The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1895-05-21

Dn'I forge, Circuit Court June
10Th.
S,mce and locals arc both scarce
this week.
Jas. Barr was down from Sycamore
Saturday.
Tom Dilw"r,h and family are Wis
iling fricnl, here.
Squire Ritchea was Disgusting of
some cases here Saturday.
Guy Gamer vas Welding the OK
20 ;.r Okc Gamer few days last
wee.
The CmEoHICLE quill driver wns
"ut "f town the greater part Of last
eek.
W. ii. Ayers, Tie jolly White Pine
citizen, Was i'll the burg Saturday
evening.
j. NJ. Hamilton was. putting some
repairs "n fences about his premises
last week.
O. T. Smith, II bright AMI promis
ing young man, of li"ulp, Was II bus
mess caller Saturday.
a child of Bent and Jane Digman's,
If Pine creek, died "f cholera inf,n,
'um las, Friday morning.
Mrs Elliot, Stump, of S,umpt"wn,
lad her daughter, Mrs. Rice, passed
through town last Wednesday.
Mrs Levi Morris. Of Mt Nob",
has been quite sick for some time, but
We arc glad t" say she is improving,
Mrs. Jcrnmc llarimun and daugh
'ers, Gerald and Eva, were on visit
% friends in i;oane county last week
Oil men are securing this county
a"w. Rigs are going up and there
vii! be general activity all along the
inc.
We notice that the Steamer W. A.
Hilton is still III the Little kanawha
river trade, Notwithstanding the op,
position.
We have an abundance of NATURAL
gas on the surface in this county, but
sc will likely have to go some depth
in The earth for oil.
Although the frost bitelh our
"hrat and the cut worm cutleth off
rur c"rn, yet shall we go fourth and
rcrIant, grow grain and fill our gar
ucrs.
Any man who wants to lease land
for oil purposes will agree to have Il
well put down soon, but it is well to
see that the lease reads that way and
that there is ~. clause that compel>
him To do rs he talks.
a Baptist Churcn will be organiz-
ed ut l;nsednIe, Gilmer county, ON
Thursday June 9Th, 1898, and also a
the O>burn School House at the
mouth Of Steer creek, this county, on
the 30lh of June, 1895.
We still see dogs running at large
notwithstanding the repeated warn
ings the people have had Of the dan
ger To which they have been expos
cd. The people did the same thing
while old Noah warned and worked
on the AK.
In asking people to kill their dogs
We do so foripublic safety and not
from any i'll will we have for dogs.
liz anothcr.colunm We briefly give
reasons why they should be killed,
and will here add that the only thing
that can Nc done to rid the communi
ty If the imminent danger to which
the people are daily exposed will be
II total externinn ton Of the dogs.
One Of the things n country editor
il supposed, and IN fact expected t.
d.. is to dress up in his bnck number
clothes when there is u party in towr
and-and 60 to tho party' No, tax,
n position on curb stone and watcl
the invited guests go BY, and ther
give glowing description Of how tn
dear sweet girls we're attired and ho,
gracefully they wallzed or how swee
they sang.
Jacob Stump, one Of the pionec
citizens of Steer creek died last Pr
day morning and was inferred ON Snr
uuluy. lie had been a great suiIcrc
for some time, and his relatives an
, friends were anticipating his dealt
vet with all this, dissolution has it
.....I a.. Ill. Al