West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1900-08-02

=. II. = pafio", the cfatton attorney,
was in to see US last week.
Ice Cream every Friday and Saturday
night. at Shaffer Restaurant.
The Exchange Hotel has had electric
lights wired in the building.
Harvey Hartman moved las, week to Gyp-
~, in Harrison county, where he has work
IN the mines.
J. Slidell Brown and sister. May r Nor
gar, spent Saturday and Sunday visiting rel
atives out near Reedsville.
David l.. Keefover. of near Reedsville,
made The ARGUS Office pleasant and pay
ing call this "Wednesday morning.
Rev. l.. ID. Fellcrs, of Masontown, was
in Kingwood, Sunday evening and present
at the services at the NJ. +. church.
Davenport, the famous venuiloquist aud
facial contortionist, is in town, and will give
an entertainment in the court house to night
Mrs. J. ]. Hall and two sons of Morgan.
town, Mrs. Rebecca Hall, Miss Olivia +.
Fairfax and Clark ]. Bayles of Reedsville,
are in town to-day, visiting the editor of this
paper.
Quite crowd of our young folks we're
down at the Club House on Cheat last
Thursday evening, picnicing and outing
generally.
Messrs. J. a. Powell and Lee Gidley are
here from Morgantown to secure another
big job of plastering from the Irona Coal
Company.
Raymond Hoge and a Mr.. Mitchell, of
Wheeling, were here during the past week,
visiting Mrs. c. w. Fawcett, an aunt Of
Mr.. Hoge.
Last Friday afternoon about twenty young
folks had very pleasant picnic down at
Camp Fairfax, the summer home of Miss
SaIlie Fairfax.
Mrs. 'Dock" Spencer, of West King
wood, is terribly afflicted with cancer of the
face She is about o. years of age and can
no, long survive the dread disease.
Oren +. Morten came in last Friday from
big circuit through Union and Reno dis
trictss inthe interest of THE ARGUS. lie is
making circuit of Valley this week.
Rev. Willard Pel, an old Preston boy,
now pastor of the NJ. f. church at Fairmcnt,
prosperous Indiana town, was greeting
numerous friends here Monday evening.
Mrs. ]. J. Wesling and son of Pittsbure
have been visiting friends and relatives out
about Howesvlle. They were in town Sat.
urday and gave The ARGUS pleasant call.
Mr. |. G. Lazelle has returned to Nor
gantown and Mrs. Lazelle and Mrs Geo. A.
Menear left last week for a visit to Mrs.
Winnie Ramsey, at Vailesburg, New Jersey
The families of "Doc" Spencer and his
son, Ray Spencer, moved this week from
Irona to the Hoffman house in West King
wood, now owned by Harvey Hartman, who
moved TO Gypsy last week.
week and has rented his property in West
kingwood to George Parker, the night
Waterman at the depot. Sisler is firing a
'helper" again on the b. & o. railroad.
Adam Gross moved last week from the
Feather property back of the steam mill, to
Gypsy, in Harrison county, where he has
job as boss in the mines there. Thomas f.
Dunn moved from the Bishop Block into the
property vacated by Gross.
The families of Daniel f. Fawcctt and J.
Will Fawcett have been camping down at
the Club House, on Cheat, for some time,
and will remain down there throughout the
heated term. They have been having quite
good time fishing and hunting.
Died, at his summer cottage in Mt. Lake
Park last week, Michael NJ. Comeford, of
Fairmontthe father of Mrs. Chas. Y Bishop
formerly Of this place but now residing in
Fairmont. The deceased was about seventy
years Of age and was born in Ireland.
George c. Giles is doing some fine work
in the new bank room, painting and varnish-
ing and paperng. The outside of the build
ing will also be painted, and when all is
done the bank rooms will be highly credita-
bic to the Bank and the town generally.
The special sermon at the NJ. T.. church
Sunday evening, by the pastor. Rev. II. c
Howard, to the Knights Of Pythias Lodge Of
this place, was well received and listed to
gery attenuyely by large audience The
text was from Genesis. cam my brothers.
keeper ?" and the sermon was good
We hope our readers will excuse us for the
lack Of live reading matter in the paper this
week, as we have had the county Financial
Statement on our hand and It has crowded
Dat almost everything else, bat as Il only
: comes once year we have TO make the
best Of it this week and get it out Of the
way.
DR.. Jarrett, Dentist will be at Exchange
Hotel August 9th, for one week VIII come
prepared to do dentistry in all its branches,
having just completed a special course in
crown and bridge work, and Is prepared to
give you the best prices low and all work
satisfactory. Will be at Terra Alta Augusr
- for one week.
Anyone desiring Institute boardc will
please send word 10 this Office or notify IS
50 ~; AZ applicants may be properly and
promn accommodated and any teacher
aplA the undersigned by mail or in
per-sn will be assigned to some good place.
j. SLIDEIL Brown,
Chairman Committee on Arrangements.
Col. John y. Rigg, Of Terra Alta, ono Of
the most prominent and best known and
most useful men Of the county, IS in a cri,i.
cal condition from paralysis Tie was
slicken down AZ the X. Of r. Lodge in
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