The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1896-03-03
Here and There.

OuI HlleS on Lower run.
h. w. Gamer IL Bro, are hauling
logs Oh Middle and Lower runs.
Ball Bros, and Huffman Bros, are
hauling some fine oak timber on Bull
river.
VIM. Gamer was hauling timber
for Guy &. Gamer, OH Middle run, u
few days recently.
NornIantOwn would do well to
change her name to Midwife, as the
streets are almost impossible.
Aft. smith has moved from the
mouth of Kern's Camp of Middle run
to the "Ness Fork" Of the same run.
Nandevander Bros, are still tim
bering on Grass run. They have put
in already Il fine large lot of oak tim.
Der.
Mrs. John Norris, of Grass run,
has been very feeble all winter, but
it is hoped size will be better as spring
comes on.
Monroe Burrows says he does not
know which one of the girls he likes
best-the one on the river or the one
on the ridge.
Two sens of Elias Fisher, of R;tch.
lie county, have purchased the tract
Of land on Middle run known as the
Louhon tract.
j. ID. Smiths school on Middle run
is nearing close. He is considered
an exGellent instructor by all the pa
irons of the school
The largest and only clearing of
any note that we have noticed il the
one being made by Hopkins for a.
Huffman, on the waters of Bull river.
Col. $. q. Stalnaker, ~ho is now
nearing his nine:ieth mile post, is en-
Joylng very good health this winter.
and is now at his son Johns, on Grass
run.
1t is reported that Rev. Jones com
menced il proiracted meeting at the
Walnut Grove school house at the
mouth Of Barbecue on the night OF
the 18th, ut.
l.. 5. Peninger and eight or nine
others were enjoyed last Thursday
putting four oak logs into n partly
RATED lockage Of oak timber near the
mouth of Laurel.
Frank Norris, William and Odius
flenner, Mack and Frank Hardman
will make fine hunters when they
learn the difference between raccoon
and an opossum track.
On our way To- Grantsville last
thursday we enjoyed the hospitality
OF Mrs. Mary Bennett and son, Eyert
VIII" spare no pains in trying to make
those who stop with them feel at home.
The protracted meeting at Cedar
vile, conducted by Revs. Owens and
stump, is still in progress Nineteen
were baptized on the 23rd, ult., and
many conversions have been witness.
ed since.
The protracted meeting on Lower
run conducted by Revs. Connolly and
Stalnaker, closed last Tuesday night
with six acccssions to the church and
big interest still manifested in the
meeting.
Miss Lorena Stalnaker, of the mil
Iinery firm of Stalnaker ~ Sump.er
at ShatersviIe, Braxton county, is
visiting relatives and friends in Gil
mer county, at this time. She will
return in Il few days.
Green Hartman is now running
The Normantown mill, and better
work is being done in the mill now
than has been done since he quit work
in it. He has remodeled and fixed il
up generally, and the patronage is in
crcasing.
w. w. Furr, The Barbecue hustler
is hauling logs for Squire Rinehart
and clearing extensively for himself
on his new farm ON Barbecue. This
is all occasioned by the arrival Of a
baby boy at his house on the night of.
the 24th, ult.
In our travels through part Of lhi.
and Gllmer counties, we notice that
there is less clearing and farm work
generally being done this winter than
for several years past. WHY this j.
we are unable to say, but it seems
that now is the accepted time to pre-.
pare for big crops.
w. S. Stump, Of Middle run. is
building a new house and otherwise
making improvements which greatly
add to the appearance Of his farm. |
Tie has recently purchased moro land .