West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1898-09-15

~ ~
about the house again after a threat
ened attack of fever. Her friends are
glad that the experience proved to be
no worse than IT did -Morgantown
Dominion.
Charley Wilhelm is home from Com
pany II. Second w. Va. Regiment on a
few days leave OF abss nee from his
company. lie has been quite sick
with typhoid fever and came home TO
recuperate.
A Mystery social by the Epworth
League. will DC held at the home OF
Mrs. James W. Parks, next Friday
evening, Sept 10th, lSeS All over
fourteen years are invited and a great
Mystery is expected
senator Elkins will be glad TO send
TO farmers aud other persons interested
until his quota is exhausted. on re-
quests sent to him AT Washington,
copies OF the latest Year Book Of the
Agricultural Department
Mr.. ID. c. Stemple, of Aurora, Is
awarded first premium ON our subscrip-
ton list lie was ian the other day and
paid up for four wears, so that his
paper now stands credited To- Jan. 1st,
1901. Who'll be the next?"
nor.
w sons In this state to manage our business
In their own and nearby counties. II Is mainly
Office work conducted at home Salary straight
$500 wear aud oehnite. bonsfde, no
more no less aulnrN AnnlhNN 60 HafArapaau
Enclose self-addressed stamped envelope, Her
bert T.. Hess, Priest Dept. NJ, Chicago.
From the meteorological record for
August as kept 10y j. X. Monroe Of this
place. We note that the average temper
allure for the month was as. The high
est being 90 on the 3lst and the lowest
being 81 on the Goth There was total
rainfan of about nine inches. There
were 1S clear days, 6 cloudy and II
partly cloudy.
Rev. Cummings, pastor of the A. NJ.
K. church of this circuit, held an all
days meeting in the Brown grove near
town, last Sunday. Colored folks from
~Morgantown and Grafton were in at
tendance, and the meeting was very
interesting. A portion OF the colored
choir from Morgantown was present
and furnished some fine music for the
occasion.
A new camp for sick soldiers will be
located at Oakland, Md. A few DAYS
ago Gilmer s. Hamil, of Oakland. re-
ceived Instructions from the b. & o. r.
IL to secur 400 acres of land TO be
used by the war department as a camp
for returning soldiers from Cuba and
Porto Rico Oakland will be n good
Location for a camp. as they have had
frost enough over there the past week
to kill of all the yellow jack in Cuba.
Mrs. Della Evans, of Morgantown.
died at the home of her daughter la
Uniontown. Pa. Friday, September o
Mrs Evans was the wife OF the late
Col. James Evans and a daughter of
Ion. Thomas p. Ray, OF Eorgan;own.
She was "A cousin OF Mrs. ID Y. Morris.
OF this place and was one OF the most
prominent ladies in MorgautoUn.
where shc had spent the greatest part
OF her life.
j. Slidell Brown left Monday mors-
ing for Cincinnati and goes on IRON
there to Indianapolis 10 attend the
Great Council of ne Improved Order of
Red Men ofthe United States i'm session
there this week and composed of dele
gates from every state and Territory
of the Union. C.. G. Hayaes of Faystte
county and Mr.. Brown are the Repre-
sentatives from the Great Council OF
West Virginia. The latter WAS elected
At tho ParkersO burg session for n term
Of two years. =
Marion Boone who went 10 the Klon-
dixie last March as the representative
OF the Kingwood Mining Company. re-
turned home recently without bringing
any fortune with him that has been
discovered yet, mp 20 date. We haven't
had time To interview HIM about his
adventures, but will report later on.
Or the boys who went with him from
here, Joe Sterling is working on a
Dairy Farm, near Seattle, Washington.
VIII Smajley is getting 81 so a day
working for a big lumber com pany and
Ad Albright is still up in Alaska pros
pecting.