West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1899-05-04
Herring

Correspondence Of The Argus
l. y. Ro6ey was at Morgantown last
Friday,
!. NJ. shaw, formerly of Gnseman,
passed through here SATURDAY..
u. I. Radabaugh was at kingwood,
saturday, after a load OF new goods
for his brother !, : who has "A store at
Swindlers Mill, on Bull Ran.
We believe there ought TO be a post
otico Established down in that country
There arc TWO mills, planning aud saw
mill and store. all of which are about
same distance, four miles from three
poStohiceS, Masontown. Rohr and
Herring.
An editorial i'm last weeks issue OF
IHE ARGUS says that the people be.
Nond Herring arc opposed To the bond
issue The people here are very anN-
iouS for railroad, but during the
elections of p6 and as they were told
SO much about issuing honds IN time
ot peace" and promised 81 much hv
hepuoilcau stump Speakers. They
Mere told that railroad wou ld bo
quit down Dccker's Creek and another
UP the river. the valleys would be IL
Illuminated with coke ovens and the
NILS ringing with the sounds of cleo
tr!cal mach merry and miners tools. and
al OF this would only Toe "A PART OF the
Mckinley Prosperity These people
are Still loyal TO the party. They be-
l'"vs that ia the near future Mckinley
WI order this work begun, and that II
tsey were to attempt to bury the boom
the old man might get angry and re-
fuse To bring on the balance OF pros.
perlty. There is no question but that
confluence has been restored down
therc. III the people at kingwood are
anxious for tho bonds to carry, they
hHd better send the Jim Committee out
az once To explain the situation to
these people
we are sorry to chronicle the death
OF one OF our best citizens, George w
Spurgeon, who was killed bv lightning
last Wednesday. He and his two sons
were preparing field for corn. Mr.
Npurgeon ana his son Willie, n boy
OF ABOUT 10 years were digging up
oriars, while the other son Elsev, a
BOY of 10, was blowing. About . p. n.
storm was approaching from the
horth ana the three being close to-
Eether watching the storm to see if
IL was coming there. A fash of liVht.
ning seemed TO al the heavens ablazc.
me team took fright and ran, both
hoyS trying to stop the team, which
they did and then they saw their
rather lying on the ground. The
lightning struck him on the top of the
i'c"u' tSnrlng ms nat To pieces, fol-
lowing down to his arms, where H.
div ided' part following out his arms,
tearing small groove in the mattoclS
handle, winch he held in his hand.
The main part followed down his body
subdivided again, going down each
leg bursting the soles from both his
boots. His hair was singed and n
small place was burned on the bottom
OF each foot; otherwise he was not
iis60ured.
Mr. Spurgeon was in his 57th year
His second wife, whose maiden name
was MISS Anne Rogers. survives him,
by whom he had six children, four Of
whom are living His Oldest son
Grant. had been away since last Sep
TENDER The family knew nothing Of
ms whereabouts. lie had started TO
hunt work along the w Va. Cantral
IL H. When the father was killed tho
son was telephoned for but was not
found. He had started for home. arr
irving about two hours after the flu
neral. lie never heard anything
about the accident until he arrived at
Iuhnelton JERRY PORTER.