The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1895-12-03

on our streets Saturday.
We need some street crossings, an,
we need them "orful' bad.
ID. Nj. Minney was business calle
ut our office last press day.
w. III. Ayers was among the visi
tors to the metropolis Tuesday.
j. j. Owens, of Normamt.wn, wa
visiting friends here Saturday night
Cant get the lumber is the com
plant among the people who want t,
build.
Thursday and Friday of last week
were all that heart could wish Il.
beautiful days.
There is II sickly looking set OF
boys around town since the meeting
broke at Pleasant Hill.
Jas. Stevens and Frank johnson
were hauling some lumber from Gil.
mer county Ia this town last week.
Surveyor of Roads j L. Waldo was
making some repairs ON his road near
the Belts farm below town Saturday.
We would like to give the people n
rest, but that race track at the fair
grounds should be extended to half
mile (
Dept. Sheriff J. T.. Mccoy vas stir
ring around among the taxpa, crs last
week. He reports collections very
slow.
w. T. Dulin, Secretary of the 3. of
f., Sherman district, brought us down
s"me substantial assistance last We'd
ncsday
The hardest whipping you can give
Il sensible man is with Kindness, and
it doesn't do any good to whip fool
anyway.
a. Huffman IL Sons brought the
boiler from Mcfarlan To the IIardman
farm that is to be used in sinking
the oil well.
Miss pet" Cook returned from
Eagle Mills last Tuesday, where she
had been the guest of her sister, Mrs.
f.. +. Martin.
Jacob Bennett came home from the
mountains where he has had con
tract of putting out some timber for
several months.
a great many boys steal away and
play ball on the Sabbath because they
are kept too closely confined to work
during the week.
Lew Smith, OF Middle run, Gilmer
county, WAS here lat Thursday con
sulting physician with reference to
his chi!d's illness
We found on. during last month
how to prevent Group. We saw the
remedy i'll all of the papers of the
country, our own included.
The Simons Run Juniors crossed
bats with the GrantSville Seniors at
the fair ground last Thursday. The
score stood Jr's. 81, Sr's. %.
S. I. Waldr did not comply with
the request sent to him from the coun-
try on Thanksgiving day. lie will
have to make his own explanation.
BY actual count there were ut least
one thousand squirrels and rabbits
killed in this community last week.
We make this count from what each
hunter reported.
We heard of Il man the other day
who has spent more time and money
trying to prevent an officer from
making debt off of him than the
amount Of the debt.
Rev. j. Il. Polling conducted the
protrncted meeting on Pine creek
while Rev. Smith was at Parkersburg
last week. Jesse is wheel horse in
IL meeting of that kind.
If the water at the mineral we'll at
the fair grounds would make n man
drunk and there was nothing else that
would, some men would stay sober
the balance OF their days.
S. VI. Mccoy was over from Rich
ardsOn Saturday after medicine for
his son, Ralph, who had the misfor.
tune to get one Of his legs badly
mashed while working with Il wagon.
1t is not necessary to hump up and
60 to grumbing and shivering now
until after the Christmas HOLIDAYS.
We have had our Thanksgiving recre.
alton, and should put on new airs for
the Christina.
We might dish I'M something son.