The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1896-05-05
Local Briefs.
"Play Ball."

! "IS' etef johnson IL stlil pretty
sick woman.
Prepare for Decoration Exercises
May 3Oth is the day.
There is great damand for stocl
cattle in this county.
1t would not hurt our side walks t,
repair them up little.
John J. Boobcr, of Daniels run,
was in town last Friday.
}. 4. Waldo made trips to Mcfar.
Ian and Spencer last week.
]. Z. Owens came up from Writ
county last Friday morning.
Miss Rosa Shanks Was among the
lady visitors in town Friday.
Misses Lottie and Dora Gamer
were i'll town Friday evening.
There IL nothing too sacred for a
slnnderous tongue to besmirch.
Rev. II. NJ. Smith has gone to
Braxton and Webster counties.
Norm Williams got i'm with ansth.
or batteau load Of goods Friday.
Some of the drummer boys are out
ia n"bby nee buggieS this spring.
Charley Jonez, of Richardson, VA.
shaking hands with friends here last
Monday.
The coming and going of oil men
makes the livery business good in
this tomn.
The future prosperity Of this town
depends largely upon the bridging
Of this river.
Fred :. Siurm, one If the leading
sch"o! teachers of the county, was
here Friday.
Business has taken another upward
whirl in this county. Keep the good
work going on.
DIR. w. f. w. Dye and his little
daughter, Eva, were on visit to
Minnnra last week.
1t IL wonderful that so email things
sill change the course of u mans
whole life occa,innally.
Jerome Hardman, Louis Ball, Jim
l!utf:ian, Victor Barr and othera
were in Pnrkcrsburg last week.
The work Of extending the track
NJ the fair grounds to half nile is
now being prosecuted vigorously.
a. Il. Johnson, Roy and A. H.
Stump have been making some sub
',antiaI repairs oil the Masonic Hall.
See the list of Grand and Petit
Juror, in another column. Some IF
I'm Mill have t" borrow u paper to do
50.
l.. II. Stump and Louia Vsnnoy,
two Of the whole hearted boys Of
Steer creek were III town OH last press
lny.
T. I. Hodges drove pair Of match
gray horses to town the other day.
Tom il nriEhty good Judge If horse
Acsh.
The work an the county road be-
tween here and the Richie county
line is being d"ne under the supervis-
ION Of VIM. Jackson.
Mrs. Ogden, widow of the late Da.
Yid Ogden, WAS down from Chenille
last week visiting Harry Zane. She
was accompanied by some friends.
Citizens Of the own were terri.
bly, disturbed one night last week by
a pack Of dogs growing and fighting.
We heard some talk Of adopting a
shnt gun remedy.
About the prettiest little race no
have seen lately is being made be.
tween the several candidates for JUS
tice of the Peace in this end of Cen.
tel district
All three Of the Chenille papers
reach us the same day. With the
corp. Of correspondence on each it il
pretty easy to tell what is going on in
our sistcr county.
We understand that complaint will
be made to proper authorities for the
purpose Of having well known man
"here sbout% gent to the Insane
Asylum, ut Spencer, as soon as there
is room
We don't wan. to yell fried fish
I'll We cntch EN-, but the number of
oil men that have been here prospect
ing Of late indicates that ne will at
least have some fun out Of the oil bus
mess during the summer.
A. p. Hodges and j. p. knight
were here last "Wednesday and consu
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