West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1900-08-09
The West Va. Argus.
Kingwood, August .. 1900.
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E. NJ. Williams. of Carmel, was here YES
ierday on business.
Ice Cream every Friday aud Saturday
night, a, Shafier Restaurant.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. A. Werner and children
are here from Morgantown.
Rev. George II. MeGrew aud SON lanes
o arc here from Cleveland. Ohio.
George Gordon Garner, SON Of w. Scott
Garner, of Eighty Cut, is in town to-day.
Ray Reynolds, of Harrison county, is here
attending Institute and visiting his uncle
Prof. Rufus Holden
There viii be services a, the Pleasan,
Grove church mex, Sabbath at ago p. m.
All are cordially invited
One of the treats of the week is the fine
music rendered by the Kingwood Band every
evening on Cour, Square.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. w. Google returned last
Saturday from two weeks vacation, visit
ing friends in Marion county.
Miss lisa Copeman, of Bruceton. aud Will
Englehart, of Guseman, are among the Wis
itors at the Institute this week.
The Institute instructors, Messrs. NJ. p.
Shawkey and George S. Laidley, are stop
ping with Mr.. and Mrs. ]. NJ. Crane.
DR.. Hanson Jarrett, of Grafton, is here
this week at the Exchange Hotel engaged in
the practice Of his profession, dentistry.
William G. Brown and Ben L. Brown, Of
this place, attended the Democratic Coneres.
sional Convention at Martinsburg this week.
Mrs. Byron w. King stopped a, Mr.. aud
Mrs. ]. NJ. Cranes, while here. She left
Tuesday morning for her home in Pit,sburg.
Services a, the Presbyterian church will be
resumed next Sabbath. Preaching at II a.
M, by the pastor. All are cordially invited.
Frank Butler Trouer Vice President Of
the Conference Seminary at Buckhannon, is
one of the prominent visitors at the Institute
this week.
Miss Eva Morgan, one of the teachers in
the Fairmont Public Schools, is here attend
ing institute and visiting her cousin, Miss
May Morgan.
Teachers, remember examination will be
soon, and you will be asked questions about
the late books. All the latest at Jenkins
Jewelry and Book Store
That veteran educator, Alex. Wade, Esq,
of Morgantown, was here the first two days
of the Institute, shaking hands with his
many friends and smiling on the handsome
''school marms"
J. Russell Trotter, State Superintendent
of Schools, arrived Tuesday and is attend
ing the Institute, much to the delight of our
TEACHERS, as no Institute for this county
would be complete without him.
Rev. DR.. George II. McGrew, pastor of
an Episcopal church in Cleveland, Ohio.
will preach in the NJ. f. church here next
Sunday morning at II o'clock, and should
be gree ed by large audience.
W. b. Morris, of clarksburg. has been
here the past week, looking up land titles at
the County Clerks Office for Bert Despard,
Judge Golf and others who are investing
money in Preston county coal lands.
Rev. John C. Lane returned Monday
evening from spending his vacation at Eb
ensburg, Pa, and attending the Summer
SsA2ol of Eloeuiion and Oratory, conducted
byfs.'. Byron ~. King, of Pit,sburg.
A good book is a good friend. Call at
jenkins Jewelry and Book Store and choose
few such friends TO Keep you company
during the coming winter Teachers are
especially welcome to call and examine our
goods.
Davenport, the well known veniriloquist
and facial contoflionist, gave very good
entertainment in the Court House here
Wednesday night Of last week. lie had
very good crowd who were well pleased with
the performance.
Patents were granted to West Virginaus
during the past week as follows: H. S.
Himler, of Berkeley Springs, patent CRATE;
T.. J.. Monroe, Geneva, an adjustable post
hole digger and II. c. Werner, Wheeling.
patent on a wire street.-The
Joseph II. Gordon, Of Cumberland one Of
the leading lawyers Of the Maryland bar,
was here this week on legal business in con
nection with suit in which Hon. James A.
Brown IS attorney. Mr.. Gordon is the ator-
ney for the G.ogc's Geek Coal Company
De- ChatIes Arthur, Of Pittsburg, is spend.
ing the summer camping on his newly ac-
quired farm near RcedsvIle. I, is the fine
place adjoining the Fairfax farm, nov owned
by brother Of the doctor Quite a merry
crowd Of about a dozen friends and relatives
are having summer outing with the doctor.
The bill wagon Of the Balleuger Family
Pavilion Show is here to-day, making ar
Engagements to be in Kingwood next Tuesday.
August 18th. and give two performances a.
and p. M, add viii be well paifonized
rs the show IS very popular with our people
and good. clean liulc exhibition that is
well worth attending
One Of the most entertaining features Of
,ae Institute are The "Chalk ralks by Prof
George +. Lille, Of Washington Cny, vito
Is an expert 10 this liDc and the author Of a
standard book on drawing. Prof fhnc is
well known TO oar teachers and people geu-
orally, as he has been here before aud was
one Of the instructors az an Institute a. far
back as the time Of A. w. Frederick as
County Superintendent Of schools.