West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1899-11-02

/ SOrs VIII preach lu the beverly hitl
church next SUNDAY, Nov. 5th at IL a.
M, o'clock and 1880 p. m.
! Mr. and Mrs. Lot Swlger and son from Fair.
mont were ViSting az NJ, p PeiI's oat near
I Peasant Dale. the past week. they rVtaruea
'a's WEEK anVihg Through the country.
Isaac y. Foreman, OF near Pleasant
Dale, has been very III for several
weeks with typhoid fever and after
getting better took relapse and is in
d critical condition. DR.. j A, Graham
has had charge of the case and this
week called DR.. Pratt in cousultat ion
on the case.
The Nonongalia House Is a new hotel opened
up I'm Kingwood by Melvin Gidley. who moved
here from Nonhnralis and calls his hotel after
his native country, lie occupies the stone
property on Main Street near the Electric
Light r.ant The rates are oae dollar per day
and as the proprietor runs the Meat Market the
ooaiders ought 70 get plenty 10 eat.
The announcement of the engage
meut Of Capt y y. Avis, assistant
United States District AttoYuey to
Miss Florence Marian Atkinson. secoud
daughter OF Gov. Geo w. Atkinson has
been made. Both parties reside in
Charleston. The wedding will occur
the latter part OF November.
reward of five hundred dollars has
been offered by the counties of Berke-
ley, jefferson and Morgan for the cap.
ture Of Newton j. DOMAIN, the alleged
murderer OF the Kessler family, of
Morgan county. He is also charged
with the robbery of Samuel BOYER, in
Jefferson county and with numerous
roooeries in Berkeley county.
Miss Ella Dodge, one OF Prestou's
Young lady teachers, died at her home
near Terra Alta, Sunday, October Goth,
1899 after short illness with typhoid
fever. The funeral took place Mon
day. The deceased was daughter of
the late Lewis Dodge and had Gu
gagged to teach the Messenger school
in Portland district Only a few weeks
ego her brother died of the same dis,
ease.
Rev. and Mrs. A. II. Reese and son,
who have been visiting their relatives
in Upshur county since before the An
nual Con ;e~en ce, passed through Buck
harmon Friday morning en- route To
Terra Alta. The death ofitheir little
child detained them here since the
Conference, which changed Rev. Reese
from the Terra Alta circuit TO Hunt
ington station, where he will move as
soon as he can upon his return TO his
former home knight Errant
George A. Menear has sold out his
livery stable here, horses, wagons,
buggies, harness, good will and all TO
Albert a. Brown, son of Col ]. w.
Brown, OF Fairfax Manor, who took
charge last week and will move TO
town from the Marsden property be.
low Albrightsvi'le, as soon as he can
secure vacant property. Ia the mean
time John c. Brow and George A
Meoear are running tho stable for
him. Mr.. Bcown is a good citizen and
deserves the support OF the travelling
public
At the recent Teachers Examination
held IN Terra Alta by examiners Burke
and Car"ico, the following certificates
we issued
Number ones, good FOR four yeacs, to
Martha Copeman, Daisv Watkins, w
o. Par"iott and Il. L. Huodley, fouc.
NuDber twos, good for two years, as
follows: Lille Westiali, j. B. Lind.
seY, Darius Il. Metheney, Lilly Ma tin.
John O jenkins, j, p. HundleY and
Hecndon Duvall Carroll, seven, and
one third grade to Willie Garner, good
| onlY for one year
Astronomers tell us that we are Ia
have a shower OF stars on the l4th, 18th
| and 10th OF this month 1t is the occasion
OF the crossing OF the eacth's orbit by
Biela's comet, which occurs every &c
| Yeas. One astronomer predicts more
! than a shower Of stars. lie SAYS the
comet will come In contact with the
earth at this visitation and the eartt
will be DESTROYED in the collision
| We are treasured, however, by q
| French astronomer who says should
the comet collide with the earth there
would be no injury to the earth, but
that the damage would be entirely Il
| the comet. The most brilliant meteroiC
showers it is said, will occur after
midnight on each night mentioned.