The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1896-06-09


town Saturday.
Good fish stories have been rattle
scarce for few days.
| Louis Vannoy was among Sstur
days visitors to town.
One of Jas. Stevens sons has beef
quite sick for several days.
Drop in while at court and let u.
see your smiling countenance.
The hot days of last week had 8
very ripening effect upon wheat.
The widow Ashby and Mrs. Harry
Zane were in the burg Saturday.
Charley and George Pearcy ofGil.
mer county. were in towr Sunday.
w. Il. Keener and Mrs. Homer
Sweutzel were up to Stumptown Sat
urday.
Alonzo Buck, Alex Chancey and
others were up from Sheridan district
Saturday.
Mrs. Lemie Huffman and Mrs. S.
&. Barr were on visit to Mt. Nebo
last Saturday.
Bob Bennett, Of Steer creek, was
down Saturday getting some repairs
put TN his bike
DIR. l.. j. Stump is very i'll with
typhoid fever at his home in this city.
Baptist Banner.
1t is not necessar, t" waste the old
corn until we see how the new crop is
going to turn out.
Judge Linn would sound all right,
and there would be nothing wrong
about Judge Blizzard.
The derrick for the we'll on Bee
creek is now complete and in & few
days the drill will start.
j. ii. Hayhurst was quietly look
ing over the political field in this neck
OF the woods Friday aid Saturday.
Our old friend and former ncighhor,
Lew Morris, prevented us from tum-
bling over financial precipice last
Tuesday.
The rig irons for the Steer creek
well, which is to he put down on n.
NJ. Rennett's farrn, were taken by
here last week.
The program of the Commencement
IF the West Virginia University
reached us too late for publication.
They close tomorrow.
Dept. Sheriff AL Hartman and
Carr Shafer were busy last week in.
viting guests to this weeks entertain.
ment Al the circuit court
Boys, just glance over among our
display ads and see the greatest bar,
gain ever offered to the American
people i'll the shape of a bicycle
Misses Mary and May Marshall
VIII" have been the charming guests
of Mrs. X. III. Marshall for few days,
returned to their home in Ritcie cuun.
ty yesterday.
There is time enough to plant and
raise pretty good corn yet this season.
In view Of the probable failure Of
wheat it would he we'll for our farm.
ers to make All extraordinary effort to
raise corn.
Jude Richardson, Of Creston, is
now the owner of Gerty j., one Of the
finest p"cing mares that ever set Il
foot oil West Virginia soil. He
bought her from the Blizzard farm a
few days ago.
Jerome Hartman and Reese Biz.
zard were RI Park ersburg, Ravens
wood, Spencer and other points last
week. They report the prospect for
the proposition to subscribe to the
capital stock Of the Il. Il. g,Od in
Writ and wood counties.
The oil we'll below town is costing
II great deal Of money in the way of
lost labor. Last Thursday morning
II email pocket Of gas WAS struck II, p
depth at 100 feet, and it created such
an excitement that for q tine the
town was almost depopulated
Colonel George Washington Tip.
petit, Of the Point Pleasant Register,
shall not only have our vote at the
Wheeling Convention for Auditor,
but if nominated shall have position
Eat top Of column next to pure read
ing matter during the entire cam.
paign.
Sam Rogers a perfectly responsible
yOuur man. came Up by the Miles oil