West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1899-05-25

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Now is the time to buy your rtsotay
and Glover seed at l.. NJ. Aibrighrs.
Pure CIDER Viuegarat G. C. Giles.
hingwood' AT IS cents per gallon. l0-i'
u. NJ. Anderson from Springfield.
New Jersey, was ~ ths Jenkins Honse
here during the past woek buying
horses
Edgar Fleury Of Cumberland. ives
here this weeS. calling on all the old
friends and customers OF John j..
stump
Hon julius Scherr OF Eglou VAS ia
town TUESDAY on business. lie was too
late for the uayeiliug ceremonies. but
Hon \, !. fortneY bad baen invited
in his stead.
Deputy Marshal Jackson. canir home
from Wheeling this week. aud re.
turned today; Wednesday, accom-.
panied hy o r Brand. Altoa Jackson.
and Clint Saaw, whs went TO serve as
Sepcial Deputies to guard the Street
Railway property.
Hugh Watson is on his way 10 Porto
Rico To join the 18th Infantry OF the
! Regular Army ard Moses is mem Der
of Troop II. Third L. s. Cavalry, aud
sta toned at Fort Mayer. Va. near
Washington. These boys are sons OF
Thos. j. Watson, OF near Reedsville.
NoTIcE TO CLAIMANTS AND PENSIONERS
! i will be al Rcedsville from the srst
TO sixth OF June. All persons having
claims to file or cases TO be looked after
please call ON mo at above time and
place.
T. J. WATSON,
Prof Morton, of Kingwood, gave
"A lecture at the Normal Auditorium
Monday evening. His subject was
New United States" u vas "a very
! good production and he had an atten.
tive audience. He dwelt in an inter
esting manner on Russia, as the grow
ing power in the East.-Fairmont
Index.
An exchange in town not far away
printed an item TO the effect that n
certain resident, whose name IL did
not give, had better stop kissing his
hired girl, or he might be found out
Iwenty-seven men called on the EDITOR
and Immediately stopped their paper
and accused him of interfering In their
domestic affairs.
Leroy Bueklew received a large car
load OF slate from Pennsylvania last
weed. l.. NJ. Albright will have n
slate roof put on his residence at once.
Also Abner and Jehu Liston of near
Valley Point, are going to have new
barns erected and slate roofs put on
same. They have been hauling the
slate from here this week.
Among the Prestonians granted pen
sions during the past week. were John
II. FraleY, Of Terra Alta, increased
from So TO $40 per mouth; Beui Teets.
of Tunneltou, increased from s12 to
sl4 per faonth; James Il. Wallace. OF
Rowlesburg, IS per month, and Fred
NJ. Halbritter, OF Tunnelton, restora-
tion and reissue at si4 per month.
Clifton w White, OF Oakland, who
was in Kiugwood last winter as an
applicant Tor the position of electrician
of the electric light plant here, is at
| Nassau, ia the Blbaina Islands now.
He arrived there April 10th. on a years
contract wiring in electric lights in
some big hotels owned by Flagsr. the
New York millionaire, who owns half
the zig hotels and railroads OF Florida.
S 4. Wiley, the noted historian, has
been in town for short time in the
interest Of the forthcoming history OF
the county. The publishers could
have selected no man more familiar
with the work he is expected to do.
No old landmark or business enter
prise viii escape unnoticed IL left to
Mr.. Wiley Genius Of
Liberty.
VIII T. White and family arrived in
Terra Alta last Saturday from New
Whatcom, Washington. where thev
went some time ago to locate. but did
not like their prospective home and
have now returned to old Preston and
concluded that IL is the best place
after all. We are glad TO have Mr.
White and his estiSable family back
with us, as we cannot afford to lose
such people.
Mrs. l. " Albright and son Emory.
went 20 Grafton Monday to meet a
millinery drummer and purchase an
other big lot Of millinery goods, as the
big stock purchased in the East some
time ago is pretty well sold out they
having had a big run in this line.
Jonu Robinson's circus exhibited ia
Grafton that day, but OF course that
had nothing to do with their going
there on that special occasion.
This Office has received two tons Oh
paper this week. made specially
for Us az the Paper Mills. tits lighter
but better quality than the presen,
grade Sc ato sizing. We haye also re-.
ceived several reams Of book paper
and fine assortment Of card board
| comet. tfr,.r ~ 1 0Yu .n.af. ood "a G,yer