West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1899-07-06

}. ". Dorsey Z Nlorgantovn has been here
this week visiting rs pare .
Miss Flo Jenkins has been VISITING friend.
over ON salt Lick the past vcsk.
Fine Line o. rerfumeric- Toilet SOAP, ana
Face toWders az Graham Lrug store
Attorney James A Brown va, no Parkrrs-
burg and o ALTON on legal business this wcck.
swamp Root is the greatest KIdus, Rcmeiy
on TIE Market Try u. AtCruham prgg Store.
Pure Cider Vinegara at G. G. Giles.
hingWoOd. at 10 cents per gallon. lO-t-
h. Monroe and Earl Martin left ycs,rr-
day for the 'YOugh' river to do some survey
lug.
There was big picnic down near valley
Point last Saturday and ice cream supper az
night.
George A. walls returned yesterday from
trip to Grafton anu up ON the ~ est "a Central
railroad.
pr. Us. Nedrow, T scott and Joseph G .
Arnold II b ucetou wsr, her e yesterday on
business.
Miss Iona Stone is here nom New
Concord, Ohio where she teaches in
the College there.
" c. Feather, ono Of the leading
business men Of Parsons, was here
! during the past week.
There vas picnic aud celebration
out at hasontown. TUESDAY Also up
( at Fsllowsviiie IA nd out on Birds Creek
/ Tho lournali is taking vacation This week
! and the whole force Is of celebrating the
! Fourth Bort Montgomery the foreman Is al
! home Ina Piedmont They issued the paper for
/ this weak last Saturday
A patent has been granted TO Stephen
| Shanahan, of Charleston, w. Va, on a
| pipe clamp; TO Frank G Caldwell. OF
! Wheeling, on a design for clamp for
sheet metal roofing plates, and to
Henry Crigler, of Franklin, w, Va, on
design for clamp momber.
Work was begun clearing off the
right OF way on the Black bottle rail
road near Morgantown last week. The
| dirt will begin to be moved within a
few days, aud the " ork Of construction
viii be pushed rapidly, according to
the President OF the road, George &.
Sturgss.
Big Picnic at Goff's Ridge in Union
district on Saturday July sth, 1899
| /everal good speakers present and
plenty TO eat and good time gsner-
ally. Everybody and their sisters
and their cousins and their aunts in
yited to come and help celebrate and
have a good time.
There was quiet wedding at Gladesvile
| last saturday evening. July 1st Tue con
! tracing parties were J.. Frank Triokett, son Of
| the merchant at that ace and Miss Letitia
! Brown daughter OF William y. Brown Of
| Browns NH. The ceremony was performed by
| Rev. Williamson, and took pIace al the home
| of Miss Anne Amelia Brown an aunt of the
| bride aud only few friends were prosent.
A large and valuable barn belon ing 90
/ William Yeast. who lives about one mic from
! Bruccton, was bu med 20 the ground on the
night OF the Fourth. 4 lot Of new hay and
| wheat and othor grain and tools were con-
| sumed In the fire making the total loss about
! $1,000 with no insurance. IL Is supposed TO
have burned from spontaneous combustion
caused by the heat of the new bay aud whe q
Secretary of State w. NJ. o. Dawson
and bride arrived in the city last night
over the X. d NJ from their honey
moon tour. They spent portion Of
the time in the eastern cities and at
! kiuRwood They are now at home
temporarily at Mrs. Eagan's. On Capt.
tol street. Later they will 90 to house
keeping Charleston Gazette.
Mr., and Mrs. Lorain Fortney, of In
dependence, went through here on
Tuesday morning on their way TO
West Monterey. Pa where the latter
will visit her parents, MIR. and Mrs
| Sedwick for the summer. Mr.. Fortnsy
will return TO Morgantown the last Of
the week and enter the University for
a short course. -Morgantown Domin-
ion.
County Com missioner Edmund Mes
scnger and 81. +. Pell. sold ont the
building Of three bridges last Saturday
afternoon out near Pleasant Dale. one
above Robert Shaw's to Marcellus Sis
Ter for t2l5. One at Chidester's Mill
for 500 and the other near G. w
Whites for Sss, Wash Williams getting
both OF these. All the bridges are 20
| ~ $3.50 A'A~NNN' ~ pbs A9h a M me IRON.
clad specifications drawn up by Mes
scnger will guarantee FIRST class Job.
In the trial at Grafton last week OF
the boys who shot another boy at
Fetterman several months ago, Judge
Holt sentenced Carl Baccus whom the
jury found guilty OF involuntary man
slaughter, to Eve months imprison-
ment IN the county jail. and TO pay a
fine OF one hundred dollars Vincent.
Shaw, Reed and Pryor, who were in
dicted for the same offense. were re-
leased on bail in the sum Of one thous-
and dollars for their appearance at the
September term.
The Thompson monument which
vas 90 have been unveiled or June 10
but postponement OF which was an.
nounced ia the Review. will be unveiI.
ed according TO the present prog ram.
on August 18th, the Anniversary OF the
young mans death. The monument.
n handsome gray granite shaft, has