West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1897-10-28


/ left last Saturday for Charleston, to
attend Grand Lodge X. Off.
There has hardly been day for the
past month, except sunday, that some
one has not come i'm with 6ne bunch
I Of squirrels and still there seems 10 be
plenty cf them yet
Raymond Godeheaver came up from
Albrightsvlle Monday morning aud
/ wcnt on Go Grafton 20 collect bills for
I his patent washers, sold down there.
Miss MARY Carroll. who has been
I quite il for some time. Is much better.
we arc glad TO note, and with proper
care will soon be able 60 be out again.
! Go to Gaines Tor bucket Wood and
I Iron Force Pumps. Repairing spec
! ialty. All work guaranteed. lie will
save you money Address Grafton W.
| va. 1t.
Mr. and Mrs. J. 5. Sterling LEI. Tues.
day evening for Friendsvile. Md To
attend the funeral OF the wife Of Mr..
George Sterling, brother to J. 5. Ster-
ling
Ex-Sherif Shaw returned last Satur-
day from business trip TO Spencer,
attending a meeting of1he Directors
of the Hospital for the Insane located
there.
Walter w. Gaines, OF Grafton, was in
Kingwood this week on business in
connection with the Bucket Wood and
Iron Force Pump. Sec ocal ad, in this
| issue.
Misses Anna Posten and Adah Co
bun, two beautiful and accomplished
young ladies OF Masontown, were Wis
ting relatives aud friends in town this
week.
Improved Butter Color for sale at the
Graham Drug Store. A 25 cent pack
age warranted TO color 500 lbs of Win.
ter Butter. Contains no allIali or acid
and gives a bright golden color
J. Slidell Brown is at Charleston this
week attending the Annual Convention
of the Grand Lodge of Knights of
Pythias OF this State as the Represen.
tative of Brown Lodge of this place.
o. Y. Shaw, of Rockville,r was in
town on Wednesday to make arrange
inents with DIR. Pratt, as they both
viii leave this week for Uniontown. Pa.
where they go to transact some impor-
taut business.
The Hon. w. C. Morley committed a
depreciation on a polecat Wednesday
night. The Honorable possess strong
courage more than some people are
willing TO admit. Education will ac-
complish many feat
There will DO an ice cream festival
and box supper in the NJ T.. church
at Reedsville November 4. 1897. An
ladies are kindly requested to bring
boxes. Proceeds TO go towards de-
fraying church expen ses.
Everyone desires to keep Informed on
Yukon, the klondike and Alaskan cold
fields. Send lOc. for large Compen-
dunn OF vast Information and big color
| map to Hamilton Pub. Co, indian
apolis, Ind. 81.
Order Of service OF Kiugwood Presby-
terrain church for Sunday oct. 3Ist. 1897
Sabbath-school at 10 q. IN. Preaching
at II a. Ia, subject "The New Name"
Christian Endeavor Society at C:I5 p. m.
Preaching at Plea ant Grove at 3 D. m.
Come and get a new name.
Winter is close at hand, so sayeth the
weather prophets A flock of wild
geese OF about hundred passed over
town on Tuesday headed for thc Dis
NAL Swamps Of Florida They were
about 800 feet high, and supposed to be
from Bafiins Bay or Greenland:
John Shaw and wife, Of Vanderbilt.
Pa, are visiting their parents, Mr.. and
Mrs Robert Shaw, Of near town. John
has been foreman at the coal and coke
works Of Vanderbilt for several years
He is looking well, and the smoke of
that section doesn't seem to retard bis
avoirdupois.
Two new crossings were put down
by the city officials last week, one
from the Exchange Hotel across Main
Street TO the James A. Brown brick,
and the other from p. J. Crogan's cor
ner to the Davis House, also a small
crossing from the Postofiice building TO
Lenharts store.
Squire Eugene McGinnis, Of Tunnel
ton, was in town on Monday. The
| Squire is one of the old time Dem
ocrats Of this district, and his political
friends are always glad to take him by
| the hand. The Squire says that he is
waiting for prosperity, but Tunuelton
is slow in getting 20 the front
On yesterday Mr.. D. Y. Morris came
very near killing little Byrne Thomas
Mr.. Morris was rebuilding a chimney
on his residence, and IN some way a
quantity of bricks over-toppled and fen
90 the ground, missing little Byrne only
few feet who was playing I'm Oh. {
part of the yard where the bricks
struck the ground
LOsr.-On the road between Mason.
town and Independence. ON the 9th of
Dctt heavy blue chcviot ovcrcoat.
size thirty ssveu 70 is nearly new
Any one finding same viii be- literally
rewarded by Informing or returning
same 90 w G.. .,sTfe.
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