The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-06-22
Local Briefs.

fr"t. Linger has beeu with us again
fnr several days.
- Some of the boys IL town are OF
ganizing a string band.
Cheat seems to be taking meadows
III the country this season.
john Kelly. Of White Pine, was in
town short time last Friday.
Joshua p. Owens, father of T. c..
Owens, was a visitor to town last Fri
day.
1t looks like this town ought to
support base ball club and brass
band.
AL. Gamer passed through town
with a nice young COW last Thursday
morning.
The nice little rise in the river last
Thursday will give new impetus to
navigation.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. ID. Slarkey, of
Pine creek, were shopping in town
Wednesday.
Bruce Summers ard Miss Catharine
Hoke, of Chenille, passed through
here Friday.
We ere laboring ut great disad-
vantage these days on account Of q
defective sight.
Mrs. w. L. Stevenson is in Park
ers Inrg and will visit friends there
for weekpr two.
We heard precious little or no com
llaint about cool weather the first
Zee days of last week.
tJesse Scott starts large force of
riorkmen this morning to building a
house on his properly above town.
If ne have any 18th of July more
than few plain DRINKS it will be nee
esssry to make some arrangements ut
once.
A few days ago: Il wish it would
get warm" Monday, Tuesday and
Wednesday,: (Which! | wish /,
would get cooler.
Or. Lowe and Loury Hays, Of Ar.
.oldsburg, were here a short time last
Z "Wednesday. Loury reports that his
father is silll very feeble, but slowly
recovering.
Several Teachers Institutes
throughout the State sre being held.
So far as We know The time and place
for holding the Institute in this coun.
y has not / cen fixed.
Mrs. Annie Hardman and daughter.
Geraldine and Eva, and Alfred Stump
and grand daughter, Ethel Stump,
have all heen nu n visit to friends in
R"ane county for several days
Judging from The number of grain
cradles. scythes, renpers and mowers
that are being taken away from this
t"wn there is great crop Of
wheat and grass throughout the coun-
try.
1t is real funny IT, hear some talk
aud tell jnst hos deep the oil is, and
one ut the remarkable freaks about
the thing is tlat every farm is on the
do degree line and must necessarily
lie exactly in the belt.
The general rule is to rush the bus.
inc OF the Circuit Court through too
fast 1t is ali right to shove business
along, but the hurry should not be so
great as to make it necessary to con
time so many important cases.
Deputy Sheriff Al. Hardman took
>. Buck 70 the peniientiary last week.
Unless pardoned by the Governor he
will have to stay full year from the
date of his sentence. 1t is to be hop
ed that others will profit by the exam
pie This affords.
W. L. Roe, j. W. Pelps efficient
clerk, left a few days ago for Roane
s county, where he will spend some
time trausacting business, visit friends
and recreate. Continued bad health
has made it necessary for him to get
out Of the store for awhile.
S. P. Bell hangs out his single a.
attorney at-law and wisely places his
card in the CHRONICLE. Ofhis ebil-
ity as an attorney we know nothing,
bat as a school teacher and Surveyor
Of Lands he has been quite successful,
and he is an all around clever fellow.
Look out every body, next week
the names Of persons returned dslin-
quent by the sheriff for the n5n.pay.
me1t Of taxes will be published in this
paper. Several people have subscrib.
ed recently, and many Of the number
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