West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1895-08-29
THE WEST VA ARGUS.
KingwOOd, August 20, 1895,

Circuit Court convenes here next
Mondy.
Chamberlain's Diarrhoea Remedy at
McMillen's Drug Store.
This is a good time TO put on dog"
now during Dog Days.
The Conference Seminary at Buck
harmon opens its fall term next We'd
nesday.
First class Babbett metal for sale at
THE ARGUS Office at only 10 cents per
pound.
Mary had little lamb.
1t followed her each dav
Till Mary put the boomers on,
And then it ran away
Fall blowing continues but has not
progressed rapidly. the ground being
too dry i'm most places.
Born, Tuesday evening, August 81,
TO Mr.. and Mrs Ellis Field, of this
place. girl baby. DR.. Powell at
tending physician.
A ten-year-old son OF Chris Bergman,
who lives out this side Of TOWNSVILLE,
fell Off the steps last Friday aud broke
his left arm. DR.. Powell. of this place,
was summoned ana reduced the frac-
ture
a good ive-year-old cow that gives two
gallons OF milk at a milking for sale at
very reasonable price. For further
par yiculars, call at this office.
There are lots OF elderberries in the
country and in view of the scarcity of
small fruit many people are gathering
them for use. They make nice jelly
and wine and can be dried and used
for pies
Ye godsl would 1t not be funny
II we should ever see
The bark become visible on q dog.
Aud audible on a tree.
The Epworth League subject for Sun
day evening is the "Healing of the
daughter of the Syrophenician Woman
Reference, Matt 1928 and Mark 1880
The meeting will be led by Miss Iona
Stone.
The Soldiers Reunion opens at Terra
Alta tomorrow and lasts three days.
Big preparations are being made for a
successful time and large crowd is ex-
pected. Quite number of our people
will attend.
1t is rumored that new drug store
will be opened out IN town soon in the
new building of DIR. S. A. Pratt, near
his house, and that lir. Bascom Baker,
of Parsons, who spent a month here
this summer, will be partner ia the
enterprise with DR.. Pratt
The potato crop is good this year
and there are already plenty of them
in the market at reasonable price, 10
cents per peck. While the crop is inn
mense. they are not turning out worth
agent Most of them have TO be dug
out
Mr.. Josiah Summers, of Shaggy
Bone Mountain, received an order for
twelve rattle snakes, from Peter Cru
Der, (better known as Rattle snake
Pete, y of Rochester, New York. Mr.
Summer says he will fill the order and
ship them as soon as possible. Terra
Alta Oracle.
That Morgantown chewing gum girl
has broken loose again. After chew
ing up all the rollers in the New DO.
minion Office, she got hold of julie Flem-
ing's ears. When she had masticated
for an hour, Fleming demonstrated
with his Office boy for tickling him with
afeather Richie Gazette.
Miss Mary S. Garrett, the wealthy
philanthropist of Philadelphia, will
MI kn IN,
school to the Cotton States and Inter
national Exposition, and will have an
exhibit of their work Pennsylvania
has appropriated seven hundred dollars
for bringing them to the Exposition.
Charles Broadway Rouss, of New
York, who is native OF Jefferson
county and who served in the Coufed-
crate Army with William l.. Wilson,
proposes to erect building to be used
rs a rendezvous for Confederate veterans
and place for exhibiting of Con fed
crate relics.
Prof. Frank Butler Trotter, of the
, Conference Seminary, at Buckhannon,
was married to Miss Lily Steele, Of that
place, in the church there at high noon
Thursday, August %, 1895. Prof. A. j.
Hare, OF Morgantown, was best man
and Miss Mabel Mccormick sang beau
tifully throughout the services" The
church was handsomely decorated with
cut flowers and ferns
Mrs. s. G. Dooley, who is erecting
the California building at the Cotton
States and international Exposition,
has notified the Exposition management
that she will ship from Anhein, Cali
fornia, on the 2Sth OF August, twenty
ostriches The original purchase was
sixteen, and she has recently purchns-
ed four more birds, all Of them being ia
fine condition.
Quite a fashionable reception was
given by Misses Letitia and Matte
Parks at their home here Tuesday az.
ternoon TO their lady friends Refresh
ments we're served to the callers and
the ladies voted IL a very pleasant af-
fair. The young ladies leave next week.
Miss Titia for New York and Miss
Matte for Indianapolis.