West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1895-07-18
THE WEST VA ARGUS,
kingwoOd, July rs, 1898.

castoria at MeMnlen's Drug Store.
A match game of ball will be plaved
Saturday between Independence and
Tunnelton.
Chamberiain's Diarrhoea Remedy at
McMillen's Drug Store.
The Presbyterian Church looks we'll
now with new carpet on the floor and
new paper on the walls
The Knights of Pythias OF this place
ARE arranging for picnic out on the
T., X. & +. railroad some time next
month.
The Newburg base ball clab is ex
pected to be here and play match
game with the club here on next Satur.
day, July Goth.
A festival and box supper will be
given tomorrow night in the town
hall at Tunnelton Proceeds for the
benefit of the NJ. E. Church.
Felix Elliott, Jr.. is having consider
able improvement made at his home ON
East High Street. The yard is being
filled up and graded off nicely
The funeral sermon of the late Mrs.
George Kisner will be preached next
Sunday, Jnly 2lst. at the Gordon
Church, near Gladsville, at 1880 a. m.
l have a Richardson & Boynton Warm
Air Heater, for sale, with pines. regis.
tiers, etc. will sell half its worth will
heat six rooms. Also some Hat tin pipe.
Ut VIM NJ. o. DAWSON.
The contract for carrying the mail
between here and Masontown has been
sub-let to James F. Watson, of near
Masontowu, for period of six months
only
Born, last night to Mr.. and Mrs. j.
w. White, OF this place, another new
woman, DIR. Powell attending physi-
clan This makes two girls for Bro.
White
VIM. Mo. Dawson moved this week
into JAS A. Browns elegant residence
on Main Street. The building lately
occupied by Mr.. Dawson has been
purchased by Edmund Messenger and
will be moved this week.
IN. Stemple. of Aurora, and John o.
Whetsell, of Rowlesburg, have bought
the patent right for this county to
manufacture and sell the Perfection
Bee Hive" and are now calling on our
people who are interested in bees.
Harry Meanear, a son of A. ID. Ma
near, got severely hurt Tuesday morn
ing while setting up ten pins at the
Hotel Gordon. He fell through crack
IN the floor and cut his leg badly. DR..
Baker dressed the wound and sewed il
up.
Harry Potter is having a two-story
frame building erected in the rear of
his jewelry store. The building is to
be used for carpenter and paint shop
and wareroom generally. An ice
house will also be erected and Joined
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There was n very pleasant and enjoy
able bali at the Hotel Gordon last
Thursday night. Quite a number Of
people attended from town and three
couple from Terra Alta and with the
summer guests stopping at the hotel,
1t made merry party
j. Newton Calvert, lately home from
College is now working on the track
of the T., X. & F. railroad and inn
proving his muscle as we'll as his peck
etbook. Newt is made of the right
material and will make his mark some
day, without having TO use q pick and
shovel to do it.
Thomas w. Cooke, Of Cumberland,
was here this week and gave us pay
ing call TOMS wife lately presented
him with another fine boy making
three prospective Democratic voters in
the family and in this respect anyhow
Tom is doing more for the party than
old Grover himself
Last Saturday while THE ARGUS
force was all away except the devil"
a tramp printer came along hunting
work. He came in and looked around
the Office and found it so neat and clean
that he said he would go on somewhere
else IL made him uneasy to work in a
real clean printing Office and he was
afraid TO risk IT
P. j. Crogan, J. Harry Neff, VIII
Wotring and w. d. Parkhurst all went
over to Newburg Monday on their bicy-
cles. Lawyer Crogan remained there
TO try a case In the Justice Court while
the others went or TO Grafton on their
wheels. 1t rained hard and was too
soft for them to return that way, so
they came back by rail
A big time is advertised TO take place
over at Aurora on Saturday, Aug 3
The Knights Of Pythias, odd Fellows
and Good Templars are arranging for
union picnic that day and will have
big parade at 10 a M, headed by a
brass band. a grand Tournament and
game of base ball are among tho at
fractions. Addresses will be delivered
by representiye Of each society and
Refreshments Of every description will
be served on the grounds" according
70 the posters Wen take ours out In