West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1897-05-27

/ A'AtANAhrs hAaNAAhbkSt NJ.
DIR. Hardman, of Wheeling, w. Va,
| will adjust Spectacles at Terra Alta,
| May 2Sth and seth. Row esburg, May
Slst. kingwood, at Hotel Gordoa.
June lst and End. Newburg, June 3rd.
| Eyes examined free. 81.
| The Terra Alta Normal School begins
next Monday under the supervision of
| Supt III. ). Whetsen and Examiner X.
L. Burke. The prospect is hAttering
for an unusually large attendance, and
near fifty have signified their intention
of attending. so we are Informed.
From the Parkersburg Sentinel we
note the following about an old Pres
tonian
| Capt. Sam Hooton, the wolf known
| post office inspector who formerly had
! his headquarters in this city but who
! lately has been stationed ia Pittsburg
has been transferred TO service in the
department at Washington.
The Sparks Circus will be the first
Railroad Show ever ia Kiugwood
They have two special cars of their
own and will be hauled in here over
the West Va. Northern from Tunnel
ton as they exhibit at Newburg on
| Friday. Sunday morning they pull
out for Philippi, where they show ON
Monday.
Quite bicycle company of our boys
formed Sunday to so over TO New burg
TO see the oil well. In the gang was
j. VIII Fawcett VIII Turner Charley
Dering, ~ b. McGinnis, Troy jenkins,
Young Beavers, Thurman Trowbridge
Harry Squires and Charley Jackson.
The boys had a good ride but got caught
in the rain coming back.
Oscar Wilde, the celebrated English
author Who was sentenced to two
years Imprisonment at hard labor on
May y, 1895, in London Court for
immoral practices, has been released
from prison. He has already been Of
fered and refused IS, 900 for lstory of
his life in prison. SO it will pay him
pretty we'll after all for the time lost
Gus. Bolden, the genial editor OF the
journal, rode his bike down TO AL
brightsville Sunday afternoon to see
his friend, Charley Metzler, Gus had
on fine new suit of summer clothes
when he started out, but about ten
o'clock that night he returned in an
old suit he had borrowed of Metzler
| and had also stuck in the mud with
his bike and had TO leave IL at Alison
Snyders.
A rather sensational case came mp
for ria IN IL
TuRneltOn Monday. Some time since
Mrs. r Il. Craig had Samuel Mankins,
| of Function. arrested on an ugly
charge, but when the case came up for
trial the complaining witness failed to
appear and the case was very properly
dismissed p. j. Crogan was present
az attorney for the defendant.
DIR. w. s Martin now has a very
handsome riding and driving mare that
he secured through the farmer at the
| Reform School at Pruntytown, who
was here this week and brought her to
the Doctor. The mare is a beautiful
black, FIVE years old and came from
lie lucky, being genuine Blue Grass
stock. The mare was trained for the
race track, but can't be held down as a
trotter and breaks into pacing and
racking instead.
The Wayerly Bicycle is ia town with
| headquarters at the Graham Drug
Store. 1t is daisy, too, and if you
don't believe it, call around and Grant
Graham will show you all about this
handsome bike, and even let you ride
one all summer IL you buy it. There
are two grades, $50 and 800 You pay
your money and take your choice.
Read the advertisement in this Issue
and then see the wheel for yourself.
There is some one in almost every
neigh borhood who is subject TO attacks
| OF pain in the stomach or bilious collie
| Mr.. j. ID. Kinney, Warren Center, Pa,
used TO DO troubled in that way. He
/ says: 1.-THE attacks were marked by
| terrible pains, diarrhOea and faintine
| spells At such times j suffered ex-
ceedingly until / began using Cham ber-
lain's Collie, Cholera and Diarrhna
| Remedy, two or three doses Of which
| effected an immediate and lasting cure"
| For sale by j. A. Lenhart, Kingwood,
and j. j. Cooke & Sons, Housewife.
| Those enrolled in the Summer Nor
NAL at Eewburg. are Lille NJ West,
Aollie e. Simpson, Lydia Bolyard,
| Mida Stuck, Belle Ellis, Nellie Dent,
Della Bolyard, Mary Helms, Cora
Thomas, Ruth Sharp, BERTHE Mont
gomsry, Louise Horchler, II. w Clark
son, Walter Sharps, Harry Squires, J.
/ w. Criss, Clyde w. Graham, Virgil
Lynch, Alex Densmore, J. y. CIarkson,
w. l. Thomas, T.. r. p. Grimes, Os-
born Parriott, james stuck, w. c.
| Fortney, JohR Barnes, and Adam
| Lewis
The Z g. O Ticket Office at Grafton
was robbed by slick thieves Tuesday
nightafter midnight The night agent,
II. j. Proudfoot, closed up 90 midnight
and went TO bed. The robbery was
discovered at 8 a. m. when the Office
was reopeued The thief or thieves
priod open the j DOR and cravv led through
the ticket window and worked the
combination on the safe successfully
They secured 1888 in money and some