West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1895-09-05

represents tue execution of young
Nathan Hale. Septem Der ~, 1850, and
is = historic matter that you should
read up on
Rev. l.. 1. Starkey,of Spencer, Roane
county. formerly OF this county preach
ed funeral sermon in the Baptist
Church at Gladesvile last sunday to a
large crowd of people.
Edmund Messenger left at this office
to-day bunch of buckwheat of the
Japanese variety, that is the finest we
ever saw. The heads are very large
and well filed aud the grains very
plump and heavy. Mr.. Messenger has
fine piece of it in some new ground
near the Poor House.
Devil Anse" Hatfield, OF Hatfield
Mccoy fame, now is very old man,
has purchased farm in Cabcll county,
w. Va, and will spend the remainder
OF his days in peace. lie has Joined
the Methodist Church. in which one OF
the IIatfields is minister, and it is said
that Devil Anse" can deliver an able
prayer.
William Baldwin Frceland is here
this week on the jury he has just re-
! ceived State Certificate Of the First
Glass, good for twelve years anywhere
in the State and licensing him 10 teach
school that time under it and when it
expires he can have il renewed for
twelve years longer by the State Board
of Examiners.
Jerry Graham, the colored fellow,
who broke Jail here on Sunday night,
April 18th, 1894, and escaped by digging
out under the wall, is over at Union
town, where he has been working for
some time on saw-mill. He seems to
be behaving himself and doing well
over there. gentleman from this
town saw and talked with him over
there a few days ago
Rev. A. NJ. Bennett preached his
farewell sermon in the Baptist Church
at Gainesville, Sunday, August 25th,
and has gone to Philadelphia to finish
his course at College. He is a young
man and very popular in this county,
where he has been preaching for two
or three years. 1t is not known where
he will locate when he finishes his
studies and graduates from College.
There was wedding in the parlor Of
the Exchange Hotel, here yesterday.
The contracting parties were Lee A,
Forman and Katie Low. Rev. S. p.
Crummett, of this place, was umpire
and called the game at twelve o'clock.
Everything was harmonious and there
was no kicking from either side on his
decisions The score was n tie and
both parties made home run.
Charles NJ. Dunn, son of Thomas
Dunn, of Bobtown, formerly well
known teacher in this county, is now
located at Jennings, Oklahoma Terri
tory, where he has 100 acres of fine
land, and living on it farming and
keeping bachelors hall. He is badly
in need of the missing rib and we hope
that some lonely girl, who wants a good
husband will write TO him.
A splendid fve-foot wide stone
crossing is being put in this week be-
tween Col. Monroe's and the Presby-
terrain Parsonage A considerable I'LL
has also been made between the walk
and road and thing put under it in the
drain. Jerry Patton had the contract
for the crossing and will also put in
one on Main Street across TO Henry
Flythes and one over Function Street
for the walk leading up on the hill.
Col. Bill Protzman, the celebrated
horse jockey of Valley district, is solid
once more. He has two specimens Of
horsefesh now that are hard to beat
that were given him by parties who
didn't want to winter them. One is
spawned, ringboned, jstulaed poleviled
and has the CHAMBERS. The other one
Is only blind in two eyes and has one
tail chawed off by the calves and is
lame, in two hind legs and limps in
two of its fore legs.
Arrangements are being made for
another big picnic at Gladesville the
last Saturday in this month. The q A 4.
r. and Sons OF Veterans aud Junior
Order and Sunday School, altogether
will make it big success and draw a
large crowd. There will be speeches
and music and a parade and picnic and
good time generally. The place is we'll
situated for attracting large crowd OF
people, as It is a central point with
good roads leading in from all direc.
tions
The recent rains have done lots OF
good for the fall pasture and buck
wheat It has also helped the corn
crop some, but would have been worth
more, a few weeks caller. The corn
needed rain badly when IL was caring
and the grain filing out and the very
dry weather just at that time injured
the yield considerably and especially
where 10 was late from being replanted
and other causes. Some places where
It was planted late in new ground tho
fodder is heavy but poorly cared.
George Mcdonald got badly hurt
/ down at the Hilar.ty Club Camp on the
I river fb,s ohfar dov Tfo ard f,t,foy