The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1896-11-17

s. The County Commissioners were
!: lin s,ssion'all week
4 Carl Sturm{has been depending q
!, few days here with friends.
q Drummer Dudley talked trade t.
,,our merchants Friday night.
3 There has been some delightful
!; n Gather for farm work recently.
5 n. G.. Mathews has been assisting
3 Clerk Trippctt for several days.
J Genuine charity does not always
:fnd i,s way to Il contribution box.
Z The most successful man in business
lis the mnn.who relies most on..self.
{ They air no ,ich thing as GNU
ine true love."-Author Unknown.
7'Ss, We can hardly imagine how we
ARE To weather through this winter.
DR.. Dye is.making quite a fill in
his lot ON which his residence stands
!
We heartily sympathize with our
sister town, Spencer. Units great loss.
The proceedings Of the County
commissioners will appear next
week.
". III. Riggs, of Hur, was transact
:ing business with the County Court
! Friday.
A life of sorrow may be-
.avcrtcd by the suppression of mo-
!ment's anger.
; Only few more: days until this
nation will re expected to don some
Thanksgiving air..
Resen KERRY, II pioneer citizen of
the vicinity If Rocksdalc, died last
wednesday morning.
! Billy Norman could not run the
ferry successful, but the ferry is run.
ming just the same.
! Amos kconey has returned to Nor
gnntswn to attend .ch"ol He is in!
the Law Department.
a Mr.. Tharp, of Richie, and w!
&c. Wilson passed through town Fri,
day with II fine bunch If cattle.
Hal and Warren Cain have now
gone to MI Zion with their machine;
to drill well for w. 0. Umstead.
q. johnson, President of the C"un-;
.ty C"urt.will now retire.. from that
oiice. w. a. Dutfirld will succeed
him.
1t is highly important and abao-I
iutcly necessary that snfusthing hap
pen. Olhern ise there would oe no.
news.
We notice in some Of our exchange,
that there is not deer in Pncahnntns
county. yet many hunters are hnckingI
10 the mountains.
y. II. Stump nas putting the lum-'
Der on the ground last week prcpsra-I
tory to raising one wing of his hotel
;bLilding story higher.
Car Shafer, who had such n severe;
attack of typhoid fever followed 10y al
case Of hux, wavin town one day last
week, the first time for several!
months.
-. +. Slutlcr, n young lawyer from
iGilmcr, has been here for day or
. tr0 look ing over the situation and has
decided to locate here in the later
part If the winter.
We have hoen advertising for some;
time for corn on subscription and not;
iwllhstanding many men who owe usj
have coruifor sale to other people We
.have not received bushel so far.
One Of the results Of the recent cleo.
,tlnn We have failed to mention is the
; fact that Lee district voted on thu,
tadop:ion of n general stock law and
lii carried. We are satisfied the peo-I
iplc will all like it when they once be-
Scomr accustomed to it's operation.
4 Al. Gamer passed through town.
the other day Oh his way up salt
;Iiiver." lie was wearing one beauti-
lful yellow rose Oh tho lapel Of his
s.eont, which represented that he had
Stradcd votes with some one, but there
Twas no part Of the fellow he traded
with in the procession.
9 We have always been taught to
5hnve the patience of job, and indeed
give have always tried to have, but we
3doubt if he ever tried running a
County paper and had some one to
F-teal his exchange We have no dis.
aposition to be ugly, but if some fel.
Slow, the Lord only knows who, don't