West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1897-01-28

4 SIahReIS W HlHl, LOOK Dim III
I hand little bit and explained his
duties. lie went right to work
with alacrity and seemed to under
stand in a minute just what to do.
lie is stopping around With James
W. White st Otto MichaeIson's,
who is the Republican candidate
for Mayor Of Charleston. Messrs.
Glover and Parkhurst also board
there.
TIT
While in Charleston | spent some
time with Charley Williams, an old
kingwood boy who left here about
fifteen years ago and went to Ia
diana, where he worked for the
Western Union Telegraph Company
as lineman for several years. He
married out there and did well.
His wife is the daughter of a
wealthy farmer, sand to be worth
about s125, 900. They have resided
In Charleston now for four years.
and live near the State House.
Charley has good position with
tho Western Union, having charge
OF all their business in and around
the city and receives good salary.
TT
Another old Prestonian | met in
Charleston was Capt. Eugene JEFF
freys, who was born and raised out
ia the "Lower Glades," as it used
to te called, near Masontown. He
Is over seventy years old now, but
hale and hearty, and spoke of and
asked me about many old citizens
or the county. He lives near
Charleston, and has wonderful
memory and can beat photograph
talking. He related many Incl
dents of the early history of this
section, and told me Of attending
the funeral OF Col. John Fairfax.
my great grandfather, who is buried
on the old Fairfax farm near Reeds.
vile. He said the funeral sermon
was preached by Rev. Celon KEYS,
Baptist minister, (who, by the
way, is still living and was here
and preached in Kinswood about q
year ago), in large barn on the
old place, as the house would not
begin to hold the crowd, which came
from far and near. Mr.. Jeffreys
also told me of herring the funeral
sermon of my other great grand.
father, Capt. Thomas Brown which.
he says, was preached by the same
divine under large tree in the
yard at the old homestead in Valley
district. Mr.. Jeffreys was Captain
of the militia before the war and
was elected Colonel just at the
breaking out of the war, but being
Democrat, he says knocked him
out Of taking the regiment to the
front.
One of the most ornamental mem
bers of the Senate is Stuart f. Reed,
OF ClaTksburg, who was prominent.
~ spoken of for the Presidency of
that body, but being a candidate
for Postmaster at home, he pre-
fered to make no fight in the Sen
ate, and told me would rather have
the Chairmanship of the Educa.
tiohal Committee anyhow. He will
likely be the next Postmaster of
harrisburg, which pays good
salary and will enable him to save
enough money to run for Governor
or Congress some time, which has
been his ambition for several years,
OnlY he has been too poor heretofore.
IL
The only Democratic appoint
ment IN the House is that of John
@. McEIdOwney, Jr., as a Page.
The stray lamb among the kids is
sou of John q. McEldowney,
Postmaster of New Martinsville.
aud Of course - Democrat. The
young fellow Was appointed by
Hon. s. r. Hanen, the Speaker, in
Difference to the n Democratic
members who were certainly enti.
tied to some slight consideration,
although some Of the Republican
papers kicked about It.
TIT
In the Senate there we're but four
Democrats out Of twenty.six. aad
the Republicans proceeded to GUST
one Of them at the bidding Of Ohas.
b. Hart, editor Of the Wheeling
IntelIgeHcer, Who Is q candidate for