Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1897-06-09
kENOVA NEWS.
Late Items From the
New Town.


Mrs c G Morris is on an extended
visit to relatives at Norfolk, Va.
Mr. j a Slaughter returned from
Bristol, Tenn, where he has been
visiting for the past two weeks.
Several of the young folks from
henova attended the opening of
Cliifeside park, last Sunday.
Revenue Agent Wayne Ferguson
passed through kenova, last Thurs
day, on his way to Wayne, w. Va.
Mr. II II Jones will move to Mar.
tinsburg, Ohio, this week, and o
G Jones will occupy the house va
Gated by him.
l. II Mercer, who has been away
since the first of the year, returned
to kenova yesterday, and will 20 to
work on the Tad.
A G Holtstook charge of the
post-office last Tuesday and will
mako n good postmaster. Mr. Jas
Kelley will assist Mr. Holt for a
few days.
We are glad 30 know the con-
tractor who is to build the round
house, is here making arrange
ments for masons and carpenters
to go TO work at once.
The Association has built part
of the sidewalk between the c. e.
% r Il and the n & w yard office.
we may expect good walk before
the bad weather sets in.
Messrs C C Coe and l. T Peck
left Thursday morning on OHIO
River train, No. 2, for Pt. Pleasant.
to attend the meeting of the Epls
copal diocese of West Virginia.
Mr. and Mrs n l. Bryan, of Gal
lipolis, Ohio, passed through here
last Tuesday en- route to CIncln-
natl. They were recently married
and were on their wedding tour.
I III Turner, foreman for p
Pettyjohn, who has the contract
for building tho round house, ar
rived in Kenova last Tuesday and
will proceed with tho work as soon
as possible.
We are informed that the " II
Jones grocery company will soon
begin the erection of store build
ing, near the Glenwood Inn, and
will move their store as soon as the
building is completed.
The children's day service, at
Assembly Hall, last Sunday, was
success. The decorations were
beautifully arranged by the ladies
of the Sunday-school and tho birds
and children made melody.
There was report circulated
Thursday that while Jas. Pancake
was on his trip through Ohio, instead
of going to do detective work he went
to get married, but we cannot
youch for the truthfulness of this
report.
w. T. Sessions gave very pleas.
ant dance, at his home, last Tuesday
evening. Mr.. Sessions is the only
gent in Kenova that takes any inter
est in giving dances. There are
many that enjoy them, but none
more than Mr.. $.
Mr. + D Kelley, our gentlemanly
agent of the Il. r., was called to his
fathers home, at Lancaster, Ohio,
last Thursday, on account of tho
death of his brother. The RE-
PonTERextends heartfelt sympathy
to the bereaved ones.
Several couple Of young folks
had a very pleasant picnic on Ken
oya hill, last Wednesday and of
course all enjoyed the occasion.
Those who attended are Misses
Bertha Evans, Stella Jones, Stella
Matthews, Blanche Shank, Blanche
Pennington and Messrs o J thinner
man, w II Bradley, II II Kirk,
George Lumley and r B Davis.
John p Pettyjohn Of Lynchburg,
Va, has secured the contract for
building the N & w roundhouse
at this place. IL is to be an eight
stall structure and will give en-
ployment to so or 75 men. Work
will be commenced on it as soon
as the material can be gotten here
probably next week. The Central