West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1900-03-15

NtS' Soi. J. w. Brown, OF + airfaN Manor
was visiting friends and relatives in King.
wood this week
March has been gentle as lamb so far.
but don't take off your flannel OF buy any
straw hats yet awhile.
Judge Edmund Messenger is able to be
GU, again and shake hands around town
with bis many friends.
Miss Georgia rrowbrdge. who has been
visiting friends and relatives in Buekhannon,
returned home Monday.
Rev. Howard is holding very interesting
services a, the NJ. +. church now, attended
10y large crowds every night.
Joseph NJ. Trowbridge and Thos. o.
farnsworth. of Buckhannon, started to Los
Angeles. california on business Monday.
March 18th.
Mr.. and Mrs. ID. n. Carson and little
daughter Katie, have returned to their home
in Dawson, Pa. Mrs. Carson and the little
girl spen, the winter here.
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in kingwood and clerked for ]. A. Lenhart
awhile, has been located in Seattle. Wash
ingion for several months.
The school out at Hopewell, this district.
taught by VIM. X. Shaffer, will close next
Wednesday, March aIst, with an entertain.
ment at night and the public generally in
vited to attend
Morley Thomas has been at Grafton the
past week, clerking in the railroad hotel.
Wilson Martin went up TO Grafton las, Fri.
day evening to aceep, position as clerk in
the same place.
Rev. J. c. Lane will begin series of
meetings at the Presbyterian church here
next Sunday night. lie will be assisted by
Kew Brown, the pastor of the Presbyterian
church at Terra Alta.
Willie Lavelle, Of Tunnelton. arrived
home last Sunday on No. !, from Rock Hin
College, Ellicots City, Md. He has been
sick for several weeks with kidney trouble
and came home to recupera,e.
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his pension increased from IS to $40 per
month, and Samuel J. Blaney, of Kingwood,
from $40 to SI2 per month, and John G..
EVERY, of Rohr, from $I4 to sI7 per month.
Don't fail to read the chapter on our first
page this week of Jeremiah Coonskin s
Courtshp. II is raey and contains some
local hits that are good and to the point AVID
you will miss some fun If you fail to read II.
The arrangement has been made TO have
| Byron w. King here some time next month.
TO give recital in the Court House. En-.
ough tickets have been engaged to insure ex-
penses and so the matter is 60 The ex.
act date will be announced later on.
Another local letter last week with out the
name of the writer and the goat is happy
once more. How he does love TO get hold
of big fat, juicy letter to feed on and he
gets them when we don't know who the
author is. This time it was from Beech
Run Hill.
Among the West Virginia inventors who
were granted patents last week, were T. G..
jenkins and ]. B. Wills, of Wheeling, who
secured one on Gripper for Printing Presses.
). +. Lively, of olderson, patent on Tele-
graph Sounder.
There will be public sale at the old
Trembly farm over at Tannery on March 20
and lot of personal property offered for
sale belonging TO the estate of the late Geo.
IL. Trembly. There are wagons, harness,
Stoves tools, farming implements, grain, hay,
horses and many things too numerous to
mention to be sold by the Administrator.
J. S. Trembly.
The Electric Light Plant seems TO be doing
good work now and giving satisfaction.
Several other parties are preparing TO have
lights put in and it will place the business on
a paying basis if It is managed properly.
With an experienced man inside and one
outside TO do the work and any sort of atten-
ton from the authorities and keeping proper
supplies on hand and repairs properly and
promptly made, as we have always insisted
on, there is no reason why it should not be
a success.
Judge Romeo Freer, Congressman from
the Fourth District and Republican candi.
date for Governor, will be in this county
next week and speak at Terra Alta, wednes.
day, March zIst at p. m. in the Opera
House. Newburg at night at 7:3o and
Kingwood next day, Thursday. zzud at D.
m. IN the Court House, and at TunneIton
that night in Browns Hall. Hon. A. b.
White, Of Parkersburg, Freer's chief contes.
tant in the race, will be here also first day Of
court and speak.
A letter passed through the Kingwood
post Office recently, with the following
poeteeial address on the envelope
Over rivers. hills and lakes,
Garry this letter for goodness sakes.
AZ Reedsyille, Preston county, w. Va. leave IL.
TIL Miss ---s---- will receive il.
If she does not I'll always regret IL,
And don't you forget it.
Or will report you,
For she is my sweetheart true
We omitted the young ladies' name, as
we don't want to embarsss her.
An agent has been in town the past week
representing a Wholesale grocery house in
Columbus, Ohio and making a house ia
house canvass, taking orders for groceries
and then delivering the goods and Of course
collecting cash down for the goods. This !.
taking trade that belongs TO our merchant.
here at home and our people should net
patronize such scheme. They pay this
man the raah g. a.. .t..a - a..