West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1899-01-12

week
George Cooke. of Grafton. was in
KiGgw0od Tuesday and dropped into
us.
Miss Alice Thomas arrived home from
baltimore last Saturday on visit to
her parents.
Mr. and Mrs. John &. Mattlngly. OF Parkers.
burg. have be'n visiting relatives at iIowes.
vile during holidays.
Mrs John w. Watson aud daughter.
Cecil have been at Fa,rmont the past
ten days visiting friends
Miss Pearl Bayles aud Robert Fin
nell, OF Ind. p ndsnco, have been visit
ing here the past week at George A.
H-rrinV's
Right Reverend Bishop >. L. pouahoe. Of
Wheeling. was nj Howesvillc from saturday
tlil Monday and celebrated mass az the yatho-
lic Church at iIowesvillo
Mary hovey an insane woman, whs
has been in Jail here for some time,
was taken to the Hospital at Weston.
Tuesday FOR treatment.
H.
81 the Howesvil'e nerhhethoo l. very low
with dropsy and his death expected at any
time Dr. NJ 7. Powell Is the physician In
charge
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Riclleman, OF
P,ttsbarg, are attending the bedside
OF the formers father. near rIowe>vlle.
a. he is very i'll MIR Ricklenan is a
passenger engineer on the & @. rail-
road between Pittsburg and Cumbsr-
land and makes big wages.
We learn that w. w. SHOCK aud his
son Frank NJ. Shoch. OF ROwlesburg.
have both made assigA ments Co trus-
tee for the benefit of their creditors.
The former has been operating the
limestone Quarry over there and the
latter a general merchandise business.
Sheriff Shaffer levied on the goods Of
Capt j. + Murdock this week to satisfy
an execution for about 5000 IN favor OF
the Kingwood Bank. The goods wore
moved from the Murdock building in to
the vacant storo-room in the Bishop
Block and will be sold by the Sheriff at
public sale.
j. Harry Neff, who has served a term
IN the Regular Army aud was with
Captain Caprous Battery in the great
fight around Santiago, will be hon,s
now soon. He is with his Company at
Jefferson Barracks, Missouri and his
time expires Jan. 10th next, Monday
and he will be home here some time
next week.
Hon. p. j. Crogan and wife left Mon
day 'AOrning for Charleston to spend
the remainder of this month visiting
| friends and taking In the organization
Of the Legislature and election Of Soma
tor and attending the State Bar Asso-
citation which conyenes in Charleston,
Jan. nth. Mr. Crogan's address is $40
| Washington Street, Charleston.
! From the ,netcorolog ical record as
kept by j. X. Monroe. the voluntary
observer here of the Weather l;nreau
| Tor the month OF Dect VA ber we note as
! fuilows: Highest temperature O. Oh
/ the goth The lowest tenn perat urc was
ON the 18TH. Number OF clear days
! cloudy II and partly cloudy TO- Total
rainfall "a inches aud total snowfall
Is inches. The old year went out in q
raging blizzard.
! Miss Nettie SHal.ey an attendant ut
the Hospital for Insane 81 Weston, arr
rived ia Kingwood Monday evening and
! returned Tuesday with the insane
woman who had been iH Jail here for
| Ia. l..
! burg and took the wife Of DR. Dent to
the Hospital for treatment Tho trip
gave Miss Smalley a sheet visi. TO her
parents here. She was looking well
and likes her position.
Report of Nj. Nebo school Pleasant
district, for tho second month, ending
Decem Der 81, 1898 g. w. Borrower.
teacher. Nunber OF pupils enrolled so;
average daily attendance IS; boys 30;
girls 10; per cent. of daily attendance
50. Patrons and friends are invited to
pay the school visit.
The ARGUS and Journal are weekly
visitors and are kept on fle for the use
OF pupils.
Report OF the Center school for the
second month, endinR Dec. 60 1885,
Marie Smith, teacher. Number of
pupils enrolled 10; average daily atteu-
dance Ia; per cent. OF daily attendance
s6H. Names Of pupils neither absent
or tardy, Icis Kelly. Ellie welch. Klet
FormaR, Lessie LiveRRood and Okev
Hanger; Willie Hanger MISSED one half
day. Trustees and parents are invited
70 visit tho school.
This teuder bit Is being given wide
circulation by ito Republican press
throughout the state: "As Congress.
nan-elect Frcsr, while At home last
week, was carrying in a bucket Of coal.
he remarked 70 his wife. who was
churning in the kitchen, Merry I'm bet
there isn't another Congressman 10 the
! United states carrying IN coal today
TO which hrs. Freor quickly replied.
/ No, and there isn't another Congress
mans wife churning. either"
Mr.. and Mrs. llcary DeBillier aHi
their lawyer, Benjamin X. Curtis. all