West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1896-06-11

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The road around the hill 10 the new
depot is being made u2 in good shape
by force OF hands under Town SER
geant, Wheeler. The grade is fairly
good one. and Us there rs plenty OF
rock along the route, the road. bed is
being made solid with them ani when
completed ami worn smooth will be "A
good piees If work
w. Scott Garner. one OF the delegates
10 the PopAlist Convention at Keyser.
left on Tuesday afternoon for that
city, SO ms TO be early on tho ground
aud take part in the fight for n position
near 1.-The middle of the road" Mr.
Garner is State organizer for tho In
dustrial Legion, or associated Peoples
party club, and appears TO be taking
an active interest in the coming cam
paign in this Congressional district
The three following personals are
from the Grafton Sentinel
j. Ami Martin, General Manager OF
the kingwood and Tunnelton railroad,
was in town Tuesday.
Miss Mary Stemple, OF Aurora. a
former teacher in the Grafton schools,
spent Saturday and in Grafton.
MIR. Robert McCafferty. who has
been With his son. Harry, at Cincin-
natl, for couple of years, Is now back
with his sons Ia Grafton and will re-
main for some time.
Col. Robert II. Harvey, one OF the
best known men in Southern West
Virginia. died at his home in Hunting
ton last Friday evening, June 9TH. of
apoplexy. He was the father of
Thomas II. Harvey, Judge of the
Eighth Judicial District, and w H.
Harvey, OF Chicago, author OF Coins
Financial School" and other fine silver
literature The deceased was 50 years
of age and had lived in Huntington for
a quarter OF century and accumulated
much wealth
The twenty-sixth annual session OF
the West Virginia State Educational
Association will be held Ia the House
of Delegates Tuesday, Wednesday,
Thursday and Friday, June 80, July /.
2, and 1. The session will be the most
important in the history OF the organ
will be taken on board steamer and
conveyed up and down the Kanawha
River to visit the Chanoine wicket
dams, the FIRST of the kind used In
America
Another very handsome monument
has been erected recently i'm the ceme-
tere here to mark the resting place of
Mrs Addie Morris Thomas. deceased
wife OF William A. Thomas, and daughter
OF Mr. and Mrs. ID. Y. Morris. The shaft
is OF marble and beautiful design,
different from anything in the Gene
terry. Over the top on one side hangs "a
mantle over some beautifully engraved
flowers. The work Is that Of the K DON
Marble Company of PhilippL
From the meteorological record for
May as reported TO us by Geo. IT..
Trembly, Of Tannery, we extract as
follows Number of clear days, II ;
cloudy, Il, and partly cloudy. 6. II
rained on the LIST, End, 18th, 18th, 18th,
goth, DIST, 22nd 28rd, 25th. Goth, 27th
and 31st. There was some hail on the
18th, but no frost to hurt anything
There was thunder on the end, 9Th,
18th, 18th, 18th, 18th, 2ist. 22nd. Goth
and 2sth. The maximum temperature
was SO on tho 18th, and the lowest was
as on the 10th. Prevailing wind direc-
tion was southwest.
Handsome Invitations arc out an.
nouucing the marriage OF Miss Sable
Jordan, daughter OF Mr. and Mrs
Beuoni Jordan, OF near town, to Mr..
Charles u. Gerlin, Of Grafton. The
ceremony will take place at the home
OF the bride next Wednesday even
/ ing, june 18th, 1896, at 8 o'clock
About City invitations arc out and the
affair will be the social event Of the
season. Miss Sable has many friends
and is very popular and estimable
young lady. Mr. Gerkin Is a well
known photographer and is now at
Homecoming Md,
The Blind Willie Show az The Court
/ House here last Thursday night was
/ we'll attended aud right funny 10 was
7 good as could be expected aud created
/ riproarious applause among the boys.
! Specially the slight Of band perform
| ance. The darSev was the best per.
/ former they bad. The music was fairly
/ good. both the vocal and instrumental.
/ The ballet girl ctught the boys. but her
/ dancing was the awkardest thing we
ever saw on the stage and her face
would break The Sabbath The pro-
! prietor Willie WHets lives at Fair
mont, this State. and IS "a very gentle
manly follow. lie lost his oversight 40
ten years Of age. by an accident and
malpractice on the part Of the phys
icians, who treatedbim. lie was edu-
Gated at the Blind School at RomBey.
I this State. The show came here from
Valley Point, where they performed
the night before and quite o crowd
from there followed SC mp here to- take
IL in again. They have gone back into
I Pcnnsy lvania now.
Harness Shop.