West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1898-08-25

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There viii be picnic at Deep Hol-
low, near Ringers Mill, next Saturday,
Aug. as,h.
Mrs. Ella Morris has returned from
= Two weeks visit At Oakland aud Mt.
Lake, Md
Miss Fanny Dering is here from
Morgantown, visiting her brother, C.
w. Dsring.
Rev Shaw and wife are home again
from vacation spent at Davis and
Mt. Lake Park.
Miss Elizabeth Hanser, OF Rowlos
burg, has been the guest of Mrs. Joan
III. Brown the past week.
Miss Cora Wheeler, OF Fairmont.
arrived here Tuesday To attend the
wedding Of her cousin, Miss Nyra Wat
son.
Mrs. Sue Cowan. OF st. Louis. Mo-.
arrived here last Friday on an annual
visit TO her old home aud friends in
kingwood.
Grove c. Jackson moved Monday
from his property ia West Kingwood
Co that of ID. 4. jackson at the head OF
Main Street
Rev. Macy McGee Waters aud family
from Evanston Ill, are visiting his
parents at Oak Farm near Iudepend-
ence, this county
T. L. Hendricks, formerly of this
county, has moved from Opekiska to
Bentons Ferry, where he works in the
mines near there
Charles 1. Trow bridge has moved
from Morgantown TO Terra Alta. where
he has position in the Wooden Mills
of Riggs & Company.
Born. unto Mr.. and Mrs. A. A.
Brown OF near town, on Wednesday,
August 10, 1898. fine boy baby. Dr.
5. A. Pratt attending physi
Mrs. w. b. Parkhurst and son.
Reginald and Miss Mamie Fawcett. are
here from Charleston. spending
months vacation with friends and rela-
tives.
Mrs. Robert Sterling, Will Sterling
and Frank and Leo Casteel from
FriendsYille, Md. were visiting here
at $. j. Sterling's from Saturday till
Monday.
Elk Sheriff Shaw and wife are attend
ft,nr l.. Il.
visiting their old home at the Camp
Ground now occupied by Bert Bickford
and family
Mr. ane Mrs. Ed. c. Stuck and daugh-
ter, of Kingwood. and Mrs Nicholas
Gross. of near Reedsville, left Monday
morning for Indiana to visit friends
and relatives.
Mrs. Katharine Copeman. of near
town, is sick this week and con fined TO
her bed. She had intended To leave
Monday morning for indianapolis 10
visit her brother. but was too i'll 70 go.
Mrs. Godfrey Murdock, OF Concordia,
Kansas, arrived in Kingwood Sunday.
TO visit her mother. Mrs. Cresap and
o her friends and relatives She has
not been home for several years and
will likely remain several weeks.
Misses Laura and Emma Smith, who
have been Summer guests at the Hotel
Gordon. left last Saturday afternoon
for their home in baltimore. Miss
Emma taught two terms of dancing
here, with class at Gordon Hall
Ashford w. Brown. of Browns Mills,
Valley district, is now doing local
work on the journal of this place and
will remain here till November LIST.
when his school begins. lie will teach
the Plaiuview School near home, which
begins the first Monday in November.
Now that the dog-goned Dog DAYS
are over. we are having some decent
weather and the farmers are finishing
up their harvest and threshing out
their grain and getting some plough
ing done for wheat and the roads are
drying up and getting passable once
more.
J.. Boyc, OF Wheeling. has been
granted a patent on an apparatus for
wiping pipe, and w. VI. Smith, OF New
Cum berland, has obtained patent on
Rail-joint Hardly week goes by
but what one or more inventive West
Virginians receive patent on some
device or other
Messrs. Hanger & Turney. of Cuzzart.
this county, write us that they are
agents for certain kind OF post and
rail fence that is patented and all
parties in Preston county are notified
not TO infringe on the patent right
which they hold for this county. Any
one with the fence and not.boldinp the
| right must purchase IL nt once from
the Dove parties or be liable for
/ heavy fine.
John W Vanata. Of Palatine. and
Miss Jennie Sapp. daughter Of BEN
'min Sapp Of Gladesville. were in
town last Thursday aud secured
writ Of attachment from County Clerk
Walls and were married Saturday, Aug