The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-07-13


here the first day of court.
Sylvester Nutter, of the Bell stool
farm WAS in town Saturday.
Mrs. Z. j. Stnrm died very sud
denly last Saturday evening.
Oke Gamer, of White Pine, wa!
over on his wheel Friday evening.
There is no railroad news except
they are working on the lower end %
the road.
Mrs. p. c. Montague and son, Of
Ashland, KY, are visiting Mrs. a
VI. Parsons.
5. 7. Bell was behind the counter
for j. w. Pell dnring his (Pelrs) alb.
sence last week.
+. l.. Austin is now the owner Of a
very fine, large, fat, small. big, nice,
little pair of mules"
&. 7. Stevens came to town last
Thursda, badly crippled with some
thing like rheumatism.
Little Laura Wagner dropped an
AK on her foot las; Friday, which al,
most severed one of her toes.
The boys about town, especially
Fiber Dulin, are having lots Of fun
swimming horses these days.
We have not lost all of our pres
iige. We are still able to fire few
fellows up and get them on their ear
Mrs. Ellen Kelley was overcome
with heat one evening last week
while in town and had to be hauled
home.
Farmers all report great wheat
crop. The high waters destroyed Il
great deal OF wheat, but there seems
to I've plenty left yet.
L, did not make SO much difference
about the ferry landing or the public's
right to use the road, but it was aw-
ful 10 hear Anthony try to cuss.
Ii is'a great piece Of tinanciering to
wait until il is 50 Lot that neither man
nor beast can stand it 10 work before
commencing u repair our streets.
There will be i box supper At the
Lynch School House Saturday. july
II, for the benefit of the VI. f.
Church. Everybody requested to at
tend.
The county's Indebtedness was re-
duced g., 800 last year. The Court
has adopted - system of economy that
will bring the county out of debt in a
year or two more.
Ii is strange, but nevertheless true
~ an eminent writer once said that a
"hyp"erit will suffer greater humilia-
tion /" miss heaven thsn christian
does Ia reach it.
Bob" Linn was down from Glen.
Vile Thursday lie brought Mrs.
Hamilton, mother of Attorney J. NJ.
Hamilton, down, and she will spend
n short time visiting.
After The 4.h OF July festivities,
which consisted, 80 iaras tile writer
is concerned, of two glasses Of butter.
milk, it is quite task to take up our
pen aui resume labor.
To WHOM IT NAY CONCERN Tie
Granisvi!le FIGURING Mill will lot
run after next Saturday tor u period
oi >hree ar four weeks.
Arrangements haze now almost
been perfected for Revs. Bud"
Smith and Sam Robinson to hold q
camp meeting some time in Sep,em
her at the fair grounds.
Baiieaunan Norm Williams had a
-treak uf wonderfully bad luck with
his last load Of gods. The unheard
Of hard rains made it impossible for
him To keep them dry.
The lew wharf nas,er at Crestou
seems t. be irving e. play fresh" The
railroads ~, still doing business and
it IL barely possible for some Of us "a
get our little {. O. D. packages by
7 that route.
I Rev II VI Smith aud family start.
a yestcrnay morning 6, Addison.
where they will spend few week.
. recrenuug. We hope al If them viii
return and make this town their fu
lurc home
Arrangements have ah'u, been 7er
fectei % turn the county rad oyst
.,a She several ji,,ro, Surveyors. Thi
j. as it should have been left IN 81,
fr., place. f,r rcs,uns to uumcrou
20 mention.
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