West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1895-07-11
THE WEST VA ARGUS,
Kingwood, July IL, 1895.
DIR. Alex Leeds, Dentist, Grafton.

III. AieA Leeds, DentlSt, Gratton.
The Summer Normal School here
closes Saturday The term has been
very successful.
James A. Brown has had the interior
of his law Office greatly improved by
papering. painting and vanishing il.
Castoria at McMillen's Drug store.
Born, to Mr.. and Mrs Charles welch,
ofAsaf St. Joe, Tuesday morning. July
9th, another fine boy baby. DIR. Martin,
of this place, attending physician.
Chamberlain's Diarrhoea Remedy at
McMillen's Drug Store.
The Odd Fellows OF Masontown will
hold Memorial Services next Saturday
forenoon. An address will be delivered
by Hon Geo. c. Sturgiss, of Morgan
town.
Iaave Richardson & Boynton Warm
Air Heater, for sale. with pipes, regis
ters, etc will sell half its worth; will
heat six rooms. Also some hat tin pipe.
1t VIM NJ. o. DAWSON.
II is reported that Rev. John T.
Hackett, will arrive this week and
preach in the Presbyterian Church here
next Sunday. We make this announce
ment for what it is worth, without
wouching for it.
The hard rains lately have been
rather OVERRIDING good thing and IL is
only another evidence that this worlds
things are unequally divided. If we
could have had some of this extra rain
month or two ago, it would have
saved the hay crop.
The trial of the Smithley gang, in
full progress here on the Fourth,
knocked out the picnic entirely, as
everybody wanted to attend the trial
and but few people went out to the
grounds and no addresses or exercises
of any kind were attempted at all.
Considerable repairs are being made
on the interior of the Presbyterian
Church here this week. Henry Flythe
has been putting down a handsome
new carpet and A. w. Potter has been
papering the building. 1t is expected
ALL the schools in the county will
run five months next winter, in &C
cordance with an act of the last Legis-
lature. The Levy in Portland district
this year is: Teachers Fund, 4s cents
and Building Fund 20 cents on the 500
valuation of property. Wages, No 1,
s3i per month, No. 2, $40 and No. 8, s24
We are informed by one of the trus-
tees of the Green's Run Mission Chapel,
that the new building is likely TO be
sold TO satisfy mechanics lien on it.
The amount is something over a hun
dred dollars and the debt is due
Mcknight & Elliott, of St Joe, for
lumber furnished in the erection OF the
structure.
County Court has been in session this
week, having convened Monday and
will probably remain ia session all
week, as there is big lot of business
to be attended to- The Court is de-
termined to find out where it is at, IL
possible and will make a thorough ex-
animation of the county finances. We
will give proceedings next week and
the financial statement before long.
The Soldiers Reunion out at the old
Presbyterian Church, near Masontown,
on July 4th, was big success There
was a large crowd in attendance and
several addresses made by Rev. j. II.
Flanagan, of Grafton, Hon. w. NJ. O.
Dawson, of Kingwood, and others.
People came from far and near and
brought their dinners and picnicked
in the grove and old comrades were
reunited and passed very pleasant
time together.
DR. Winfield s. Martin, of this place
has sold his handsome property on the
hill, TO William a. Brand for 5000,
and the Doctor remains in possession till
April list, 1891 Mr.. Brand has charge
of the County Inirmary and his time
does not expire till the above name d
date, so the Doctor will still occupy the
property till Mr.. Brand gets ready TO
move into town. 1t is rumored that Dr.
Martin thinks Of locating at Fairmont
II he leaves Kingwood.
From the meteorological record for
June as furnished US by Geo. II. Trem-
bly,, Of Tannery, voluntary observer
in the Weather Bureau, Department Of
Agriculture, we extract at follows
Highest temperature o. on the 9TH.
Lowest, "A on the eth. Number OF
clear days ~, cloudy and partly
cloudy ~. It rained on the 9TH, 5th.
18th, Dist 23rd, cath, Goth, 27th and 3Oth.
There was thunder also on the above
dates. The temperature was the high
est ever known for June in this section.
There seems 10 be plenty OF raspber-
ries after all this year. Richard Loar.
OF Valley district was in town lest
Friday with seventy gallons OF the
finest we ever saw. He sold them out
very readily nt IS cents per gallon.
George 9. Giles, Of this place, has also
been bringing to town and selling a
good many from his patch down on
Green's Run, and Mrs. Monroe has a
Lot 81 fb~u0 90, H.