West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1897-06-03

/ 10 81 per month now.
Leroy Shaw is At Spencer this week
attending meeting OF the Board Of
Directors Of the Hospital Tor the In
sane
! For SAIE-Good Kitchen stove and
! Zinc Top kitcheE Table.
Mrs. ". Il. PARKuURsr,
kingwoot w. Va
frank Mccormick OF Parkersburg,
has been here the past week visiting
his many friends here, who are always
/ glad TO see him.
Attorneys &c. and George NJ. Ralph
| snyder OF FairInonG aEd Charles u.
Guard Of Grafton, have been here on
/ business this week.
James O'IIara moved his shOe-shop
this week from the Albright building
/ on High Stroet 70 Capt. Murdock's
corner room on Price Street.
WIN ". Monroe arrived last Satur.
day from Nashville, Tennessee, where
he has been attending the National
! Peabody Normal School the past tive
years.
The household effects OF Rev. Trach,
the new Presby terrain pastor, have ar
rived and the family Is going to house
keeping in the Crane brick, near the
church..
MIS-. Harvey w. Carroll has been
visiting her aunt in Jacksonville, Ill
the past two weeks. Mr. Carroll is
talking about going west himself
next month
The huckleberry crop in this state
will this year, be the largest ever
known. As this is distinctly the poor
mans berry, it properly fourishes in
times like these.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. q. Bower went TO
MDrgantown last Thursday TO visit
! friends and relatives. Tkey returned
this week after pleasant visit to the
University town.
Rev. Il. i. Taylor viii preach at the
following places; Millersport, June
4th, 9Th and 9Th; at the Casteel school
House, June II, ~ and 18th, and at
MountaiA Run, Juae Is, 10 aud 2Oth
Miss Martha Copemnn arrived home
! this week from the National Normal
| School at Nashville, Tennessee She
stopped over few days at Grafton to
! visit relatives before coming or hsme
Stanhope Crane is home here from
Washington City, where he has been
attending school the past year. Mrs.
| Crane is visiting at Mt Lake Park,
Oakland and Terra Alta before arriv-
ing home.
Thirty years ago the H. IS O. bought
steel rails in England AT cost OF Sl12
! per ton in gold. Some of this rail is
still in use on short branches and is in
msrvelously good condition 1t is pear
shaped and WAS intended for use with
| wooden spliceS.
John Crock, OF Middle Ridge, lamp
shire county, has made complaint to
the authorities aboNt the deer and
wild turkeys destroying his crops, and
If steps are not taken TO prevent them
| from trespassing on him, he will have
to kill them for self protection despite
the game law.
Miss Rata Tanner Of near Ambers-
burg. was here last Saturday with
some of her folks taking i'm the show.
But few people know her or that she
was here or she would have attracted
considerable attention, owing 20 the
general interest excited over her mys-
terious case, beiag the victim OF an
unknown assassins bullet
Several Of orr people have received
from Hiss Adam Crane Trippett ia very
handsome and unique invitation 20 at
tend the Commencement exercises Of
the Washington Female Seminary, Of
Washington, Pa, June 15th. 1891.
There are twenty two young ladies in
the class of %, among them Miss Trip
petit, who graduates with honors.
The earthquake shock Monday after
noon about o'clock was felt in King
wood very decidedly, as it ratified the
dishes in several houses and scared
some of our people pretty badly. The
papers tell about it shaking things up
| at Parkersburg, Point Pleasant, Hunt
ington and other points at the same
| time.
Duke Dent arrived IN town from
Morgantown Yesterday and the base
ball business will open in earnest now.
The ground is being made ready and
practice game will DC played Saturday
| afternoon between the regular nine
/ and the Normal School Club II will
be a lively game and the first OF the
season Admittance fee and every body
body invited to come and soc it.
The Fourth Of July will likely come
on the third this year in most places
and on the 6fth in Others as the fourth
! falls on Sunday. Hence most people
will celebrate on Saturday and some
/ perhaps on Monday. We have heard
Of nothing going on as yet anywhere
in the county and IL is about time 60
begin getting ready for the observation
Of this great American Holiday.
The Daughters OF Veterans OF King
wood gave n festival and cake walk In