West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1895-08-15
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DR.. NJ. T. Powell was seriously indis>
posed last week, but is all right again
The Postmaster has been sick the
past ten days with symptoms OF, fever.
Miss Brake Polling, OF Puntytown, is
Millen.
John II. Garner and family returned
yesterday from visiting friends at Ter
IA Alta
Miss Sarah r. Fairfax left last week
for a few weeks sisit at Terra Alta and
Mt Lake Park.
Mrs. Mary f. Parks has been over ut
Mt, Lake Park, avoiding the hot wealth.
er the past week.
DIR. Bascom Baker left last Saturday
for his home in Parsons after a months
vacation spent here.
Camden Messenger has been unable
TO work this week, owing TO being bad
ly crippled with the rheumatism.
w. Frank Lipscomb has returned to
his home at Parsons and at least one
Child here is very lonesome without
him.
Buckner Grimes, who got badly hurt
at Bayard some time since, is at his
fathers home near Reedsville, laid up
for repairs,
Mr.. and Mrs. George A. Walls, Miss
Lillian Morris, Mr.. L. T. Hartman Miss
Nyra Watson aud Mrs, Flora Il. Posten
and children, have been rusticating at
Mt. Lake Park the past week.
Capt. George A, Shaw and wife ar.
rived here last week from the south,
and are visiting relatives In this county.
Capt. Shaw is n SON of Uncle Ben"
Shaw, of this place, and nephew to
Sheriff Shaw.
Miss Letitia q. Parks arrived here
Monday from Charlottesville. Indiana,
and will remain for the heated term,
visiting her mother and the family.
Miss Titia now sports fine bicycle an d
is an expert rider
A party composed of julius X. Mon.
roe, j. Harry Neff, w, w. Monroe and
Homer Ravenscraft, left yesterday for
Shaggy Mountain to do some more sur
veying on the State Line Bounday.
They expect to be gone some time and
will finish up some points Of the survey,
not completed last fall, when they were
engaged in the same way,
Last Friday evening, John VI. Crane
got severely kicked by horse. He was
riding his own horse and rode up close
TO another horse hitched TO the fence
near his stable The horse wheeled and
kicked him on the shin bone, cutting
big cash and bruising the leg pretty
badly. DIR. Manown was called in and
rendered surgical aid and the patient
is doing we'll, but will be confined to
his house for some time,
Mrs. Nancy Barnum, OF Bridgeport
Conn, the comparatively young and rich
widow of of p. T. Baenum, has married
Demilri Ballias Bey, of Constantinople,
titled Greek, holding high rank in
the Turkish Government.
Mrs. Barnum was the second wife of
the Snowman She was born at South
port, Lancashire, England, about forty
five years ago. Her maiden name was
Nancy Fish.
Ed. Meredith and Art Martin re-
turned Friday from their visit TO King
wood. On their trip over they missed
the train at Tunnelton, which would
have necessitated a wait of several
hours at that point, had they done 80.
But being very anxious TO see the girls,
the boys hoofed It over to Kingwood---
10 miles.-in two hours and ten minutes
They reached Kingwood so soon after
the train that the girls were still at the
depot waiting for them. - Falrmont In.
dex.
Mrs Talmage. wife OF Rev, r. Dewitt
Talmage, who died at Dansville, New
York, Monday, of last week, had never
recovered from the shock OF nervous
prostration she received at the burning
of the Tabernacle in Brooklyn last year.
The Doctor was holding his usual Sun
day reception and after everyone had
escaped he went back in the burning
edifce for something and his wife be.
came very much alarmed for his safety
and broke down with nervous prostra-
ton.
The following items are from the
Davis Republicans
Mrs Lara stone and Mrs. Lille
Stone. OF Kingwood are the guests OF
Mrs Eliza Lantz
Miss Alice Hoffman. OF Marques. w.
Va, is visiting her sister, Mrs. G. j.
Deahl.
Judge Faulkner has decided that a
ballot marked with lead pencil is val
i'd, although the West Virginia code
provides that pen an ink should be
used.
One dealer in ClarksburQ sold 5000
cigarettes the first Sunday after Judge
Cor declared the cigarette law uncons
stitutional,
The state Council OF the Junior Or
der Of United American Mechanics will
convene in annual session at Piedmont
next month Among the candidates
for State Council Secretary,is Col. vii.