West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1898-05-19

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Terra Alta, drove over TO Kingwood
yesterday. and stopped at the TX.
change Hotel
Uncle Tommy" Hawler OF Tunnel.
ton is very ~ with drop>y aud no. ex-
Pected to live. He has been sick some
time with grip and heart trouble. DR..
POWELL is attending him.
slideli Brown and sister May. re.
turned Tuesday morning from week
spent at Morgantown, attending the
Editorial Association aud visiting
friends at Fairmout and Grafton.
Haywood Presbyterian ch.rch. Sun.
day May 90, 1898. sabbath-school at
10 a. m. Preaching at II a. m. sub.
jech Day OF Penticost" Chris,ian
Endeavor at ESQ p. IN Preaching at
Pleasant Grove at s p. m
The young people of the Luthern
congregation. OF Carmel, w. Va. will
cele Ora,e Memorial Day. by special
service of songs, recitations and aa-
dresses, Service to begin at 10 o'clock
a. in. All are cordially invited.
John Cannon Brown, OF Fairfax Ma.
nor is now a full fledged member of
Brown Lodge. X. of p, of this place.
having completed the great hurdle act
OF bare backed goat-riding at the rep-
niar session of the lodge last week.
George Elias Barlow. who has been
living at Grafton the past wear. has
oeen down with typhoid fever for
several weeks, but is improving some
now Ills mother Mrs. George harlow
Sr'' OF near town, returned home Tpss.
day from his bedside.
The wife OF Robert II Brown ot,hf.
place who has been in the Hospi,ol q,
weston the past two wears. has bea,
critically i'll the past week with NO
hopes Tor her recovery. Her husband
who works for the -. & O. Railroad
ana has been at Parkersburg for some
time was notified of her condition and
came out to see abou. her.
The Town Sergeant has had force
OF hands at work the past week. clean.
ing out bitches and repairing the
streets and will soon begin the ora.
Jung FOR the stone sidewalks TIE
kowlesburg Company has the contract
and Is now getting out the stone and
viii soon be ready to put down some of
il.
Rev. James Lee Gamble. OF York.
shire. New York, arrived in Kingwood
l tuesday, OF this week 10 visit his uncle.
Henry Montgomery, who he had not
seen since Ante. Bellum DAYS. Rev
Gamble is a Seven DAYS Baptist and n
prominent minister of his church. He
LETT here yesterday for Salem. this
state to attend big Adventist Associa.
ZION IN session there this week
The insane man named Funk, who
mas been in Jail here some time, wait
ing admission to- the Hospital at Wes-
ton is very melancholy and SAYS he
wants to die and has made several at
tempts at suicide. but is watched very
closely and has so far been prevented
IN his transplanting desire. The other
day he had a big dose Of powdered
glass ready to swallow. when he was
discovered with it and the stuff taken
from him.
Wednesday of last week John Straw
ser and his wife. Alice from over about
Rodamers, were brought TO Kinpvood
and lodged in Jail On ten DAYS cen
tence by Justice VIM. ID Titcheneu Of
Terra Alta, who tried them for beatin,
and abusing a child OF Stra wser's bv n
former wife. They were fined $40 and
cost each, and failing to pay IL. were
sent to Jail ten days in lien thereof
There time will be up Saturday aud il
wont be much punishment for that
kind Of people.
! The first volunteer from Preston
county so far as we can learn, TO en-.
list for the present war with Spain
was Hugh Watson, a son of Thomas 7
| Watson, of near Reedsville. The
Young man was working over abopt
Fairmont and went from there AZ tho
first call with the company from thu.
place and Palatine This was In
| April, and he passed the examination
all right and is a mem Der of Compa
H. OF the First Regiment and now
down at Chickamauga with our troops.
What is TO be known as the Buok.
horn Portland Cement Company will
be incorporated for the purpose of bpv-
ing 1000 acre tract Of land near
Rowlesburg, along the Baltimore &
/ Ohio railroad. which contains all the
necessary ingredients for the man
ufacture Of Portland cement For the
purchase OF this property, and the
erection Of the proposed cement plant.
en- outlay OF $3.50, 900 will be required
The plant will have a daily capacity
Of 1000 barrels, and the capital stock
will be 400 600.
Michael Teeis. who lives over at
/ Postum Hollow, in Portland district
has been critically ill the past ten
/ days with some kind Of blood poison
ing. 1t started from a scratch on his
/ little finger, and his arm has been
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