West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1898-09-08

a w. Brown of the Journal force,
was out home in Valley district las,
sunday.
Grant Bower has been i'm town tins
week. lie now has position on the
Post at Morgantown.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed c Stuck and daugh-
ter returned home yesterday from a
two weeks visit ia Indiana.
j. Nelson Baker, of Evansville. has
been here tins week. trying to head OF
the Bonafeld boom for the legislature
Miss Winona Mcdowell, who spent
several weeks visiting here, loft this
week for her home in Uniontoun, Pa.
oscarC Campbell. a rising young at
torney from Morgantown. was here
last week and dropped into. see ms Fri
day.
The best medicine you can take 1.
that which builds "A solid foundation
for health in pure, rich blood-Hood's
S~arsap1r,ita.
A soft drink shop is in full blast
this week over in the Bishop Block.
The young man IN charge came here
from Morgantown.
A Sabbath-school Picnic will he held
at M. Zion, near Rohr on Saturday
the 10th OF September; all are cordially
invited. Come one come all.
Robert II Brown. of the r. & O.
bridge force, was here Saturday aud
Sunday visiting his family. lie is now
stationed at Wheeling. as inspector of
some new work that is being done for
the railroad.
In our list of teachers and schools,
Conner School, Pleasant district should
be credited TO john L. Jenkins instead
of John o. Jenkins as printed in the
list. and Ross Leonard is engaged to
teach the Deep Hollow school.
Rev. l.. d. Sine, who Is on the Evan
gelical circuit in this county, recently
drove over to his home In DALEY,
Somerset county, Pa, to deliver an adj
dress at a picnic. He was accompan-
led by Henry Jackson of near Valley
Point. p
Last Saturday Major U. N. Orc
rendered his resignation as Mayor of
the Town of Kingwood and at a special
meeting OF the Council held Monday it
was accepted and Julius *. Monroe
was elected for the unexpired term.
ending Feb. LIST next
Mr.. and Mrs. Virgil Brown from
Cripple Creek, Colorado, arrived here
yesterday TO spend some time In the
county visiting friends and relatives.
Mr.. Brown is u son of Mrs. Jane
Brown, of Kingwood and has been IN
the west ten years and made consider
aole money as a contractor and builder.
Morley Thomas, of tins place. who
has been night clerk at tho Queen City
hotel in Cumb erland for some time, has
accepted a better position rs day clerk
in the Traders Hotel at C~larksburg.
and Forest Martin has gone to Cum
bertrand To ill Morley's place there.
We are glad To see the Kingwood boys
doing we'll.
Mrs. Ruhama Cresap. of his place,
widow of Gustavus j. Cresap, is cele-
bratiRg her goth birthday today. All
of her children are here visiting her
and quite a IN of other friends
have been calling on her today To PAY
their respects To this venerable LADY,
who has resided in our town 81 years,
IL I'm her nrasaut hou,a
From the weekly repor: of the State
Board OF Agriculture of this state, we
extract the following in regard TO this
couaty Preston-Corn in good condi-
ton and maturing fast; buckwheat
ready to cut, a fair crop; some fall
wheat sown; pastures good; threshing
in progress, wheat turning out good,
oats only fair.
Yesterday afternoon Mrs. p. j. Gro
gan gave a delightful Tea party to a
mum Der of her lady friends, who as
sembled at her elegant home at the
corner Of High and Tunnelton Streets
in response to dainty invitations sen
out. Delicious refreshments were
served and the ladies are unanimous in
declaring it a very pleasant and sue
cessful affair.
Charles o. Scull, formerly gen eral
passenger agent Of the Baltimore &
Ohio railroad. and at present in charge
OF the railroad bond department Of the
United States Fidelity and Guaranty
Company, Of Baltimore. has been
elected President OF the Erie and Cen
trail New York Railroad, succeeding
Stewart Brown, OF New York. Mr..
Sculi also becomes a director OF the
company.
Mark Twain is the next famous per-
son TO be "a~necdotalized" by The Lid
les Home Journal, and the numprisCs
closest friends rave sent 20 the m tQa-
zine for its next nuu Der some twenty
( 4 stories about him. none Of which
have ever been printed. They arc OF
course. Of the drOll sort. but not more
funny than the snapshot" pictures Of
Mark which his friends have also
Ion ned the magazine. These too. have
never been printed.