West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1899-02-16

son as director OF the West Virginia
Girls Industrial HSme at Salese. TO
succeed Jerome Haddoeks, resigned.
Lieut. f. Scott, son OF Or. Scott,
/ OF Terra Alta, and late oitcer i'm the
| First West Virginia Regiment is now
visiting relatives in Alabama since
being mustered out and will likely not
return home tin spring.
Frank Riley. the genial salesman for
the Ross 7. Andrews Paper House, OF
Washington City, is here today. taking
orders for paper goods. TmE AReus
Office as usual purchased some hand
some uP-t0-date stationery.
Mrs. e. w. Ringer, of this Mace.
presented her husband with a hand
some valentine Tuesday. Feb. 14b.
II was a bouncing baby boy and DR..
u. w Showaltsr acted as male carrier
IN delivering the valentine
The attention OF our people is called
TO the advertisement of J. ". Wiles the
hustling real estate jealer Of Morgan
town. lie is an old Prestonian and
will treat you well IL you are interest.
ed in real estate in the West Virginia
Athens.
II have been trYiHg DR. Bulls Cough
syrup and am well pleased with IL.
Ny sen had the whooping cough and "a
bad cold followed. l tried your DIR.
Bulls Cough Syrup aud ia three nights
he was better. Moses Yerby, Lancas.
ter Court House. Va"
Julian f Fleming, editor of the
Morgantown New Dominion, is now at
New Orleans attending the Mardi
Gras festiYities- He went down on
special excursion with the Pennsyl-
vania editors and is lucky TO be down
there during this late cold spell
We are glad to note that Ed NJ. Heer-
mans, who has been very ill Mt his
home in Charleston for several weeks
with typhoid fever, is much better
now and recovering rapidly. His
parents haye been with him for some
time nursing him back to health.
Charley Stewart, who lives at Fair
mont has been visiting bis pare is out
at snyder's Chapel the past week lie
expects to move back to Preston about
April lst His brother. Ben. Franklin
stewart, who was a private in the
First w. Va. Regiment, came home
| with him.
MIR. Charles L. Morgan, of Clarks-
burg, was one among the ffty-three
naval cadets who graduated from the
Naval Academy Fat Annapolis last
week. lie was assigned 10 duty on
the Mas achusetts, but was transferred
/ from thai vessel TO the supply shin.
"Solace," which has been ordered to
Manila
! The first oil lease ever taken in
! America was in 1888. IN Cherrytrce-
townshia. Venapgo county, Pa The
| hrsL well was drilled in 1859. to n depth
OF 20 feet and made 20 barrels per day
| la $50 the production Of oil in America
was 60,96o, 30! barrels. while in all
! other countries put together the
amount was only 1882 500 barrels.
Russia is the strongest pre- ucing for
eign country.
| We have received fine lot of new
! mailing type from Earnhart Brothers
! Big Type House ia Chicago and have
been setting up "A new mail list during
! Tia past week or two and huv'nt com
| pleted it yet, as we had to order some
extra sorts In making the change
sonle mistakes may happen and sorae
| few names may be omitted from tie
mailing list or m istakes made in the
dates OF subscription and accounts.
and II 80 we hope our patrons will no
tify MS of it promptly.
Among the ludicrous sights of the
| past week, was mdn from Row les
burg, who WAS here Monday with Al
heavy two-hors wagon after the tool
box and tools Of Rightmeyer & Shock
the stous-contractors. The snow was
at least a foot deep and still showing
and had been 6ne sleighing for a
week and looked more like mid. win ter
than IL ever did in this country, and
| for a man TO start out on such trip
with wagon was calculated TO at
tract attention and suspicion as to his
sanity.
Report OF the Lick Run school, Port
land district. for the month beginning
the Goth day OF December 1898 and
ending the Goth day OF January ls99.--
Vida Barnes, teacher. Mum Der Of
pupils enrolled, boys, If; girls, II;
total 22 Pupils not absent or tardy,
Wilburt Lenhart aud Nora Ringer.
Pupils not tardy, Earl, Edward. Foster,
Mabel and Gertie ROdeheaver, Bessie
and Pearl Welch. Average per cent.
Of daily attendance, 81. Psrebts are
cordially invited TO visit the school.
Wednesday night OF last week a
sleighing party from here drove over
to Terra Alta in spite OF the severe
cold and bad u merry time. They
stopped al the bennington Hotel aud
after supper engaged in dancing till
eleven o'clock when they started home
arriving about 2 a. m. The crowd was
composed Of Mr.. and Mrs !. NJ Crane.