with commissions aud her friends
were dispatched for. Her sister.
Mrs. Allie Haymond, arrived from
Fairmont and Is with her. DR..
Manowu is the physician.
Those from Kingwood who at
tended the Congressional Conven-
ton at Elkins yesterday, were ID.
NJ. 'Wotring. ID. Il. jackson, Leroy
Shaw, Wilbur Posteu. James W.
White, Neil J. Fortney, ID. S.
Gutherie and James Terrill.
William Gutheric, sou Of Stephen
Gutherie, Esq, of near Brandon
vile, was-in town Monday. lie has
been absent from the county several
years, travelling in the west and en-
gagged in the Insurance business in
Chicago and is now visiting his old
home in Preston.
Pensions have been granted to
PrestonIans as follows Original,
Plat NJ. Cathell, of Etam Reissue,
Aaron j. Lyon, of Newburg, and
John NJ. Collins, of Bruceton.
Original widows pensions, Mrs.
Eliza Francis, of Bruccton, and
Samuel Bird, of Bruceton, reissued
and increased.
Charley Claig has about the
finest buckwheat to be found around
here. Part OF it is of the japanese
variety and part Australian. 1t is
ripe and Is being harvested this
week, the latter is little later, but
very tall and heavy, some stalks
measuring nearly seven feet high.
Charley expects TO have about 300
bushel.
Last Sunday evening u Christian
Endeavor Society was organized in
the Presbyterian church. The
Christian Endeavor Is great or
ganization, having membership of
over 5000, 900 The next meeting
will be held on Monday evening
of next week at 1880 o'clock.
Everybody is invited to come and
listen and Join.
Mr. and Mrs. Roland Picrpoint
Murdoch, OF Wichita, Kansas, have
been here the past week visiting
relatives. They have been summer
ing in the Catskill Mountains, New
York, and stopped Off here on their
return home. Mr.. Murdoch is one
of the proprietors of the Wichita
Eogle. one of the leading papers of
the Sun Flower State"
The Grand Castle Of the knights
OF the Gol1cn Eagle of this State,
has Teen holding its Seyeth Annual
Session at Moundsville this week.
All the Castles in the State are rep
resented, one from this county, at
Lenox. John Englehart, who rep
resented Lenox Castle, was elected
Grand Trustee. Huntington was
Selected as the next place Of meet
ing.
Senator Flurnoy, of Charleston,
was here last week looking after
the interest Of this State in regard
to the boundary line and disputed
territory between West Virginia and
Maryland. lie employed julius X.
Monroe to survey the line from
Fairfax Stone to the Pennsylvania
line, a distance Of about 3G miles.
Mr.. Monroe will begin next week
to hunt up land titles along the
route and get ready for the survey.
The Republicans of this district
are very kind indeed and more mag
unanimous than we gave them credit
for. The Democrats have been
trying hard for long time TO elect
a member Of the County Court, and
no difference how good q man we
run, the Republicans never found
it out till after the election and he
was defeated. So since we can't
elect a Democrat ourselves, the Re-
publicaus are going TO try and do it
for us. How kind Of them.
When Baby was sick, we rave her Cortoria