West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1896-01-09
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ant time at this place.
Duke Dent, of Granville, is spend
ing his vacwion with VIM. ID. r.
Amman OF Market Street.
Mrs. Laura Flanagan, of Graf.
ton, is the guest OF her mother,
Mrs. Patrick Plummer. of this city.
Miss Grace Castle. OF Grafton. a
charming young lady, is spending
the holidays with friends on Market
Street.
The coke works at this place have
suspended operations for an m
definite time on account of no coke
contracts.
James Dulin, jr., and Manly
Fortney left town on the west bound
accommodation Monday night for
parts unknown.
Miss Bessie Clayton, who has
been attending school at Buck han
non this winter, spent Xmas at her
home IN this city.
Mrs. Susan Montgomery, the
mother of our own genial Sam, left
Monday for Monongah to visit her
daughter, Mrs. Rose Myers.
Rev. q. III. Rinehart. we are glad
to note, is able to be out on our
streets again after a long and
serious illness with typhoid fever.
Miss Ada Deck. an accomplished
and attractive young lady of Graf
ton, is visiting the family of her
uncle, james e. Deck, of Water
Street, this week.
Santa Clause on the situation -
tell you folks, and | guess know,
This bag amt SO hard to fill
AS IL was couple of years ago
"hen we had that Mckinley Bill.
Squire Eugene Higgins. of this
place, held court at Tuunelton.
Monday. The result of too much
Xmas "tangle-foot. Quite num-
Der OF culprts were brought before
His Honor for lighting.
John Montgomery. wife and
daughter spent Xmas with Mr..
Montsomery's mother of this place.
They have extended their visit to
Rowlesburg. leaving Thursday to
visit Mrs. Montgomery's parents.
The NJ. e., NJ. p. and Lutheran
churches had Christmas trees and
appropriate exercises. They all
drew fair sized audiences. The
program at The NJ. p. church was
without n doubt the finest listened
to at this place for several years.
In fact all the churches gave excel
lent entertainments, and the per
formances were heard with rapt
attention.
The Epworth League held a fes
tival in Aliens Hall Christmas.
Thursday and Friday nights. Quite
a crowd attended each night. The
receipts were very gratifying, being
much more than expected. The
first night the audience was enter
tanned by an excellent and very in
teresting program. The Epworth
League at this place is IN -four
lshing condition and frequently
gives good en- eftainments.
Messrs. George w. Blrnes and
WIN. Shaffermar returned home
Christmas eve from New York CITY
where they bad been for two weeks
taking treatment for mad dog bite.
The platform was gayly and at.
tractlvely Illuminated i'm honor of
their return and was crowded with
friends to greet them. 1t was in
deed pleasant affair. They had
left two or three weeks before, not
knowing in what condition they
might return. but they say they
have not as yet felt any i'll effect
from their wounds.
Everything went off smoothly
and pleasantly here on Christmas
with bare one exception which oc.
CURED short time after dark. A
notorious and disreptutable char.
acter OF Grafton (who until recently
resided at this place) by the name
OF Worthless Bill Shaw. met James
Robinson on Railroad Street i'm the
west end Of town. He Immediately
began abusing aud cursing him and
rldiculing his wooden leg. Mr..
Robinson has out one leg. lie told
him that he did not want TO have
any trouble with him, but Shaw be.
ing "hell-bent" on trouble, called
him "peg legged son Of BIB"
aud he was going to give him good
thrashing, but Mr.. Robson talked
and tried to reason with him i'm a
gentlemanly and inoffensive man.
ner, telling him he could not helm
the misfortune Of having but one
leg. Shaw, like the drunken COW.
ard be was, struck at him with all
his might. Mr.. Robson very clev.
erly guarded the blow and in re-
turn landed with his right on
5haw's big nose, knocking him
down with his head and neck across
rail on the railroad track. BY
chs time Mr. Robison's dander was