West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1896-03-26

March has been the main mouth of
winter this time, holding righs down
TO regular old fashioned weather all
the way through In fact It looks
like winter had gotten wrong end
| foremost
Tho service ut the NJ. + Church in
Kingwood next Sunday morning. will
be in the interest OF the Veterans of
the church. Veterans Song Sermon"
by Rev. j. Benson Hamilton, the Vet
Grams Champion, viii DC used. Come
out
Samuel p. Friend. aged 2e, from
Garrett county, Maryland, aud Mary En-
gle aged 1s,native OF Preston. Willie II.
Herring, aged 81, Emma y. nuggins
81. Both Prestonians. They were
married by Rev. Crummett at the NJ.
L. Parsonage here sunday evening.
Mrs Thomas White died at the resi-.
deRce of her daughter Mrs. Mattiugly
near GAINESVILLE, on Saturday, March
| l4th, after an illness of two or three
years with consumption. She resided
in Baltimore. where she leaves a hus.
band and two children, having come
to the mountains a few weeks before
her death, in hopes of regaining
health. The funeral and burial took
place at Oakland.
The maddest woman In town is n
married lady, who on recent night,
4 NJ ~ ses r.
husband TO come home from the Lodge
Oh no. she wasn't going to say
thing to him. Finally utterly worn
out by her long aud fruitless vigil, she
went to her room 10 turn in and found
her missing husband in bed fast asleep
where he had gone Immediately after
supper, instead of going TO the Lodge
And all that woman is mad about now
is that she can't get IN the right posi-
ton to kick herself
Abraham Thorn, an aged citizen
living near Thornton, Taylor county,
sold his farm some time ago TO his son
for Sl,S00 in cash. lie was afraid to
risk the bank with it, so kept II in an
old tin can and in the hay-mow He
used $500 Of it, leaving Ell. 400 hid the
other day he went TO see about IL and
1t was gone. lie found the old can
laying out in fence corner, but
no money. AS his granddaughter, Mrs.
Emma Willhide, of Grafton, had been
visiting him, he accused her of steal.
ing 1t and had her arrested. The trial
came up Tuesday, of last week, before
Justice Chas y. Guard and created a
big excitement. The Justice held her
under 81. 900 bond TO come before the
next Grand Jury. The loss is very
serious one to the old folks Mr.. Thorn
is 20 years old, and it was about all
they had left TO live on.
The Organ Social" was held last
night at the residence of Mayor w. f.
Manear. There was large crowd
present and n pleasant evening passed
by all One feature of these socials
adopted to raise money for the Organ
Fund" is right good and very amusing.
A pair of scales is brought in and
placed in the middle of the floor and
the name of every girl and woman
present is written on a slip of paper
and placed in a hat or held by some
one Then every boy and man present
draws a ticket at random and guesses
at the weight of the girl or woman,
whose name is on his ticket The per-
son is then weighed and the fellow
pays one cent for every pound ne miss
ed it on her weight. Several dollars
were raised in this way. 1t is lots Of
fun and the boys and girls, too, enter
into it readily, as the money is for
good purpose and the boys ali want
TO know anyhow how much the girls
weigh.