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

Misses Cole and Addison, ofGrafton,
who have been calling on friends ON
Water st. the past ten days, returned
TO their homes last Thursday.
Miss Emma Corbin, OF Market St
ana Miss Rcrtic Montgomery, OF Water
-, are visiting friends and relatives of
Miss Coroin at Fetterman, this week
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Bosyard, OF Aus.
ten, were in town one day last week to
consult DR. L. h. Lanham, Mrs. Bol.
yard has been indisposed for some time,
otway O. Rhodes and wife are visit.
ing Mrs. Rhodes father,T. II. Fordyec.
this week, MIR, Rhodes resides i'm
Roanoke, Va, and is deputy postmaster
at that place.
Mrs >. c Hartley, OF Myersdale, Pa.
who has been visiting her father. JAS
IL. Smoot left Wednesday for sellers TO
visit her sister, Mrs James ". Berthy.
of that place.
Ed. Gilbaugh. win Shaifcr, John
burke and Walter Sinclair attended
the game OF ball at Tunneltou played
between the Rowlesburg team aud Col.
Lavelle's Siuggers.
The corpse of Mrs. John Garrett. of
Buckhannon, passed through here en-
She was formerly resident of Now
burg She died with consumption.
Misses Nettie smith and Pauline
Huggins, of Market aud Church Streets
respectfully, who have been calling on
friends and relatives at Grafton. re-
turned TO their homes last week.
&. w. Brady, who resides near this
place, returned home Friday from a
weeks visit To Elkins and other points
on the Davis railroad. lie saws BUSH
ness is booming all along the road.
Rev. y. III. DeBruin, who has been
the guest of James X. Smoot the past
two weeks. left Friday for Mt Lake
Park, and will remain two days, when
he will return To his home in Ohio.
Mrs, DIR. ). j. Poston and the Doctors
sister, Miss Annie Posten, of Mason.
town, left last week To visit Mrs. Pos.
tens parents ut Cameron. The Doctor
is patching and he has our sympathy.
Master Mechanic Kimmel, of Grafton,
has been testing the speed and power
OF a certain engine from Grafton TO
Newburg preparatory TO making this
place the end of the passenger division
Master Boardie Weaver and his little
half-sister, Miss Jessie May Dent, went
TO Wilson Smiths Sunday evening, re-
turning Monday evening with their
sister, Miss Laura Weaver. They re-
port pleasant trip.
The house occupied by Mrs. John
Bell on Church St, and owned by DIR
Vankirk, of Grafton, caught fire from
a defective tiue last Friday, but for
tunately was extinguishcd before the
hames got under much Roadway.
Mrs. II. Hilgartner, of Church st. was
summoned Monday morning to the
bedside of her daughter Maggie, at
Richmond, Va. The letter stated that
she was better but they thought IL hest
for her mother to be with her. She
has scarlet fever instead of typhoid as
stated elsewhere.
Miss Maggie Hilgartner OF Church
ST.. who is visiting her brother George.
at Richmond, Va, has the fever ut that
place. Tins is the third time Miss
Maggie has had this dread disease, and
this makes the second time she has had
1t away from home. She was visiting
Mt Chicago when she had Il the second
time,
The Wilson Ball Club OF this city.
and the second nine OF Grafton, met AZ
the Independence ball ground and
played "a very interesting game last
Friday which resulted I'm the defeat of
the Grafton club nc the end Of the 18th
inning, when they were compelled to
quit ON account of rain, The score
stood II 20 In favor Of the Wilson's.
buiI bclls ol IOSSutn HOLLOW, was i'll
town Saturday, ana after your CORE
spondent showed him THE ARGUS and
explained what IA pleasure IL Is TO read
the news OF our own county, which is
seen in The ANGUS in abundance more
so than in any other paper published
in this county or any other county for
that matter, left his order for THE
ARGUS. Also T.. l.. Hitchcock left an
order for same.
Carl Warthen, the little six-niontb's
old son OF s. H. Warthen, OF Water ST,
died Friday evening at o'clock cholera
infantum. Those from a distance who
attended the funeral we're Mrs. John
Warthen and daughter Josie, Mrs. l..
Baily, Mrs. Lewis. Mrs. Demoss and
two daughters, Of Thornton, and M. n.
Grimes, of Function. Mr.. Grimes is
brother OF Mrs. Warthen. who died
few months ago OF heart trouble. Mr..
Warthcn and his family have the heart
felt symprty OF the entire community
in their sad bereavement.