West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1900-04-19

ht. anu NfN Natct \. stone wefc visiting
friends a, Grafton this week.
Rev. J. &. Laoe moesd into the new
P'esby'erian Parsonage this week.
william Mashall Wolfe. Of Hs9sWsll,
Grant district, ass here yesterday
Or. {. X Sherwood. the dentist. viii Be
At Bfuee'on April g. aud remain i've days
for thepsac,ioe Of his profession.
Already quite number OF students have
made arrangements to attend the Summer
Normal here, which begins May III.
James C.. Morgan closed out his his store
here this week and moved 10 Canton.
Marion county. where he win open out in
business again.
Adam +. Eyerts, Of near Kingwood. has
had his pension increased from $40 TO srs
per month and Erasmus Ashby, Of Tunnel
ton, from soto sa4 Per month.
Thefe will be preaching in The Bapds,
church next Sunday, morning and evening.
Morning services at II O'Clock. Evening
services a, 1850 An are cordially invited.
Carl c. Pierce aud Bert Miller have
been appointed census enamera,ors for Reno
district. 5. b. Montgomery and Hiram
Burke for Hollywood, aud L. ]. Conley and
A. NJ. Moore for Lyon.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. NJ. Fleek. Of Ianesyille.
Wis, arrived here Tuesday evening Of this
week, and will remain some time, the guests
of Ms fIeek's parents. Mr. and Mrs. Col.
Jas. w. Brown. Of Fairfax Manor.
The Kingwood Public schools will close
Friday OF mex, week, April a7,h, with com
mencement exercises Of some kind. There
are i've graduates this year. Misses Mabel
ShaHer, Pearl Stone, Bessie lIaney aud
Lily Spahr and Earl Haney.
Garden making is beginning to break out
now, and there are signs Of the house.
cleaning epidemic, which will be worse than
the measles or the smallpox, soon as il
gets good start and staying at home or
getting vaccinaied won't do any good, but
makes it worse.
The latest newspaper venture in this sec.
ton is a little four column, four page paper,
issued monthly at Iudependcnce.this county,
by the merchantile hrm of Hartley *
Mc,zler. Il is called the independence
News aud is printed for them at the Sentinel
Office in Grafton.
Walter g. Pos,eu, Of Elkins. and Miles
Cobun, Of Rowlesbnrg, were in town yes,er-
day on their way on, 10 their homes in Ma.
sontown. The former clerks in the post
Office atElkins,and the latter has been clerk
ing Tor Lalin s Oaut, at Rowlesburg, but
resigned the position last week
Billy bowman, Of Rowlesburg. was in
Wheeling last week, playing base ball with
the club there against Rochester, New
York. Bowman pitched two games Friday
and Saturday aud won one and tied the
other. He has signed with Wheeling to
play this summer in The Tri-sta,e League.
The measles are still with us and and few
parties who escaped the epidemic which
caught the whole town during the winter,
are now having their turn. Miss May Fair
fax Morgan has them this week. She
probably had hundred chances for them
heretofore, without taking them. and now
has no idea where she got them.
Harry Painter, Of Thornton, died at the
Keeley Hospital in Wheeling, Wednesday
morning, April 18th. lie had gone there
for treatment, but too late, aud his death
was only fastened by the trip. He was
born and raised over at Painters Mills (now
called Amboy) Union district, this county,
and is well known in that section.
In this issue will be found continuation
Of the Mardi- Gras articles of Miss Morgan,
written specially for The ARGUS from notes
and observations made by her on her trip to
New Orleans ia February and March. Last
week she gave the history Of the Mardi-
Gras carnival in New Orleans, down to date,
and this week she gives it as she
witnessed the festival herself. These
articles are very interesting and valuable in
a historic way and worth many times the
subscription price Of TIE ARGUS. Miss
Morgan has received letter from the Presi-
dent Of the State Editorial Association, ask
ing her to write paper on the subject for
the coming annual session Of the Associa-
ton, which will be held in Parkersburg next
month";