West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1897-06-17

! SASIh IN tue EtNlnS pOstStlce under ms
brother Jim, who has been confirmed
and takes possession Ar once. The
postmaster gets $1,000 per year ana the
clerk $500 per year
The manager Of the Einrwooi Base
Bali Club is negotiating for games with
Fairmont, Morgaut0wa, Grafton.
MasoRtown, Rowlcsburg. Oakland,
Mt Lake and Frendsville, Ma. and ox,
poets TO get nateh games with most
OF the places during the season.
stone wall almost mile in length
with an average height Of IS feet, has
been built along Second Ave, in Pitts
burg, by the Baltimore * Ohio Rail
road Company This is part of the
half Million dollar Improvement that
the Company is making at that point
Mrs. Caroline Monroe wears the belt
for the biggest FISH SO far, caught with
a hook. While down on the river last
week at Camp Fairfax, she captured u
sucker that was two feet long and
weighed several pounds. Quite n mum
Der of fish have been caught down
there by different parties.
A pleasant social party was given by
Misses Nirgie and Jessie Spahr at their
home on Main Street last Friday even
ing. Quite number of youag folks
were invited in to spend the evening
and they had a merry time with games
and refreshments till near midnight
] Gro the marty broke un
DIR. Hanson Jarrett the Ora fton den
| tist will fill the following Il appointments
in this county. Terra Alta July LIST.
! Tor 3 days Rowlcs burg, 5th, s days
| New burg. Sth, days. l[ingwOod, 18th
| days. Masontown, 10th. day..
| Recdsville, 10Th, , DAYS. All parties
! desiring dental work please call early
and get Same or make engagements Tor
same.
Archie c. Roper, of jefferson county,
shearcd 60 sheep in IL hours, an aver
age of II minutes TO the sheep On a
bet that he could shear sheep in 1--WE
minutes he caught and tied up the
fleece of "A we'll wooded eve OF one hun
dred and thirty pounds in minutes
and so seconds by the watch
| Duke Dent and Charley Smith went
over TO Dobbin last Friday to take in
match game of ball there Saturday be
| tween the home club and the Bayard
team. DslSe pitched for the Dobbiu
club and they had lively game, but
only played six innings and got into a
dispute and quit without finishing.
Clyde Shaffer, son OF w. r. Shaffer,
returned Monday from over about
GAINESVILLE, where he has been the past
two months working and staying with
relatives. lie started out to hunt the
prosperity that his father promised
from the stump last fall, but gave it up
in disgust and returned home.
James w. Fortune, 20 years old, and
Adelaide Mccormick, twenty years his
| junior, were married the other dav ia
Summers county. They were lovers in
1860 and quarreled. lie joined the
Confederate army and that ended the
romance until recently, when they
met, the old flame was rekindled and
the county clerk was called in.
The trustees OF the Con ference Semin-
airy at Buclshannon elected j. S.
Withers, OF Gleaville, TO temporarily
| fill the vacancy in the Presidency of
the Board, caused by the death of Judge
Samuel w. Woods. The only change
in the faculty was in the election OF
Prof. w. o. Mills TO professorship.
| Prof. Mills is now president OF the aca-
deny at that place.
James Lemuel Stone left last Friday
FOR Washington, Pa, TO attend the
| Commencement exercises OF the Young
Ladies Seminary at that place and
witness the graduation OF his ward,
Miss Adah Crane Trippett. Mr. Stone
drove through the country, stopping
over at Unlontown to visit relatives.
| The Commencement exercises took
place Tuesday of this week.
| DR.. D. r. Rothrock, OF New Berlin.
| Pa, does not hesitate TO recommend
| Cham oerlain's medicines. He SAYS
II have handled them for year or
more in my pharmacy and End them
! safe and reliable My customers praise
them very highly" No one who is
! troubled with rheumatism can use
/ IMAM OoTldlu ram Balm without praiS-
| ing IL. The quick relief from pain
which 1t affords is alone worth many
times its cost. For sale by j. A. Len
hart, Kingwood, and j. j. Cooke s.
Sons, HOwesvillo.
Special preparations are being made
for the Childrens' Day exercises in the
Presbyterian church next Sunday, be-
ginning at 1880 a. IN. A full program
will be given in a very attractive and
pleasing manner. The children have
been practicing for IL Tor some time and
the exercises promise TO he good The
church will be decorated handsomely
ard the music will be fine. Al ara
invited 20 be present and enjoy the
occasion This IS the regular day for
IL and IL viii not be postmoued
The ncw pastor at the Prcsby
church win preach Sunday evening 40
1850 on tho subject Spiritual Trans
formation" Romans, 18th chapter and
md verse. reading as follows: "And
be not conformed 10 this world; but be
sc transformed by the renewing or
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