West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1897-07-15

Hotel in the Hollow had the members
Of the County Cour; and some other
friends over the Hills 10 the Poor
House to dinner yesterday.
The most complete assortment Of
| Legal Blanks ever in the county on
sale at THE ARGUS office. General
price, 10 cents per dozen or 90 cents per
hundred. sent postpaid Write Tor
what you want
The meeting of the School Book
Board this week will be held at The
ARGUS office, where there is plenty of
room, and no better or more conven-
lent place could be found ia town.
Morley Thomas, the clerk at the
Grafton Hotel and his friend, Clarence
Zepp, OF Washington, ID. c., have been
here the past week, visiting the home
folks and taking a short vacation.
sunday afternoon William G.. Brown
and w. Il. Cornwell and Misses Flo
Martin and Ella Clapp, of the Gordon
House, drove TO Terra Alta, where Mr..
Cornwell took the evening train for
home.
! Reuben Messengers wife, of Terra
Alta, is very low with dropsy and
stomache trouble. DR.. Scott is the
attending physician. Edmond Nessen-
ger was over at Terra Alta this week
To see her.
DIR. VIII Sivey formally of this city
but now of Tunnelton, arrived here
| yesterday evening accompanied by his
bride. They are on their wedding
tour and will be here a few days with
friends. -Parkersburg Sentinel
Rev. Cox. OF Grafton, the Presiding
Elder of this circuit of the 4 -. church,
will preach in the Court House here
tomorrow (Friday) night and the
general public is cordially invited TO
be present and hear the discourse.
The Millinery Goods at the Store of
j w. Fawcett & Co are offered, for
sale at or below cost for the next two
weeks, and if you need anything ian the
| line of Straw Goods Trimmings Veil
lngs, Flowers, etc, call at once and get
your pick, for these goods will be dis
| posed of in a short time at some price.
The County Court has been in session
all week and il will keep them busy to
get through this week. This is the
most important session of the year and
the receipts and expenditures of the
past year are being made up for publ
| cation now soon.
The Evangelists from Mt. Lake Park
will hold a series Of meetings at the
M. f. church, Albrightsville, beginning
Friday evening, July 10th, and ending
Sabbath evening, July 18th. good
time is expected. Every body is cor
daily invited. COMMITTEE.
Col. Thomas II. Dennis, the lawyer
and editor Of Lewisburg, Greenbrier
county. has recently been made Assist
ant Adjutant General on the staff of
| Gen. Robert White, Commander of the
| Confederate Veterans of this State,
with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel.
Hon. John =. Jones' of Terra Alta,
was in town Ibis week on business aud
left Tuesday afternoon for Tunnelton.
where he met his wife and went on To
Wheeling. From there they go on to
Niagara Falls on an excursion, and
from there TO Toronto, Canada.
The ParlSersburg Sentinel has this
TO say of well known Prestonian, "A
son-in-law of Mrs. John j Cooke, Of
TOWNSVILLE:
j. T.. Mattingly Of Cumberland. who
succeeds 5 Rosenhein as agent for the
James Clark DistillerY Co.'S branch
store in this city arrived here Monday
night and has taken charge of the busi-
ness.
Ex-Sheriff Shaw has been having
| considerable improvement made on his
handsome residence on the hill. The
building has been painted inside and
out and the grounds around il graded.
Keep your eye on the Sheriff about
this time next year when candidates
are bobbing up for the Legislature.
Circuit Court adjourned Monday till
next Monday in order to give the clerk
time TO enter up the records and serve
some legal papers We have been un-
able TO get a copy of the proceedings
| for this issue owing 20 the Clerk being
at work on the books. Will give the
full amount Of this special term next
| week:
The ladies Of the Presbyterian church
gave a very pleasant lawn fete on the
grounds adjoining the church Tuesday
| night. II was rather cool for out
door refreshments, but still the attend
ance was very good and the festival
vas we'll patronized. Ice cream, cake
and coffee we're served and quite a snug
sum realized.
| Duke Dent, the famous pitcher Of the
| Kiugwood Base Ball Club played in a
/ match game at Parsons yesterday with
\ tho Elkins club and tossed the ball
for the preachers and struck out eigh-
/ teen men. The Parsonites won the
\ game by 70 score Of four 20 one. This
is equal TO league game To-day
I they play a match game with tho Davis
/ Club
Rev. T.. 9. Martin, who has been To-
Gated at Berkeley Springs, in Morgan
/ county, the past year was in town this